FLORIDA STATE (23-16, 15-12 ACC) MAY 7-9, 2021 FEBRUARY SAT 20 North Florida ACCNX L, 4-7 #18 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES | Atlantic Coast Conference | RPI: 60 SUN 21 North Florida ACCNX W, 14-7 Head Coach: Mike Martin, Jr. (Florida State ‘95) // North Florida ACCNX W, 8-4 at FSU: 35-21 (2nd Season) // Overall: Same FRI 26 Pitt* ACCNX L, 0-1 SAT 27 Pitt* ACC Network L, 2-7 SUN 28 Pitt* ACCNX L, 7-9 (13) FSU Overall: 23-16 // ACC: 15-12 // Home: 15-11 // Away: 8-5 // Neutral: 0-0 // Last 10: 7-3 MARCH TUE 2 Mercer Postponed VS FRI 5 #16 Virginia* ACCNX W, 2-0 SAT 6 #16 Virginia* ACCNX W, 9-4 #7 NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH | Atlantic Coast Conference | RPI: 10 SUN 7 #16 Virginia* ACCNX L, 1-2 Head Coach: Link Jarrett (Florida State ‘94) // TUE 9 USF Postponed FRI 12 at #18 Virginia Tech* ACCNX W, 6-4 at Notre Dame: 35-10 (2nd Season) // Overall: 250--176 (9th Season) SAT 13 at #18 Virginia Tech* ACCNX L, 0-5 SUN 14 at #18 Virginia Tech* ACCNX W, 14-7 Notre Dame Overall: 24-8 // ACC: 21-8 // Home: 13-4 // Away: 11-4 // Neutral: 0-0 // Last 10: 8-2 TUE 16 #5 Florida ACC Network W, 10-2 FRI 19 at #6 Miami* ACC Network W, 13-1 SAT 20 at #6 Miami* ACC Network W, 9-1 SUN 21 at #6 Miami* ACCNX W, 12-0 WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN PITCHING MATCH-UPS WED 24 UCF ACC Network W, 6-5 (10) FRI 26 Wake Forest* ACCNX W, 2-1 FRIDAY ACC Network LHP Will Mercer (ND) vs. LHP Parker Messick (FSU) SAT 27 Wake Forest* ACCNX L, 7-8 PxP: Mike Monaco SUN 28 Wake Forest* ACCNX L, 10-12 1-1, 5.97 ERA 5-2, 2.45 ERA WED 31 Mercer ACCNX W, 8-1 Color: Danny Graves (Fri) Color: Mike Rooney (Sat/Sun) SATURDAY APRIL LHP John M. Bertrand (ND) vs. LHP Bryce Hubbart (FSU) FRI 2 North Carolina* ACCNX L, 3-4 5-1, 3.38 ERA 5-3, 3.44 ERA SAT 3 North Carolina* ACCNX W, 4-2 100.7 FM (Tallahassee) SUN 4 North Carolina* ACC Network W, 8-0 FSU Gameday App (Nationwide) SUNDAY TUE 6 Jacksonville ACCNX L, 7-8 TBA vs. RHP Conor Grady (FSU) FRI 9 at #7 Louisville* ACCN L, 3-4 (10) PxP: Eric Luallen 4-2, 3.91 ERA SAT 10 at #7 Louisville* ACCNX W, 8-5 SUN 11 at #7 Louisville* ESPN2 L, 4-11 TUE 13 at #18 Florida SEC Network L, 2-3 (10) FSU TEAM STATS (as of May 6) NCAA PLAYER RANKINGS (TOP 50) FRI 16 Boston College* ACCNX W, 10-2 SAT 17 Boston College* ACCNX W, 5-1 Statistic (Teams ranked) NCAA ACC Value Player Statistic NCAA Value SUN 18 Boston College* ACCNX L, 3-5 Base on Balls (286) 25 1 201 Elijah Cabell Home Runs/Gm. 25 0.32 FRI 23 at Georgia Tech* ACCNX W, 9-0 Batting Average (286) 245 14 0.243 Home Runs 38 11 SAT 24 at Georgia Tech* ACC Network W, 13-10 SUN 25 at Georgia Tech* ACCNX L, 8-9 Double Plays (286) 145 9 23 Conor Grady Games Started 5 11 TUE 27 Stetson ACCNX W, 9-5 Double Plays Per Game (286) 180 11 0.59 Chase Haney Pitching Apps 1 27 FRI 30 Troy ACCNX W, 3-2 Doubles (286) 183 13 54 Bryce Hubbart Strikeouts/9 IP 20 13.41 Doubles Per Game (286) 231 13 1.38 Robby Martin RBI 46 42 MAY Earned Run Average (286) 8 1 3.2 Tyler Martin Base on Balls 5 39 SAT 1 Troy ACCNX L, 0-3 Fielding Percentage (286) 145 10 0.968 Base on Balls/Gm. 8 1.00 SUN 2 Troy ACCNX W, 4-2 Parker Messick Games Started 5 11 FRI 7 at #8 Notre Dame* ACC Network 6:00 PM Hit Batters (286) 167 8 38 SAT 8 at #8 Notre Dame* ACC Network 1:00 PM Hit by Pitch (286) 68 3 51 Strikeouts 11 91 SUN 9 at #8 Notre Dame* ACC Network 1:00 PM Hits (286) 146 11 321 Strikeouts/9 IP 26 13.14 TUE 11 FGCU ACCNX 6:00 PM Hits Allowed Per Nine Innings (286) 13 1 7.34 Mat Nelson Home Runs 1 20 WED 12 FGCU ACCNX 2:00 PM Home Runs (285) 11 2 61 Home Runs/Gm. 1 0.54 FRI 14 Clemson* ACC Network 6:00 PM Home Runs Per Game (286) 8 2 1.56 RBI 1 57 SAT 15 Clemson* ACCNX 2:00 PM On Base Percentage (286) 158 9 0.362 RBI/Gm. 1 1.54 SUN 16 Clemson* ACCNX 1:00 PM Slugging Pct. 1 .867 THU 20 at NC State* ACCNX 6:30 PM Runs (286) 85 6 247 FRI 21 at NC State* ACCNX 6:30 PM Sacrifice Bunts (284) 207 8 10 Total Bases 5 117 SAT 22 at NC State* ACCNX 1:00 PM Sacrifice Flies (286) 215 11 10 Jonah Scolaro