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Jameis played football on Saturday, baseball on Friday & Sunday

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State’s Jameis Winston racked up frequent flier miles last weekend traveling back and forth between a baseball series at Georgia Tech and the Seminoles’ football spring game Saturday. The Heisman winner traveled to Atlanta and played Friday, flew back Saturday morning and played in the afternoon spring game before flying back to Atlanta that evening.

Winston threw for 396 yards Saturday to conclude spring football and helped the Seminoles avoid being swept on the baseball field with his fifth save of the season Sunday.

He made two appearances on the mound in three games last week. The 6-foot-4, 225-pound two-sport star entered in the eighth inning of an 8-0 home loss to Florida on Tuesday and struck out Richie Martin for the final out of the inning. Winston then worked a 1-2-3 ninth inning. He returned to the mound in the ninth inning of a 5-4 win against Georgia Tech Sunday and earned his fifth save of the season. He’s compiled a 1.65 ERA with 17 strikeouts in 16.1 innings.

Winston went 0 for 3 last week with plate appearances in three games. He started as the designated hitter Tuesday and was 0 for 2, but walked twice and reached base on a fielder’s choice and an error. He earned a much-needed two-out, RBI-walk in the eighth inning Sunday. He has four hits in 30 at-bats (.133) for the season.