Winston Salem, NC - Parker Messick and the Florida State Seminoles kept the game close through five innings before FSU’s bullpen struggles were exposed. Messick started off allowing two baserunners in the first inning before settling down and striking out 11. FSU added a run in each of the second and third innings but was unable to add more against the Demon Deacon’s starter, Rhett Lowder. Wake Forest finally figured out Messick in the fifth, scoring three runs, including a solo homerun by Danny Corona.
The Seminoles turned to Wyatt Crowell for the sixth, who promptly allowed four runs on four hits in just a third of an inning.