OMAHA, Neb. — The Florida State Seminoles aren’t ready to leave Omaha just yet.
Thanks in large part to a great pitching performance from Carson Dorsey and two home runs from left-fielder Jaime Ferrer, Florida State rolled to a 7-3 victory Sunday afternoon in an elimination game against ACC rival Virginia.
The Seminoles are now 1-1 in the College World Series and will play again on Tuesday.
As he did in the Regional and Super Regional rounds, Dorsey came through with a very strong starting effort on the mound.
Facing a Virginia offense that ranks among the nation’s leaders in several statistical categories, the junior left-hander pitched 7.0 innings and allowed three runs on nine hits. Dorsey struck out seven and walked two.
And the Florida State lineup continued scoring runs like it did in its CWS-opening 12-11 loss to Tennessee.
The Seminoles got on the board Sunday in the bottom of the third with a bases loaded walk from James Tibbs. Then Ferrer hit the first of his home runs — a solo shot in the bottom of the fourth — to give Florida State a 2-0 advantage.
FSU pushed its lead to six runs in the fifth with an RBI single by Marco Dinges and a three-run blast from Ferrer. The Seminoles then went up 7-0 in the sixth with a solo home run by shortstop Alex Lodise.
Virginia chipped into the lead with two runs in the seventh and one in the eighth, but senior Brennen Oxford pitched the final two innings to close the door.
Sunday marked the third straight impressive outing for Dorsey in this NCAA Tournament. In the Tallahassee Regional against Stetson, he came within one out of pitching a complete game — scattering nine hits and one earned run — over 8 2/3 innings. Then he followed that up with a solid 5 1/3 innings (four hits, one run) in a blowout win against UConn in the Super Regional.
Florida State will face the loser of tonight’s winners-bracket game between North Carolina and Tennessee on Tuesday at 2 p.m. ET..
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