Stetson baseball opens a week-long road trip with two games in Tallahassee against Florida State on Tuesday and Wednesday before venturing up the eastern seaboard to New Jersey for a three-game ASUN series against NJIT this weekend.
 
Both games at Florida State will be broadcast on the ACC Network Extra online and on the Watch ESPN app with Jason Leturmy and Chip Baker on the call of the games. Tuesday's game is scheduled for a 6 p.m. start. Wednesday second game is scheduled for a 4 p.m. start.
 
The Seminoles will return the visit next week when the Hatters host them on Tuesday, April 24, in a game scheduled for a 5 p.m. start at Melching Field.
 
Stetson (28-8) comes into the week having won its last four games, allowing just five total runs, four earned, in those games while posting a total of 50 strikeouts and with just five walks.
 
Florida State (24-12) comes into the series having lost five consecutive games, the longest losing streak for the Seminoles since the 2015 season. FSU has not lost as many as six consecutive games since the 1999 season when they lost six in a row (5 to Miami and one to Georgia Tech). That is the only six-game losing streak in FSU Baseball history, going back to 1948.
 
The Hatters go into Tallahassee having lost 13 consecutive games to the Seminoles overall, which is the longest streak in the history of the series. The last Stetson win over FSU came in DeLand during the 2012 season. The Hatters knocked off the then No. 1 ranked team in the country 6-5 that night.
 
Stetson's last win in Tallahassee came in 2011, an 11-inning, 6-4 win. FSU owns a 39-11 overall record against Stetson in the capital city.
 
There is a two-game discrepancy in the all-time series record between Stetson and the Seminoles. The FSU record book shows the program starting in 1948, but Stetson records show two games during the 1904 season between the Hatters and "Florida State College", with one of those games in Tallahassee. The teams split the two games in 1904, with both winning 3-2 on their home field.
 
Stetson coach Steve Trimper is 0-7 in his career against FSU. Two of those games were played last year, and the others were during the 2011 and 2012 seasons during Trimper's time at the University of Maine.
 
Junior Joey Gonzalez (6-2, 1.49) is scheduled to make the start for Stetson on Tuesday. Gonzalez has been the Hatters' starter in three of the teams' eight shutouts this year. He has made three career appearances against FSU, including a start during his freshman season. He has worked a total of 5.1 innings against the Seminoles, allowing eight runs on eight hits with four walks and four strikeouts.
 
Gonzalez will be opposed on Tuesday by FSU's regular Sunday starter after the Seminoles had their series finale against Duke rained out on Sunday. Junior right-hander Andrew Karp (5-3, 3.19) made his last start against top-ranked Florida last week, allowing three runs, two earned, on six hits over four innings of work, taking the loss in a 6-3 Gators win.
 
Karp made a start against Stetson as a freshman in 2016. He worked five innings in that game, allowing a run on three hits, earning his first collegiate win in an 8-6 Seminoles victory.
 
The Hatters have not yet decided on a starter for Wednesday, but the Seminoles are expected to send freshman left-hander Austin Pollack (2-3, 5.49) to the mound. Pollock last started on April 8 at Georgia Tech, allowing four runs on five hits and five walks in four innings of work. He pitched in relief last Friday against Duke, allowing three runs on three hits in 4.1 innings of work.
 
Stetson Notes

• Senior Brooks Wilson did not record a save last week, dropping into second place nationally behind freshman Chris Mauloni of Jacksonville and tied with Mac McCarty of VCU with 13. He has allowed just two earned runs in 19 pitching appearances with 45 strikeouts in 34.2 innings of work. He is just 1.1 innings pitched shy of qualifying for the NCAA lead in ERA with a .52 mark for the year.
• Stetson picked up its 12th triple of the season on Sunday, which is more than the total number of three-base hits from the last two seasons. The Hatters rank 23rd in the nation in triples.
• The Hatters enter play this weekend ranked first in the nation in fewest hits allowed per nine innings (6.02), WHIP (1.03) and team ERA (2.29). The Hatters are second in K/9 (10.7) and 3rd in K-to-BB ratio (3.29). Offensively the Hatters 38th in doubles (70), 40th in sacrifice flies (18) and 39th in stolen bases (51).
• Stetson is tied with UCF for the NCAA lead with eight shutouts this year. That total is now just one shy of the school record, set in 1972.

 
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