No. 9 overall seed Florida State rallies to beat Mississippi State 5-2, win Tallahassee Regional

TALLAHASSEE Fla AP Cal Fisher tied the battle with a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning and Max Williams gave No overall seed Florida State the lead with a two-run single in the eighth as the Seminoles rallied to beat Mississippi State - on Sunday and win the Tallahassee Regional Florida State - in its st appearance in the NCAA Tournament clinched a berth in the super regionals The Seminoles have advanced to the College World Series times and never won it They were the runners-up in and Only Texas and Miami have more CWS appearances than Florida State Gehrig Frei put Mississippi State - on top when he homered to left field on the first pitch of the meeting from Wes Mendes - Joe Powell homered to left off Mendes in the fifth for a - lead Mendes gave up five hits with nine strikeouts Florida State couldn t get anything going against Bulldogs starter Karson Ligon despite getting four hits and drawing five walks in his four innings Luke Dotson - pitched three innings and surrendered the lead on four hits and a walk Ligon and Dotson both struck out seven Ryan McPherson gave up the final two runs Fisher homered off Dotson after Myles Bailey led off with a double Dotson left after issuing a leadoff walk in the eighth Bailey drove in the third run of the inning with a single Mississippi State was making its st appearance in the tournament The Bulldogs have made CWS appearances They won it in and were the runners-up in The Seminoles beat the Bulldogs - on Saturday AP college sports https apnews com hub college-sports Source