FSU baseball drops series opener against Georgia Tech, 4-3
No. 3 Georgia Tech rallied from a three run deficit to beat No. 5 Florida State, 4-3, in game one of a top-5 series on Thursday.
Florida State baseball dropped the series opener against Georgia Tech, 4-3, on Thursday, April 9, at Russ Chandler Stadium in Atlanta. The No. 5 Seminoles (25-8, 9-4) kept the nation's top offense in the country quiet, but No.
3 Georgia Tech (28-5, 13-3) stacked together runs in a crucial spot and took advantage of miscues to snatch game one from FSU. Both starting pitchers, FSU's Wes Mendes and Georgia Tech's Tate McKee, dualed with excellent outings. Mendes tossed 5.
1 innings with nine strikeouts, six hits, and three earned runs on a career high 114 pitches. McKee threw six innings with seven strikeouts, six hits, and three earned runs allowed. The Seminoles erupted for three runs in the second inning to score the game's first runs, kick-started by an RBI single from John Stuetzer.
He took a fastball to the opposite field, and on the very next pitch, Cal Fisher left the yard with a two-run home run, his second home run of the season and second in the last three games . Cal Fisher's 2-run homer follows a John Stuetzer RBI single and Florida State grabs the early lead! M-2, FSU 3, GT 0 pic.