FLORIDA STATE (31-24, 20-16 ACC) 2021 SEASON NOTES FEBRUARY SAT 20 North Florida ACCNX L, 4-7 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES | Atlantic Coast Conference SUN 21 North Florida ACCNX W, 14-7 Head Coach: Mike Martin, Jr. (Florida State ‘95) // North Florida ACCNX W, 8-4 FRI 26 Pitt* ACCNX L, 0-1 At FSU: 43-29 (2nd Season) // Overall: Same SAT 27 Pitt* ACC Network L, 2-7 SUN 28 Pitt* ACCNX L, 7-9 (13) FSU Overall: 31-24 // ACC: 20-16 // Home: 18-13 // Away: 11-9 // Neutral: 2-2 // Last 10: 4-6 MARCH TUE 2 Mercer Postponed NOLES REACH POSTSEASON FOR 43rd CONSECUTIVE TOURNAMENT FRI 5 #16 Virginia* ACCNX W, 2-0 Florida State extended the nation’s longest active postseason streak to 43 consecutive tournament SAT 6 #16 Virginia* ACCNX W, 9-4 » SUN 7 #16 Virginia* ACCNX L, 1-2 appearances. FSU beat Southern Miss in the Oxford Regional. TUE 9 USF Postponed » Catcher Matheu Nelson led the nation with 23 home runs and was a unanimous first team All-American. FRI 12 at #18 Virginia Tech* ACCNX W, 6-4 Nelson was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year. SAT 13 at #18 Virginia Tech* ACCNX L, 0-5 Starting pitcher Parker Messick earned the ACC’s Pitcher & Freshman of the Year, racking up eight wins SUN 14 at #18 Virginia Tech* ACCNX W, 14-7 » TUE 16 #5 Florida ACC Network W, 10-2 with 126 strikeouts over 16 starts. It was just the second time in league history that a pitcher earned FRI 19 at #6 Miami* ACC Network W, 13-1 Pitcher & Freshman of the Year in the same season and the first time ever that one school had the Player, SAT 20 at #6 Miami* ACC Network W, 9-1 Pitcher & Freshman of the Year in one year. Messick was also a third team All-American and second team SUN 21 at #6 Miami* ACCNX W, 12-0 Freshman All-American. WED 24 UCF ACC Network W, 6-5 (10) FRI 26 Wake Forest* ACCNX W, 2-1 » Freshman pitcher Bryce Hubbart and sophomore outfielder Robby Martin earned third team honors from SAT 27 Wake Forest* ACCNX L, 7-8 the ACC, while Hubbart joined Messick on the Freshman All-ACC team. SUN 28 Wake Forest* ACCNX L, 10-12 » FSU finished 4-0 against rival Miami, including a three-game sweep in Coral Gables in mid-March by a WED 31 Mercer ACCNX W, 8-1 combined 34-2. The Noles tacked on a fourth win in the ACC Tournament. APRIL » The Seminoles won two of three games at No. 7 Notre Dame, the eventual ACC Champions and No. 10 FRI 2 North Carolina* ACCNX L, 3-4 national seed in the NCAA Tournament. FSU was the only team to beat the Irish in a weekend series during SAT 3 North Carolina* ACCNX W, 4-2 the regular season. SUN 4 North Carolina* ACC Network W, 8-0 FSU also won series against ranked opponents Virginia, at Virginia Tech, at Miami and at Georgia Tech, TUE 6 Jacksonville ACCNX L, 7-8 » FRI 9 at #7 Louisville* ACCN L, 3-4 (10) while also beating No. 5 Florida in Tallahassee in March. 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 NCAA PLAYER RANKINGS (TOP 100) 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) 27 1 264 Elijah Cabell Home Runs 48 15 FRI 23 at Georgia Tech* ACCNX W, 9-0 Home Runs/Gm. 48 0.30 SAT 24 at Georgia Tech* ACC Network W, 13-10 Batting Average (286) 258 14 0.241 SUN 25 at Georgia Tech* ACCNX L, 8-9 Double Plays (285) 129 9 33 Conor Grady Strikeouts/9 IP 36 12.15 TUE 27 Stetson ACCNX W, 9-5 Double Plays Per Game (286) 171 11 0.6 Games Started 41 15 FRI 30 Troy ACCNX W, 3-2 Doubles (286) 143 11 80 Strikeout/BB Ratio 55 5.21 Strikeouts 64 99 MAY Doubles Per Game (286) 222 13 1.45 SAT 1 Troy ACCNX L, 0-3 Earned Run Average (286) 7 1 3.45 Chase Haney Pitching Apps 12 31 SUN 2 Troy ACCNX W, 4-2 Fielding Percentage (286) 142 10 0.968 Davis Hare Pitching Apps 81 25 FRI 7 at #7 Notre Dame* ACC Network W, 5-2 Hit Batters (286) 127 5 55 Bryce Hubbart Strikeouts/9 IP 49 11.92 SAT 8 at #7 Notre Dame* ACC Network L, 3-5 Hit by Pitch (286) 50 2 71 Hit Batters 70 12 at #7 Notre Dame* ACCNX W, 7-1 Hits Allowed/9 IP 81 6.85 TUE 11 FGCU ACCNX L, 