Virginia Baseball | No. 8 Virginia Sweeps FSU, Improves to 22-2

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 8 Virginia (22-2, 7-2 ACC) scored the first nine runs of a 15-4 victory over Florida State (12-12, 3-6 ACC) on Sunday (March 26), completing a three-game series sweep. At 22-2, Virginia has matched its best start in program history through 24 games.

The 15-run outburst, tied for the most in the all-time series against FSU, was powered by an eight-run second inning. Junior Jake Gelof brought the Disharoon Park faithful to their feet with a three-run homer off the clubhouse in left center field. He capped the rally with an RBI single and had all four of his RBI on the day in the second inning. Gelof finished a triple short of the cycle, going 4-for-5 with a double and four RBI.

Virginia registered its first series sweep of the season and the first of Florida State since the 2013 season. Through the first three weekends of conference play, UVA’s seven ACC wins are the most of any Coastal Division foe and tied with Wake Forest for the most in the league.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Making his seventh start of the season sophomore Anthony Stephan drove in the game’s first run on a double to right field. He then followed Gelof in the second inning with a two-run single to put UVA up 6-0. Stephan was 4-for-6 with three runs scored a double, three walks and three RBI in three games this weekend.

• The second inning featured 13 UVA batters and seven hits. It marked the 11^th time this season UVA scored five or more runs in an inning and the fourth time UVA has posted eight or more in an inning this season.
• Florida State pulled within six with two runs (one earned) on three hits in the fifth inning. The tacked on another run on an RBI single by Jodan Carrion in the sixth to make it 9-3.
• The Cavaliers went on to score six of the game’s next seven runs to put the game out of reach. After scoring two runs in the sixth, Ethan Anderson homered to lead off the seventh inning.