Florida State is in a position that they haven't been in since 2008, coming off a loss in a regional. They had won 19 games in a row which is remarkable but they were completely dominated last night being outscored 7-0 and out hit 16-2 by a very good offense. The future of Georgia Southern's Sam Howard is going to be a good one as he is expected in the top four or five rounds next weekend, the left hander threw a complete game shut out limiting the Noles to just six balls that were hit out of the infield.
Alabama didn't fare much better as they were shutout by Kennesaw State. Their offense was hacking early and appeared to be extremely undisciplined at the plate which seems to be a common characteristic of this team, hopefully something the Noles can take advantage of today with their ace on the mound. Lose today and your season is over, fortunately the Seminoles are the better team and are in better position to advance.
OFFENSE:
| 2014 SEASON STATISTICS - OVERALL | ||||||||||||
| TEAM | GP | SB % | K% | BB% | Rsco% | R/G | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | BABIP | IsoP |
| Florida State | 58 | 79.2% | 17.6% | 13.2% | 39.6% | 6.7 | 0.278 | 0.394 | 0.387 | 0.781 | 0.335 | 0.109 |
| Alabama | 56 | 71.1% | 16.8% | 7.5% | 34.3% | 5.1 | 0.278 | 0.350 | 0.390 | 0.740 | 0.321 | 0.101 |
| as of 5/29/14 |
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Florida State is led by the ACC Player of the Year DJ Stewart (.348/.469/.561) and are protected by fellow first teamers in John Nogowski (.311/.433/.451) and Jose Brizuela (.325/.407/.453). The Noles are constantly on base as they lead the nation in walks, which constantly pressures opposing pitchers lending them to score as many runs as they do.
Outside of some power, second to only Kentucky in homeruns within the SEC, there is not much that Alabama does well. They struggled to score last season and that has continued in 2014 with an unimpressive on-base percentage and the fact that they strike out more than twice as much than they walk. The offensive leaders for the Tide are All SEC Team members Ben Moore (.305/.363/.486) and Wade Wass (.305/.398/.468), the right fielder Moore leads the team with 9 homeruns while Wass, the designated hitter is more free swinging.
| 2014 SEASON STATISTICS - FLORIDA STATE | ||||||||||||||
| TEAM | GP | GS | PA | SB % | K% | BB% | Rsco% | R/G | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | BABIP | IsoP |
| John Nogowski | 58 | 57 | 261 | 50.0% | 10.0% | 16.1% | 38.9% | 0.8 | 0.311 | 0.433 | 0.451 | 0.884 | 0.326 | 0.141 |
| Jose Brizuela | 58 | 58 | 250 | 86.7% | 14.8% | 8.4% | 42.9% | 0.8 | 0.325 | 0.407 | 0.453 | 0.860 | 0.375 | 0.127 |
| Justin Gonzalez | 54 | 54 | 249 | 60.0% | 26.5% | 18.5% | 39.4% | 0.8 | 0.246 | 0.410 | 0.398 | 0.808 | 0.352 | 0.152 |
| John Sansone | 58 | 58 | 246 | 75.0% | 23.2% | 11.4% | 40.2% | 0.6 | 0.228 | 0.365 | 0.326 | 0.691 | 0.300 | 0.098 |
