FSU baseball: Noles host Georgia Southern in mid-week action

FSU baseball (22-13, 10-8 ACC) looks to build off their 4-0 week, including a three-game sweep of No. 9 Louisville. The Noles will host Georgia Southern Wednesday night.

Georgia Southern batters are hitting .268 with an on-base percentage of .376 and have hit 30 home runs, 52 doubles, and 10 triples.

Georgia Southern pitchers will enter the contest with a 5.05 ERA, with opposing teams batting .260, with 250 strikeouts and 147 walks in 311.2 innings. They have allowed 46 home runs.

Defensively, Georgia Southern has 27 errors for a fielding percentage of .979.

FSU baseball pitchers enter the contest with a 3.93 ERA, with opposing teams batting .230, with 445 strikeouts and 128 walks in 327.1 innings.

FSU batters are hitting .269 with an on-base percentage of .373 and have 41 home runs, 74 doubles, and five triples.

Defensively, FSU has 41 errors for a fielding percentage of .969. Georgia Southern has an RPI ranking of No. 8, compared to FSU’s No. 19 ranking.

Key To Victory

I talked about FSU baseball getting back to the basics, and that’s what they did against Louisville. The pitchers threw strikes, and hitters were aggressive early and in hitter counts. The same will need to take place against a good Georgia Southern team.

Jackson Nezuh will get the mid-week start for the first time this year, with Carson Montgomery moving into the Sunday starter role on the weekends. Nezuh (1-0) appeared in eight games, pitching nine innings with a 5.00 ERA.

He has allowed 10 hits, five earned runs, six walks, and eight strikeouts. I’d expect to see several FSU pitchers in this one. Hopefully, Nezuh can be consistently in the strike zone and avoid free passes which have been an issue this year.

Offensively, FSU should have production against Georgia Southern pitchers if they maintain their approach from the Louisville series. They give up the long ball and don’t have an overpowering staff.

Wednesday’s game will begin at 7 p.m. ET and air on the ACCNX channel.