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After rallying from a three-run deficit in the ninth inning, No. 8 Oregon State upended No. 9 Florida State 5-4 on AJ Singer’s walk-off RBI single in the 10th inning in the opener of the Corvallis super regional on Friday night.

With the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the 10th, Florida State got a forceout at the plate before Singer stepped up and delivered a single to center, scoring Gavin Turley to win the opener of the best-of-three series.

Down to their last strike in the ninth, the Beavers got one run back on a wild pitch by reliever Joe Charles that scored Wilson Weber. Jacob Krieg followed with a game-tying two-run single to tie the game at 4.

Runs were few and far between early as both starters shined. Seminoles (41-15) starter Joey Volini tossed 6 2/3 innings of one-run ball and struck out eight. Beavers (46-13-1) starter Dax Whitney allowed one earned run and struck out 10 over 4 2/3 innings.

The Seminoles opened the scoring with a Hunter Carns RBI double in the second. Weber responded with an RBI double in the fourth. Florida State’s Myles Bailey broke the stalemate with a solo shot to right in the sixth. A pair of RBI singles in the seventh and eighth innings built a 4-1 Seminoles lead.

No. 5 North Carolina 18, Arizona 2

Fuelled by a pair of five-run innings, the Tar Heels pounded the visiting Wildcats in a Game 1 rout at the Chapel Hill super regional.

The Tar Heels (46-13) capitalized on shaky pitching by the Wildcats (42-19) in the first inning. Arizona starter Owen Kramkowski allowed two baserunners with a hit-by-pitch and a walk to open the inning. Singles from Luke Stevenson and Gavin Gallaher followed by a Hunter Stokely three-run homer quickly made it 5-1.

North Carolina stretched its lead to seven with a three-run shot from Stevenson in the second, then manufactured two more runs in the fourth inning for a 10-2 lead. After more RBI singles and a pair of homers by Sam Angelo and Kane Kepley in the eighth, the North Carolina lead grew to a staggering 16 runs.

Stokely and Stevenson led the way for the Tar Heels with five and four RBIs, respectively. Arizona made solid contact, notching 10 hits (four by Adonys Guzman), but failed to drive in runs consistently. North Carolina starter Jake Knapp (14-0) scattered two runs and nine hits over seven innings.

Louisville 8, Miami 1

Jake Munroe’s pair of homers, including one in a pivotal five-run third inning, powered the Cardinals to a Game 1 win over the Hurricanes in the Louisville super regional.

After back-to-back Louisville (39-21) home runs by Garret Pike and Munroe in the second inning, the Hurricanes (34-26) narrowed the lead to one with a Renzo Gonzalez sacrifice fly in the top of the third.

In the bottom of the third, Louisville loaded the bases with a double, an intentional walk and a hit by pitch. Pike then hit a comebacker to Miami starting pitcher AJ Ciscar, which Ciscar threw just out of the reach of catcher Tanner Smith. Louisville notched two runs on the error for a 4-1 lead.

Munroe belted a ball to left-center field with runners on second and third for his second long ball of the day, bringing the Cardinals lead to 7-1. Louisville tacked on another run in the fourth inning with Munroe’s fifth RBI of the day.

No. 13 Coastal Carolina 7, No. 4 Auburn 6 (10 innings)

Caden Bodine’s second homer of the night was a solo shot in the 10th inning, lifting the Chanticleers to an opening-game victory in the Auburn super regional.

Blagen Pado also went deep twice as Coastal Carolina (52-11) extended its winning streak to 22 games.

After Bodine’s go-ahead shot, the Chanticleers loaded the bases with one out but failed to add an insurance run. In the bottom of the 10th, Coastal Carolina sealed the win with a slick double play as Ryan Lynch logged his eighth save.

The Tigers (41-19) struck first with one run in the first inning, but they quickly fell behind over the next innings. Pado’s first homer — a solo shot — put the Chanticleers on the board in the second inning, and another solo homer from Bodine gave Coastal Carolina a 2-1 lead in the third.

In the fourth, Pado belted a three-run shot, and Bodine delivered an RBI single. Auburn’s Ike Irish narrowed the gap to 6-3 in the fifth inning with a solo homer.

The Tigers added a run in the sixth and two in the seventh, capped by an Eric Snow solo homer that tied the game 6-6.

–Field Level Media