{"id":238310,"date":"2026-04-19T23:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T23:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/238310\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T23:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T23:41:09","slug":"no-8-rallies-to-sweep-notre-dame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/238310\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 8 Rallies to Sweep Notre Dame"},"content":{"rendered":"

TALLAHASSEE \u2013 The No. 8 Florida State baseball team scored four runs in the seventh inning to come from behind and beat Notre Dame 6-4 on Sunday afternoon to complete a three-game series sweep at Dick Howser Stadium.
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\nThe Seminoles (28-11, 12-6 ACC) notched their second sweep in six weeks of ACC play and have won all but one weekend series in conference action. Sunday’s seventh-inning rally came after the Fighting Irish (17-18, 7-14 ACC) held a pair of two-run leads during the contest.
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\nUND took a 1-0 lead in the first and made it 2-0 in the fourth, but FSU quickly tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the fourth inning on a two-run home run by redshirt sophomore right fielder Brody DeLamielleure<\/a>. Notre Dame regained a 4-2 advantage in the top of the fifth, a lead that lasted until Florida State’s four-run seventh that was highlighted by a two-RBI, go-ahead triple by redshirt senior designated hitter Nathan Cmeyla<\/a>.
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\nDeLamielleure, who came off the bench in the third inning, was one of four Seminoles with two hits and had a game-best and career-high-tying three RBI. His home run was his fourth of the year. Junior left fielder Chase Williams<\/a> also had a pair of hits with an RBI and scored two runs, including the tying run in the seventh. Cmeyla had two RBI with a hit and a run.
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\nAll six of Florida State’s runs, and eight of its 11 hits, came with two outs.
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\nOn the mound, junior right-handed reliever Brodie Purcell<\/a> earned the win to improve to 3-0 on the season. He pitched a perfect seventh inning ahead of the four-run bottom half. Junior righty Chris Knier<\/a> earned the save, his third in 2026. He did not allow a run on one hit with two strikeouts and no walks in the final 2.0 innings. Junior left-hander Cooper Whited<\/a> made his first weekend start of the season and allowed two runs on five hits with three strikeouts and two walks in 3.1 innings.
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\nFSU scored six runs on 11 hits with one error and six runners left on base. UND had four runs on seven hits with no errors and 10 stranded.
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\nWith the Saturday victory, the Seminoles are 30-17 all-time against Notre Dame and 19-7 at home. FSU has won five in a row and eight of the last nine, including five consecutive in Tallahassee.
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\nWhited left two on in the first and pitched a perfect second inning before Notre Dame took a 1-0 lead in the third on a two-out RBI double. The Fighting Irish extended their lead to 2-0 in the fourth on a run-scoring single.
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\nDeLamielleure tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the fourth with his home run to right. The two-run shot on a 2-2 pitch with two outs scored Williams, who led off the inning with a single.
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\nUND responded with a two-RBI single in the fifth to regain a two-run lead, at 4-2. The bullpen held the visitors scoreless in the sixth and seventh to set up the Seminoles’ rally in their half of the seventh.
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\nThe comeback began with two outs, as junior center fielder Brayden Dowd<\/a> doubled and scored to make it a one-run game on a double by Williams that he chopped over the head of the third baseman. After a walk put Seminoles on the corners, Cmeyla tripled home both runners with a ball to left-center that bounced all the way to the wall. That put Florida State ahead 5-4, and DeLamielleure then doubled in Cmeyla for an insurance run and a 6-4 lead.
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\nFSU’s four two-out runs came on four hits in the seventh.
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\nKnier retired the side in order in the eighth and got a strikeout to end the ballgame in the ninth following a two-out single.
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\nA week-long roadtrip begins at in-state opponent North Florida on Tuesday, April 21. First pitch in Jacksonville is at 6 p.m. ET. The Seminoles then have a weekend series at Stanford from April 24-26.
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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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