TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The No. 2 Florida State baseball team defeated Jacksonville 14-2 in seven innings to finish the series sweep on Tuesday night at Dick Howser Stadium.
 
The Seminoles (34-10) benefited from a four-run fourth inning and a nine-run fifth to take down the Dolphins (27-19) for the third time in a midweek contest this season.
 
Junior second baseman Drew Faurot hit two home runs and extended his hit streak to eight consecutive at-bats with another four-hit day. In the last two games, Faurot is 8-8 with four home runs, two doubles, eight RBI and 22 total bases. He had four hits, four RBI and four runs scored with his two homers and two doubles on Tuesday, all team bests.
 
Faurot is the first Seminole to have a hit in at least seven consecutive at-bats since Reese Albert also had eight in a row in February, 2022. Faurot’s two home runs tonight give him 13 on the season.
 
Junior shortstop Alex Lodise had two hits, three RBI and two runs scored with a pair of walks. He has hits in five consecutive at-bats and also made two spectacular defensive plays. Sophomore Cal Fisher added two hits, two RBI and two runs in the win.
 
Redshirt junior left-hander Jacob Marlowe made his first start as a Seminole and earned his first win. In a season-best 3.0 innings, he did not allow a run on three hits with two strikeouts and one walk. Junior righty Maison Martinez held JU hitless in 2.0 innings with four strikeouts and sophomore lefty Hudson Rowan pitched a scoreless seventh.
 
FSU scored its 14 runs on 11 hits with no errors. Jacksonville scored two runs, both in the sixth, on five hits with two errors.
 
The Seminoles improved to 138-42 all-time against the Dolphins and 88-14 in Tallahassee. Florida State has won seven in a row in the series and 10 of the last 11.
 
Faurot got the scoring going with a leadoff home run on the first pitch in the second inning.
 
Marlowe retired the side in the first and got a lineout to end the second and leave runners on the corners. He stranded one in the third before a leadoff single ended his night in the fourth. Martinez then struck out two to end the threat.
 
FSU scored four in the fourth to extend its lead to 5-0. A groundout brought home Faurot before the next three runs all scored with two outs. First was a wild pitch with the bases loaded that brought home sophomore left fielder Chase Williams. Then it was a two-RBI single up the middle by junior center fielder Max Williams that plated two more.
 
Fourteen Noles came to the plate in a nine-run fifth inning. Faurot got the scoring started with a two-run home run, and Lodise then roped a bases-clearing double down the left field line with the bags full to make it 10-0. With two outs, Fisher doubled home another two, Faurot doubled in Fisher and redshirt freshman pinch hitter Brody DeLamielleure scored Faurot on an RBI double. Six hits were recorded in the inning.
 
Jacksonville got its only two runs in the sixth on an RBI double and run-scoring groundout, but a strikeout ended the threat with two on.
 
Rowan finished off the game with a scoreless seventh to secure the 14-2 win.
 
FSU travels to ACC newcomer Cal for its final road series of the regular season from May 9-11. The second-to-last weekend begins on Friday, May 9, at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT in Berkeley, California. Game two is set for May 10 at 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT at Evans Diamond before Sunday’s finale at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT.
 
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