Live Updates: FSU softball at Florida

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The final week of Florida State softball's regular season is here.

Before the No. 3 Seminoles (43-8, 19-2 in ACC) close out the regular season at home this weekend against Louisville, FSU plays its final true road game of the season Wednesday night at ESPN at No. 17 Florida (34-16, 10-11 in SEC). The 6 p.m. game will be broadcast on ESPNU and updates for the game will be shared here.

The Seminoles beat UF 5-3 last Wednesday in Tallahassee. Having won their last four games in the rivalry series against the Gators, they are looking to set a program record for most consecutive wins over UF Wednesday night. They are also looking to win consecutive road games at UF for the first time since 2003.

FSU is set to start redshirt senior pitcher Mack Leonard (0-1, 3.89 ERA over 18 innings this season) in the circle while the Gators will counter with Lexie Delbrey (7-2, 2.90 ERA over 72 innings this season).

Here's the FSU starting lineup:

1	lf	6 Kaley Mudge	L		.351
2	cf	4 Jahni Kerr	L		.369
3	ss	8 Kalei Harding	R		.315
4	c	51 Michaela Edenfield	R		.241
5	p	13 Mack	L		.298
6	rf	1 Hallie Wacaser	R		.361
7	2b	9 Devyn Flaherty	L		.313
8	1b	3 Bethaney Keen	L		.259
9	dp	30 Avery Weisbrook	R		.111
10	3b	27 Krystina Hartley	R		.375

And here's the lineup for the Florida Gators:

1	ss	17 Skylar Wallace	L		.456
2	3b	4 Charla Echols	L		.377
3	2b	15 Reagan Walsh	R		.350
4	1b	18 Emily Wilkie	R		.288
5	rf	55 Pal Egan	L		.312
6	dp	13 Sam Roe	R		.307
7	lf	2 Avery Goelz	L		.286
8	c	52 Sarah Longley	R		.213
9	cf	27 Kendra Falby	L		.396

 

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The final week of Florida State softball's regular season is here.

Before the No. 3 Seminoles (43-8, 19-2 in ACC) close out the regular season at home this weekend against Louisville, FSU plays its final true road game of the season Wednesday night at ESPN at No. 17 Florida (34-16, 10-11 in SEC). The 6 p.m. game will be broadcast on ESPNU and updates for the game will be shared here.

The Seminoles beat UF 5-3 last Wednesday in Tallahassee. Having won their last four games in the rivalry series against the Gators, they are looking to set a program record for most consecutive wins over UF Wednesday night. They are also looking to win consecutive road games at UF for the first time since 2003.

FSU is set to start redshirt senior pitcher Mack Leonard (0-1, 3.89 ERA over 18 innings this season) in the circle while the Gators will counter with Lexie Delbrey (7-2, 2.90 ERA over 72 innings this season).

Here's the FSU starting lineup:

1	lf	6 Kaley Mudge	L		.351
2	cf	4 Jahni Kerr	L		.369
3	ss	8 Kalei Harding	R		.315
4	c	51 Michaela Edenfield	R		.241
5	p	13 Mack	L		.298
6	rf	1 Hallie Wacaser	R		.361
7	2b	9 Devyn Flaherty	L		.313
8	1b	3 Bethaney Keen	L		.259
9	dp	30 Avery Weisbrook	R		.111
10	3b	27 Krystina Hartley	R		.375

And here's the lineup for the Florida Gators:

1	ss	17 Skylar Wallace	L		.456
2	3b	4 Charla Echols	L		.377
3	2b	15 Reagan Walsh	R		.350
4	1b	18 Emily Wilkie	R		.288
5	rf	55 Pal Egan	L		.312
6	dp	13 Sam Roe	R		.307
7	lf	2 Avery Goelz	L		.286
8	c	52 Sarah Longley	R		.213
9	cf	27 Kendra Falby	L		.396

No Muffley?

 

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Kaley Mudge leads off the top of the first for FSU with a groundout to second base.

 

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Jahni Kerr gives FSU its first baserunner of the game with a one-out, four-pitch walk. Kalei Harding pops out to short on the first pitch.

Two down, runner on first.

 

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Michaela Edenfield gets a bit under a flyball and flies out to center. Nothing doing for FSU in the first inning.

