Sunday June 1st, 2025 4:48AM

Florida State 18, Jacksonville 0

By The Associated Press
<p>Florida State reliever Travis Burge tacked on two scoreless innings of relief Saturday as the Seminoles completed an 18-0 rout of Jacksonville in the opening game of the NCAA Regionals.</p><p>Burge worked two innings of scoreless relief of winner Michael Hyde (9-1) Friday night before the game was suspended because of lightning in the area. He retired the Dolphins Saturday in 14 minutes.</p><p>Florida State (43-19) plays at 7 p.m. against the winner of the Sacred Heart-Georgia game. Jacksonville (42-18) plays the loser at 3 p.m.</p><p>"This game got away very early," said Jacksonville Coach Terry Alexander. "There is not a lot you can do except try to save some arms to come back."</p><p>Friday night, the Seminoles scored six runs in the first inning off Matt Dobbins (12-1), and later scored six more in the fifth. Ryan Strauss drove in a career-high five runs, and Travis Anderson and Tony Thomas drove in four apiece.</p><p>Thomas, Shane Robinson and Josh Spivey homered to highlight an 18-hit attack that was aided by 10 walks abd one hit batsman.</p><p>Alexander said that a 39-minute rain delay before the start of the game Friday threw Dobbins off his rhythm.</p><p>"He was a shell of what he has been," Alexander said.</p><p>Both Alexander and Florida State Coach Mike Martin pointed to the first inning as being critical.</p><p>Even before the Seminoles knocked Dobbins out of the game, Dolphins center fielder Brian Hudgins led off with a line drive off the wall that appeared to be a sure double until he slipped on the wet dirt rounding first.</p><p>"It was a crazy game," said Martin. "Their guy hits a ball off the wall and gets only a single."</p><p>The Dolphins also missed third baseman Daniel Murphy, a .394 hitter who has missed seven games with a knee injury.</p><p>His replacement misplayed a potential inning-ending double play ball in the first that might have gotten the Dolphins out of the inning down 1-0. His replacement in the batting order was DH Donald Brickle, who had not batted this year.</p><p>"He has had a back injury this year," Alexander explained. "But Brickle was five-for-five with two home runs against these guys last year. We needed a left-handed power stroke, and he can add that."</p>
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