{"id":282865,"date":"2026-05-24T15:37:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/282865\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T15:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:37:24","slug":"florida-state-offensive-woes-were-in-full-effect-in-upset-loss-against-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/282865\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida State offensive woes were in full effect in upset loss against Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5o\">Florida State baseball had a decided advantage against the Pittsburgh Panthers in the ACC Tournament Quarterfinal game on Friday night. Pittsburgh was playing its third game in four days, while Florida State had a well-rested pitching staff.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5r\">It would be up to the Florida State offense to take advantage of a depleted Pittsburgh staff, a staff that isn\u2019t great to begin with. However, as has happened many times this year, the Florida State offensive flaws showed themselves and ultimately cost FSU the game in an 8-6 loss.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5u\">Four of the FSU runs came on one swing from a guy who just started hitting after a three-year hiatus. I wrote about one of the keys being Florida State striking out 10 or fewer times when they\u2019ve had offensive success this year. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5x\">They struck out 14 times against Pittsburgh, but the real killer stat was that they left 12 runners on base in prime opportunities to open up a lead. The inability to put the ball in play when it matters the most has killed Florida State all year, and forces the FSU pitching staff to operate with the thinnest margins.<\/p>\n<p>It has been an issue all year and Link Jarrett must make some changes to address it. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"63\">Did the <a href=\"https:\/\/chopchat.com\/the-home-plate-umpire-cost-florida-state-a-top-eight-national-seed-in-the-tournament\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">home plate umpire<\/a> miss a call late in the game? Probably, but he also missed one that favored FSU on the pitch before that. Ultimately, the inability to score runs consistently against good teams is what has cost Florida State in nearly every loss this year. It\u2019s what will likely cost them in the postseason unless they find something they haven\u2019t had all year. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"66\">They had eight hits in 37 at-bats (.216 batting average) in Friday\u2019s game. One was a double, and the other was a grand slam. Pitt had 10 hits, three were home runs, and a double. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"69\">The loss cost Florida State any shot to earn a national top-eight seed, but their offense hasn\u2019t been good enough to realistically consider them a national seed. They will host a regional in Tallahassee, but now they most hope for a favorable Super Regional matchup if they advance. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow chopchat.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=chopchat.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida State baseball had a decided advantage against the Pittsburgh Panthers in the ACC Tournament Quarterfinal game on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-282865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}