Florida State baseball: FSU overcomes struggles, major injury to Bailey to clinch series against Duke
The FSU and Duke baseball teams scored early and often in Saturday’s matchup. In a game that saw 23 combined runs, the Seminoles came away with the run that mattered in the eighth inning to clinch the weekend series. The 12-11 win came at a cost as Florida State’s star first baseman Myles Bailey suffered what appeared to be a severe leg injury.
Trey Beard struck out the first batter he faced before giving up his only walk of the game. The walk came back to haunt Beard after a Duke double placed two runners in scoring position. A sacrifice fly from the Blue Devils made it a 1-0 game before Beard avoided any further damage.
The Seminoles took the lead right back in the bottom of the first. John Stuetzer led off with a hit by pitch and then stole second. Myles Bailey walked and Kelvyn Paulino Jr reached by error to load the bases.
Brayden Dowd singled to tie the game before Eli Putnam reached on a fielder’s choice to short that scored Bailey. Hunter Carns singled to extend the lead to 3-1 before an infield single by Chase Williams made it 4-1. The Seminoles were unable to bring any additional runs across in the inning.
With four on the scoreboard after just one inning, the Seminoles needed a strong bounce back inning from Beard. Unfortunately, the junior left hander had an off day. Duke opening the inning with back-to-back singles.
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