Georgia rallies past No. 1 Miami

Stanford scored 11 times in the ninth inning to rout Florida State, 16-5.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Georgia scored four runs in the ninth inning — two on Miami closer Carlos Gutierrez’s throwing error — and the Bulldogs came from behind to beat the top-seeded Hurricanes 7-4 in the College World Series Saturday night.

Gutierrez, the Minnesota Twins’ first-round draft pick, came on to start the ninth to protect Miami’s one-run lead. He couldn’t do it, and Miami lost for the first time in 46 games in which it led after eight innings.

Georgia (42-23-1) advanced to a game against Stanford Monday. Miami will try to stay alive in Bracket 1 when it meets Florida State in an elimination game, also Monday.

Stanford 16, Florida St. 5

Brent Milleville’s three-run homer highlighted Stanford’s record-tying 11-run ninth inning in the opening game.

The Cardinal’s (40-22-2) big inning came after Florida State (54-13) tied it at 5 on Jason Stidham’s two-out, three-run homer off Drew Storen in the eighth.

It was the seventh time a team had scored 11 runs in an inning at the CWS. Cal State Fullerton was the most recent team to do it, in 1994 against LSU.

With a strong wind blowing out at Rosenblatt Stadium, the day appeared perfect for another of Florida State’s big offensive days. The Seminoles came in averaging 10 runs a game for the season and 11 in the NCAA tournament.

But other than homers by Dennis Guinn and Stidham, Stanford’s four pitchers mostly held the Seminoles in check during the 4-hour, 11-minute game — the third longest nine-inning game in CWS history.

Storen (5-3) got the win, allowing three runs and three hits in the seventh and eighth innings. John Gast (0-1), the third of the seven pitchers FSU used, took the loss.

Toby Gerhart went 3-for-4 with a home run and Milleville and Ratliff combined to drive in seven runs for the Cardinal. Stanford had 15 hits.

It looked as if Stanford might run into hard luck in the top of the ninth when, with two men on base, first-base umpire Mike Conlin signaled foul on a Jason Castro grounder down the first-base line that kicked up chalk. Castro ultimately reached when shortstop Tony Delmonico couldn’t handle his grounder — the second of Delmonico’s three errors — to load the bases.

Milleville’s sacrifice fly produced the go-ahead run — and the rout was on.