ACC Baseball at the College World Series:FSU knocks out UCLA Bruins

Florida State 4, UCLA 1
Omaha, Neb. (College World Series)
*****#2 Seed UCLA gone and the #1 Seed, Florida, was knocked out of the Series just one day earlier……*****

Read more on Florida State over UCLA from www.theacc.com:

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Florida State’s Scott Sitz gave the best performance of his career on college baseball’s biggest stage.

The junior known as “the Bulldog” by teammates allowed five hits and struck out eight in a season-high 6 2-3 innings Tuesday night, and the Seminoles eliminated UCLA from the College World Series with a 4-1 victory.

Known for tiring early, Sitz had not made it through five innings in six of his previous seven outings. This time he finished strong.

Sitz held the Bruins to two singles through five innings and struck out the side in the sixth after UCLA loaded the bases and scored its only run.

“No question the sixth inning was the big inning that Scotty showed his nickname was the `Bulldog,’ ” FSU coach Mike Martin said. “You get the team as talented as UCLA, and get a run in and get out of it, is just a credit to him. Of course, we knew that there were still nine outs left, but at the same time, it was a tremendous, tremendous lift for us.”

Florida State (50-16) moves on to a Thursday game against Arizona. The Seminoles need to beat the Wildcats twice to reach the championship round for the first time.

No. 2 national seed UCLA (48-16) was knocked out a day after No. 1 Florida was eliminated from the opposite bracket.