Mercer Hands Noles First Non-Conference Loss

TALLAHASSEE – No. 8 Florida State fell to visiting Mercer 13-6 Tuesday night at Dick Howser Stadium. The loss was FSU's first in a midweek contest and first outside of ACC play this year.

The Seminoles – 30-6 overall – led 2-1 after the third inning, but the Bears answered with seven runs in the top of the fourth to pull away. Noah Best's grand slam capped the scoring in the Mercer fourth.

Daniel Cantu hit a home run for Florida State, his fourth of the season and FSU's 68^th on the year. The Noles have a home run in 32 of 36 games, including 11 consecutive.

FSU used nine pitchers in the contest, a season high.

SCORING SUMMARY:
T2 | MER 1, FSU 0              Lester home run
B3 | MER 1, FSU 1              Lodise doubled, Faurot scored
B3 | MER 1, FSU 2              M. Williams singled, Lodise scored
T4 | MER 3, FSU 2              Cherry singled, Sanford and Frye scored
T4 | MER 4, FSU 2              Prince doubled, Brown scored
T4 | MER 8, FSU 2              Best home run, Cherry, Prince and Lester scored
B5 | MER 8, FSU 3              Cantu home run (4^th, 389 ft)
T6 | MER 9, FSU 3              Sanford sacrifice fly, Todaro scored
T6 | MER 10, FSU 3            Brown walked, Lester scored
B7 | MER 10, FSU 5            Smith tripled, Lodise and M. Williams scored
B7 | MER 10, FSU 6            Ferrer singled, Smith scored
T8 | MER 13, FSU 6            Dalley doubled, Brown, Cherry and Prince scored

OF NOTE:

Leadoff hitter Max Williams had a career-high four hits, finishing 4-for-5 for his 10^th multi-hit game of the year. Williams extended his hitting streak to seven games and on-base streak to nine games, both career bests.
Connor Hults entered in relief and struck out a career-high five batters. His first two strikeouts came with the bases loaded in the second inning to get FSU out of trouble; he struck out the first four batters he faced.
Drew Faurot singled and stole a base. He has a four-game hitting streak and is 7-for-7 on the basepaths.
Daniel Cantu hit his fourth home run of the season and 29^th of his career. Florida State has at least one home run in 32 of 36 games this year, including 11 consecutive.
Cam Smith drew a walk in the fifth inning; he has reached safely in 46 consecutive games, tied with Jack Rye (2005-06) for the 14^th-longest on-base streak in FSU history. Smith added a two-run triple in the seventh inning, his first of the year and sixth of his career.
Smith was 2-for-4 and leads FSU with 22 multi-hit games on the season.
Marco Dinges was hit by a pitch to extend his on-base streak to nine games; it was his first HBP of the year.
James Tibbs threw out his fourth runner this year; he has four of FSU's six outfield assists on the season.
FSU used a season-high nine pitchers. The Noles had previously used seven pitchers

UP NEXT:
Florida State travels to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for a three-game series with No. 12 Wake Forest. Friday's game begins at 6:00 p.m. on ACCNX.

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Mercer Hands Noles First Non-Conference Loss

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Team Stats

Max Williams

Cam Smith

Jaime Ferrer

Alex Lodise

Players Mentioned

Daniel Cantu

Marco Dinges

Drew Faurot

Connor Hults

Cam Smith

Max Williams

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