It's very early in the season. But the Florida State baseball team is off to an impressive start, past the halfway mark of its 2023 win total.

Cam Leiter struck out six batters while tossing six shutout innings and Florida State hit three home runs in a 13-0 rout of New Orleans on Friday night.

Leiter and three relievers combined to four-hit the Privateers.

Alex Lodise went 4 for 4 with a home run and an RBI double, while Jaime Ferrer and Marco Dinges had home runs for the Seminoles. FSU now has 22 home runs this season.

Lodise, who is hitting .343 out of the ninth spot in the lineup, had a pair of singles and was a triple short of the cycle.

"It's almost like second leadoff," Lodise said. "I got a lot heaters tonight. and that's the fun part of being 9 hole, knowing who is behind you."

FSU (12-0) recorded its first shutout since Opening Day and already has more than half of its 23-win total from 2023. The Seminoles have scored 10 or more runs in eight of 12 games this season.

James Tibbs also had a two-run triple as FSU ripped 15 hits against two New Orleans pitchers. Tibbs is now hitting .375 and he leads FSU with 11 extra-base hits; his triple was the second of his career.

Cam Smith went 2 for 4 with a pair of RBI singles, maintaining his .500 batting average.

Ferrer hit his fourth home run in five games and has 20 for his career. Ferrer has reached safely in all 12 games this season and has a home run in three consecutive games.

Leiter gave up just three hits and three walks but also had six strikeouts. He got a two-out strikeout with the bases loaded in the fourth, pumping his fist as he walked off the mound toward the dugout.

"He really had all four of his pitches today," FSU coach Link Jarrett said. "Got to his change-up. That was a point of emphasis this week. He felt like he really wanted to really incorporate that. He did. Micah (Posey), they worked hard on it. He got his slider going. Didn’t have his big curveball early in the outing but found it as the outing went along. Just the intensity, the desire to compete and pitch, you see it."

John Abraham ran into some trouble, issuing two walks, but pitched a scoreless seventh. Connor Hults had two strikeouts in the eighth, and Joe Charles had a 1-2-3 ninth.

New Orleans dropped to 8-5.

FSU will play host to New Orleans on Saturday at 6 p.m. (ACC Network Extra) in a game that has been pushed back due to the forecast of rain in the afternoon. LHP Jamie Arnold is slated to start.

The pregame event honoring Chip Baker will move to Sunday (1 p.m. start).

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