No. 10 Florida State got the better of No. 3 Louisville, 13-4, in their series-opener on Friday evening.

The Seminoles (37-14, 17-8 ACC) put together a strong start and a complete effort in the victory over the Cardinals (38-12, 21-4 ACC).

The Seminoles got the better of Louisville ace Kyle Funkhouser at the plate, batting through the lineup in the first inning. FSU scored three runs in the first inning and three more runs in the second inning to give them an early 6-0 advantage.

Funkhouser (6-4) would work through five innings, but gave up six runs (five earned) on six hits. He struck out six, walked five and threw two wild pitches.

“Funkhouser is obviously going to be a top pick, no question about it,” FSU head coach Mike Martin said. “He just had an off night. The only way you can look at it is it just happened to be an off night for him and some things went our way.”

“(Funkhouser) was keeping the ball low really well,” DJ Stewart added. “He just couldn’t find the strike zone for a little bit. Sometimes you just have nights like that but he did a great job going five innings for them. I think he threw 46 pitches in the first inning. He did a great job extending the start and making it what it was.”

For FSU, starting pitcher Boomer Biegalski threw five good innings, earning the victory. He allowed five hits, four runs (all earned), while striking out five and walking two.

Biegalski (5-3) was pulled in the top of the sixth after surrendering three consecutive hits, capped with a two-RBI double. He was replaced by Dylan Silva. Silva worked out of that jam and ended up going two strong innings, allowing one hit while striking out three and walking just one. He gave way to Alec Byrd who struck out three and allowed just one hit in the eight. Jim Voyles closed it out in the ninth recording three quick outs.

“Tonight’s game was just one of those where things went our way,” Martin said. “We needed a key hit. We got the key hit by Marconcini in the first inning with an at bat for the records, no doubt. Boomer pitched very well for five innings, held them right there. That obviously is a very good baseball team it just happened to go our way tonight.”

Offensively, FSU had 10 hits and 11 walks on the evening. They also had three hit-by-pitch and another reach via error. Every starter reached base. Seven different Seminoles recorded an RBI.

Right fielder Josh Delph led with four walks and three runs. Left fielder DJ Stewart had a pair of hits, including a double, and a pair of walks, bringing in two runs and accounting for another two runs himself. Ben DeLuzio also had a pair of hits, including his first home run of the season, while driving in a pair of runs and scoring a pair of runs himself.

“We did a lot of things right when it came to moving runners, when it came to a ball we needed the outfield reached to score a run we did it,” Martin said. “It was just one of those we worked ourselves into good hitting counts and of course Mike Martin Jr. handles our hitters, we had some good swings when we got in those counts. It was just one of those, like I say, things just went our way.”

The game was watched by 6,138 attendees. A new record at Jim Patterson Stadium.

The two teams play the second game of their three-game series on Saturday at 1 p.m. That will be broadcast on ESPN3.