Florida State Downs Dolphins On the Road

Florida State made the 2-hour trek to Jacksonville on Tuesday night and will return to Tallahassee with its first road victory of the season.

Jackson Lueck continued his hot start, going 2-for-4 at the plate with one RBI and a walk. Andrew Karp turned in his second consecutive quality start to help the Seminoles improve to 6-2 on the season in a 6-5 come-from-behind victory over Jacksonville.

The Good: It is early, but the Florida State offense has been hit or miss to this point of the season. Although 13 batters were sat down on strikes, they battled. Lueck and catcher Cal Raleigh both went 2-for-4 at the dish with a RBI. Raleigh hit his first home run of the season. FSU scattered nine hits off of six different Dolphin pitchers.

The Bad: Jacksonville jumped on Florida State early, holding a 3-0 advantage after the second inning. Four Jacksonville errors and six walks later, FSU was able to rally and win the game. Jacksonville had opportunities to put FSU away but kept the door open and it came back to bite the Dolphins.

The Ugly: The eighth inning was one that Jacksonville would like back. FSU tagged the Dolphins for three runs in the inning to take the lead for the first time. Starting catcher Mike Cassala made the move to the mound in the eighth inning. A wild pick-off attempt seemed to help jump-start the FSU offense. Tyler Daughtry’s RBI single put the Seminoles in front for good.

Studs of the Game: Andrew Karp got off to a shaky start giving up three runs in two innings, but the redshirt sophomore settled down and gave FSU four more strong innings of work. Karp retired seven Dolphins by way of the strikeout and only walked one batter.

Duds of the Game: After a very impressive junior season, Jim Voyles is struggling to find success in his senior campaign. Voyles was the first guy called upon to relieve Andrew Karp. Three hits and two earned runs later and his day was done. Voyles threw 12 pitches, two of which were wild. One was only thrown about 57 feet and bounced off of Raleigh’s chest protection over the protective netting behind home plate.