TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Stephen Drew had a career-high five hits and scored four times, and Jerrod Brown drove in three runs as Florida State beat Notre Dame 12-5 Sunday, forcing a deciding game in their best-of-three NCAA super regional. <br>
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Game 3 will be played Monday at noon, with the winner earning a trip to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. <br>
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The Seminoles (60-13), the overall No. 1 seed in the tournament, scored eight runs in the first inning to help stave off elimination. Taking advantage of four walks from Notre Dame starter Pete Ogilvie (7-4), Florida State gave right-hander Blair Varnes plenty of cushion before he even took the mound. <br>
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Drew started the big inning with a leadoff double and scored on Brown's two-run double. Brown improved to 14-of-17 with the bases loaded this season. Drew capped the scoring with an RBI single. <br>
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Notre Dame (48-16), which lost for just the fourth time in 34 games, cut the lead in half with four runs in the first, but the Seminoles added two runs in the fourth and another in the fifth to pull away. <br>
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Varnes (10-3) allowed 14 hits but just four runs thanks to Notre Dame stranding 13 runners and hitting into four double plays. <br>
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The Irish finished with 18 hits, including three apiece for Steve Stanley, Steve Sollmann, Brian Stavinsky, Andrew Bushey and Kris Billmaier.
