⚾: FSU Loses Finale, Preps for ACC Tournament

CHAPEL HILL – North Carolina (34-19) completed a three-game sweep of Florida State (32-22) Saturday, topping the Seminoles 11-0 at Boshamer Stadium. It was the first time FSU has been swept on the road since 2015.

Angel Zarate hit a home run on the first pitch of the game. The Tar Heels extended the lead with two sacrifice flies in the second inning and another in the fifth. A two-run single from Alberto Osuna made the score 6-0 in the sixth.

FSU had runners on base in each of the first seven innings, but could not push a run across.

After a two-hour rain delay, UNC added five runs in the seventh inning.

SCORING SUMMARY:

B1 | FSU 0, UNC 1    Zarate home run
B2 | FSU 0, UNC 2    Horvath sacrifice fly, Stokely scored
B2 | FSU 0, UNC 3    Serretti sacrifice fly, Wilkerson scored
B5 | FSU 0, UNC 4    Frick sacrifice fly, Honeycutt scored
B6 | FSU 0, UNC 6    Osuna singled, Zarate & Horvath scored
B7 | FSU 0, UNC 7    Zarate singled, Holbrook scored
B7 | FSU 0, UNC 9    Horvath home run, Zarate scored
B7 | FSU 0, UNC 11  Honeycutt home run, Serretti scored

UP NEXT:

Florida State will be the 9-seed in next week’s ACC Tournament in Charlotte, N.C. The Seminoles will play 4-seed Notre Dame and 5-seed Virginia. Dates and times for FSU’s games will be announced by the conference on Sunday, May 22.

OF NOTE:

• Jordan Carrion walked and singled Saturday, extending his on-base streak to nine games and his hitting streak to seven games, both the longest on the team.
• Jaime Ferrer hit his team-leading 16^th double, the most for an FSU freshman since Cal Raleigh also hit 16 in 2016. His 63 hits are the most for an FSU freshman since Raleigh’s 69.
• Kyle McMullen made his first appearance since March 22. He struck out all three batters he faced in the eighth inning.

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