| DJ Stewart | 51 | 51 | 239 | 80.0% | 12.6% | 15.9% | 36.2% | 0.9 | 0.348 | 0.469 | 0.561 | 1.030 | 0.374 | 0.214 |
| Josh Delph | 56 | 51 | 231 | 50.0% | 13.0% | 14.7% | 37.8% | 0.6 | 0.275 | 0.393 | 0.360 | 0.753 | 0.323 | 0.085 |
| Danny De La Calle | 56 | 56 | 205 | 100.0% | 16.6% | 8.3% | 42.2% | 0.5 | 0.229 | 0.322 | 0.247 | 0.569 | 0.279 | 0.018 |
| Ben DeLuzio | 49 | 48 | 200 | 88.9% | 22.0% | 9.5% | 46.5% | 0.7 | 0.287 | 0.369 | 0.407 | 0.776 | 0.373 | 0.120 |
| Casey Smit | 53 | 35 | 181 | 75.0% | 17.7% | 18.2% | 31.2% | 0.5 | 0.300 | 0.436 | 0.336 | 0.771 | 0.373 | 0.036 |
| Brett Knief | 53 | 40 | 179 | 100.0% | 17.3% | 8.9% | 40.7% | 0.5 | 0.270 | 0.353 | 0.342 | 0.695 | 0.325 | 0.072 |
| Jameis Winston | 23 | 5 | 48 | #DIV/0! | 18.8% | 16.7% | 42.9% | 0.3 | 0.132 | 0.298 | 0.184 | 0.482 | 0.172 | 0.053 |
| Gage West | 25 | 4 | 36 | #DIV/0! | 25.0% | 8.3% | 66.7% | 0.2 | 0.167 | 0.222 | 0.467 | 0.689 | 0.136 | 0.300 |
| Ladson Montgomery | 27 | 2 | 31 | #DIV/0! | 9.7% | 12.9% | 21.4% | 0.1 | 0.320 | 0.452 | 0.360 | 0.812 | 0.364 | 0.040 |
| Hank Truluck | 21 | 3 | 27 | 100.0% | 22.2% | 25.9% | 21.4% | 0.1 | 0.316 | 0.519 | 0.368 | 0.887 | 0.462 | 0.053 |
| Nick Graganella | 32 | 0 | 16 | #DIV/0! | 50.0% | 18.8% | ##### | 0.2 | 0.231 | 0.375 | 0.231 | 0.606 | 0.600 | 0.000 |
| Lee Howard | 7 | 0 | 5 | #DIV/0! | 40.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.400 | 0.333 | 0.000 |
| Matt Mulroy | 4 | 0 | 3 | #DIV/0! | 0.0% | 0.0% | ##### | 0.5 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Gage Smith | 2 | 0 | 2 | #DIV/0! | 50.0% | 0.0% | ##### | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Peter Miller | 2 | 0 | 1 | #DIV/0! | 0.0% | 0.0% | ##### | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| TOTALS | 58 | 58 | 2410 | 86.4% | 17.6% | 13.2% | 39.6% | 6.7 | 0.278 | 0.394 | 0.387 | 0.781 | 0.335 | 0.109 |
| as of 5/29/14 | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 SEASON STATISTICS - ALABAMA | ||||||||||||||
| TEAM | GP | GS | PA | SB % | K% | BB% | Rsco% | R/G | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | BABIP | IsoP |
| Mikey White | 56 | 56 | 262 | 60.0% | 14.9% | 8.8% | 39.6% | 0.8 | 0.303 | 0.397 | 0.440 | 0.837 | 0.341 | 0.138 |
| Georgie Salem | 56 | 56 | 261 | 66.7% | 11.9% | 3.8% | 34.1% | 0.5 | 0.288 | 0.329 | 0.358 | 0.688 | 0.324 | 0.071 |
| Ben Moore | 56 | 56 | 251 | 80.0% | 6.4% | 6.4% | 40.7% | 0.8 | 0.305 | 0.363 | 0.486 | 0.849 | 0.290 | 0.182 |
| Wade Wass | 56 | 55 | 236 | 100.0% | 19.1% | 9.3% | 26.7% | 0.5 | 0.305 | 0.398 | 0.468 | 0.866 | 0.374 | 0.163 |
| Kyle Overstreet | 55 | 55 | 234 | 0.0% | 12.0% | 7.7% | 42.5% | 0.6 | 0.278 | 0.339 | 0.376 | 0.715 | 0.303 | 0.098 |
| Austen Smith | 52 | 52 | 216 | 83.3% | 16.7% | 12.5% | 23.3% | 0.5 | 0.316 | 0.426 | 0.480 | 0.905 | 0.353 | 0.164 |
| Chance Vincent | 51 | 48 | 187 | 100.0% | 11.2% | 6.4% | 33.3% | 0.4 | 0.253 | 0.301 | 0.301 | 0.602 | 0.277 | 0.048 |
