Wrapping up the series

By William Bretherton - May 19, 2007

This game is over as the Jackets fell to Florida State 17-11. Florida State will play as the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament on Wednesday, while the Jackets loss drops them to the No. 7 seed going into Jacksonville. The sweep for the Seminoles is their first over the Jackets since 2002 when they did it in Tallahassee. It is their first ever three game sweep at Russ Chandler Stadium.

There were a couple of interesting notes in today's postgame. Coach Danny Hall looked understandably upset about his team's performance and stressed the problem with allowing so many unforced errors on walks, hit batsmen, and fielding errors. Also, he was concerned with how many runners the Jackets left on base when they ahd the bases loaded and no outs in the both the 7th and 9th innings.

From Florida State, the only concern of the afternoon was Luke Tucker's relief appearance in the 7th. He failed to record an out and allowed three earned runs on five hits. He came out of the game after complaining to the trainer about his throwing shoulder. Other than that, the Seminoles are overjoyed with how well they finished the season as they should be.

Winning pitcher - Ryan Strauss (9-2)

Losing pitcher - Eddie Burns (3-3)