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FSU Baseball in driver’s seat after pitching duel win in CWS opener

By Jason Parker

OMAHA, NE - JUNE 26: A general view of a baseball on the field during batting practice before game one of the College World Series Championship Series between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Oregon State Beavers on June 26, 2018 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images)
OMAHA, NE - JUNE 26: A general view of a baseball on the field during batting practice before game one of the College World Series Championship Series between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Oregon State Beavers on June 26, 2018 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images) /
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FSU baseball got an amazing start from Drew Parrish, who went back and forth with his Arkansas foe to put the Noles in a prime spot in the field.

Entering the 2019 edition of the College World Series, one of the major storylines for the FSU baseball team was the solid pitching throughout the postseason so far – coming off the Super Regional round against LSU, though, some wondered if it would be enough against No. 5 national seed Arkansas and their ace starter.

For the first eight innings on Saturday in Omaha, the battle between the Seminoles’ Drew Parrish and the Razorbacks’ Isaiah Campbell was just as advertised as the two starters combined to strikeout 19 batters and keep the game scoreless for nearly the whole way.

Ultimately, it was FSU baseball who got on the board with the only run of the game – and with it, put themselves in a spot to keep this magical postseason going so far as possibly being one of the final four teams left standing by next Friday.

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Now, after two straight weekends of home runs and big power, it was kind of funny to see that the ninth inning for the Seminoles went like this: hit by pitch, fielder’s choice, sacrifice bunt and sacrifice fly that brought home J.C. Flowers with the one and only run scored before he went to the mound in the ninth to keep the Noles unbeaten this postseason.

So, with that win over the No. 5 national seed – which came after four straight wins over the No. 4 and No. 13 national seeds – the Seminoles find themselves 6-0 this postseason and play a Michigan team on Monday in a battle of teams who were among the last teams to get selected for the tournament in the first place.

Think about that for a second, FSU baseball fans: if the Seminoles get by the Wolverines, they would play on Friday and need just one more win to make it to the championship series for a chance to send head coach Mike Martin out as a national champ.

Nothing is granted when it comes to that fact – as Michigan did beat a nationally ranked team in their opening game as well – but the idea that the Seminoles, a team that was praying to just get into the field of 64 teams, is one of the favorites at this time is mind boggling and the perfect end to this season.

If the magic does takes place – and the Seminoles do their job the rest of the way to make it to the championship series – it would be something beyond sweet to send No. 11 out a champ.

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