| Casey Hughston | 47 | 42 | 165 | 0.0% | 29.1% | 3.0% | 27.7% | 0.4 | 0.282 | 0.313 | 0.423 | 0.736 | 0.385 | 0.141 |
| Will Haynie | 35 | 32 | 123 | #DIV/0! | 41.5% | 5.7% | 48.0% | 0.4 | 0.177 | 0.231 | 0.274 | 0.506 | 0.288 | 0.097 |
| Hunter Webb | 39 | 24 | 101 | 83.3% | 12.9% | 6.9% | 29.4% | 0.3 | 0.265 | 0.358 | 0.301 | 0.659 | 0.314 | 0.036 |
| Daniel Cucjen | 31 | 15 | 63 | 66.7% | 19.0% | 15.9% | 37.5% | 0.3 | 0.288 | 0.397 | 0.346 | 0.743 | 0.350 | 0.058 |
| Mathew Goodson | 12 | 3 | 23 | #DIV/0! | 30.4% | 8.7% | 20.0% | 0.1 | 0.158 | 0.217 | 0.158 | 0.375 | 0.214 | 0.000 |
| William Elliott | 10 | 3 | 18 | #DIV/0! | 44.4% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 0.1 | 0.111 | 0.111 | 0.111 | 0.222 | 0.200 | 0.000 |
| J.C. Wilhite | 8 | 2 | 14 | #DIV/0! | 7.1% | 7.1% | 50.0% | 0.3 | 0.100 | 0.286 | 0.100 | 0.386 | 0.100 | 0.000 |
| Ryan Blanchard | 7 | 3 | 13 | #DIV/0! | 23.1% | 7.7% | 25.0% | 0.1 | 0.250 | 0.308 | 0.250 | 0.558 | 0.333 | 0.000 |
| Taylor Poe | 10 | 1 | 10 | #DIV/0! | 40.0% | 10.0% | 66.7% | 0.2 | 0.222 | 0.300 | 0.222 | 0.522 | 0.400 | 0.000 |
| Steven Cole | 8 | 0 | 9 | #DIV/0! | 11.1% | 11.1% | 33.3% | 0.1 | 0.250 | 0.333 | 0.250 | 0.583 | 0.286 | 0.000 |
| Mitch Greer | 6 | 1 | 9 | #DIV/0! | 33.3% | 11.1% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.000 | 0.111 | 0.000 | 0.111 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Riley Colburn | 8 | 0 | 5 | #DIV/0! | 40.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.333 | 0.600 | 0.333 | 0.933 | 1.000 | 0.000 |
| Colton Freeman | 2 | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! | ##### | ##### | ##### | 1 | ##### | ##### | ##### | ##### | ##### | ##### |
| TOTALS | 56 | 56 | 2200 | 80.0% | 16.8% | 7.5% | 34.3% | 5.1 | 0.278 | 0.350 | 0.390 | 0.740 | 0.321 | 0.112 |
| as of 5/29/14 | ||||||||||||||
PITCHING:
| 2014 SEASON STATISTICS - OVERALL | |||||||||||||
| TEAM | G | IP | ERA | WHIP | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | K:BB | FIP | xERA | BABIP | BAA | OPSa |
| Florida State | 54 | 525.0 | 3.02 | 1.20 | 7.83 | 7.20 | 3.00 | 2.40 | 3.58 | 2.96 | 0.287 | 0.236 | 0.627 |
| Alabama | 56 | 501.3 | 3.29 | 1.25 | 7.38 | 6.89 | 3.86 | 1.79 | 4.03 | 2.91 | 0.276 | 0.228 | 0.626 |
| as of 5/29/14 | |||||||||||||
The Seminoles received some fantastic news this week as starting pitcher Brandon Leibrandt (39.1 IP/1.02 WHIP/6.86 K/9) will see action for the first time in two months. Luke Weaver (101.1 IP/1.04 WHIP/7.19 K/9) will more than likely be a top 50 draft pick next week while reliever Gage Smith (60.1 IP/0.94 WHIP/4.62 K/9) can be used in just about every situation.
As a staff Alabama is not great, their strikeouts per nine is not strong (they do have groundball pitchers) but a walks per nine approaching four is bad for business especially when you have three teams in your region with strong offenses.
