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Carns powers Seminoles to streak-busting 9-2 win over Stetson

On3 imageby: Ira Schoffel04/15/26iraschoffel

Five Florida State pitchers combined to stymie the Stetson offense, and Hunter Carns delivered a power-packed performance at the plate to lead the Seminoles to a 9-2 victory Tuesday night against visiting Stetson.

The win snapped the Seminoles’ four-game losing streak and improved their record to 25-11 on the season; Stetson falls to 14-22.

As happy as he was to see his team return to its winning ways, Florida State baseball coach Link Jarrett was not particularly enthused about his team’s play. He thought the defense was sloppy — FSU committed three errors on the night — and the pitching and hitting were both far too inconsistent.

“It doesn’t feel like that was a 9-2 game in any aspect of it,” Jarrett said. “We didn’t really defend. There were moments we pitched and clearly moments we didn’t.”

Still, after coming out on the wrong side of a sweep last weekend at Georgia Tech, the Seminoles felt good about jumping out to an early lead Tuesday night at Dick Howser Stadium. With the game tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the third inning, Carns blasted a 3-2 pitch over the fence in left field for a three-run homer and a 4-1 lead.

He then helped Florida State blow the game open with a five-run seventh inning. With the bases loaded and no outs, Carns ripped the first pitch he saw for a two-run double to left.

“Massive. Massive,” Jarrett said of the power Carns has been providing to the FSU offense in recent weeks. “The game is built around extra-base hits. You have to have those.”

Nathan Cmeyla followed Carns’ second big hit with a two-run double of his own to push the Seminoles’ advantage to 8-2, and Brody DeLamielleure capped the scoring with an RBI single that scored Cmeyla.

Cooper Whited and four Florida State relievers, meanwhile, did their part to keep the Hatters’ batters at bay. Whited was credited with the victory after starting and pitching three innings; no other Seminole pitcher threw more than two.

Combined, they allowed two runs (one earned) on seven hits; the Seminoles struck out 12 and walked just two.

Carns finished the night 3-for-5 with 5 RBIs and two runs scored. Five other Seminoles recorded one hit apiece.

Next up for Florida State is an ACC home series against Notre Dame, starting Friday at 6 p.m.

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