FSU baseball's loss to Pitt puts top-8 NCAA Tournament seed in jeopardy
Florida State baseball's loss to Pitt not only knocked them out of the ACC Tournament but potentially out of a top-8 NCAA Tournament seed.
A single swing knocked Florida State baseball out of the ACC tournament and potentially out of a top-eight seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Seminoles (38-17) entered the conference tournament on the bubble of earning a top-eight seed in the NCAA Tournament, which would've given the Seminoles a chance to host both a regional and a super regional, should the program reach that stage. And for a moment on Friday, May 22, it looked like FSU had come back from a four-run deficit and put Pitt away at Truist Field to solidify its case for a top eight seed.
KAI WAGNER!!! PANTHERS LEAD!!! pic.
twitter. com/Y7TnxmQWac ā Pitt Baseball (@Pitt_BASE) May 23, 2026 However, down to his final strike, Pitt's Kai Wagner hit a three-run blast in a 1-2 count ā on a pitch that likely would have been a ball had he not swung ā with two outs to stun the Seminoles with an 8-6 loss and an early return flight to Tallahassee from Charlotte. "This is clearly not the end of the ride for us," Link Jarrett said postgame.
"This is tough. To be here from Monday and walk out of here with a loss on Friday night. " While Wagner's home run was ultimately the winning swing, the Seminoles underperformed throughout the game.