The baseball experts where all sure that the weekend of March 17th would be relative breeze for the number 1 ranked Florida State Seminoles. There was a feeling that Tech was struggling with quality baseball teams, and just wasn’t going to stand up to FSU’s offense, and pitching.
Game 1 looked like a bit better example in a tilt to FSU. There were some interesting cracks in the Seminole armor, however. The Seminole Friday evening win was closer than it looked.
Virginia Tech Hokies vs Florida State Seminoles Game 1:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| (1) Florida State (14-5, 3-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| Virginia Tech (11-9, 1-3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Win: Cole Sands (3-1) Loss: Packy Naughton (1-3)
Even with a slight weather advantage, with the temps in the mid 40’s and the clouds stacking up, the Tech offense didn’t generate much of a push in the first five innings.