PROBABLES:
| PITCHING PROBABLES - GAME 3 - Florida State vs. Alabama | ||||||||||||||
| TEAM | G | GS | IP | ERA | WHIP | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | K:BB | HR/9 | FIP | BABIP | BAA | OPSa |
| Justin Kamplain - UA | 14 | 14 | 82.0 | 3.07 | 1.06 | 6.59 | 7.24 | 2.96 | 2.44 | 0.55 | 3.99 | 0.244 | 0.206 | 0.582 |
| Luke Weaver - FSU | 15 | 15 | 101.3 | 2.66 | 1.04 | 7.37 | 7.19 | 1.95 | 3.68 | 0.62 | 3.49 | 0.266 | 0.224 | 0.582 |
| 2014 SEASON STATISTICS - FLORIDA STATE | ||||||||||||||
| TEAM | G | GS | IP | ERA | WHIP | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | K:BB | HR/9 | FIP | BABIP | BAA | OPSa |
| Luke Weaver | 15 | 15 | 101.3 | 2.66 | 1.04 | 7.37 | 7.19 | 1.95 | 3.68 | 0.62 | 3.49 | 0.266 | 0.224 | 0.582 |
| Mike Compton | 14 | 14 | 82.3 | 3.06 | 1.29 | 9.62 | 5.47 | 1.97 | 2.78 | 0.33 | 3.48 | 0.313 | 0.272 | 0.679 |
| Gage Smith | 38 | 0 | 60.3 | 2.09 | 0.94 | 7.76 | 4.62 | 0.75 | 6.20 | 0.15 | 3.06 | 0.268 | 0.234 | 0.548 |
| Billy Strode | 23 | 4 | 45.3 | 2.78 | 1.21 | 6.95 | 8.93 | 3.97 | 2.25 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 0.318 | 0.226 | 0.582 |
| Peter Miller | 17 | 7 | 42.0 | 5.14 | 1.64 | 8.14 | 11.36 | 6.64 | 1.71 | 0.64 | 4.11 | 0.354 | 0.247 | 0.725 |
| Brandon Leibrandt | 6 | 6 | 39.3 | 1.83 | 1.02 | 7.09 | 6.86 | 2.06 | 3.33 | 0.46 | 3.32 | 0.264 | 0.218 | 0.608 |
| Bryant Holtmann | 14 | 6 | 36.7 | 3.68 | 1.17 | 7.61 | 7.12 | 2.95 | 2.42 | 0.49 | 3.53 | 0.271 | 0.228 | 0.610 |
| Jameis Winston | 23 | 0 | 30.7 | 1.17 | 0.78 | 5.28 | 8.51 | 1.76 | 4.83 | 0.00 | 2.12 | 0.220 | 0.164 | 0.396 |
| Dylan Silva | 17 | 1 | 23.7 | 1.90 | 1.27 | 6.08 | 10.65 | 5.32 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 3.59 | 0.291 | 0.195 | 0.630 |
| Taylor Blatch | 14 | 2 | 17.3 | 6.23 | 1.85 | 6.75 | 5.71 | 9.87 | 0.58 | 0.52 | 7.05 | 0.235 | 0.210 | 0.748 |
| Alec Byrd | 9 | 1 | 14.7 | 3.68 | 1.50 | 8.59 | 7.98 | 4.91 | 1.63 | 1.23 | 5.26 | 0.300 | 0.259 | 0.804 |
| Brandon Johnson | 11 | 0 | 13.7 | 1.98 | 1.32 | 9.22 | 5.93 | 2.63 | 2.25 | 0.00 | 2.98 | 0.280 | 0.241 | 0.544 |
| Kenny Burkhead | 10 | 2 | 10.7 | 8.44 | 2.06 | 14.35 | 6.75 | 4.22 | 1.60 | 0.84 | 4.55 | 0.432 | 0.370 | 1.018 |
| Jim Voyles | 5 | 0 | 6.7 | 4.05 | 1.35 | 9.45 | 4.05 | 2.70 | 1.50 | 1.35 | 6.27 | 0.286 | 0.280 | 0.779 |
| TOTALS | 58 | 58 | 524.7 | 3.02 | 1.20 | 7.84 | 7.20 | 3.00 | 2.40 | 0.39 | 3.58 | 0.287 | 0.236 | 0.627 |
| as of 5/29/14 | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 SEASON STATISTICS - ALABAMA | ||||||||||||||
