Parker Messick latest Florida State baseball player to make it to The Show. Here's how he did

Parker Messick's Major League Baseball debut Aug. 20 couldn't have gone much better.

The left-handed starter threw deep into the game and gave the Cleveland Guardians a chance to win.

"It was a great debut. Great outing no matter if it’s your first, your last, anywhere in between,” Guardians manager Stephen Vogt told MLB.com.

All that was missing from the former Florida State All-American's stellar performance against the Arizona Diamondbacks was a win.

Messick, 24, allowed a run on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings and left with a 2-1 lead.

However, the Diamondbacks rallied and beat Cleveland 3-2 in 10 innings at Chase Field in Arizona.

Messick, recalled from Triple-A Columbus, struck out six and walked one. He used a potent mix of changeups, sliders and four-seam fastballs to keep Arizona off balance.

Messick, a second-round selection of the Guardians following his redshirt sophomore year at FSU in 2022, was touched for a run in the bottom of the first inning.

The Plant City, Florida, native and former ACC Pitcher of the Year threw first-pitch strikes to 22 of his 26 batters faced.

"I felt like I was floating,” Messick told MLB.com.

“I still do. I don’t know when I’ll come down from it. I know it’s my debut, but we’re trying to win. They called me up to try and win, so I tried to just calm myself down and get back into the game and focus on what I need to do to help the team win.”

Messick was 5-6 with a 3.47 ERA in 20 starts for Triple-A Columbus, striking out 119 in 98 2/3 innings.

Here's a look at Parker Messick's career at Florida State

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2022)

Led FSU with 144 strikeouts in 98.2 innings, finishing 7-5 with a 3.38 ERA…made a team-high 16 starts…was the only ACC starting pitcher named a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy…First Team All-ACC and First Team All-American pitcher…became the first Seminole with 100 strikeouts in back-to-back years since Drew Parrish in 2018-19…struck out 136 batters in the regular season, fourth most in FSU history…was named the ACC Pitcher of the Week four times in 2022…was the first Seminole since 2016 to start on Opening Day in consecutive seasons.

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2021)

Named ACC Pitcher & Freshman of the Year after going 8-2 with 126 strikeouts in 90.0 innings pitched and a 3.10 earned run average…became just the second player in Atlantic Coast Conference history to earn Pitcher & Freshman of the Year honors in the same season…third team All-American and first team Freshman All-American…at the plate, Messick was 9-for-40 with a home run in his first career plate appearance at Virginia Tech…played summer ball with Team USA’s Collegiate National Team.

FRESHMAN (2020, season shortened due to COVID)

Allowed just one earned run in 11.2 innings (0.77 ERA), with 19 strikeouts against only two walks…surrendered just nine hits…helped end FSU’s 11-game losing streak against No. 1 Florida, pitching the final three innings and allowing just two hits with seven strikeouts in FSU’s 2-0 win in Gainesville…earned the save against Florida

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