Pitching Apps 10 23 POSTSEASON Scoring (286) 95 7 6.3 ACC Tournament - May 25-30, Charlotte, N.C. Shutouts (157) 28 1 4 NCAA Regionals - June 4-7, Campus Sites NCAA Super Regionals - June 11-14, Campus Sites Slugging Percentage (286) 96 10 0.427 College World Series - June 19-30, Omaha, Nebraska Stolen Bases (286) 256 13 19 Rankings above use D1Baseball.com Stolen Bases Per Game (286) 271 13 0.49 Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (286) 8 1 3.48 Rankings Strikeouts Per Nine Innings (286) 3 1 11.8 Baseball America: 14 Perfect Game: 13 Triples (280) 254 13 3 D1Baseball.com: 18 USA Today Coaches: 21 Triples Per Game (284) 266 13 0.08 NCBWA: 17 WHIP (286) 10 1 1.19 WL Pct (286) 82 6 0.59 1 Walks Allowed Per Nine Innings (286) 44 3 3.4 FSU QUICK FACTS GAME NOTES GENERAL INFORMATION NELSON LEADS NATION IN HR, RBI, SLUGGING » Nelson tied a career high with 5 RBI against Location Tallahassee, Fla. » Sophomore Mat Nelson is having a monster year Jacksonville (4/6), with an RBI single in the first Symbol Seminoles at the plate, leading the nation in home runs inning and a grand slam in the third inning. (20), RBI (57) and slugging pct. (.867) » Nelson hit two home runs against Wake Forest Colors Garnet & Gold » Nelson also ranks first in home runs per game (3/28), including the first of back-to-back-to- Enrollment 41,900 and RBI per game and is fifth in total bases back HR with Robby Martin and Elijah Cabell. FSU (117). last hit three straight HR in 2010. President John Thrasher » Nelson was named ACC Player of the Week after » As FSU’s catcher, Nelson has thrown out 13 of 26 Director of Athletics David Coburn a 5-for-10 weekend at Georgia Tech (4/23-25) would-be basestealers. with three HR and two doubles, added his 19th » Entering the season, Nelson was rated the No. HR of the year against Stetson (4/27). 228 prospect for the upcoming draft and is the COACHING STAFF » He was the second Nole this year to have a four- No. 7 catcher nationally, according to D1Base- Head Coach Mike Martin, Jr. game HR streak (Elijah Cabell) after going deep ball. in all three games at GT and against Stetson. » Nelson was coached in high school by the late Florida State 1995 » Nelson’s 10-game hitting streak entering the Roy Halladay, an MLB Hall of Famer. The pair Record at Florida State 35-21 Notre Dame series is a career-long. helped Calvary Christian to a state champi- » Nelson leads FSU in batting average (.341), onship in 2017 and won a state-record 60 2nd Season doubles (11), home runs, RBI, and slugging consecutive games. Career Record Same percentage. He trails Tyler Martin in runs (41 to 40), walks (39 to 22) and OBP (.472 to .445). MESSICK PACES FSU PITCHING Assistant Coach Jimmy Belanger » Nelson and Elijah Cabell (11) have the most home » Freshman Parker Messick was named to the Louisville 2009 runs for a duo in the country. Nelson and Robby midseason Watch List for the Golden Spikes Martin (42) have the most RBI for a duo in the Award, given to the nation’s top player. Assistant Coach Mike Metcalf country. » Messick ranks second in the ACC with 91 strike- West Florida 2000 » Nelson’s 20 home runs are the most for a outs and a 2.45 ERA. Seminole since Buster Posey had 26 in 2008, » In ACC games, Messick’s ERA falls to 1.68 with a Assistant Coach Tyler Holt the year he won every national player of the year .189 batting average against, both best among Florida State 2019 honor and was drafted fifth overall by the San qualifying pitchers. Francisco Giants. » After allowed two runs in 6.1 innings against Home Field Mike Martin Field » Nelson is the second-fastest to reach 20 home Troy (4/30), Messick now has 10 consecutive at Dick Howser Stadium (6,700/1,500) runs at FSU: starts with at least 5.0 innings pitched and two Fastest to 20 HR, FSU history: or fewer earned runs allowed. Surface Natural Grass Year Player 20th HR Total HR » Messick threw 6.0 shutout innings at Ga. Tech Dimensions LF 340, CF 400, RF 320 1982 Jeff Ledbetter Game 22 42 (4/23) and allowed only 3 hits.