Dowd homers, drives in two as Florida State beats Jacksonville 5‑2
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Interstat) — Brayden Dowd went 3 for 5 with a two-run homer and two RBIs to lead Florida State over Jacksonville 5-2 on Tuesday at Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium.
The Seminoles, who improved to 34-14, trailed 2-0 after the top of the third when Jacksonville scored on a wild pitch and an RBI single. Florida State tied the game in the fifth on a solo homer by Stuetzer and a sacrifice fly by Cmeyla. Cmeyla singled in DeLamielleure in the seventh to put the Seminoles ahead 3-2, and Dowd’s blast in the eighth scored Stuetzer for the final margin.
Brodie Purcell tossed three hitless innings with four strikeouts for Florida State, and Kevin Mebil added two hitless innings with four strikeouts. Benjamin Baker-Livingston took the loss for Jacksonville, allowing two earned runs over four innings.
Jacksonville (26-21) managed four hits. DeLamielleure collected three hits for Florida State, which had 10 hits. The Dolphins had won their previous two games before the loss.