Following a lengthy delay that spanned over 13

hours and 41 minutes, Florida State (14-8, 4-4 ACC) evened its ACC record with a

6-2 victory over Maryland (11-13, 3-7 ACC) on Saturday morning in the resumption

of Friday night's series opener. With the win, the 22nd-ranked Seminoles

extended their win streak to four games while picking up their first road win of

the season.

Sean Gilmartin and Geoff Parker combined to shut down the Terrapins over nine

innings giving up a combined three hits as the Seminoles registered their 34th

straight victory over Maryland and 23rd win in a row in College Park.

Gilmartin moved to 5-1 on the year as the freshman southpaw worked five innings

on Friday night before the game was postponed due to rain. Gilmartin allowed

just two runs on two hits as he walked two and struck out six. It marked the

fifth straight start that Gilmartin has registered six or more strike outs.

Parker earned his first career save as he pitched the final four innings in

relief. The Dade City, Fla., native allowed just two base runners on a base hit

and a walk. Parker finished the game with four strikeouts throwing 50 pitches.

Florida State finished the game with 11 hits as four Seminoles recorded two hits

each. Tommy Oravetz tied a season-high with two hits, while Jack Posey, Stephen

Cardullo and Rafael Lopez notched two hits and an RBI a piece. With a base hit

in the first inning, Tyler Holt extended his hit streak to a career-long 12

games.

The Seminoles ran out to an early lead before steady rain became increasingly

worse bringing the game to a halt with FSU leading 5-2 in the bottom of the

sixth.

Florida State threatened in its first at-bat of the three-game set in College

Park registering consecutive base hits by Holt and Oravetz to lead off the game.

Holt singled back up the middle and moved to second on a balk charged to

Maryland starter Matt Fullerton (2-2). Oravetz followed with a frozen rope

single through the left side forcing Holt to initially retreat back to second.

Once the ball cleared the infield, Holt moved to third and headed for home, but

was thrown out at the plate to keep the game knotted at zero.

The Seminoles grabbed an early lead on the Terrapins with two runs in the

second. Posey laced a one-out double to left and moved to third as Fullerton was

charged with his second balk of the game. Cardullo then drew a hard earned walk

after getting down in the count at 0-2. With runners at the corners, Lopez hit

an RBI single back up the middle plating Posey for the first run of the game.

Right fielder Ruairi O'Connor drove in the second run of the inning on a

fielder's choice groundout back to the mound. Fullerton went to second in an

effort to turn the inning ending double play, but O'Connor beat out the relay

throw from second to give the Seminoles a 2-0 lead.

Oravetz picked up his second hit of the evening doubling to the gap in right

center to begin the third. The hit would end the night for Fullerton who left

the game after just two plus innings of work. Ben Jones came on out of the

bullpen and after getting Tapley swinging on strikes, issued back-to-back walks

to Jason Stidham and Mike McGee to load the bases. Posey stepped in and gave the

Seminoles a 3-0 lead sending a sacrifice fly to right as Oravetz scored just in

front of the throw from right fielder A.J. Casario.

For the second straight inning, FSU loaded the bases this time drawing three

straight walks off Jones all on two outs. The walks would come back to haunt the

Terps as Stidham drove a 3-2 pitch from the senior right hander to right center

plating Holt and Oravetz for a 5-0 Florida State lead.

After going hitless through the first three innings, the Terrapins got their

first hit of the game off the bat of David Poutier as the junior second baseman

left the yard for his first home run of the season. Maryland added one more run

as Tyler Bennett brought home Mike Murphy on a sac-fly to right to cut the

Seminole lead to 5-2. Murphy followed the home run by Poutier with a ground rule

double to left.

Florida State registered three straight singles off Sander Beck to start the

fifth loading the bases for the third inning in a row. But the Seminoles could

not add to their lead as the Terrapin reliever recorded a pair of strikeouts

sandwiched between a line out to center to keep the Seminole lead at three.

Following a 13 hour and 41 minute delay, the two teams resumed play at 11:00

a.m. on Saturday morning. Geoff Parker started on the mound in the bottom of the

sixth in the resumption of game one. The sophomore right hander went three up,

three down throwing just 10 pitches.

In the first at-bat for the Seminoles on Saturday morning, Cardullo greeted

Terrapin reliever Matt Quinn rudely hitting a line drive offering on a 3-1 pitch

over the fence in dead center for his third home run of the season. The blast

increased the Florida State lead to 6-2.

Oravetz was plunked on the toe to start the eighth, his eighth hit-by-pitch of

the season and 34th of his career moving him within three of Bryan Zech for

fourth all-time on the career list at Florida State.

Parker set down eight in a row before allowing two Terrapins on in the eighth on

a single by Will Greenberg and a walk to Poutier. But the Seminole reliever got

Murphy to ground out to second on a knubber off the bat for the final out of the

inning.

Friday's game featuring Florida State and Maryland was called in the bottom of

the sixth with the Seminoles leading 5-2 due to rain that continued to hit the

College Park area.

