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Top-seeded Florida beats rival FSU 7-0, returns to CWS

By MARK LONG

Associated Press
Florida’s Deacon Liput throws to first for an out to end Florida State’s scoring threat in the second inning in Game 3 of the NCAA college baseball tournament super regional in Gainesville on Monday.
Florida’s Deacon Liput throws to first for an out to end Florida State’s scoring threat in the second inning in Game 3 of the NCAA college baseball tournament super regional in Gainesville on Monday. Ronald Irby AP
GAINESVILLE

JJ Schwarz broke out of a two-week hitting slump by driving in five runs — most of them on a grand slam — and Florida beat rival Florida State 7-0 on Monday night to secure the last spot in the College World Series.

The Gators (52-14) won the final two games in the best-of-three super regional to earn their fifth trip to Omaha, Neb., in the past seven years. Florida, the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, will play Coastal Carolina on Sunday night.

The Gators can only hope Schwarz keeps swinging as he did against the Seminoles (41-22). With the bases loaded, the sophomore hammered Jim Voyles’ hanging curveball over the left-field bleachers to put the Gators up 6-0 in the fifth inning. He added an RBI double in the sixth.

That was plenty of cushion for reliever Dane Dunning (6-3).

This story was originally published June 14, 2016 at 12:10 AM with the headline "Top-seeded Florida beats rival FSU 7-0, returns to CWS."

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