Wes Mendes would like to forget his last three starts, all of which went four innings or less and resulted with him giving up a combined 16 earned runs.
Mendes ran into trouble early in a “here he goes again" first inning. But the left-hander worked his way into and out of trouble for 5.2 innings, allowing just an earned run as No. 9 Florida State defeated No. 25 Virginia Tech 4-2 on Sunday to sweep the series.
FSU (28-7, 11-4 ACC) bounced back from three straight losses, which included a weekend series loss to Wake Forest at Dick Howser Stadium and a road loss to Florida, by sweeping a ranked team. The Seminoles have been quite good on the road in 2025, winning series at Miami, Notre Dame and now Virginia Tech.
Mendes (5-1) picked up his first win since March 15, when he tossed seven innings and didn’t allow an earned run against Boston College. After that? Mendes struggled as he gave up a combined 15 walks in a pair of no decisions (Miami and Notre Dame) as well as a loss to Wake.
The sophomore allowed just an earned run in the first but battled and stranded runners. Mendes got a strikeout to leave the bases loaded in the first, worked around an error in the second and a double in the third.
Mendes scattered six hits and gave up three walks, as well as a balk, but escaped innings unscathed.
Peyton Prescott gave up a run but was effective in long relief, tossing 3.1 innings and earning his second save. The right-hander had two strikeouts and didn’t issue a walk, although he did have a wild pitch.
Chase Williams, in his first weekend back from injury, had a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning and added an RBI triple in the sixth to break open a 2-2 game. A batter later in the sixth, Williams also scored on Brody DeLamielleure’s sacrifice fly.
Hunter Carns went 2 for 4 and Max Williams went 2 for 5 with a run scored.
Gage Harrelson, who came into the day with a .441 on-base percentage, also went 2 for 3 with a pair of walks.
Up next
FSU returns home to play host to USF on Tuesday at 6 p.m. (ACC Network Extra).
The Seminoles will also host Virginia for a three-game series that begins on Thursday.
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