Florida State (15-8, 5-4 ACC) tied a

season-high with three home runs on Saturday afternoon in game two as the

22nd-ranked Seminoles defeated Maryland (11-14, 3-8 ACC) 10-2 on a misty, cold,

cloudy day in College Park. The Seminoles won their fifth game in a row, while

extending their win streak over the Terrapins to 35 straight games. In the

process, FSU recorded its 24th consecutive victory on Maryland's home turf.

"I was just very pleased with the approach we took to the two games," said head

coach Mike Martin. "We got out here and really got after it and played like

Seminoles. It made us all very pleased to see us come out here and play like we

did."

The Seminoles posted 14 hits on Saturday while tying a season-high with three

home runs including two in the first two innings. James Ramsey had a perfect day

at the plate going 3-for-3 with a two singles and a home run. He would reach

base on all five plate appearances drawing a pair of walks in the win.

Stephen Cardullo picked up his third straight multi-hit game going 3-for-5 in

game two and has now hit in nine straight games. Parker Brunelle collected a

pair of hits in five at-bats while picking up an RBI and a run scored.

The run support was plenty for starter Brian Busch (1-1), who worked a

career-high eight innings in picking up his first collegiate win. The freshman

southpaw allowed just two runs on four hits as he walked two and struck out five

in his third start of the season.

"I was able to get a lot of first pitch strikes," added Busch. "My location

wasn't as good as I would have liked but they seemed to hit the ball right to

our fielders."

The eight innings turned in by Busch in game two tied Sean Gilmartin for the

longest outing by a Seminole starter this year. Gilmartin went eight innings in

a 4-1 victory over Boston College back on March 6.

"Brian had a good outing," said Martin. "He spotted the ball well and did what

he needed to do. When he got the lead, he went after hitters. It was a very

intelligent outing for him."

Florida State grabbed the early lead in game two and never looked back scoring

six runs in the first two innings.

Tapley gave the Seminoles a two-run lead on a first inning home run off Maryland

starter Scott Swinson (1-4). The sophomore third baseman hammered a 3-2 pitch

out of the park to deep center for his team leading sixth round tripper of the

season. Holt scored on the play after leading off the game with a walk.

"Tapley's home run in the first was certainly big for us," added Martin. "We had

some clutch hitting today and some quality at-bats and that's what we were

after."

FSU added four more runs in the second to take a commanding 6-0 advantage. In

making his third start of the season and first in left field, freshman James

Ramsey left the yard hitting a solo shot out to left for his second home run of

the season. Two batters later, Parker Brunelle doubled off the fence in center

and moved to third on a single by Tyler Holt as the sophomore center fielder

extended his hitting streak to a career-high 13 games. Brunelle came home on a

groundout by Tommy Orvatez. Tapley followed and just missed his second home run

in as many at bats, doubling off the fence in left center driving in Holt for

the fifth run of the game. Tapley scored two batters later on an RBI single

through the left side by Stephen Cardullo.

Busch kept the Terrapins at bay until the fourth when Mike Murphy scored the

first Maryland run of the game. The Terrapin third baseman led off the inning

with a single to right and scored three batters later on a throwing error by

Seminole first baseman Mike Meschke. Gerry Spessard sent a groundball to Meschke

at first and instead of taking the sure out at first for the second out of the

inning, threw wildly over to second base. On the next batter, Busch then made a

great defensive play on a bunt right back to the mound by Dan Benick to save a

run. The West Boca Raton, Fla., native got Tyler Bennett in a run down between

third and home with Tapley applying the tag for out number two. Busch kept the

Seminole lead at five as he got Mike Moss to fly out to center to end the

inning.

The Seminoles came right back with two more runs in the fifth to increase their

lead to 8-1. FSU used a little small ball to manufacture both runs after loading

the bases on a single by Cardullo and back-to-back walks by Ramsey and pinch

hitter Jack Posey. Brunelle stepped in and sent a beautiful bunt single towards

second to bring home Cardullo, while Holt brought home Ramsey on a sacrifice

bunt.

Posey gave the Seminoles a 10-1 advantage as he unloaded on his third home run

of the season in the seventh. The sophomore first baseman took a 3-2 pitch from

Ian Schwalenberg out over the fence in left center. Ramsey scored on the play

after leading off the inning with a single up the middle for his third hit of

the game.

Busch retired eight straight Maryland batters before giving up a walk to Benick

with one out in the seventh. The walk would cost Busch as Matthew Murakami hit a

two-out RBI single to left scoring Benick for the second Terrapin run of the

afternoon.

The freshman southpaw returned to the mound in the eighth and set down the

Terrapins in order on just nine pitches. Busch would end the game throwing a

season-high 95 pitches.

Tyler Everett put the finishing touches on game two as he pitched the ninth.

After giving up two consecutive singles to start the inning, Everett got Curtis

Lazar looking on strikes and Murakami to ground into a game ending double play.

Florida State and Maryland will face off in the final game of a three-game set

on Sunday, March 29. First pitch is slated for 1:00 p.m. at Shipley Field. Fans

can listen in live locally on 100.7 FM and live over the internet on

www.seminoles.com. Live stats will also be available via gametracker.