Florida State University Athletics
Smith Ties School Record with Two Triples
5/3/2023 1:02:17 AM | Baseball
JACKSONVILLE, Florida – Florida State scored a season-high five runs in the first inning, but No. 4 Florida left 121 Financial Ballpark with an 7-5 victory Tuesday evening in front of 8,210 fans.
After Florida scored four runs in the top of the first, the Seminoles responded with five of their own to take the lead. After DeAmez Ross singled, Jaime Ferrer hit an RBI double; James Tibbs hit an RBI single; Cam Smith hit his third triple of the season, tied for the team lead; and Smith scored on a throwing error by the Gators. With two outs, Jordan Carrion singled for the 5-4 lead.
Both bullpens responded with zeroes until the fifth inning, when Florida took the lead with three runs, including two on back-to-back home runs.
Smith tied a school record with his second triple in the seventh inning, the ninth player in school history with multiple triples in a game. He now leads FSU with four triples, is second with 11 home runs and is the first Nole since Dylan Busby in 2016 with at least four triples and 10 home runs.
SCORING SUMMARY:
T1 | UF 2, FSU 0 Caglianone singled, Kurland scored; Langford scored on throwing error
T1 | UF 3, FSU 0 Halter singled, Caglianone scored
T1 | UF 4, FSU 0 Thomas grounded out, Heyman scored
B1 | UF 4, FSU 1 Ferrer doubled, Ross scored
B1 | UF 4, FSU 2 Tibbs singled, Ferrer scored
B1 | UF 4, FSU 3 Smith tripled, Tibbs scored
B1 | UF 4, FSU 4 De Sedas reached on fielder’s choice; Smith scored on throwing error
B1 | UF 4, FSU 5 Carrion singled, De Sedas scored
T5 | UF 5, FSU 5 Langford home run
T5 | UF 6, FSU 5 Caglianone home run
T5 | UF 7, FSU 5 Heyman doubled, Rivera scored
UP NEXT:
Florida State returns to Dick Howser Stadium to begin an eight-game homestand this Friday against Mercer. The game will begin at 6:00 p.m. and stream on ACCNX.
OF NOTE:
- Cam Smith tied a school record with two triples, becoming the ninth player in school history and first since Reese Albert in 2019 to accomplish the feat. His four triples on the season are a team high and the most for an FSU freshman since 2014, when Ben DeLuzio had five. As a team, FSU has 13 triples, tied with 2019 for the most over the last 10 seasons.
- Smith is the first Seminole since Dylan Busby in 2016 with at least four triples and 10 home runs in a season. Busby had five triples and 14 home runs as a sophomore.
- Jaime Ferrer matched his freshman total of 19 doubles with an RBI two-bagger in the first inning. He has a double in four straight games and six in the last six games. He leads FSU in doubles, hits (62) and RBI (37). Ferrer also had the first sacrifice bunt of his career.
- DeAmez Ross tied a career-high with three hits, and drew a walk. He and Ferrer lead FSU with six-game hitting streaks, and Ross now has three three-hit games, one behind Ferrer.
- James Tibbs hit an RBI single in the first inning; he walked and stole a base in the second inning, and was intentionally walked in the fourth. Tibbs leads FSU with 35 walks (19 more than second place) and is 3-for-3 on stolen base attempts. He has drawn three of FSU’s five intentional walks this season.
- Carrion hit a pair of singles Tuesday, including the go-ahead RBI knock in the first inning. He is now hitting .450 (9-for-20) in his career against his former team.
- Relief pitcher Andrew Armstrong made his team-high 27th pitching appearance; he entered Tuesday seventh nationally in pitching appearances. He has thrown at least 3.0 innings five times in 2023.
- Colton Vincent was hit by a pitch for a team-high ninth time. He also threw out his seventh baserunner of the season.
- Florida State scored five runs in the first inning, its most in the first inning this season.
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