Ferrer blasts 2 HRs, Arnold cruises in 12-4 win for FSU Baseball

Release from FSU Sports Information:

BRIGHTON, Mass. — Sophomore Jamie Arnold allowed two earned runs in 7.0 innings to keep his season ERA under 1.00 and Jaime Ferrer launched a pair of home runs in Florida State’s 12-4 win at Boston College Friday afternoon. The Seminoles improved to 25-4 overall and 6-4 in the ACC, while the Eagles dropped to 16-12 and 5-8 in the league.

Arnold, who was named to the midseason Golden Spikes Award watch list, is now 6-1 with a 0.94 ERA after matching a career high with 7.0 innings pitched. He added nine strikeouts and did not allow a run after a three-run home run gave the Eagles the lead in the third inning.

Ferrer answered with a solo home run, plated two runs on a two-out error that tied the game at 3-3 and added a three-run home run to push the FSU lead to 10-3 in the sixth inning. It was Ferrer’s second career multi-home run game, with the first coming at TCU last season.

Ferrer’s 11 home runs are second-most on the team and the most in a season for the third-year Seminole.

Eight of FSU’s nine starters had at least one hit, and all nine reached safely. James Tibbs, Marco Dinges and Drew Faurot had a pair of hits, with Faurot hitting a solo home run in the ninth inning, his fourth of the season. Tibbs and Ferrer are each hitting .429 over 10 ACC games this season.

Noah Short and Connor Hults pitched 1.0 innings in relief of Arnold.

SCORING SUMMARY:

B3 | FSU 0, BC 3                    Leary home run, Landwehr and McNulty scored

T4 | FSU 1, BC 3                    Ferrer home run (10^th)

T5 | FSU 3, BC 3                    Ferrer reached on throwing error, West and Smith scored

T5 | FSU 5, BC 3                    Dinges singled, Tibbs and Ferrer scored

T6 | FSU 7, BC 3                    Tibbs singled, Fisher and M. Williams scored

T6 | FSU 10, BC 3                  Ferrer home run (11^th), Smith and Tibbs scored

T7 | FSU 11, BC 3                  M. Williams grounded out, Cantu scored

B8 | FSU 11, BC 4                 Wang doubled, Leary scored

T9 | FSU 12, BC 4                  Faurot home run (4^th)

OF NOTE:

• Jamie Arnold allowed two earned runs and tied a career high with 7.0 innings pitched. Arnold entered Friday top 10 nationally in ERA, wins, strikeouts and WHIP.
• Jaime Ferrer hit his 10^th and 11^th home runs of the season, his second career multi-home run game. Ferrer’s 11 home runs are his most in a season. Ferrer has reached base safely in 35 consecutive games.
• Cam Smith hit a double and drew a walk, extending his on-base streak to 39 games, tied as the 23^rd-longest streak in FSU history.
• James Tibbs III was 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI. Tibbs now leads FSU with a .423 batting average and 47 RBI. In ACC action, Tibbs and Ferrer are both hitting .429.
• Over his four-game hitting streak, Tibbs is 11-for-15.
• Max Williams earned his first outfield assist as a Nole, ending the fourth inning with an 8-4-2 out at the plate. After that out, FSU outscored the Eagles 11-1 to close the game.
• Marco Dinges stole his second base of the year; as a team, FSU is 40-for-42 on the basepaths.
• With three home runs Friday, FSU has hit 56 on the season; last year, the Noles hit just 55 in 54 games.
• Drew Faurot’s solo home run in the ninth inning was his fourth as a Seminole.
• Arnold, Short and Hults combined to strike out 11 batters; FSU has double-digit strikeouts in 24 of 29 games this year.

UP NEXT:

Florida State continues the series with Boston College Saturday at noon. RHP Conner Whittaker will pitch for the Seminoles.

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