This season has been a bit of a struggle for Florida State baseball.

The Seminoles (34-18, 16-11 ACC) are teetering on the edge of not making the postseason for the first time in 41 years heading into the final regular season series against Louisville Thursday.

No. 22 FSU still holds its destiny in its own hands and a series win against Louisville would likely secure a spot in the postseason.

But what exactly has led to the struggles this season?

Here's a look at how the 2019 Seminoles compare to the other FSU teams this decade.

Offense

The 2019 team has the second lowest batting average (2018) of any team this decade, but does have a middle of the pack on-base percentage and runs per game.

The two numbers that really stand out are the strikeouts and home runs.

The Seminoles are hitting more home runs than all but one team this decade (2010), and more home runs than any team since the NCAA went to new bats in 2011.

But they're also striking out at an alarmingly high rate this year. They're striking out for a third of all the outs in a 27-out game. It's almost a full strikeout more than the second worst team and over three strikeouts per game worse than the best team (2013).

The numbers suggest that FSU is living off the home run and aren't making enough contact to produce enough runs through other ways.

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Pitching

The 2019 team has the second worst ERA of any team this decade. The Seminoles are also running away with the worst walks allowed per game.

The pitchers are striking out opposing hitters at a very high rate to counteract those numbers. The 2019 team is tied with the 2018 team for the most strikeouts per game.

Opponents are not hitting well against the Seminoles with the second best opponent batting average (2018) this decade.

This points to FSU allowing too many walks per game and struggling to get out of jams when the pitchers do allow runners to get on base.

Defense

FSU has the lowest fielding percentage of any team in the last decade this season, but are tied for second for the highest number of errors.

The number of unearned runs FSU has allowed this season is right in the middle with other seasons. But that's also affected by no team finishing a season with less than an error per game this decade.

In comparison, 82 teams are averaging less than an error per game this season.

Overall

FSU's overall numbers aren't that far off this season outside of a few glaring issues. The problem is that those issues come in all three phases of the game.

The Seminoles are struggling to get base hits, allowing more earned runs per game than eight of the other nine teams this decade, and fielding poorly.

That's not a combination that's going to win a lot of games.

Further compounding the issue is that these numbers have come against a schedule that is significantly easier than any FSU has faced this season.

From 2010-2018, The Seminoles' strength of schedule ranked inside the Top-5 five times and was no worse than 17th. The average strength of schedule during that time was 8.6.

FSU's strength of schedule for 2019 is 73rd, which is one of the main reasons that the Seminoles' RPI sits at 57th despite 16 ACC wins. FSU's non-conference strength of schedule is 198th.

Reach Wayne McGahee III at wmcgahee@tallahassee.com.

No. 22 Florida State at No. 8 Louisville

When: Thursday, 6 p.m.

Where: Jim Patterson Stadium, Louisville, KY

TV/Radio: ESPN3/106.1 FM