Miami, Gutierrez hang on in CWS

Sports Digest

June 17, 2008

Carlos Gutierrez got the job done this time.

Two days after the Miami closer's two-run throwing error cost the Hurricanes a win in their College World Series opener, Gutierrez overcame another shaky ninth inning to seal a 7-5 victory over Florida State yesterday in Omaha, Neb.

"I tell you, my heart can't take many games like that right there," Miami coach Jim Morris said.

Miami, the No. 1 national seed, plays tomorrow against Stanford. The Hurricanes (53-10) have not gone two-and-out in 20 CWS appearances since 1979. Florida State (54-14) leaves Omaha after two games for the fourth time in 13 appearances under coach Mike Martin.

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The Seminoles had 18 hits - four by National Player of the Year Buster Posey - but left 17 runners on base to set a CWS record for a nine-inning game.

Jemile Weeks hit his second homer of the CWS and Dennis Raben and Jason Hagerty joined Weeks in driving in two runs apiece for the Hurricanes, who beat their Atlantic Coast Conference rivals for the third time in four meetings.

The Seminoles looked as if they might break through in the ninth against Gutierrez, whose two-run throwing error in the ninth inning Saturday was part of a Miami implosion that led to a 7-4 loss to Georgia.

Gutierrez got out of trouble this time after the Seminoles scored three runs on four singles and two walks.

• More college baseball // Matt Cerione's two-out, bases-loaded single drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning to lead Georgia (43-23-1) to a 4-3 victory over Stanford (40-23-2) in the College World Series. The Bulldogs took control of Bracket 1 and will wait until Friday to play the Miami-Stanford winner.

• College lacrosse // The Colonial Athletic Association will add Massachusetts and Penn State as associate members in men's lacrosse beginning with the 2010 season, commissioner Tom Yeager said. UMass and Penn State will join Hofstra, Delaware, Drexel and Towson to form a six-team conference. UMass and Penn State are currently members of the Eastern College Athletic Conference. ... Dana Dobbie, who finished her career with Maryland this season, was named the Midfielder of the Year by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association.

• NHL // Ray Getliffe, the hard-hitting forward credited with giving Montreal Canadiens teammate Maurice Richard the nickname "The Rocket," has died. He was 94 and the second-oldest living former NHL player. ... The league will no longer pay transfer fees for European free agents after an agreement between the NHL and the International Ice Hockey Federation expired Sunday after more than a decade. ... The Nashville Predators signed defenseman Ryan Suter to a four-year, $14 million contract.

• Soccer // FC Dallas of Major League Soccer has hired Southern Methodist's Schellas Hyndman as its coach.

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