Florida clobbers Miami

OMAHA, Neb. — Florida scored 11 runs in the fourth inning, tying a College World Series record, and the Gators defeated Miami 15-3 on Saturday night, the Hurricanes’ most lopsided loss in their long and proud postseason history.

The Gators’ outburst broke open a surprisingly sloppy game and ended with Florida having turned a 2-1 deficit into a 10-run lead with nine hits off Andrew Suarez and two relievers.

Florida (50-16) advanced to a winners’ game against Virginia on Monday night. Miami (4916) and Arkansas will play an elimination game that afternoon.

Logan Shore (10-6) scattered seven hits and struck out six in five innings for the win. Suarez (9-2) took the loss in a 31⁄ inning outing that matched his second shortest of the season.

This was the 241st or 242nd meeting between Florida and Miami — the schools don’t agree on the number — but the first at the CWS. The Gators won two of three against Miami in February and have taken 20 of the past 25.

Florida is on a season-best 10-game win streak since losing its opener in the SEC tournament, and is batting .338 since the regular season. The Gators have outscored their six NCAA postseason opponents 68-15, and their 15 runs Satur- day were the most in the CWS since Fresno State hung 19 on Georgia in 2008. Virginia 5, Arkansas 3: Kenny Towns hit a tie-breaking RBI double in the eighth inning after Daniel Pinero stole second and third base for the Cavaliers (40-22), the 2014 national runners-up. ... Arkansas (40-24) had tied it at 3-3 in the fifth on Andrew Benintendi’s nation-leading 20th homer.