Arnold’s Career-High 12 K’s Leads Noles Past Irish

TALLAHASSEE – Sophomore pitcher Jamie Arnold struck out a career-high 12 batters and improved to 5-0 in Florida State's 4-2 win over Notre Dame Saturday afternoon at Dick Howser Stadium. The Seminoles improved to 17-0 – the last unbeaten team in the country and the second-best start in program history – and 2-0 in the ACC.

Arnold allowed just one run and four hits in 5.2 innings, his first earned run of the season to snap his streak at 25.1 innings. The southpaw has a 0.33 earned run average and 44 strikeouts on the season.

FSU never looked back after Jaime Ferrer's two-run home run in the first inning. The Irish got a run in the third before FSU added two more in the bottom of the fifth inning, on a Jaxson West single and a James Tibbs sacrifice fly.

Andrew Armstrong struck out four batters in 2.1 relief innings. Noah Short and Brennen Oxford combined for a scoreless ninth inning, with Oxford forcing a pop-up with runners on second and third to end the game.

Alex Lodise and Ferrer each had two hits for the Seminoles.

SCORING SUMMARY:

B1 | ND 0, FSU 2                Ferrer home run (6^th, 396 ft), M. Williams scored
T3 | ND 1, FSU 2                 Glancy reached on fielder's choice, Tinney scored
B5 | ND 1, FSU 3                West singled, Cantu scored
B5 | ND 1, FSU 4                Tibbs sacrifice fly, West scored
T8 | ND 2, FSU 4                 Williams home run

OF NOTE:

At 17-0, Florida State is the last remaining undefeated team in the country. The 17-0 start is the second-best in program history, behind the 2007 team (23-0).
The Noles current 19-game win streak is the 10^th-longest in school history and longest since the 23-game stretch to begin the 2007 season.
FSU's four runs are the Noles fewest this season and snaps a 16-game streak scoring at least seven runs, a school record.
Sophomore Jamie Arnold allowed his first earned run of the season, snapping his streak at 25.1 innings. Arnold set a career-high with 12 strikeouts in 5.2 innings, allowing four hits and the one run. For the season, his ERA is 0.33.
Arnold faced four batters with a runner on third base; the Irish grounded out, struck out and had a fly out, with one hit by pitch. For the season, opponents are 0-for-11 against Arnold with a runner on third base.
Jaime Ferrer hit a two-run home run in the first inning, his sixth of the year and 22^nd of his career. Ferrer has a season-high eight-game hitting streak.
Ferrer's home run was the 12^th consecutive game FSU has hit a home run, tied for the fourth-longest streak in program history.
FSU improved to 12-0 when scoring in the first inning and when scoring first.
Max Williams led off the bottom of the first with a triple; he leads FSU with three on the season.
Cam Smith was hit by a pitch in the first inning to extend his on-base streak to 27 games. His five HBP are a team-high after not getting hit once as a freshman. Smith's 20-game hitting streak – tied for the longest at FSU since 2011 – ended.
Daniel Cantu doubled to start the fifth inning, extending his hitting streak to five games. He has reached safely in 16 consecutive games.
Saturday was the first game for FSU that the opponent did not record an error.

UP NEXT:
Florida State and Notre Dame will wrap the series Sunday at 1:00 p.m. RHP Conner Whittaker will make his fourth start of the season and first in the weekend rotation.

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Arnold’s Career-High 12 K’s Leads Noles Past Irish

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Team Stats

Jaime Ferrer

Alex Lodise

Max Williams

Daniel Cantu

Players Mentioned

Andrew Armstrong

Jamie Arnold

Daniel Cantu

Jaime Ferrer

Alex Lodise

Brennen Oxford

Noah Short

Cam Smith

Jaxson West

Conner Whittaker

Max Williams

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