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Florida State didn’t need to walk it off this time.

The No. 6 seed Seminoles (41-17, 18-13) dominated from start to finish in an 5-2 win over No. 3 seed North Carolina State (40-16, 19-12) on Friday night to advance to the ACC tournament semifinals against No. 2 seed Clemson.

FSU jumped on the Wolfpack with four runs through the first three innings in front of a hostile environment composed mainly of N.C. State fans at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, and didn’t let up taking the crowd completely out of the game.

Ace Drew Parrish (5-0) – in his first outing after being named to the All-ACC first-team -- was the main reason for that with a thoroughly dominant outing in a game that was billed as a pitcher's duel with ACC Pitcher of the Year Brian Brown, though only Parrish held up his end of the bargain.

"Tonight my curveball was really working for me, and I felt a lot more comfortable throwing it for a strike or taking it in the dirt and allowing Cal to block it," Parrish told reporters.

"Yeah, my curveball felt good tonight."

The Seminole left-hander threw a complete game allowing two runs, one earned, with 13 strikeouts and one walk to outduel Brown, who lasted just 2.1 innings after giving up six hits and four earned runs with five strikeouts and two walks.

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Parrish’s 14 strikeouts is a new career-high passing the 13 strikeout mark he set on April 27 against Miami in a 2-0 win.

Catcher Cal Raleigh continued his hot hitting with three hits in five at bats and three RBI. He was just a triple short of the cycle with a 2-run home run off the Durham Bull in left field.

"I'm feeling good right now," Raleigh said.

"Coming down the home stretch of the past three years, I've learned a few things, and this is what we play for. This is the time of the year that's most important. I've got my body ready and been mentally ready. It's going well, and I think things are clicking really well. It's going good."

The Seminoles eliminated N.C. State from ACC title contention with the win, and improve to 3-1 against the Wolfpack this season. FSU walked off for two wins during the final weekend series of the regular season.

FSU advances to the ACC semifinal round for the third straight season.

The Seminoles advanced to the ACC Championship Game in all three seasons, and won two ACC titles during that span.

On the Hill

Parrish dominated through the first four innings of the game, but ran into a little trouble in the fifth.

The Seminoles' defense didn't help Parrish out much with three errors through the first five innings, and it cost them a run in the bottom half of the fifth before Parrish could limit the damage to just two runs.

He came back out for the sixth inning and pitched around a lead-off walk with a double play and another strikeout and then pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the seventh with two more strikeouts.

Parrish came out and pitched the final two innings of the game allowing just one hit before closing it out.

Position Player of the Game

It's no longer a hot streak if a player does it for an entire season, but Raleigh continued to crush the ball at the plate.

Raleigh had an RBI double in the first, a 2-run home run in the third, and a single in the fourth, and had an excellent defensive game behind the plate.

"Cal did just an excellent job of blocking the ball to get the guy out at first base," FSU coach Mike Martin said.

"Those things some people overlook, but this is a guy that will go out there and give you everything he's got every pitch, and I just can't say enough about the way he enjoys the game of baseball."

Scoring Recap

FSU got on the board in the top of the first with an RBI-double to left center by Raleigh, and padded its lead in the third.

The Seminoles got one run on an RBI-single down the right field line by first baseman Rhett Aplin and a 2-run home run over the wall in left to make it 4-0.

FSU added another run in the top of the fifth on a double play ball by J.C. Flowers with the bases loaded, but N.C. State finally got on the board in the bottom half of the fifth.

Parrish gave up a single, a double plus an error, and then a single to drive in two runs and cut the FSU lead to 5-2.

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