| TEAM | G | GS | IP | ERA | WHIP | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | K:BB | HR/9 | FIP | BABIP | BAA | OPSa |
| Spencer Turnbull | 14 | 14 | 87.0 | 2.28 | 1.16 | 6.00 | 6.10 | 4.45 | 1.37 | 0.31 | 4.44 | 0.230 | 0.193 | 0.576 |
| Justin Kamplain | 14 | 14 | 82.0 | 3.07 | 1.06 | 6.59 | 7.24 | 2.96 | 2.44 | 0.55 | 3.99 | 0.244 | 0.206 | 0.582 |
| Jon Keller | 13 | 8 | 66.7 | 2.57 | 1.13 | 7.70 | 6.48 | 2.43 | 2.67 | 0.14 | 3.25 | 0.296 | 0.241 | 0.621 |
| Nick Eicholtz | 20 | 9 | 51.0 | 3.35 | 1.33 | 6.18 | 7.06 | 5.82 | 1.21 | 0.35 | 5.01 | 0.239 | 0.197 | 0.614 |
| Geoffrey Bramblett | 16 | 4 | 38.7 | 4.19 | 1.24 | 7.22 | 9.78 | 3.96 | 2.47 | 0.23 | 3.21 | 0.306 | 0.221 | 0.585 |
| Tucker Hawley | 13 | 3 | 37.3 | 1.93 | 1.04 | 7.23 | 5.79 | 2.17 | 2.67 | 0.00 | 2.86 | 0.273 | 0.226 | 0.551 |
| Ray Castillo | 17 | 3 | 35.3 | 5.09 | 1.67 | 9.93 | 6.62 | 5.09 | 1.30 | 1.02 | 5.54 | 0.324 | 0.285 | 0.801 |
| Jay Shaw | 21 | 0 | 34.0 | 3.97 | 1.44 | 8.74 | 4.50 | 4.24 | 1.06 | 0.00 | 3.83 | 0.295 | 0.258 | 0.619 |
| Thomas Burrows | 22 | 0 | 33.3 | 1.62 | 0.87 | 5.13 | 8.64 | 2.70 | 3.20 | 0.27 | 3.06 | 0.225 | 0.173 | 0.472 |
| Taylor Guilbeau | 14 | 0 | 15.7 | 5.17 | 2.17 | 13.21 | 8.04 | 6.32 | 1.27 | 0.00 | 4.31 | 0.442 | 0.348 | 0.856 |
| Mitch Greer | 11 | 0 | 10.7 | 6.75 | 1.69 | 11.81 | 6.75 | 3.38 | 2.00 | 1.69 | 5.48 | 0.364 | 0.341 | 0.920 |
| Jake Hubbard | 5 | 1 | 5.0 | 7.20 | 1.80 | 10.80 | 7.20 | 5.40 | 1.33 | 1.80 | 6.22 | 0.313 | 0.300 | 0.875 |
| Colton Freeman | 3 | 0 | 2.3 | 19.29 | 2.14 | 7.72 | 11.57 | 11.57 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 4.71 | 0.333 | 0.222 | 0.861 |
| Kyle Overstreet | 2 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.50 | 3.00 | 20.26 | 6.75 | 6.75 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 4.17 | 0.500 | 0.429 | 1.214 |
| Cary Baxter | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ##### | 0.00 | 3.42 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| TOTALS | 56 | 56 | 501.3 | 3.29 | 1.25 | 7.38 | 6.89 | 3.86 | 1.79 | 0.36 | 4.03 | 0.276 | 0.228 | 0.626 |
| as of 5/29/14 | ||||||||||||||
COVERAGE:
The third game of the regional starts today at 1:05 PM and will be televised on ESPNU and on ESPN3. Bookmark this page for all of your coverage needs and make sure to bookmark our Regional Stream which will be updated continuously throughout the weekend. Of course there will be a thread for every game this weekend as @dtackett_ , @AriyaMassoudi and @RodMahoney (myself) will be there in Tallahassee, follow us for all the play by play and updates.