TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2013\u00a0Despite holding an early lead on Sunday afternoon, the Pitt Panthers (28-18, 10-14 ACC) fell in their series finale at\u00a0No. 14 Florida State (33-14, 15-9 ACC), 6-4.<\/p>\n
AJ Nessler<\/a> had his second two-hit game of the weekend, going 2-for-5 with a solo home run in the top of the second inning. Trey Fenderson<\/a> drove in the first run of the ballgame and finished the day 2-for-4 with an RBI. Shortstop Caden Dulin<\/a> collected his fifth hit of the weekend on an RBI single in the fourth inning. He leads the team in hits with 65.\u00a0<\/p>\n On the mound, Drew Lafferty<\/a> gave the Panthers a quality 4.1 innings on Sunday. In relief, Freddy Beruvides Jr.<\/a> struck out one batter in his scoreless inning.<\/p>\n Trey Fenderson<\/a> gave the Panthers an early lead with an RBI single in the top of the first inning. Caden Dulin<\/a> began the inning with a one-out walk and moved up to third on a pair of Seminole miscues before scoring on Fenderson’s RBI base hit.<\/p>\n AJ Nessler<\/a> added a run in the top of the second on a solo blast to right. Florida State got a run back in the bottom half of the inning as the Panthers led 2-1 through two.<\/p>\n The Panthers plated two runs in the fourth to take a three-run lead. Walks from Sebastian Pisacreta<\/a> and Derrick Tarpley Jr.<\/a> put runners on first and second for the top of the order. AJ Nessler<\/a> hit a groundball to the pitcher who airmailed his throw to second into center field, allowing Pisacreta to score from second. Cade Dulin came up in the ensuing at-bat and drove in Tarpley Jr. on an RBI single to left.\u00a0<\/p>\n