Florida State Baseball Swept by ND, Continues Rough Patch

For the first time this season, the #7-ranked Florida State Baseball team was swept on a weekend series as they lost the third and final game of their series at Notre Dame by a score of 2-1. The woes for the FSU bats continued in Sunday’s loss as the Seminoles managed 6 hits and had their chances to score more runs but could not take advantage.

Mike Compton, FSU’s starting pitcher for Sunday, made an unexpected start after missing his last 4 projected starts due to injury. In his return, Compton looked like he never missed any time at all, going 5 innings and allowing 2 runs on 4 hits with no walks given and 6 strikeouts. However, Compton’s issues came from the fact that all 4 hits he allowed were extra base hits. In the Notre Dame half of the fourth inning, Kyle Fiala and Cavan Biggio led off with back-to-back doubles to open up the scoring, making it 1-0 ND. In the very next inning, Zak Kutsulis hit a 1-out home run to make it a 2-0 Irish lead.

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Outside of that, Florida State’s pitching was spectacular, as Compton threw 5 quality innings and the FSU bullpen threw 3 innings of no-hit baseball with Alec Byrd throwing 2 innings and Billy Strode striking out 2 batters in 1 inning of work. With the loss, Compton falls to 1-1 on the season.

Similarly to the first 2 games of the series, the Florida State bats struggled in the early innings with just 1 hit in the first 5 innings. In the sixth inning, the ‘Noles had a big chance to get back into the game as they loaded the bases with no outs off of a single, walk, and a bunt that John Sansone legged out for a single. DJ Stewart singled into right field, making it 2-1 ND with the bases loaded and still no outs. However, Quincy Nieporte grounded into a double play on the next play and Chris Marconcini popped out in foul territory to end the inning. After loading the bases with no outs, Florida State managed just 1 run, which is definitely the story of this weekend.

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The last significant chance to level the game for the ‘Noles came in the ninth inning when FSU put batters on first and second with just 1 out. However, the opportunity quickly ended after a pair of strikeouts and the game was over. Over the series against Notre Dame, the Seminoles managed just 4 runs over the 3 games. Going back into the mid-week series against Florida Gulf Coast University, FSU has scored 4 runs in their last 43 innings, which is a downright abysmal statistic.

With the loss, Florida State falls to 26-12 (11-6 in ACC play). The Seminoles are next in action on Tuesday when they will host UF in the rubber match of their annual series and will follow that up with a weekend series in Dick Howser Stadium with the Pittsburgh Panthers.