CIT 002 000 000 2 9 1
FSU 310 310 11X 10 18 1
W - Simon (3-0) L - Egelton (1-2)
Florida State upends The Citadel 10-2
by Drew Hankin
The Seminole offense got cranked up again, pounding The Citadel with 9 extra base hits on Wednesday afternoon. Stephen Drew and Eddy Martinez-Esteve accounted for 5 of those, each hitting 2 doubles, and Martinez-Esteve crushing a homerun over the 'Eagles Nest' in left-centerfield.
On the mound, Glen Simon (3-0) earned the win with another strong outing. Simon did allow his first two runs of the season, but threw a good 5.0 innings, giving up 6 hits, and two walks while striking out 5 batters. Mark Sauls pitched 3 solid innings in relief, and Daniel Hodges closed out the game in the ninth.
After getting out of a jam in the 1st inning with a double play, the Noles came out swinging in the bottom of the inning. Drew led off with a double to right and scored on Tony McQuade's first triple of the season. A double down the left field line by Tony Richie brought home McQuade, and after moving to 3rd on a Jerrod Brown single, Richie scored on a single to right by Derrick Smith to give FSU a 3-0 lead.
Drew doubled again in the 2nd inning, moved to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a sacrifice fly to deep left by McQuade.
The Bulldogs picked up a couple of runs in the next frame when shortstop Matt Matulia singled up the middle and leftfielder Jason Stackley drew a walk before firstbaseman Chip Cannon brought them both home with a double to left-center.
Drew led off the 4th inning with a single to left and moved to 3rd on a McQuade double down the leftfield line. After Drew came home on a wild pitch, Tony Richie grounded out to score McQuade to put the Seminoles ahead 6-2. Martinez-Esteve then blasted his 6th homerun of the season to make it 7-2.
FSU picked up another run in the next inning when Matt Sauls singled to centerfield and took 2nd on an error. After Drew sac-bunted Sauls to 3rd, Richie brought him home with a single to right-center.
Two innings later, the Noles scored another run when Drew singled, stole 2nd and 3rd, and scored on a groundout by Brandon Manasa to make the score 9-2.
The final run of the game scored in the 8th when Martinez-Esteve doubled for the 2nd time in the game, and scored on a single to right by Smith.
With the win, the Seminoles improved to 26-4 while the Bulldogs fell to 14-9 on the season. FSU has Thursday off before hosting the North Carolina Tarheels for a 3-game series this weekend. Game times are 7:00 on Friday with Trent Peterson (4-0, 1.55 ERA) on the mound, 6:00 on Saturday with Matt Lynch (6-1, 3.22 ERA), and 12:30 on Sunday with Daniel Davidson (3-0, 0.70 ERA).
Section B Online Players of the Game:
Stephen Drew (4-4, 4 R, 2 2B, SH, 2 SB)
and
Eddy Martinez-Esteve (3-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 2B, HR)
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Friday (3/28) home vs North Carolina 7:00 pm - on Sunshine Network
Saturday (3/29) home vs North Carolina 6:00 pm
Sunday (3/30) home vs North Carolina 12:30 pm
Gooooooooo SEMINOLES!!!
