No. 8 TCU rallies for 3-2 win, hands Florida State first loss of season

by:Warchant Staff•02/26/23•

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The Florida State baseball team took a one-run lead into the seventh inning Sunday but ended up falling at No. 8 TCU, 3-2.

The loss was the Seminoles’ first of the season, but they still earned the series victory against the top-10 opponent with wins on Friday and Saturday.

Florida State is now 6-1 on the season and will return home to face USF on Wednesday. It will be the beginning of an eight-game homestand.

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Here is more on Sunday’s game from Florida State Sports Information:

Florida State dropped its first game of 2023, falling 3-2 at Lupton Stadium against No. 8 TCU Sunday afternoon. The Seminoles had clinched the series Saturday after scoring 10 runs each of the first two games vs. the Horned Frogs.

FSU scored two runs in the first inning on a James Tibbs III single, followed by a hit by pitch and three walks. The Noles were held to two hits in the contest.

TCU got a run in the fourth inning against Carson Montgomery, but the Seminoles got out of trouble in the fifth and sixth inning with inning-ending double plays. FSU had the chance to avoid trouble in the seventh as well, but TCU tied the game with a one-out RBI single and took the lead on a botched double play.

Montgomery surrendered one run in five innings, while striking out five and scattering five hits. Reliever Andrew Armstrong suffered the loss in defeat after giving up two runs (one earned) in 1 1/3 innings.

Notes:

  • James Tibbs III singled and Jaime Ferrer was hit by a pitch in the first inning. The duo has reached safely in all seven games this season. Ferrer leads FSU with three HBP (tied with Nander De Sedas) after ranking eighth nationally as a freshman with 23 HBP.
  • Ferrer’s 20-game on-base streak is the longest of his career and the longest for any active Seminole.
  • Colton Vincent singled in the fourth inning to extend his hitting streak to 11 games, the longest career streak for any active Seminole.
  • Center fielder Jordan Taylor made his first career start. Cade Bush drew a bases-loaded walk in the first inning for his first career RBI.

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