FSU baseball: Takeaways from series sweep over James Madison

By Kelvin Hunt | Feb 20, 2022

TALLAHASSEE, FL - FEBRUARY 15: A general view of the Florida State Seminoles Baseball Team in the dugout during the game against the Maine Black Bears at Dick Howser Stadium on the campus of Florida State University on February 15, 2019 in Tallahassee, Florida. The 11th Ranked Florida State defeated the Maine Black Bears on Opening Day in a no-hitter 11 to 0. (Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images) /

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Defense

One of the things plaguing the Noles the past few seasons has been too many errors behind a great pitching staff.

Those extra opportunities made things tougher on an offense that struggled to score runs consistently. The Noles averaged over an error per game last season.

The talk in the preseason was the Noles were improved defensively and more athletic. It looks that way early, even with FSU baseball missing their starting shortstop Jordan Carrion. FSU had a clean sheet in the first game of the series, committed two errors in game two, and had another clean sheet in game three.

There may have been a couple of plays they should have made ruled as hits, but overall the defense was solid for the Noles when it mattered.

It helps when the pitching staff strikes out the majority of the batters and limits the opportunities they have to make plays.

If the defense can play with this consistency all year, this FSU baseball team will be difficult to score runs against.

The Noles will return to action Tuesday when they host Jacksonville at 6 p.m. ET. The game will air on ESPN+.

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