Florida State University Athletics
Tibbs Homers Twice at Louisville
5/18/2023 9:57:00 PM | Baseball
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky – James Tibbs and Ben Barrett combined for six hits and four RBI in Florida State's 7-4 loss at Louisville in Jim Patterson Stadium Thursday night.
Tibbs led off the game with his team-high 16th home run for the early FSU lead. Tibbs has three leadoff home runs in just eight games in the leadoff slot; as a team, FSU has hit four leadoff blasts after not having one between 2018 and 2022.
Trailing 3-1, Tibbs hit another solo home run to start the third inning for his first career multi-home run game. Tibbs was intentionally walked to load the bases with two outs in the fourth inning, a move that worked out for the Cardinals when Titan Kamaka ended the inning with a groundout.
Junior Andrew Armstrong – fourth in the country with 32 appearances – made just his second start of the season, allowing three runs in a career-high 6.0 innings. Louisville took the lead on a pair of hits and two hit batters in the first inning, and added a run on a wild pitch in the third.
Barrett gave FSU a lead with a two-run single in the fifth inning that held until an infield single tied the game for the Cardinals in the seventh. Jack Payton hit a three-run home run in the eighth inning that secured Louisville's win.
SCORING SUMMARY:
T1 | FSU 1, UL 0 Tibbs home run
B1 | FSU 1, UL 1 McCoy hit by pitch, Knapczyk scored
B1 | FSU 1, UL 2 King reached on fielder's choice, Payton scored
B2 | FSU 1, UL 3 Mangrum scored on wild pitch
T3 | FSU 2, UL 3 Tibbs home run
T5 | FSU 4, UL 3 Barrett singled, Ferrer & Smith scored
B7 | FSU 4, UL 4 King singled, Knapczyk scored
B8 | FSU 4, UL 7 Payton home run, Humphrey & Knapczyk scored
UP NEXT:
Game two between the Cardinals and Seminoles is Friday at 6:00 pm on ACCNX. RHP Jackson Baumeister (4-5) will pitch for Florida State.
OF NOTE:
- James Tibbs had his first career multi-home run game, hitting his 16th and 17th of the season. He has three leadoff home runs this year (FSU has four as a team); the Noles last leadoff home run before this year was in 2017. He has hit a home run against eight of FSU's 10 ACC opponents.
- Tibbs was intentionally walked in his third plate appearance; he leads FSU with 44 walks and has five of the Noles seven IBBs. Tibbs also leads FSU with a .344 average, 58 runs, 43 RBI and 20 multi-hit games.
- Freshman Ben Barrett notched his third three-hit game of the season, going 3-for-3 with a two-run single in the fifth inning that gave FSU the lead. Barrett also drew a walk and is now hitting .357 (25-for-70) on the season and made his first start at first base since April 21.
- Andrew Armstrong entered Thursday fourth in the country with 31 pitching appearances. His 32nd Thursday was his second career start, and he set a career-high with 6.0 IP and tied a career high with six strikeouts.
- Nander De Sedas had his sixth sacrifice bunt of the season, most on the team.
- Cam Smith had two hits to extend his on-base streak to a career-high eight games. He has 14 multi-hit games, third on the team.
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