No. 11 FSU baseball falls apart late, fails to sweep rival Miami
FSU ends the regular season with a loss
FSU infielder Gabe Fraser vs. Miami Bryson Moore delivered his part to help Florida State attempt to finish off a sweep of rival Miami Saturday afternoon. FSU’s offense and bullpen?
Not so much. After rallying for a Thursday win in 11 innings and run-ruling the Hurricanes on Friday to clinch the series, FSU’s attempt at a second comeback win of the series came up short, allowing Miami to salvage a 7-4 win at Dick Howser Stadium Saturday afternoon. Moore was largely excellent in his final regular-season start.
After scattering four hits over three scoreless innings to begin his outing, he held Miami hitless from the fourth into the seventh. But after Dylan Dubovik snapped that drought with a one-out single in the seventh, Gabriel Milano broke through with a two-run homer to give Miami a 2-1 lead. Derek Williams and Alex Sosa tacked on back-to-back homers in the eighth off the red-hot Chris Knier to give the Hurricanes some insurance.
It was an undeserving result for a remarkably strong outing from Moore (6-2), who threw a career-high 7 2/3 innings on a day’s less rest than normal, allowing two runs on six hits, striking out two and walking none. The subpar outing for Knier is a tough way to end a regular season in which he had been in exceptional form. He allowed solo homers to both batters he faced after entering the day with one total run allowed over his prior nine appearances spanning 15 1/3 innings.