Florida State 6 – Clemson 3 Game Summary
- No. 14 Florida State knocked Clemson starter Aidan Knaak out of the game early and overcame some sloppy defense to take the rubber match of the series with the Tigers 6-3 at Doug Kingsmore Stadium, Sunday.
- Knaak (L, 2-6) threw a scoreless first inning but ran into trouble in the second, surrendering an opposite-field homer and three runs in the frame. The damage would have been worse had catcher Jacob Jarrell not cut down a runner attempting to steal second.
- The Seminoles plated another run in the fourth on a long ball from Carter McCulley to take a 4-0 lead. The Tigers, meanwhile, were having their troubles against FSU starter Bryson Moore (W, 6-1). Moore gave up just one run on five hits in six innings. Clemson put a runner on base in each of the first four innings but Moore came away clean each time, twice inducing double play balls.
- Clemson finally landed a glove on Moore by scoring a run in the fifth. Jarren Purify (3-4, RBI) tripled and scored when the Noles misplayed Jack Crighton’s bunt.
- Florida State answered right back with an unearned run in the sixth, extending the lead to 5-1. The Tigers took advantage of an FSU error, one of four committed by the Seminoles, to score an unearned run of their own in the seventh.
- Purify drove in Clemson’s final run in the eighth on his third hit of the game, but it wasn’t enough to climb out of the hole Clemson had dug itself.
- The Noles didn’t play well defensively, struck out a dozen times and left 15 runners on base, but overcame it all thanks to early offense and stellar pitching.
- Clemson falls to 30-22 overall and 9-18 in the ACC. The Tigers will travel to USC Upstate for their final midweek game of the regular season at 6 p.m., Tuesday.
Third hit of the contest for @JarrenPurify drives in @jacob_jarrell1.
— Clemson Baseball (@ClemsonBaseball) May 10, 2026
B8 || FSU 6, CU 3
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