FSU baseball clinches series against Miami with run-rule victory
Florida State baseball jumped on Miami early and beat the Hurricanes 11-1 to clinch the series on Friday, May 15 in run-rule fashion.
Lightning struck twice. A day after a bases-loaded walk-off walk secured a comeback win, Florida State baseball walked off Miami, once again with the bases loaded, in a different fashion to clinch a third consecutive rivalry series over the Hurricanes. With the bases juiced in the eighth, Gabe Fraser hit an RBI single to right field that secured an 11-1 run-rule victory over Miami for the Seminoles.
While No. 11 FSU's (38-15, 19-10 ACC) offense left things late in the 7-6 win over Miami (35-17, 15-14 ACC), the Seminoles jumped on the Hurricanes with six runs in the first four innings and were anchored by strong pitching to win on Friday, May 15, at Dick Howser Stadium. Trey Beard started and threw six solid innings with eight strikeouts, four hits allowed, and one run.
The lone blemish came off the bat of Max Galvin, who hit a solo home run in the first inning. Brodie Purcell replaced him in the seventh, and he struck out the side to start his relief appearance. Purcell finished the game with five strikeouts and one hit allowed in two innings of work.
After Galvin's home run in the first inning put Miami up, the Seminoles nearly responded with a two-run home run from Hunter Carns, but Galvin leaped up the left field wall to steal a home run off Carns. Fortunes changed in the second inning, as FSU scored three. Fraser was hit by the first pitch he saw in his at-bat, and the Seminoles made Miami pay with an Eli Putnam single moving Fraser to third base, and he later scored on a sacrifice fly from Carter McCulley.