FLORIDA STATE (16-13, 11-10 ACC) APRIL 16-18, 2021 FEBRUARY SAT 20 North Florida ACCNX L, 4-7 #24 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES | Atlantic Coast Conference | RPI: 57 SUN 21 North Florida ACCNX W, 14-7 Head Coach: Mike Martin, Jr. (Florida State ‘95) // North Florida ACCNX W, 8-4 at FSU: 28-18 (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: 16-13 // ACC: 11-10 // Home: 10-9 // Away: 6-4 // Neutral: 0-0 // Last 10: 4-6 MARCH TUE 2 Mercer Postponed VS FRI 5 #16 Virginia* ACCNX W, 2-0 SAT 6 #16 Virginia* ACCNX W, 9-4 BOSTON COLLEGE EAGLES | Atlantic Coast Conference | RPI: 94 SUN 7 #16 Virginia* ACCNX L, 1-2 Head Coach: Mike Gambino (Boston College ‘99) // TUE 9 USF Postponed FRI 12 at #18 Virginia Tech* ACCNX W, 6-4 at Boston College: 228-300 (11th Season) // Overall: Same SAT 13 at #18 Virginia Tech* ACCNX L, 0-5 SUN 14 at #18 Virginia Tech* ACCNX W, 14-7 Boston College Overall: 14-16 // ACC: 4-14 // Home: 5-8 // Away: 9-8 // Neutral: 0-0 // Last 10: 2-8 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 Extra RHP Joe Mancini (BC) vs. LHP Parker Messick (FSU) SAT 27 Wake Forest* ACCNX L, 7-8 PxP: Shawn Davison, Trevor SUN 28 Wake Forest* ACCNX L, 10-12 1-0, 9.16 ERA 2-2, 2.60 ERA WED 31 Mercer ACCNX W, 8-1 DeGroot, Ariya Massoudi Color: Chip Baker SATURDAY APRIL RHP Emmet Sheehan (BC) vs. LHP Bryce Hubbart (FSU) FRI 2 North Carolina* ACCNX L, 3-4 3-2, 4.66 ERA 3-2, 4.68 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 RHP Alex Stiegler (BC) vs. RHP Conor Grady (FSU) FRI 9 at #7 Louisville* ACCN L, 3-4 (10) Eric Luallen - Play-by-Play 1-2, 5.54 ERA 4-1, 3.60 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 April 15) NCAA PLAYER RANKINGS (TOP 50) FRI 16 Boston College* ACCNX 6:00 PM SAT 17 Boston College* ACCNX 2:00 PM Statistic (Teams ranked) NCAA ACC Value Player Statistic NCAA Value SUN 18 Boston College* ACCNX 1:00 PM Base on Balls (285) 39 1 143 Elijah Cabell Home Runs/Gm. 38 0.33 FRI 23 at Georgia Tech* ACCNX 7:30 PM Batting Average (285) 245 14 0.238 Conor Grady Games Started 5 8 SAT 24 at Georgia Tech* ACCNX 4:00 PM SUN 25 at Georgia Tech* ACCNX 1:00 PM Double Plays (284) 116 9 18 Chase Haney Pitching Apps. 1 21 TUE 27 Stetson ACCNX 5:00 PM Double Plays Per Game (284) 151 8 0.62 Davis Hare Pitching Apps. 39 15 FRI 30 Troy ACCNX 6:00 PM Doubles (285) 153 11 41 Bryce Hubbart Strikeouts/9 IP 27 13.50 Doubles Per Game (285) 211 12 1.41 Tyler Martin Base on Balls 21 25 MAY Earned Run Average (285) 13 1 3.26 Base on Balls/Gm. 50 0.86 SAT 1 Troy ACCNX 2:00 PM Fielding Percentage (285) 146 8 0.968 Parker Messick Games Started 5 8 SUN 2 Troy ACCNX 1:00 PM Strikeouts 5 69 FRI 7 at #10 Notre Dame* ACC Network 6:00 PM Hit Batters (284) 135 6 30 SAT 8 at #10 Notre Dame* ACC Network 7:00 PM Hit by Pitch (285) 62 3 38 Strikeouts/9 IP 21 13.80 SUN 9 at #10 Notre Dame* ACC Network 12:00 PM Hits (285) 141 12 235 Mat Nelson Home Runs 3 13 TUE 11 FGCU ACCNX 6:00 PM Hits Allowed Per Nine Innings (285) 9 1 7.02 Home Runs/Gm. 5 0.48 WED 12 FGCU ACCNX 6:00 PM Home Runs (284) 16 1 41 RBI 7 39 FRI 14 Clemson* ACC Network 6:00 PM Home Runs Per Game (284) 16 2 1.41 RBI/Gm. 8 1.4 SAT 15 Clemson* ACCNX 2:00 PM On Base Percentage (285) 183 11 0.354 Slugging Pct. 10 .780 SUN 16 Clemson* ACCNX 1:00 PM Total Bases 27 78 THU 20 at NC State* ACCNX 6:30 PM Runs (285) 76 6 183 FRI 21 at NC State* ACCNX 6:30 PM Sacrifice Bunts (279) 152 6 9 Runs/Gm. 37 1.15 SAT 22 at NC State* ACCNX 1:00 PM Sacrifice Flies (284) 218 12 6 Jonah Scolaro Pitching Apps. 21 16 POSTSEASON Scoring (285) 96 6 6.3 ACC Tournament - May 25-30, Charlotte, N.C. Shutouts (114) 27 1 3 NCAA Regionals - June 4-7, Campus Sites NCAA Super Regionals - June 11-14, Campus Sites Slugging Percentage (285) 123 12 0.407 College World Series - June 19-30, Omaha, Nebraska Stolen Bases (284) 244 13 14 Rankings above use D1Baseball.com Stolen Bases Per Game (285) 268 13 0.48 Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (285) 25 2 3.07 Rankings Strikeouts Per Nine Innings (285) 6 1 11.7 Baseball America: 18 Perfect Game: 23 Triples (268) 240 13 2 D1Baseball.com: 24 USA Today Coaches: -- Triples Per Game (279) 261 13 0.07 NCBWA: -- WHIP (285) 14 1 1.2 WL Pct (284) 110 8 0.552 1 Walks Allowed Per Nine Innings (285) 86 4 3.8 FSU QUICK FACTS GAME NOTES GENERAL INFORMATION NELSON AMONG COUNTRY’S TOP CATCHERS » Messick hit a home run in his first collegiate Location Tallahassee, Fla. » Third-year sophomore Mat Nelson has a .320 at-bat against Virginia Tech (3/14). Symbol Seminoles batting average and 13 home runs. At No. 6 Miami (3/19), he DH’d and pitched, » Nationally, Nelson ranks third in home runs throwing 6.2 innings with 10 strikeouts and Colors Garnet & Gold (13), seventh in RBI (39) and 10th in slugging going 1-for-4 with 3 RBI at the plate. Enrollment 41,900 Messick was named the College Baseball Foun- percentage (0.780). » President John Thrasher » At Louisville, Nelson had a double in each game dation John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Week and a home run in the last two games of the and is on the Olerud Award Watch List. Interim Director of Athletics David Coburn series. Nelson’s three-run home run Saturday » Messick is the first Nole with a HR in his first ca- (4/10) gave the Noles an 8-4 lead and traveled reer AB to hit a home run since Jonathan Foster 459 feet. did it in 2018. COACHING STAFF » Nelson tied a career high with 5 RBI against Head Coach Mike Martin, Jr. Jacksonville (4/6), with an RBI single in the first 489 FEET! inning and a grand slam in the third inning. » Third-year sophomore Elijah Cabell has eight Florida State 1995 » It was Nelson’s first career grand slam and the home runs this season. Record at Florida State 28-18 third for FSU this season. » Since being re-inserted in the starting lineup vs. » Nelson hit two home runs against Wake Forest Wake Forest (3/27), Cabell has hit a home run in 2nd Season (3/28), including the first of back-to-back-to- five of eight games. Career Record Same back HR with Robby Martin and Elijah Cabell. FSU » He became the first Seminole since Chris Mar- last hit three straight HR in 2010. concini in 2015 with a home run in four straight Assistant Coach Jimmy Belanger » Nelson’s .438 on-base percentage is sec- games (3/27-28 vs. Wake Forest, 3/31 vs. Mercer, Louisville 2009 ond-best on the team. 4/2 vs. North Carolina). » Nelson is Top 10 in the ACC in HR (13, 1st), RBI » At Louisville, Cabell had a pair of two-run home Assistant Coach Mike Metcalf (39, 1st), slugging pct. (.780, 2nd), total bases runs - the first traveled 411 feet at 117 mph West Florida 2000 (78), runs (31, 4th), and OBP (.438, 10th). opposite field to tie the game Friday (4/9) and » As FSU’s catcher, Nelson has thrown out 7 would- the second gave FSU a 4-2 lead Sunday (4/11). Assistant Coach Tyler Holt be basestealers. » His first of the year was a 489-foot home run Florida State 2019 » Entering the season, Nelson was rated the No. in the series finale against Pitt (2/28), easily 228 prospect for the upcoming draft and is the clearing the left-centerfield fence. Home Field Mike Martin Field No. 7 catcher nationally, according to D1Base- » The ball was tracked at 115 mph off the bat. at Dick Howser Stadium (6,700/1,500) ball. » Ball-tracking provider TrackMan is a vital tool Surface Natural Grass » Nelson was coached in high school by the late that tracks home run distance, exit velocity on Roy Halladay, an MLB Hall of Famer.