7-8 Hits (286) 132 11 449 WED 12 FGCU ACCNX W, 2-1 Hits Allowed Per Nine Innings (286) 23 1 7.81 Strikeouts 84 94 FRI 14 Clemson* ACC Network W, 8-3 Home Runs (286) 18 3 80 Tyler Martin Base on Balls 21 46 SAT 15 Clemson* ACCNX L, 5-9 Base on Balls/Gm. 40 0.84 SUN 16 Clemson* ACCNX W, 9-6 Home Runs Per Game (286) 15 3 1.45 On Base Percentage (286) 180 10 0.355 Hit by Pitch 64 14 THU 20 at #23 NC State* ACCNX L, 4-6 Runs 74 54 FRI 21 at #23 NC State* ACCNX L, 4-6 Runs (286) 76 5 335 Parker Messick Games Started 13 16 SAT 22 at #23 NC State* ACCNX W, 15-11 Sacrifice Bunts (286) 203 5 14 Strikeouts 16 126 ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Sacrifice Flies (284) 241 12 12 WED 26 vs. Duke RSN/ACCNX L, 1-12 Strikeouts/9 IP 24 12.60 FRI 28 vs. Miami RSN/ACCNX W, 6-3 Scoring (286) 113 7 6.1 Strikeout/BB Ratio 47 5.48 Shutouts (184) 62 4 4 Victories 52 8 JUNE Slugging Percentage (286) 122 10 0.417 NCAA OXFORD REGIONAL Matheu Nelson Home Runs 1 23 FRI 4 vs. #20 Southern Miss ESPNU W, 5-2 Stolen Bases (286) 257 13 24 Home Runs/Gm. 4 0.43 SAT 5 at #13 Ole Miss ESPN2 L, 3-4 Stolen Bases Per Game (286) 275 13 0.44 Slugging Pct. 5 .773 SUN 6 vs. #20 Southern Miss ACC Network L, 4-7 Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (286) 7 1 3.19 RBI 6 66 Strikeouts Per Nine Innings (286) 4 1 11.4 Rankings above use D1Baseball.com Total Bases 10 150 Triples (284) 269 13 3 RBI/Gm. 17 1.25 Triples Per Game (285) 277 14 0.05 Doubles 67 17 WHIP (286) 20 2 1.26 Jonah Scolaro Pitching Apps 12 31 WL Pct (286) 89 6 0.564 Walks Allowed Per Nine Innings (286) 65 4 3.58 1 FSU QUICK FACTS GAME NOTES GENERAL INFORMATION 43 STRAIGHT NCAA REGIONAL APPEARANCES » Nelson’s 23 home runs were the most for a Location Tallahassee, Fla. » Florida State earned a postseason bid for the Seminole since Buster Posey had 26 in 2008, Symbol Seminoles 43rd consecutive season and the 58th all-time. the year he won every national player of the year » FSU’s 43-season streak is the second-longest honor and was drafted fifth overall by the San Colors Garnet & Gold consecutive streak in history, one behind Francisco Giants. Enrollment 41,900 Nelson was the second-fastest to reach 20 Miami’s 44-season run. » President John Thrasher » The Seminoles 58 all-time appearances trail only home runs at FSU: Texas for the most in the CWS-era (since 1947). Fastest to 20 HR, FSU history: Director of Athletics David Coburn All-Time Appearances, NCAA Postseason Year Player 20th HR Total HR Texas 60 Arizona State 41 1982 Jeff Ledbetter Game 22 42 Florida State 58 Cal State Fullerton 40 2021 Mat Nelson Game 37 23 COACHING STAFF Miami 47 Oklahoma 37 1997 J.D. Drew Game 42 31 Head Coach Mike Martin, Jr. Oklahoma State 46 USC 37 » Nelson led FSU with 22 multi-hit games, includ- Clemson 44 St. John’s 37 ing all three at NC State. Against Troy (5/2), Florida State 1995 Nelson tied the game with an RBI double in the Record at Florida State 43-29 All-Time Consec. Appearances, NCAA Postseason fifth inning and added a solo home run in the Miami 44 1973-2016 eighth inning. 2nd Season Florida State 43 1978-2021 » Against Boston College, Nelson hit a pair of Career Record Same Cal State Fullerton 27 1992-2018 home runs. Friday (4/16), Nelson’s grand slam Rice 23 1995-2017 was his second of the season and FSU’s fourth Assistant Coach Jimmy Belanger Clemson 21 1987-2007 of the year. It was FSU’s first hit of the game. Louisville 2009 » The closest active streak behind Florida State is » Saturday (4/17), Nelson hit a three-run HR for the Vanderbilt, which has made the postseason 15 Noles first hit. He added a double and RBI single Assistant Coach Mike Metcalf straight years. Sunday (4/18) and had 9 RBI for the series. West Florida 2000 » At Louisville, Nelson had a double in each game NELSON NAMED ACC PLAYER OF THE YEAR and a home run in the last two games of the Assistant Coach Tyler Holt » Sophomore Mat Nelson was named the Atlantic series.