{"id":293027,"date":"2026-06-02T12:49:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/293027\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T12:49:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:49:23","slug":"comeback-falls-short-in-regional-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/293027\/","title":{"rendered":"Comeback Falls Short in Regional Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

TALLAHASSEE \u2013 The No. 10-seed Florida State baseball team’s season came to an end with a 5-4 loss to St. John’s in the regional final of the 2026 NCAA Tallahassee Regional on Monday afternoon at Dick Howser Stadium.
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\nFSU scored two runs in the ninth inning but could not complete the rally and force a winner-take-all final game of the regional.
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\nThe Seminoles conclude the 2026 season with a 40-19 record, including 29-6 at home. Florida State reached the 40-win mark for the third consecutive year under fourth-year head coach Link Jarrett<\/a> after a four-year gap without 40 wins from 2020-23. Finishing third in the ACC, the team was 19-11 with eight series wins, both the best totals since 2014 outside of the extended 2021 season. FSU’s eight ACC series wins included three sweeps, while four of the 10 series came against top-12 nationally-ranked opponents, three of them on the road.
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\nFlorida State made its 62nd NCAA appearance, second-most all-time, and hosted an NCAA Regional for the 38th time, the most in the country. FSU was one of three teams to host a regional each of the last three years. The Seminoles are 213-138 all-time in NCAA play, with a 160-65 record in regionals. The 213 postseason wins are No. 2 nationally.
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\nSenior first baseman Ben Barrett<\/a>, junior left-hander Trey Beard<\/a>, junior third baseman Cal Fisher<\/a>, junior right-hander Brodie Purcell<\/a> and sophomore right fielder Brody DeLamielleure<\/a> all were named to the Tallahassee Region All-Regional Team.
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\nIn the four-game regional, Fisher hit .538 with seven hits, three home runs and four RBI, all team-high totals. Barrett hit .353 with six hits, two doubles and a 10th-inning home run in Sunday night’s win. DeLamielleure also had six hits with two RBI and a .333 average. Beard threw 4.0 innings in relief on Sunday morning in an elimination-game win, allowing no runs on one hit with nine strikeouts and a walk. Purcell earned both wins on the mound in his two relief appearances and did not allow a run in 4.1 innings on one hit with eight strikeouts and one walk.
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\nMonday afternoon against the Red Storm (36-24), FSU took a 1-0 lead in the third inning and led 2-0 in the top of the fifth, but SJU answered with four in the fifth and one in the sixth to take a 5-2 lead. A two-run home run in the ninth cut the deficit to one, but it was not enough.
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\nFisher hit two home runs, in the third and ninth innings. He had three RBI and two runs scored on two hits. DeLamielleure had a game-high three hits with an RBI and Barrett notched a pair of hits.
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\nRedshirt sophomore left-hander Payton Manca<\/a> got the start and did not allow a run in a season-high-tying 3.0 innings. He struck out three with two walks and one hit while throwing 56 pitches, three shy of tying his career high. Junior righty John Abraham<\/a> suffered the loss to fall to 1-3 in 2026.
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\nFSU scored its four runs on nine hits with eight runners left on base. Saint John’s five runs came on three hits with six runners stranded. Both teams committed an error.
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\nA pick-off caught stealing help Manca to a scoreless first inning, and he followed with a trio of flyouts in the second.
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\nFisher gave Florida State a 1-0 lead in the third inning with his solo home run to right field. Manca had a 1-2-3 bottom half with two strikeouts.
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\nAbraham relieved Manca with a runner on in the fourth. A walk put two aboard, but Abraham got the next three outs to keep the 1-0 advantage.
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\nThe Seminoles made it 2-0 in the fifth with a two-out single by DeLamielleure. The base hit to center scored freshman left fielder John Stuetzer<\/a>, who reached on a fielder’s choice, stole second and took third on an error.
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\nSt. John’s took the lead in the fifth on a grand slam to make it 4-2. The Red Storm made it 5-2 in the sixth with an unearned run.
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\nTwo reached for FSU in the seventh, but a groundout ended the threat. Senior right-hander Gabe Nard<\/a> entered the game in the seventh with two on and two out and got a flyout to end the inning. He retired the side in order in the eighth with two strikeouts.
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\nIn the ninth, Fisher’s two-run home run to right field made it a 5-4 ballgame, scoring sophomore shortstop Gabe Fraser<\/a>. A walk put the tying run on with two outs, but a strikeout ended the game.
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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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