Big, easy win as Florida State blanks New Orleans in series opener

Release from Florida State Sports Information:

The undefeated Florida State Seminoles (12-0) continued their winning streak Friday night, beating New Orleans (8-4) 13-0 to begin the three-game series at Dick Howser Stadium. The Seminole bats stayed hot, scoring 13 runs on 15 hits, while four pitchers combined for FSU’s second shutout of the season.

Offensively the Noles were led by sophomore Alex Lodise who went 4-for-4 at the plate, including a double, home run, and three RBIs. Marco Dinges also accounted for three hits, including a double and a home run and Jaime Ferrer hit his fourth home run of the season. Cam Smith was 2-for-4 to maintain his .500 batting average for the season and James Tibbs had a double and triple in his first two at-bats.

Cam Leiter, the right-handed sophomore, improved to 3-0 and has been the starting pitcher in both of FSU’s shutouts this season. He struck out six in 6.0 innings to lower his season ERA to 2.70.

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SCORING SUMMARY:

B1 | UNO 0, FSU 2                Ferrer home run (391 ft), Tibbs scored

B2 | UNO 0, FSU 3                Ross sacrifice fly, Cantu scored

B2 | UNO 0, FSU 4                Smith singled, Holbrook scored

B2 | UNO 0, FSU 6                Tibbs tripled, Lodise and Smith scored

B3 | UNO 0, FSU 7                Faurot singled, Dinges scored

B3 | UNO 0, FSU 8                Lodise singled, Faurot scored

B5 | UNO 0, FSU 9                Dinges home run (361 ft)

B5 | UNO 0, FSU 10             Lodise doubled, Cantu scored

B5 | UNO 0, FSU 11             Ross sacrifice fly, Holbrook scored

B5 | UNO 0, FSU 12             Smith singled, Lodise scored

B7 | UNO 0, FSU 13             Lodise home run (380 ft)

OF NOTE:

• Florida State improved to 12-0 for the first time since 2019; it is the 10^th 12-0 start in program history. Florida State is one of three remaining undefeated Division I teams.
• FSU improved to 8-0 when scoring in the first inning and when scoring first.
• The Noles have scored at least seven runs in all 12 games this year; FSU entered the day fourth in the country with 12.0 runs/game.
• Alex Lodise set season highs with four hits, three runs and three RBI to raise his season batting average to .343; all of FSU’s qualified hitters are batting above .300. Lodise has a season-high four-game hit streak and has a home run in three consecutive games. FSU has had a player with at least three hits in all 12 games to begin the season.
• Jaime Ferrer hit his fourth home run in five games and has 20 for his career. Ferrer has reached safely in all 12 games this season and has a home run in three consecutive games.
• Marco Dinges hit his second home run of the season. He has a six-game hitting streak and tied a season-high with three hits.
• Cam Smith singled in his second at-bat to extend his hitting streak to 16 games, tied for the fourth-longest at FSU over the last 10 seasons. Smith is hitting .500 on the season.
• James Tibbs III hit a double and triple in his first two at-bats. Tibbs leads FSU with 11 extra-base hits; his triple was the second of his career.
• FSU entered the weekend ninth in the country and leading the ACC with seven triples.
• DeAmez Ross’s 22-game on-base streak ended, but he did have two sacrifice flies. His two RBI tied a season high.
• Starting pitcher Cam Leiter pitched 6.0 shutout innings with six strikeouts. It was his second career outing of 6+ shutout innings; he pitched 7.0 shutout frames vs. Cincinnati last year at UCF.

UP NEXT:

Due to inclement weather, Saturday’s game against New Orleans will now begin at 6:00 p.m. The game will stream on ACCNX. LHP Andrew Armstrong will make his third career start.

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