{"id":179705,"date":"2026-03-05T20:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T20:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/179705\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T20:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T20:09:08","slug":"homestand-concludes-with-weekend-series-vs-nku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/179705\/","title":{"rendered":"Homestand Concludes with Weekend Series vs. NKU"},"content":{"rendered":"

TALLAHASSEE \u2013 The No. 20 Florida State baseball team completes a nine-game homestand with a series against Northern Kentucky from March 6-8 at Dick Howser Stadium.
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\nThe weekend commences on Friday, March 6, at 6 p.m. ET, and continues on Saturday at 2 p.m. The series concludes on Sunday at 1 p.m.
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\nTickets are available at Seminoles.com\/Tickets<\/a> or by calling the FSU ticket office at 850-644-1830. Admission is free for all FSU students with their FSUID, with the student entrance at the right field gate at Haggard Plaza. All gates at Dick Howser Stadium will open 60 minutes prior to first pitch for every game in 2026.
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\nFriday is the Cancer Awareness Game Presented by Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare. Each regular-season Saturday home game is Military Saturday Presented by VyStar, with military recognitions and the playing of God Bless America during the seventh inning stretch. Every Sunday regular-season home game is Sunday Funday, where Kids Club members and youth wearing their little league jerseys will be admitted free, and kids 12 and under will be allowed to run the bases postgame. It’s also Student Weekend, with opportunities for students to win prizes and double Spear It Rewards points for students on Saturday.
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\nAll three games will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra<\/a> (Friday<\/a> | Saturday<\/a> | Sunday<\/a>), accessible through your television provider or a subscription to ESPN+. Fans can listen to every game via the Seminole Sports Network, with Friday and Sunday’s games on WFLA 100.7 FM and Saturday’s contest on 96.5 FM The Spear Every game also is available around the world on the Seminoles Unconquered App<\/a> and Seminoles.com<\/a>. Live stats are at FSU.Statbroadcast.com<\/a> (Friday<\/a> | Saturday<\/a> | Sunday). Direct links to watch, listen and follow along can be found on the schedule page at Seminoles.com\/Baseball<\/a>. News, notes and behind-the-scenes updates all weekend are available by following and connecting with the team on social media on Twitter\/X<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> (@FSUBaseball) and Instagram<\/a> (@NoleBaseball).
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\nFriday, March 6 \u2013 6 p.m. ET
\nTickets<\/a>
\nWatch: ACC Network Extra<\/a>
\nListen: WFLA 100.7 FM | Seminoles Unconquered App<\/a> | Seminoles.com<\/a>
\nLive Stats<\/a>
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\nSaturday, March 7 \u2013 2 p.m. ET
\nTickets<\/a>
\nWatch: ACC Network Extra<\/a>
\nListen: 96.5 FM The Spear | Seminoles Unconquered App<\/a> | Seminoles.com<\/a>
\nLive Stats<\/a>
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\nSunday, March 8 \u2013 1 p.m. ET
\nTickets<\/a>
\nWatch: ACC Network Extra<\/a>
\nListen: WFLA 100.7 FM | Seminoles Unconquered App<\/a> | Seminoles.com<\/a>
\nLive Stats<\/a>
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\nFSU junior left-hander Wes Mendes<\/a> (3-0, 0.55 ERA) will face NKU senior righty Logan Wilson (0-0, 3.48 ERA) on Friday, while junior lefty Trey Beard<\/a> (0-0, 3.68 ERA) toes the rubber against graduate left-hander EJ Miramontes (0-1, 2.92 ERA) on Saturday. Junior right-hander Bryson Moore<\/a> (1-0, 3.75 ERA) will start for the Seminoles on Sunday and the Norse have not announced a starter for the finale.
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\nWinners of six in a row, FSU is 10-2 on the season, 8-0 at home, 1-0 on the road and 1-2 at a neutral site. The Seminoles are coming off a pair of midweek wins, 7-6 against Jacksonville on Tuesday and 22-5 in seven innings on Wednesday vs. Mercer. Thursday’s off day comes after FSU played five games in five days, including its only two-game midweek of the season. When the NKU series concludes Sunday, the team will have played eight games in nine days to wrap up a season-long nine game homestand.
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\nAs a team, Florida State is hitting .295 with 117 hits, 10 home runs, 24 doubles, two triples, 65 walks, 99 runs scored and 83 RBI. The pitching staff has a 3.93 ERA with 45 earned runs allowed on 83 hits with 128 strikeouts and 45 walks in 103.0 innings.
