Miami received a dominant start from A.J. Ciscar and the Hurricanes scored all of their runs in the final three innings to avoid a sweep by Florida State in a 7-4 win on Saturday. The Hurricanes finished the regular season with 36 wins and 17 losses overall and 16 victories and 14 losses in the ACC.
Ciscar pitched 7.0 innings, allowing one run on six hits and one walk with four strikeouts. Nathan Cmeyla hit a solo home run for Florida State in the bottom of the second inning to give the Seminoles a 1-0 lead. The Florida State lead held up through six innings.
Florida State starting pitcher Bryson Moore held Miami to four hits through the first six innings. Miami took the lead in the top of the seventh inning on a two-run Gabriel Milano HR. After getting the first two Miami hitters in the top of the eighth inning, Moore allowed consecutive HRs by Derek Williams and Alex Sosa.
Payton Manca replaced Moore after the Sosa HR. Florida State cut the deficit to 4-3 with a Hunter Carns RBI single and Cmeyla sacrifice fly. Miami got the three-run lead back in the ninth. Vance Sheehan had an RBI single and he scored on a double steal and an error by Florida State.
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Adding an insurance run
A Jake Ogden steal put Miami ahead 7-3 entering the bottom of the ninth inning. Noah Sheffield hit a solo HR for Florida State in the bottom of the ninth inning to make the final score 7-4 Miami. Lyndon Gildewell pitched the final 1.2 innings to earn his fifth save for Miami.
Miami was run-ruled 11-1 on Friday after a devastating 7-6, 11-inning loss in the series opener on Thursday. The Hurricanes used six pitchers on Saturday, with starter Lorenzo Collera allowing four runs in 2.2 innings. Florida State scored three runs in the second, two in the third and one in the fourth after Miami scored in the first inning.
The Seminoles scored five runs in the eighth inning to earn the walk-off run-rule victory. Seven batters for Florida State drove in runs and seven had hits on Friday. Miami will be the sixth seed in the ACC Tournament and play the winner of the fourth game on Tuesday between the 11th and 14th seeds.
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