{"id":273121,"date":"2026-05-16T04:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T04:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/273121\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T04:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T04:10:08","slug":"no-11-noles-clinch-series-win-vs-miami-with-run-rule-walk-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/273121\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 11 Noles Clinch Series Win vs. Miami with Run-Rule Walk-Off"},"content":{"rendered":"

TALLAHASSEE \u2013 The No. 11 Florida State baseball team walked off Miami for the second consecutive day, this time with an 11-1 run-rule victory in eight innings, to secure the series win on Friday night at Dick Howser Stadium.
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\nA day after a dramatic, come-from-behind 7-6 walk-off in 11 innings to open the series, FSU led 6-1 after four innings and scored five in the eighth to complete Friday’s run-rule win. It’s the team’s eighth ACC series win in 2026, the most since also taking eight of 10 league series in 2014.
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\nThe Seminoles (38-15, 19-10 ACC) will go for the series sweep of the Hurricanes (35-17, 15-14 ACC) in Saturday’s regular-season finale at 2 p.m. ET at Howser.
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\nFlorida State trailed 1-0 in the first inning on Friday night, but that was the only run Miami would score, as FSU took a 3-1 lead in the second and added two in the third and one in the fourth. After holding UM to just four hits in seven shutout innings after the first, the Seminoles finished the game an inning early with their five-run eighth.
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\nJunior left-handed starter Trey Beard<\/a> gave up just the one first-inning run on four hits with eight strikeouts and a walk in 6.0 innings. He threw 99 pitches and earned the win to improve to 6-1. It is Beard’s second quality start of the year. Junior righty Brodie Purcell<\/a> relieved Beard and pitched the final 2.0 innings. He gave up one hit with five strikeouts and a walk.
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\nOffensively, junior third baseman Cal Fisher<\/a> had two hits, three RBI and two runs scored, one of four players with multiple hits, one of three with more than one RBI and one of three with multiple runs. Sophomore shortstop Gabe Fraser<\/a> also had two hits and two RBI, with his eighth-inning single driving in the run that finished off the run-rule win. Sophomore catcher Hunter Carns<\/a> hit his sixth home run of the season and second in as many games as part of a two-hit night.
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\nFSU’s 11 runs came on 11 hits with 13 walks. The team had one error with 14 runners left on base. Miami was held to one run on five hits with three errors and six runners stranded. The visitors drew just two walks.
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\nIn the most-played series in program history, the Seminoles improve to 166-137-4 all-time against the Hurricanes and 86-59-1 at home. FSU has won seven of the last eight overall, seven in a row at home and 10 of the last 12 at Howser.
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\nWith the win, Florida State clinches the No. 3 seed in the 2026 ACC Baseball Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina. FSU will begin play in the quarterfinal on Friday, May 22, at 7 p.m. ET. The Seminoles received a double-bye as a top-four seed in the conference championship that begins on Tuesday, May 19.
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\nThe Hurricanes took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a solo home run, and a walk put another runner on, but back-to-back strikeouts ended the inning and limited the damage. Beard followed with a nine-pitch second inning.
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\nThe Seminoles scored three in the bottom of the second to take a 3-1 lead. A sacrifice fly brought in the first run, followed immediately by a two-out RBI single by Fisher that plated redshirt senior first baseman Eli Putnam<\/a>. Following an error, a run-scoring single by junior center fielder Brayden Dowd<\/a> brought in Fisher from second for the third and final run, which was unearned. It was the first of two hits on Friday for Dowd.
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\nWith the lead, Beard got a trio of groundouts in the third.
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\nCarns quickly added to Florida State’s lead in the third with a leadoff home run. His blast to center came on the first pitch and made it 4-1. A walk, hit batter and another walk loaded the bases, and with two outs, freshman left fielder John Stuetzer<\/a> walked to score Putnam and extended the lead to 5-1.
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\nTwo errors in the fourth helped add to the advantage at 6-1. Redshirt sophomore right fielder Brody DeLamielleure<\/a> reached on an error to lead off the inning, and he scored on a fielder’s choice by Fraser with an error.
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\nBeard left two on in the fifth and faced the minimum in the sixth with the help of Carns, who threw a runner out trying to steal second.
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\nPurcell struck out the side in the seventh and fanned two in the eighth. In between those two eighth-inning punchouts was a walk and a single, but those runners were stranded to keep it a 6-1 game.
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\nThe Seminoles batted around in the five-run eighth inning to walk it off. Two walks and a wild pitch put runners on second and third with one out for Fisher, who singled home both Putnam and senior second baseman Carter McCulley<\/a>. Another walk and single loaded the bases and DeLamielleure singled in another two runs, Fisher and Stuetzer. The bases were loaded again with the fourth walk of the inning, with Carns becoming the third player to take the free pass on four pitches in the inning. In his second plate appearance of the inning, Fraser poked a single through the right side to score DeLamielleure, the walk-off-clinching run for the 11-1 final.
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\nThe series, and the regular season, concludes on Saturday at 2 p.m. Tickets 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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\nSaturday is Armed Forces Day presented by TOC. There will be a t-shirt giveaway while supplies last for early-arriving fans, a color guard during the national anthem, in-game military recognitions and the playing of God Bless America during the seventh inning stretch.
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\nThe game will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra<\/a>, accessible through your television provider or a subscription to ESPN+. Fans can listen to every game via the Seminole Sports Network on WFLA 100.7 FM. Each 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>. 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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\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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