0-0, M1. Mack Leonard taking the mound for the Seminoles

 

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Leonard issues a leadoff walk to UF's Skylar Wallace. Wallace also walked to lead off Florida's first inning last week and came around to score.

 

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No Muffley?

Broadcast said they are sitting her tonight to try and get Josie as healthy as possible for "the stretch run."

 

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Wild pitch moves Wallace up to second base. Some control issues early for Mack.

 

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Stolen base on a wild pitch moves Wallace up to third.

 

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Groundout to second brings in the runner from third base.

UF strikes first once again, leads 1-0 in the bottom of the first.

 

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Groundout to third on a 3-1 pitch gets Leonard the second out of the inning.

 

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Avery Weisbrook, filling in for Muffley at shortstop tonight, makes a nice extended catch on a line drive her way for the third out of the inning.

1-0 UF after one inning in Gainesville.

 

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Mack Leonard leads off the top of the second with a hard groundout to first.

 

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Wacaser works a one-out walk.

 

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Devyn Flaherty rips a single into right to put two FSU runners on with one out.

 

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Bethaney Keen walks to load the bases for Krystina Hartley with one out. Three walks already in 1.1 innings tonight for the FSU lineup.

 

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HBP ties this one up. Hartley got plunked on the elbow and now the bases are still loaded with one out for Kaley Mudge and the top of the FSU order.

1-1, T2

 

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Mudge rips an RBI single that bounces off of the glove of UF's second baseman to give the Seminoles the lead.

2-1 FSU

 

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Jahni Kerr follows that up with another RBI single she ripped to right to add another run. Second run in the inning comes in an ensuing rundown at the end of the play.

3-1 FSU with two outs in the top of the second and two runners in scoring position for Kalei Harding.

 

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Harding just misses a long ball, flying out to center on a towering fly ball. FSU strands two in scoring position, but plates three runs to take an early lead.

3-1 Noles, M2

 

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Mack Leonard begins her second inning of work with her first strikeout of the game on a nasty drop ball.

 

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Bouncer to third is the second out of the inning.

 

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After a 12-pitch at-bat with seven foul balls, Leonard issues a two-out walk to Goelz.

 

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Leonard gets her second strikeout of the inning to strand the runner.

3-1 FSU after two innings

 

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Edenfield leads off the third with a single to left on the first pitch of the frame.

 

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Another hard-hit ball by Leonard gets through the infield. Bounces over Wallace's glove at short and into left-center. Instead of a potential double play, FSU has runners on first and second with no outs.

 

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Wacaser strikes out on three pitches for the first out of the inning.

 

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Devyn Flaherty walks on four pitches to load the bases for FSU with one out. Five walks already for the Seminoles.

 

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UF makes a pitching change to bring in Rylee Trlicek (3.09 ERA over 90.2 innings) with the bases loaded and one out.

 

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Keen flies out to shallow left field. Not deep enough for Edenfield to tag up from third base.

Two down now with Avery Weisbrook stepping up to the plate.

 

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Weisbrook can't hold up a check swing and strikes out. FSU strands the bases loaded and can't add to its lead.

3-1 FSU, M3

 

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Leonard back on the mound for FSU. She allows a leadoff single just past Flaherty at second base by UF's speedy nine-hole hitter Kendra Falby.

 

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Falby steals second on a pitch that bounces just in front of home plate. Runner in scoring position for UF with no outs.

 

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Leonard Ks Florida slugger Skylar Wallace for a huge first out. Got her to chase what would have been ball four.

 

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Oof. FSU should have had the second out of the inning and kept the runner on third base but the ball gets through Flaherty's legs after bouncing off her glove. Runner scores from second and the tying run moves up to second with one out.

3-2 FSU, B3

 

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Tying run moves up to third base on a dropped pitch which was also ball four. Go-ahead run now on first and UF has runners on the corners with one out.

 

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Leonard gets a grounder to third and FSU gets the runner caught between third and home, but she makes it safe back to the bag. Edenfield didn't extend the rundown by throwing to third base.

Bases loaded now for UF with one out.

 

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That's it for Mack Leonard, who was pretty solid through two innings, but couldn't get out of this third inning jam.

Allison Royalty coming out of the bullpen to try and escape the jam.

 

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Royalty walks the first batter she faces to bring in the tying run.

3-3, B3. UF still has bases loaded with one out.

 

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Royalty gets the next batter to chase one in the dirt for a huge second out.