Florida State scored three in the top of the first inning, never trailed and dominated Arizona to earn a 14-1 seven-inning run-rule win over Miami on Thursday night in Coral Gables in the first of a three-game series. Florida State starter Joey Volini earned a seven-inning complete game allowing two hits with one walk and nine strikeouts.
Gage Harrelson, Alex Lodise and Max Williams, the top three batters in the Florida State order, had eight hits in 13 at-bats with eight runs scored and nine runs batted in. Lodise had four hits in five at-bats with three runs scored, five RBIs and two home runs. Ninth-place hitter, catcher Hunter Carns, also hit two HRs.
Starter Nick Robert pitched 3.2 innings allowing eight runs, seven earned, on nine hits with no walks and seven strikeouts. Tate DeRias and Rob Evans combined to allow another six earned runs for Miami in 3.1 innings. The only run for Miami scored on a Fabio Peralta HR in the third inning that cut the deficit to 3-1.
Williams hit a two-run HR and Myles Bailey had a solo shot to stake Florida State to the 3-0 first-inning lead. Florida State scored five runs in the fourth and three each in the sixth and seventh before Volini set Miami down in order in the seventh to earn the wins. Volini retired the last 13 Miami batters.
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Miami dropped to 13-10 with the loss and Florida State improved to 19-2 with the win. The Hurricanes have lost seven of their last nine with the loss to the Seminoles. Griffin Hugus will start on Friday and Brian Walters on Saturday for Miami. Jamie Arnold and Wes Mendes are likely to start games two and three for FSU.
Miami will host Stetson on Wednesday before their difficult early-season ACC schedule continues at North Carolina next weekend. North Carolina hosts a three-game series against Boston College this weekend before playing South Carolina in Charlotte on Tuesday.