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\nSophomore first baseman Myles Bailey<\/a> is hitting .378 with four home runs, 14 hits, 10 RBI and 13 runs scored. Sophomore infielder\/outfielder Noah Sheffield<\/a> has 13 hits with 15 RBI, five doubles and 13 runs scored. Junior center fielder Chase Williams<\/a> has five stolen bases in seven attempts. On the mound, junior lefty Wes Mendes<\/a> is 3-0 with a 0.55 ERA, having struck out 18 and given up one earned run on eight hits in 16.1 innings. Junior right-hander John Abraham<\/a> has made six appearances out of the bullpen with 20 strikeouts and a 0.66 ERA in 13.2 innings.
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\nNATIONALLY RANKED SEMINOLES
\nFlorida State continues to be nationally ranked in each major poll, including up one spot to No. 20 in D1Baseball Top-25. Additionally, FSU is No. 13 in The Athletic, No. 15 in the NCBWA and Coaches polls, No. 16 by Perfect Game and No. 18 according to Baseball America.
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\nSERIES HISTORY VS. NORTHERN KENTUCKY
\nFSU and NKU have met once before, a 2-0 Florida State win in Tallahassee on March 17, 1980. The Seminoles are 17-1 all-time against current members of the Horizon League, with a home series sweep of Youngstown State in 2019 the most recent matchup.
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\nSCOUTING THE NORSE
\nNorthern Kentucky is 7-4 on the season, 4-0 at home, 1-4 on the road and 2-0 at a neutral site. The Norse, who have won five in a row, are coming off a weekend sweep of Eastern Illinois to cap a season-opening four-game homestand. NKU began the year with a series loss at South Carolina, as the visitors posted a 3-2 win in the finale after 5-2 and 6-5 defeats to begin the campaign.
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\nLAST TIME OUT: MIDWEEK WALK-OFF AND RUN RULE
\nFSU extended its win streak, and continued a season-long homestand, with a pair of midweek wins. It began with a 7-6, walk-off victory over in-state foe Jacksonville on Tuesday before a 22-5 triumph over Mercer in seven innings the following night.
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\nOn March 3, Florida State erased a 5-0 first-inning deficit and walked off Jacksonville 7-6. Down 5-0, FSU chipped away with three in the bottom of the first and one in the second and third to tie it. Redshirt senior second baseman Eli Putnam<\/a> was the walk-off hero with a bases-loaded single to left-center in the ninth inning. Freshman left fielder John Stuetzer<\/a> had a career-high-tying three hits for a second consecutive game with a collegiate-best two RBI. Redshirt sophomore right fielder Brody DeLamielleure<\/a> hit his third home run of the season. Junior right-hander John Abraham<\/a> earned the win, his first in 2026. He pitched the final 2.2 innings and allowed just two hits with six strikeouts and no walks. Florida State improves to 140-42 all-time against Jacksonville and has won nine in a row and 12 of the last 13 since 2022.
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\nTwenty-three hours later, FSU scored 13 runs in the second inning on its way to a 22-5 win in seven innings over Mercer on March 4. The 13 runs are tied for sixth-most in a single inning in school history and the most since scoring 15 on March 4, 2007. Florida State handed the Bears just their second loss of the season after the visitors took a 1-0 lead in the first inning. FSU answered with 13 in the second, added four in the fourth and five in the fifth. MU scored one in the sixth and three in the seventh. Freshman third baseman Will Bavaro<\/a> made his first career start and hit a three-run home run to cap the second inning. It was his first career hit and RBI after he entered the contest with one collegiate at-bat. Sheffield also hit his first career home run in the fourth inning and had four RBI. Ten players recorded at least one hit and seven had at least one RBI, with five driving in at least two runs. Junior left-hander Cooper Whited<\/a> made his first start as a Seminole and earned the win to improve to 1-0. In the all-time series, the Seminoles snap a two-game losing streak against the Bears and improve to 69-11 overall and 58-6 at home.
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\nRecaps, box scores and postgame interviews are available: Game 1<\/a> | Game 2<\/a>
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\nUP NEXT: RIVALRY BEGINS
\nFlorida State travels to in-state rival Florida for the first of three midweek contests between the two foes on Tuesday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m. ET in Gainesville. ACC play then begins with a weekend at Wake Forest from March 13-15.
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\nFor more information on Florida State baseball, check Seminoles.com for the latest news and scheduling information, and keep up with the team on social media through Twitter\/X<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> (@FSUBaseball) & Instagram<\/a> (@NoleBaseball).
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