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B3 - Florida State 1, Oregon State 0
The Seminoles have four hits and have had a lot of activity on the bases, but they lead by only one run as one runner was thrown out at the plate. Oregon State doesn't have a hit through two innings. Imagn Images
B7 - Louisville 8, Miami 1
The Hurricanes leave two more runners on base, and that has been the theme of this game. The Cardinals have made the most of their chances. The Hurricanes have not.
Our third straight game today featuring an ACC team. It's Florida State at Oregon State. The game is set for a 6 p.m. ET start and will be broadcast by ESPN2. Imagn Images
B6 - Louisville 8, Miami 1
Patrick Forbes with a solid outing to get Louisville off to a strong start this weekend. Forbes went 5-2/3 and allowed one run with a runner on first base who is his responsibility. Forbes struck out nine to more than offset his four walks.
Brennyn Cutts takes the mound for the Cardinals, who appear to be in complete control, and he gets out of the inning with a quick ground ball. Nice work from the Louisville pitching staff today.
T5 - Louisville 8, Miami 1
This game has slowed to a halt, but the Cardinals just keep scoring runs. Jake Munroe is up to five RBIs with a sac fly to right field, and the Cardinals' lead is back up to seven runs.
Miami has gotten runners on, but it has struggled to get them home. That has been the difference in this game. Imagn Images
B4 - Louisville 8, Miami 1
The Hurricanes had a chance to cut into the Cardinals' lead with runners on second and third with two outs. But Patrick Forbes gets out of another jam with a strikeout to end the inning.
Forbes has allowed three hits and walked four, but he has seven strikeouts. It hasn't been pretty or easy, but it's working.
Things are spiraling out of control for Miami. The Canes were on the verge of getting out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the bottom of the third, but pitcher AJ Ciscar's throw home sailed wide to the right. Instead of a double play, two runs scored for Louisville. The next batter, Jake Munroe, drilled a three-run home run to put Louisville on top 7-1. Those are the types of mistakes teams cannot make — especially on the road — to win a Super Regional. Imagn Images
B3 - Louisville 7, Miami 1
A double, an intentional walk and a hit batter loaded the bases, and then Miami helped Louisville's cause with an error on a throw to the plate that would have gotten the second out. Two runs scored on the bad throw, and then Jake Munroe blasted a three-run shot over the left-center field wall.
The Cardinals have five runs in the inning, and they're not done yet.
B3 - Louisville 2, Miami 1
The Hurricanes get their first run of the weekend on a sacrifice fly, and Louisville starting pitcher Patrick Forbes is working hard early in this one. Forbes has six strikeouts through three innings, but he has allowed two hits and walked three.
It hasn't been pretty, but it mostly has been effective.
B2 - Louisville 2, Miami 0
After the Cardinals kept Miami off the board in the top of the inning, right fielder Garrett Pike leads off the bottom of the second with an opposite-field home run to put Louisville on top...
...and Jake Munroe follows that up with a home run of his own to straightaway center field!
Louisville strikes first in back-to-back fashion off Miami's AJ Ciscar, and the Cardinals have all the early momentum in this one. Louisville Baseball / X
Mid 2 - Miami 0, Louisville 0
After Louisville's Patrick Forbes issues back-to-back walks and a hit batter to load the bases with one out, he responds with back-to-back strikeouts to get out of the inning!
A big missed opportunity for the Hurricanes as Forbes roars along with the Cardinals home crowd while skipping off the mound. We're still scoreless through 1.5 innings in Louisville. Imagn Images
We're underway for the second game of super regionals in the 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament between ACC foes Miami and Louisville.
Patrick Forbes on the mound for the Cardinals for Game 1 of this best-of-3 series.
Today's matchup in Louisville, unsurprisingly, is a battle of aces.
Miami's starter, AJ Ciscar, leads the Hurricanes with a 3.77 ERA.
Louisville's starter, Patrick Forbes, leads the Cardinals with 98 strikeouts. Louisville Baseball / X
First pitch of Miami-Louisville was initially scheduled for 3 p.m. ET but has been moved back to 3:36 p.m. due to some rain. Still, a solid turnout from Louisville fans after the Cardinals took advantage of a stunning collapse from No. 1 overall seed Vanderbilt to win the Nashville regional.
Here are the lineups for this all-ACC Super Regional clash between Miami and Louisville about to get underway:
Miami SS Jake Ogden
LF Max Galvin
3B Daniel Cubet
2B Jr. Dorian Gonzalez
DH Derek Williams
1B Renzo Gonzalez
C Tanner Smith
RF Fabio Peralta
CF Michael Torres
Louisville CF Lucas Moore
C Matt Klein
LF Zion Rose
DH Eddie King Jr.
RF Garrett Pike
3B Jake Munroe
1B Tague Davis
2B Kamau Neighbors
SS Alex Alicea
ACC competitors Miami and Louisville are on deck from Louisville, Ky. The game will be broadcast by ESPN2. Imagn Images
North Carolina has the first win of the Super Regionals with an 18-2 domination of Arizona. The Tar Heels are one win away from a second straight trip to the College World Series.
The two teams will continue their series at Noon on Saturday. The game will be broadcast by ESPN2. Imagn Images
Dating back to 2019, four teams have given up at least 18 runs in the first game of a Super Regional. Two went on to advance to the College World Series (Vanderbilt over Duke in 2019 and NC State over Arkansas in 2021), and two did not (UConn vs. Florida State in 2024 and Georgia vs. NC State in 2024).
ANOTHER home run for the Tar Heels, this time from Kane Kepley, and it's 18-2. SIX North Carolina players have home runs in this blpwout.