Quote:Friday's Baseball Game With Clemson Postponed Until Sunday
No. 6 Florida State will play a twin bill Sunday starting at 1:00 p.m.


Tallahassee, FL - Due to a consistent rain that is not expected to break up this evening, Friday's ACC baseball game between Florida State and Clemson has been postponed. The game will be made up as part of a Sunday double header beginning at 1:00 p.m. The first of the two games will be broadcast live on Sun Sports.

Today's baseball ticket (Game 20) will be honored for the Sunday double header. There will be no change Saturday as fans should use their Game 21 ticket for the series opener.

The Mike Martin Field dedication is still scheduled to take place at
7:00 p.m. Saturday night.

Quote:A QUICK LOOK AT THE CLEMSON SERIES

In 2004 the Seminoles took the first two games of the three game series against Clemson 11-6 and 10-1. The last time FSU played Clemson at home was in 2003 when the Seminoles dropped the first game of the series 8-4 but then won the next two 7-2 and 8-1. In the last 15 games with Clemson, the Seminoles are 13-2. That is quite a change considering the Seminoles were just 3-8 in the 11 games preceding that run. In those 13 wins versus the Tigers, Florida State has scored at least seven runs or more in 11 of those victories. The only two ACC teams FSU has had more success against over the last 15 games are Maryland (15-0) and Duke (14-1).  FSU leads the current all-time series 55-42-1 and also leads the series when the games are played in Tallahassee 29-9-1. Florida State has recorded three shutouts in the series.

14-10-14

14-10-14 isn't a new anti-crime slogan from the Capitol Building just down the street from Dick Howser. What it represents is probably one of the most interesting stats from Shane Robinson's 38-game hitting streak.  During his record-breaking run, Robinson has had 14 one-hit games, 10 two-hit games and 14 three-hit games.  The fact that he has hit in 38 games is amazing.  The fact that 24 of the 38 games have been multi-hit outings is mind boggling. This season alone Robinson has 12 one-hit games, 10 two-hit games and 11 three-hit games, which is unbelievable considering the next two best players as far as multi-hit games have 21 COMBINED.  In the last 21 games Robinson has had multiple hits 15 times, which is more than any other Seminole has had all season.


REPORT CARD TIME

Doing midseason report cards is nothing new when a team reaches that point of the year but with the 2005 Seminoles it is probably more telling to compare where they are through 33 games compared to the 2003 and 2004 squads.  The most obvious comparison is record. This year FSU is 27-6 compared to 24-9 last year and 28-5 in 2003.This year's team has the best average through 33 games out hitting the other two squads with a .311 batting average compared to 2004's .306 and 2003's .300.  This year's team ERA is 3.03 while last year at this point the team's ERA was 3.59. The 2003 squad had the best number at 2.35.  It is no surprise that the 2005 squad has the lowest slugging percentage and HR total but they make up for it with more stolen bases and a better fielding percentage than the other two squads.  No player on the three squads has gone through 33 games and hit as well as Shane Robinson. In 2003 Eddy Martinez-Esteve led the squad at the halfway point with a .371 average.  Robinson is hitting 121 points higher than that. Last year Martinez-Esteve led the squad again but this time with a .422 average.  Probably the biggest testament to what Robinson is doing is when you look at his numbers versus Stephen Drew's through the first 33 games.  Drew's best average through 33 games was .331. The most RBIs he had was 28, his highest slugging percentage was .531 and the most steals he had was 24.  Robinson has better numbers this season in every category except for RBIs where he trails Drew's 2003 numbers by just one.

FIVE ALIVE

Five is the magic number when it comes to wins and losses for FSU. The Seminoles are 25-0 on the season when holding their opponent to five runs or less. But whenever the opponent gets that sixth run, FSU loses 66% of the time. Considering the fact that every FSU starter has an ERA below 5.00 it is pretty obvious to see why FSU is 27-6 on the season. 

HE'S GOT THE JOB

Brant Peacher is one of four Seminoles that have DH'ed for FSU in 2005 but it looks like the sophomore has won the battle for the starting job.  Peacher has started the last 10 games in a row independent of whether the pitcher was a rightie or lefty and over that span he has made himself indispensable. During that stretch Peacher is leading the team with a .500 average, one homer and 12 RBIs. He is slugging .676 with 23 total bases and a .526 on base percentage. He has seven multi-hit games in the last 10 outings and at least one RBI in seven of those games as well.