Miami scores 3 in first, blanks Georgia Tech

Brandon Lopez and Willie Abreu each had RBI singles in a three-run opening inning, while Zack Collins added a home run to help Miami beat Georgia Tech 4-0 in Wednesday’s pool play at the Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament.

Randy Batista added an RBI groundout in the first for the top-seeded Hurricanes (44-10), who finished with six hits. Collins’ bases-empty shot in the eighth was his 12th home run of the year.

Jesse Lepore (9-0) earned the win, allowing three hits in six scoreless innings.

Matt Gonzalez had two hits for the ninth-seeded Yellow Jackets (36-21), who managed just five hits. Jake Lee (3-3) took the loss after allowing three earned runs and walking three in 1/3 of an inning.

In Thursday’s Pool A play, Miami faces fifth-seeded North Carolina State while Georgia Tech faces fourth-seeded Florida State. FSU beat N.C. State earlier Wednesday.

Florida State 7,

N.C. State 3

Steven Wells Jr. hit an RBI sacrifice fly to start a four-run eighth inning that helped Florida State beat North Carolina State 7-3 in Wednesday’s pool play at the Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament.

Taylor Walls added a two-run single in the go-ahead inning for the fourth-seeded Seminoles (35-19), who trailed by two before tying the game on Dylan Busby’s two-run single in the sixth.

Chase Haney (5-0) earned the win with a scoreless inning of relief in a rematch of last year’s championship game.

Reliever Will Gilbert (3-1) took the loss for the fifth-seeded Wolfpack (34-19). Brock Deatherage scored on a double steal in the second to get N.C. State on the board, while Brett Kinnerman drove home a run with a bunt in the fourth for a 3-1 lead.

In Thursday’s Pool A play, Florida State faces ninth-seeded Georgia Tech while N.C. State faces top-seeded Miami.

SEC

Ole Miss 10,

South Carolina 4

Henry Lartique had four hits, including a three-run homer in the eighth inning, to power Mississippi past South Carolina 10- 4 on Wednesday in the Southeastern Conference tournament.

The Rebels (42-16) advance to meet Vanderbilt in a winner’s bracket game. The Gamecocks (42-14), who have lost seven straight SEC tournament games, must beat Texas A&M to stay alive.

Lartique was 4 for 5 with four RBIs and three runs scored. J.B. Woodman had two hits and scored four times.

David Parkinson pitched into the sixth for Ole Miss, giving up two runs.

South Carolina committed five errors, leading to four unearned runs. Gene Cone had three of the Gamecocks’ 10 hits while Madison Stokes and Jonah Bride each had two.

Vanderbilt 6,

Texas A&M 5

Walker Grisanti’s leadoff homer in the top of the ninth lifted Vanderbilt to a 6-5 win over Texas A&M Wednesday at the Southeastern Conference tournament.

The Commodores (43-15) moved into the winner’s bracket against the South Carolina-Mississippi winner. The Aggies (41-14) face the loser in an elimination game.

Matt Ruppenthal (5-1) pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings for Vandy. He worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth with a strikeout on a bunt attempt and a double-play grounder.

This story was originally published May 25, 2016 at 7:16 PM with the headline "Miami scores 3 in first, blanks Georgia Tech."