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The Florida State Seminoles' offense came through again as they completed the series sweep with a 17-7 win over Pitt (8-21, 0-9) in five innings on Sunday evening.
Kaley Mudge got things started and continued her hot weekend with a leadoff home run to left center to give the Noles an early 1-0 lead. It was Mudge's first home run of the season.
Allison Royalty surrendered a walk in the bottom of the first inning but was able to get out of the inning without any further damage.
The Seminoles got the bats going again in the bottom of the second inning as Amaya Ross drew a leadoff walk, and Hallie Wacaser hit her sixth home run of the season. Isa Torres immediately followed Wacaser with a home run of her own to give the Noles a 4-0 lead. Mudge stepped in with two outs and delivered another solo home run for her first career multi-home run of her career.
Pitt responded with a two-run home run in the bottom of the second, but the Noles got right back to work in the top of the third. Michaela Edenfield was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning. The Noles got two runners in scoring position thanks to a double from Amaya Ross. Jahni Kerr got a RBI on a groundout, and Hallie Wacaser delivered with a double to give the Noles a 7-2 lead. FSU added one more run in the inning as Wacaser scored thanks to a Panthers' error.
Pitt responded again in the bottom of the third as they smacked two home runs to bring them within two.
FSU continued their offensive explosion as Wacaser picked up her fourth and fifth RBI in the top of the fourth on a single to put the Noles back up 10-6.
Makenna Reid was able to keep the Panthers off the board in the bottom of the fourth, and the offense had their biggest inning of the weekend in the top of the fifth. After Harding drove home Flaherty on a sacrifice fly, Ross and Kerr hit back-to-back home runs to put the game away. Katie Dack joined the home run party with her first home run of the season to put the Noles up 17-7.
Pitt added one more in the bottom of the fifth, but Reid shut the door to give the Noles their third run-rule victory of the series.
The offense was the story of the weekend as the Noles scored 40 runs on 39 hits. FSU hit 15 home runs including seven in the series finale which ties a program record. This weekend marked the first time in school history that FSU scored 10 or more runs in each game of a three-game series against an ACC opponent. It was also just the fourth time in school history that FSU has had three or more consecutive games with 10 or more runs.
FSU will return to the Seminole Softball Complex for another ACC series against NC State next Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The Florida State Seminoles' offense came through again as they completed the series sweep with a 17-7 win over Pitt (8-21, 0-9) in five innings on Sunday evening.
Kaley Mudge got things started and continued her hot weekend with a leadoff home run to left center to give the Noles an early 1-0 lead. It was Mudge's first home run of the season.
Allison Royalty surrendered a walk in the bottom of the first inning but was able to get out of the inning without any further damage.
The Seminoles got the bats going again in the bottom of the second inning as Amaya Ross drew a leadoff walk, and Hallie Wacaser hit her sixth home run of the season. Isa Torres immediately followed Wacaser with a home run of her own to give the Noles a 4-0 lead. Mudge stepped in with two outs and delivered another solo home run for her first career multi-home run of her career.
Pitt responded with a two-run home run in the bottom of the second, but the Noles got right back to work in the top of the third. Michaela Edenfield was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning. The Noles got two runners in scoring position thanks to a double from Amaya Ross. Jahni Kerr got a RBI on a groundout, and Hallie Wacaser delivered with a double to give the Noles a 7-2 lead. FSU added one more run in the inning as Wacaser scored thanks to a Panthers' error.
Pitt responded again in the bottom of the third as they smacked two home runs to bring them within two.
FSU continued their offensive explosion as Wacaser picked up her fourth and fifth RBI in the top of the fourth on a single to put the Noles back up 10-6.
Makenna Reid was able to keep the Panthers off the board in the bottom of the fourth, and the offense had their biggest inning of the weekend in the top of the fifth. After Harding drove home Flaherty on a sacrifice fly, Ross and Kerr hit back-to-back home runs to put the game away. Katie Dack joined the home run party with her first home run of the season to put the Noles up 17-7.
Pitt added one more in the bottom of the fifth, but Reid shut the door to give the Noles their third run-rule victory of the series.
The offense was the story of the weekend as the Noles scored 40 runs on 39 hits. FSU hit 15 home runs including seven in the series finale which ties a program record. This weekend marked the first time in school history that FSU scored 10 or more runs in each game of a three-game series against an ACC opponent. It was also just the fourth time in school history that FSU has had three or more consecutive games with 10 or more runs.
FSU will return to the Seminole Softball Complex for another ACC series against NC State next Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
