FSU leads in the bottom of the second 1-0!

And so far in the bottom of the 2nd, it's Noles 2, JU 0.

After 3 full innings, it's FSU 3, JU 0.

By the way, shortstop Stephen "Dirt" Drew has been having flu-like symptoms and isn't playing in tonight's game. Brian Zech, who was playing 2nd base, is playing shortstop, and Danny Manasa is playing 2nd base. :D

In the bottom of the 5th, with 2 outs, it's <span style='color:red'>Noles 6 </span> JU 0. Jerrod Brown hit a 2-run homerun.

Still the bottom of the 5th...

A new pitcher is in for Jacksonville.

Runners on 1st and 2nd.

And the 3rd out for the Seminoles.

<span style='color:red'>Seminoles 6, </span> Dolphins 0

It's the top of the 9th. and our ace, Matt Lynch is still pitching. It will be his 1st complete game he has pitched this season.

The score is still <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:red'>Seminoles 6</span></span> JU 0

<span style='color:red'>Seminoles WIN!!! 6-0</span>


We'll play South Alabama on Saturday at 3pm. :D

The Seminoles are now 51-10-1.



<!--EDIT|MsNole|May 30 2003, 09:35 PM-->

In other scores of note...

They're going to the top of the ninth in Atlanta...
Stetson 5 Ga Tech 2

Florida Atlantic 4 Florida 3 (A Final)

Miami leads Bethune Cookman 3-2 going to the 7th.

Lynch has a 2 hit shut-out going...

I do believe that Stetson beat Georgia Tech 5-4 according to the NCAA scoreboard. :rolleyes:

And Florida lost... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: - they don't even belong in the regional. They weren't even invited to their own conference's tournament... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Congrats to FSU a shutout is always a nice momentum builder, was your best pitcher the starter today!

ASU is getting ready to start in about 5 minutes!

JU 000 000 000 0 3 1
FSU 111 030 00X 6 10 1

W - M. Lynch (13-3) L - Truty (6-6)

Noles open the postseason with a shutout
by Drew Hankin

Florida State began their postseason quest for Omaha on Friday night with a 6-0 shutout in front of 5,440 fans at Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. Matt Lynch (13-3) pitched the complete game for the Noles, FSU's first of the season. At one point in the game, Lynch had retired twenty-one batters in a row, and faced only three over the minimum for the game.

Lynch went the nine innings, giving up only three hits and no walks, while striking out eight Dolphin batters.

The shutout was especially sweet for the Seminoles, who were playing without the services of Stephen Drew, who is expected back in the lineup on Saturday after a bout with the flu. Because of Drew's absence, Bryan Zech played shortstop and Brandon Manasa covered second. Florida State did get some good news, with Matt Sauls back in centerfield for the first time since injuring his elbow against Duke on May 16th.

FSU took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first when Zech lead-off with a double to right, moved to second on a ground ball by Tony McQuade, and scored when Tony Richie doubled to left-center.

The Noles picked up another run in the next inning when Chris Hart singled up the middle, moved to second on a passed ball, to third on a sacrifice bunt by Danny Wardell, and scored on fielder's choice by Matt Sauls when the JU pitcher tried to come home with the ball and threw it away.

Florida State's third run of the game scored when Zech reached on a bunt, moved to second on a single by Richie, and scored on a single to left-center by Jerrod Brown.

After a scoreless fourth inning, FSU put the game away in the sixth when Richie singled and scored on a double down the rightfield line by Blake Balkcom. Brown then hit his fourth homerun of the year to give the Noles a 6-0 lead.

The Seminoles improved to 51-10-1 on the season, and go on to face South Alabama at 3:00 on Saturday. The Jaguars crushed Rutgers 14-1 in earlier action on Friday. The Dolphins fell to 32-29 and face Rutgers in the loser's bracket at 11:00 on Saturday morning.

Section B Online Player of the Game:
Matt Lynch (9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K, CG)

SDSundevil Wrote:Congrats to FSU a shutout is always a nice momentum builder, was your best pitcher the starter today!

ASU is getting ready to start in about 5 minutes!

Matt Lynch had started out the season as the #1 pitcher, but got moved to the 2nd day or Saturday pitcher after struggling. In the ACC tournament was the 1st time he moved back to the #1 position. Not that Trent Peterson went downhill or anything, it just seemed that Matt was back to his old self in pitching GREAT!!!


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