Noles Complete Sweep with 20-7 Win

TALLAHASSEE?- Florida State (6-0) completed its second sweep of the season over Western Carolina (3-4) with a final score of 20-7 at Dick Howser Stadium Sunday afternoon. The bats continued to stay hot as James Tibbs had Florida State's first multi-home run game of the season and four players had multi-hit games.

Relief pitcher Noah Short (1-0) entered in the first inning and held Western Carolina to two runs, limiting what could have been a bigger inning after the first three Catamount hitters reached base. Freshman Matt Sauser entered the game in the second frame, pitching 3.0 innings, allowing three hits and one earned run while striking out four.

Like it did Friday night, Florida State answered Western Carolina with four runs of its own in the first inning and never looked back. FSU built its lead to 11-2 on Tibbs' grand slam in the third inning, his second grand slam of the season.

Second baseman Drew Faurot was 3-for-4 with a double and four RBI in the game. For the weekend, Faurot finished 8-for-11 with six extra base hits, seven RBI and six runs scored.

SCORING SUMMARY:

T1 | WCU 1, FSU 0        Hinson sacrifice fly, Ketterman scored
T1 | WCU 2, FSU 0       Friese walked, Turner scored
B1 | WCU 2, FSU 1       Pickell wild pitch, M. Williams scored
B1 | WCU 2, FSU 2       Pickell wild pitch, Smith scored
B1 | WCU 2, FSU 3       Faurot sacrifice fly, Tibbs scored
B1 | WCU 2, FSU 4       Cantu sacrifice fly, Ferrer scored
B2 | WCU 2, FSU 5       Tibbs sacrifice fly, M. Williams scored
B3 | WCU 2, FSU 6       West singled, Dinges scored
B3 | WCU 2, FSU 7       Smith reached on error, Cantu scored
B3 | WCU 2, FSU 11     Tibbs home run, West, M. Williams, and Smith scored
T5 | WCU 3, FSU 11     Spyke singled, Turner scored
T5 | WCU 4, FSU 11     Hinson sacrifice fly, Stocum scored
T5 | WCU 5, FSU 11     Friese doubled, Spyke scored
B6 | WCU 5, FSU 12     Cantu singled, Faurot scored
B7 | WCU 5, FSU 13         Tibbs home run
B7 | WCU 5, FSU 14         Faurot sacrifice fly, J. Williams scored
T8 | WCU 7, FSU 14          Jones doubled, Needham and Holton scored
B8 | WCU 7, FSU 15         Smith singled, Duncan scored
B8 | WCU 7, FSU 16         Smith singled, Duncan scored
B8 | WCU 7, FSU 17         Kamaka reached on error, Davis and Smith scored
B8 | WCU 7, FSU 19         Faurot doubled, Kamaka and J. Williams scored
B8 | WCU 7, FSU 20           Fisher singled, Faurot scored

OF NOTE:

Cam Smith singled in his final at-bat, extending his hitting streak to a career-high 10 games.
Max Williams led off the game with a single and hit his first career triple. He scored a career-high three runs.
James Tibbs' two home runs tied a career high and was his second career multi-home run game. Two of his three home runs this year are grand slams and he now has 30 career home runs, most on the team.
Jaime Ferrer hit his second triple of the season. FSU also had two triples in Saturday's contest.
Freshman Matt Sauser struck out four batters in 3.0 innings, both career highs. FSU struck out 16 Western Carolina hitters.
The Seminoles 20 runs scored are its most since a 24-4 win over Niagara in February 2020.
Second baseman Drew Faurot was 3-for-4 with four RBI, two runs scored and a double. For the weekend, Faurot hit .727 (8-for-11) with four doubles, one triple, one home run, six runs scored and seven RBI. He drew two walks and added two sacrifice flies.

UP NEXT:
Florida State hosts USF (4-2) Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. The game will stream on ACC Network Extra.

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Team Stats

James Tibbs III

Drew Faurot

Max Williams

Daniel Cantu

Players Mentioned

Drew Faurot

Jaime Ferrer

Matt Sauser

Noah Short

Cam Smith

Max Williams

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