The No. 16 Florida State baseball team continued its season-opening series against James Madison with a 16-5 victory in seven innings on Saturday afternoon at Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee.

Four players had multiple hits, three had multiple RBIs and four scored multiple runs in the victory as the Seminoles (2-0) secured the series win against the Dukes (0-2). The three-game set will conclude on Sunday at 11 a.m.

FSU totaled 16 runs on 17 hits and held JMU to five runs on six hits. Both teams left a runner on base and the Dukes committed one error.

Junior shortstop Cal Fisher led the way offensively with four hits and five RBI, both career highs, while junior left fielder Brayden Dowd registered three hits, including his first FSU home run, with three RBI and a career-best five runs scored. Sophomore designated hitter Noah Sheffield added three hits, an RBI and four runs scored for his first career multi-hit and multi-run game.

On the mound, all four pitchers made their FSU debuts. Sophomore righty Cade O’Leary got the win with 2.1 innings in relief where he allowed two runs on two hits with four strikeouts in 2.1 innings. Junior lefty Cooper Whited followed with 2.0 no-hit innings with three punchouts and junior right-hander Cole Stokes finished off the run-rule win with a hitless seventh, striking out two.

With the victory, fourth-year head coach Link Jarrett improves to 10-0 in opening-series games with the Seminoles. FSU is 11-0 all-time against JMU, as the two teams have squared off in four of the last five season-opening series.

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FSU will play JMU on Sunday at 11 a.m., with the time moved up due to storms in the forecast.

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