TALLAHASSEE – The No. 21 Florida State baseball team swept The Citadel with a 2-0 victory on Sunday afternoon at Dick Howser Stadium.
 
After a doubleheader sweep on Saturday (Game 1 | Game 2) to begin the series, the Seminoles (8-2) used another strong pitching performance to finish off the three-game sweep of the Bulldogs (4-5).
 
Junior right-handed starter Bryson Moore turned in the best outing of his career to earn the win, his first as a Seminole. In a career-long 6.0 innings, he held The Citadel to just one hit with five strikeouts and one walk. Moore posted his first shutout performance of his career when pitching more than 3.0 innings, and he held the opposition to one hit for the second time in his career when on the mound for more than 3.0 innings.
 
In relief, fellow junior righty Chris Knier threw the final 3.0 innings to earn the save, his first of the season and third of his career. He also gave up just one hit with four strikeouts and a walk. The four strikeouts tie a career high, now achieved three times, and the 3.0 innings is tied for the second-longest outing of his two-year FSU career that is now at 26 appearances out of the bullpen.
 
In the three-game series, Florida State’s pitching staff combined to hold The Citadel to three runs, one earned, on eight hits. In 28.0 innings, the seven pitchers struck out 26 and walked just five.
 
Offensively for the Seminoles, freshman right fielder John Stuetzer had three hits, his first career multi-hit game, with an RBI, also a collegiate first. Sophomore catcher Hunter Carns notched two hits and drove in a run.
 
FSU’s two runs on Sunday came on 10 hits with one error, and the Bulldogs had two hits with two errors.
 
While improving to 6-0 at Dick Howser Stadium in 2026, Florida State is now 12-1 all-time against The Citadel, all in Tallahassee.
 
Moore left a runner on first after a two-out walk, and he retired the side in order in the second and third.
 
Meanwhile, FSU took a 1-0 lead in the second, as Stuetzer doubled home redshirt senior second baseman Eli Putnam, who singled with two outs.
 
In the top of the fourth, the leadoff runner reached on a three-base error. The runner tried to score on a ground ball, but junior third baseman Cal Fisher threw him out at home on the fielder’s choice. A double play groundout ended the inning to keep it a 1-0 contest.
 
The Citadel got its first hit in the fifth on a one-out single, but a strikeout ended the inning to leave a runner on second.
 
Florida State added a run in the bottom half to double the advantage to 2-0. Junior center fielder Chase Williams led off the frame with a single, advanced to third on a double and scored on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly by Carns.
 
Moore concluded his outing with a 1-2-3 sixth inning that began with back-to-back strikeouts.
 
Knier relieved Moore to start the seventh and struck out two in his first inning. He gave up a two-out single in the eighth, but a flyout limited the threat. In the ninth to close it out, Knier struck out another two to leave one on after a two-out walk.
 
Florida State continues its homestand with a pair of midweek games at Dick Howser Stadium, against Jacksonville on Tuesday, March 3 and vs. Mercer on Wednesday, March 4. Tickets are available at Seminoles.com/Tickets.
 
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