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.
It would be up to the Florida State offense to take advantage of a depleted Pittsburgh staff, a staff that isn’t 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.
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’ve had offensive success this year…