FSU baseball rallies to beat Jacksonville
The FSU Seminoles overcame a 2-0 deficit to beat Jacksonville, completeting the season sweep.
The No. 12 Florida State Seminoles rallied to beat the Jacksonville Dolphins 5-2 on Tuesday night at Dick Howser Stadium. FSU completed the season sweep with the win, improving to 34-14.
The Dolphins took a 2-0 lead in the second inning, scoring one run on a wild pitch by Cade O'Leary nd another on a two-out single. He ended the inning with a strikeout, stranding one run. The Seminoles had a chance to answer in the fourth, loading the bases on two outs with a walk, error, and a hit by pitch, but Carter McCulley grounded into a fielder's choice to end the threat.
They were able to get it done in the fifth inning as John Stuetzer hit a leadoff homer. Brayden Dowd singled before Brody DeLamielleure was hit and Hunter Carns loaded the bases with a single. Nathan Cmeyla tied it with a sacrifice fly, but two strikeouts ended the inning and kept it a 2-2 game.
Cmeyla once again came through in the seventh, driving in DeLamielleure with a single to give FSU a 3-2 lead, their first of the game. Dowd provided some insurance in the eighth, hitting a two-run homer to put them up 5-2. Dowd and DeLamielleure each finished with three hits as the Seminoles had 10 as a team with five walks and seven strikeouts.