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Oregon State's offense explodes to end FSU baseball's season in NCAA Super Regional
Florida State baseball's season ended in Corvallis as Oregon State blasted five home runs to beat the Seminoles 14-10 in game three of the NCAA Super Regional Sunday night.
The Beavers advanced to Omaha on the back of two explosive innings that produced 13 runs, including a seven-run first inning. Oregon State's offensive outburst in the first three innings outdid FSU's best offensive showing of the Super Regional.
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The Seminoles (42-16) chipped away at the lead but couldn't overcome the mountainous task, aided in part by leaving 10 runners on base. FSU outhit Oregon State 17-12, but failed to convert in a few big spots, ending two innings with the bases loaded.
Of Oregon State's 14 runs, 11 came on the long ball, including a grand slam from Trent Caraway in the third inning, and six runs came with two outs. While the Beavers put up two touchdowns, FSU held them scoreless after the fourth inning, which allowed FSU to chip away at the deficit.
Wes Mendes started for FSU, and he was unable to make it out of the first inning, just a week removed from a career-long outing of eight innings pitched. In his 0.2 innings on the mound, he allowed five hits, two being home runs, seven runs and struck out none while walking a batter and hitting another.
The Seminoles used six pitchers, with Chris Knier going the deepest in his 3.2 innings of relief work. After his heroics in game two, FSU turned to Peyton Prescott again in the seventh inning, but he exited the game after throwing a pitch and appeared to injure his throwing arm.
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Max Williams, Myles Bailey and Chase Williams all hit home runs for the Seminoles.
M. Williams gave FSU its only lead of the night in the first inning with his two-run blast, quickly undone by the seven runs from Oregon State. C. Williams hit his second career homer in the second inning.
Bailey blasted a two-run shot in the sixth to cut the lead to six. FSU scored a pair in the ninth inning on a C. Williams fielder's choice and Gage Harrelson's double.
Four FSU players finished with three hits in the game, with Hunter Carns, Harrelson Bailey and C. Williams all combining for 12 of FSU's 17 hits.
The Seminoles struck out nine times, their lowest number of strikeouts in the super regional after 29 combined in the first two games.
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Liam Rooney covers Florida State athletics for the Tallahassee Democrat. Contact him via email at LRooney@ or on Twitter @__liamrooney
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: FSU baseball vs. Oregon State: Seminoles sent home in Super Regional
