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Joey Volini, Jamie Arnold throw gems to help FSU sweep DH at Virginia Tech

On3 imageby:Ira Schoffel•04/12/25•

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Florida State pitcher Joey Volini threw seven strong innings Saturday at Virginia Tech. (Courtesy of FSU Sports Information)

FSU junior ace Jamie Arnold matched the excellent start of teammate Joey Volini earlier in the day, and the Seminole baseball team finished off its doubleheader sweep at Virginia Tech on Saturday with a 12-1 victory.

Arnold threw seven innings, allowed just four hits and one run while striking out nine in his best conference start of the season. John Abraham pitched the final two innings, and coupled with what Volini and Joe Charles did in Game 1 of the doubleheader, Florida State managed to sweep the Hokies by using just four pitchers.

Arnold, who pitched five scoreless innings in a win against Wake Forest last weekend but labored to nearly 100 pitches, was much more efficient on Saturday. He threw just 98 pitches in picking up his fourth win of the season. Florida State is now 27-7 overall and 10-4 in ACC play.

Virginia Tech falls to 23-12 and 9-8.

Florida State’s offense put up 12 runs on 13 hits and also drew seven walks and two hit-by-pitches in Game 2. Alex Lodise, Drew Faurot, Brody DeLamielleure and Cal Fisher all hit home runs for the Seminoles in that game.

Lodise, Faurot, Fisher, Max Williams, Hunter Carns and Chase Williams all finished with two base hits for a Florida State offense that jumped all over Virginia Tech pitching late in the game.

The Seminoles scored eight of their 12 runs in the final three innings.

Virginia Tech, meanwhile, was stymied all game by the combination of Arnold and Abraham, who pitched two perfect innings and struck out four.

EARLIER REPORT

Heading into this weekend’s top-25 showdown at Virginia Tech, FSU baseball coach Link Jarrett said the biggest thing his team needed was for its weekend starters to make it deeper in games.

Joey Volini did just that in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader. The junior left-hander, who had an uncharacteristically rough outing last time out, was dominant in No. 9 FSU’s 3-1 victory against the No. 25 Hokies.

Volini allowed just two hits and one run in 7.0 innings, and he worked his way out of several tricky situations. Even though the Hokies’ bats didn’t do much damage against him, Volini did walk four, but he benefited from sharp defense by his teammates and some important strikeouts; he recorded five Ks on the day and improved to 8-1 on the season.

Senior Joe Charles pitched two scoreless innings to record his first save.

After losing a home series last weekend to Wake Forest and then falling to rival Florida in a midweek game, FSU took an early lead in the fourth inning Saturday when catcher Nathan Cmeyla was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to score Max Williams. Williams had started the inning with a leadoff double.

Virginia Tech then scored its only run in the bottom half of that inning, but FSU responded with two more in the top of the fifth to take command of the game.

Right-fielder Gage Harrelson led off the frame with a double and scored on an RBI single from shortstop Alex Lodise. Max Williams reached on a fielder’s choice, which wiped Lodise off the bases, and he later scored on a wild pitch after advancing to third on a Myles Bailey double.

Pitching with a 3-1 lead, Volini flirted with danger in the bottom of the sixth when he allowed a walk and gave up a two-out single. But he struck out cleanup hitter Henry Cooke on a 3-2 pitch to end the threat.

Things looked a little shaky for Charles in the ninth, as he surrendered back-to-back singles with only one out. But he got the next two batters to fly out to pick up the save.

The two teams will close out the series on Sunday afternoon.

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