TALLAHASSEE – No. 8 Florida State (36-10) earned a 7-6 walk off victory over Jacksonville (22-24) off Lance Trippel's single down the left-field line to score the winning run on Tuesday evening at Dick Howser Stadium. The Seminoles sweep Jacksonville for the first time since 2018 and holds a 14-0 record over in-state opponents this season.
FSU's first lead of the game came off Trippel's walk-off single. The last time Florida State earned its first lead on the final play came in the upset victory over No. 1 Wake Forest on May 13, 2023, when Jordan Williams hit a single into right center to score Nander De Sedas from second in a 4-3 win.
Williams earned his first start of the year Tuesday and recorded his first multi-hit game of the season with two singles, his first hit allowed DeAmez Ross to tattoo his first home run of the season over the right field wall to cut the early deficit to one.
Relief pitchers Joe Charles and Brennen Oxford each sat down three batters in 2.0+ inning efforts with no extra base hits conceded between the two. John Abraham took the victory off the back of 2.0 innings and allowed just one hit in extra innings.
Down three in the eighth, Cam Smith extended his 56 game on-base streak with a walk before Marco Dinges and pinch hitter Jaime Ferrer were walked to load the bases on two outs. Alex Lodise blooped a single into right field to score one run before a foul out to the catcher ended the frame.
The Seminoles loaded the bases off three walks in the ninth before a wild pitch scored Drew Faurot and a sacrifice fly from Dinges allowed Ross to sprint home and tie the game.
Trippel's 11th-inning single marked his first RBI of the season and third of his collegiate career.
SCORING SUMMARY:
T2 | JU 1, FSU 0 Edmonds singled, Hinrikus scored
T2 | JU 2, FSU 0 Delisi doubled, Edmonds scored
B2 | JU 2, FSU 1 Lodise grounded out, Dinges scored
T3 | JU 4, FSU 1 Prescott singled, Brewer & Hinrikus scored
B3 | JU 4, FSU 3 Ross home run (1st, 358 ft), J. Williams scored
T7 | JU 5, FSU 3 Bastian singled, Gale scored
T7 | JU 6, FSU 3 Brewer singled, Bastian scored
B8 | JU 6, FSU 4 Lodise singled, Smith scored
B9 | JU 6, FSU 5 Faurot scored on wild pitch
B9 | JU 6, FSU 6 Dinges sacrifice fly, Ross scored
B11 | JU 6, FSU 7 Trippel singled, Smith scored
OF NOTE:
- DeAmez Ross hit his first home run of the season and third of his career; FSU has hit at least one home run in 21 consecutive games, a school record. The Noles have a home run in 42 of 46 games this season.
- Jordan Williams earned his first start of the season. He tied a career high with two hits and stole his 10th base of the year, a team high.
- Cam Smith drew walks in the eighth, ninth and 11th innings, extending his on-base streak to 56 games, the seventh-longest in FSU history. It matches the latest this season Smith extended his on-base streak (an eighth-inning single vs. Stetson). The latest in the streak for Smith was a ninth-inning single at Louisville on May 19, 2023.
- Smith's on-base streak has spanned a full calendar year; the last time he was held off the basepaths was May 5, 2023 in a win vs. Mercer.
- Smith scored his team-high 59th and 60th runs of the year; Smith's three walks were a career high and tied for the most by a Seminole this season.
- Alex Lodise had his eighth multi-RBI game of the season; Ross had his fourth.
- Lance Trippel's second hit of the season secured FSU's first walk-off win and first extra-innings win of the season.
- Junior Jaime Ferrer made his first appearance off the bench in his career; Ferrer has started 157 games in his career.
UP NEXT:
Florida State travels to Pittsburgh for the final regular-season road series of the year. The Seminoles and Panthers will play Friday at 6:00 p.m. at Cost Field; the game will stream on ACCNX.
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