Florida State baseball avoids sweep against Virginia Tech behind strong bullpen outing
Jamie Arnold and Doug Kirkland combined for five hitless innings as Florida State beat Virginia Tech, 4-3, Sunday afternoon to salvage the final game of the series. Arnold improved to 2-4 on the year, while Kirkland did not allow a baserunner over the final two innings for his first career save.
At the plate, James Tibbs hit his second home run of the weekend, a two-run shot in the third inning, while DeAmez Ross and McGwire Holbrook provided RBI singles.
Holbrook began the game with a knock to the shortstop and just beat out the throw which allowed Tibbs to score from second for the game’s first run. This extended Holbrook’s six game hitting streak, all of which were singles.
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In his next at-bat, Tibbs unleashed a powerful strike over the right field fence to send himself and Colton Vincent home for a three-run lead. The sophomore finished the series with five hits and took sole possession of home run leader on the team with his 12th of the season.
Ross shot a single down into center field to send Nander De Sedas home from third in the fourth in what ended up being the game winning hit. He also hit another single in the seventh to make it a two hit day for himself.
Starting on the mound for the Seminoles was Carson Montgomery and he cruised through the first three innings with three strikeouts and kept Virginia Tech runless in that time. He finished the day after 4.0 innings, giving up three runs in the fourth but only conceding one extra base hit.
SCORING SUMMARY:
B1 | VT 0, FSU 1 Holbrook singled, Tibbs III scoredB3 | VT 0, FSU 3 Tibbs home run, Vincent scoredT4 | VT 2, FSU 3 Grady singled, Michel & Bryant scoredT4 | VT 3, FSU 3 DeMartini singled, Jones scoredB4 | VT 3, FSU 4 Ross singled, De Sedas scored
UP NEXT:
Florida State caps its four-game homestand Tuesday against Stetson. First pitch is set for 5:00 pm on ACCNX.
OF NOTE:
The Florida State bullpen did not allow a hit or run in 5.0 innings. Jamie Arnold earned his second win; it was his second game of the season pitching at least 3.0 innings without allowing a hit or run.
Doug Kirkland earned his first career save; it was FSU’s fifth save of the season. He did not allow a baserunner in 2.0 innings and struck out four, one shy of his career high.
James Tibbs III was 2-for-4 with his team-high 12th home run of the season. He leads FSU with 34 RBI and 43 runs and – hitting in the leadoff spot for the first time in his career – had a leadoff hit in all three games of the series.
McGwire Holbrook hit an RBI single in the first inning, extending his hitting streak to a season-high six games. It is the longest active streak on the team. He also drew FSU’s only walk of the contest.
Jaime Ferrer singled and leads FSU with 57 hits.
DeAmez Ross hit the go-ahead RBI single in the fourth inning; he had two hits and a stolen base, his team-high fourth of the season.
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This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: FSU baseball: Bullpen helps Seminoles avoid sweep to Virginia Tech
