Miami, FL
No. 21 FSU rallies to win series against sloppy No. 6 Miami as regular season nears ending
UM proper fielder Zach Levenson doubled dwelling a run in opposition to FSU on Sunday, Might 15, 2022.
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The No. 6 Miami Hurricanes baseball program seemed practically invincible this previous week, scoring 60 runs within the 4 video games previous the three-game weekend collection at archrival No. 21 Florida State.
However the Seminoles wouldn’t let the Canes’ dominant victory in Saturday’s opener of a doubleheader deliver them down, rebounding with a 6-4 victory late Saturday and series-clinching 6-4 win Sunday afternoon at Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee.
How fierce is that this rivalry? Although the Seminoles lead the 78-year-old collection 159-133 (with 4 ties), FSU leads 102-101 (with three ties) over the previous 206 conferences.
Florida State (32-18, 15-12 Atlantic Coast Convention), battling to host an NCAA regional, went up for good with three unearned runs within the backside of the fourth for a 5-3 lead. With two outs however a runner on first after a handed ball strikeout, James Tibbs singled, adopted by an RBI-single by Colton Vincent. After a stroll, Jordan Carrion reached on a fielder’s alternative, scoring Tibbs. Jaime Ferrr’s single by means of the left facet scored Vincent.
The ACC’s Coastal Division-leading Hurricanes, who fell to 37-14 and 18-9, are all however assured of internet hosting a regional, although their No. 6 RPI heading into the weekend will seemingly drop as they hope to earn a top-eight seeding when the NCAA proclaims its match discipline of 64 on Might thirtieth.
FSU was No. 18 in RPI earlier than the weekend collection.
The Hurricanes, who’ve largely dominated on the plate and completed properly pitching, have fully struggled on protection. They’d two errors Friday, three Saturday and one other Sunday. UM ought to have been hit with 4 errors Saturday, however a fly ball that got here on to heart fielder Jacob Burke, who misplayed it, was inexplicably dominated a double.
The Seminoles struck first Sunday within the first inning when Ferrer hit a two-run homer after Tyler Martin led off with a single. UM obtained one again within the second on an RBI-double by Zach Levenson. With FSU up with two outs and bases loaded, FSU coach Mike Martin Jr. made the weird transfer to herald left-handed redshirt-senior reliever Jonah Scolaro in the course of CJ Kayfus’s at-bat. Seminoles right-handed starter Carson Montgomery lasted 1 2/3 innings and had a 2-1 depend on Kayfus, who got here into the sport with a team-leading .379 batting common.
Nevertheless it was the correct transfer by Martin, as Scolaro delivered two straight strikes and Kayfus went down swinging to finish the inning with the Noles preserving their lead.
The Canes added two runs within the third, and one other within the eighth on a house run by Burke.
Ross Dunn (2-4) allowed one earned run on three of UM’s eight hits, and struck out six for the victory. Davis Hare obtained the save.
Alejandro Rosario (2-3) allowed 5 runs (two earned) on seven of FSU’s 10 hits for the loss. He walked one and struck out six.
Miami returns to Coral Gables to finish the common season with a Tuesday night time recreation in opposition to Florida Gulf Coast and weekend collection Thursday by means of Saturday in opposition to ACC Atlantic Division chief Notre Dame (31-11, 15-9).
After that the Canes head to the ACC match Might 24-29 at Truist Discipline in Charlotte, North Carolina.
This story was initially revealed Might 15, 2022 3:57 PM.