FSU baseball falls to NC State
The FSU Seminoles lost their first game of the series against NC State, falling 6-4 on Friday night.
The No. 9 Florida State Seminoles lost to the NC State Wolfpack 6-4 on Friday at Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. It is FSU's first ACC loss of the season and dropped them to 17-4 overall and 3-1 in conference play.
The Seminoles entered the bottom of the eighth inning down 5-4 and had a great chance to tie or retake the lead after Myles Bailey and Kelvyn Paulino Jr. both reached to start the inning. Head coach Link Jarrett had Chase Williams pinch hit for Brody DeLamielleure, but he was unable to deliver and struckout.
Another groundout and a strikeout ended the threat and allowed NC State to win the series opener. NC State took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when the leadoff hitter reached on an error by Cal Fisher at shortstop. A two-out double of Wes Mendes allowed him to score.
The Seminoles answered back in the third inning when Brayden Dowd drove in Will Bavaro with a groundout to tie the game. The Wolfpack loaded the bases to start the fourth inning, but Mendes limited the damage to just one run on a sacrifice fly. FSU took its first lead of the game in the fifth inning after Fisher worked a one-out walk and Dowd singled to put two on.