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No. 8 Boston College 12, No. 4 Miami 10, 12 innings

Site: NewBridge Bank Park

Why Boston College won: The Eagles scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie it, the last three on RF John Spatola's second home run of the tournament. LF Andrew Lawrence won it with a two-run homer in the 12th.

Top BC performances: RP Kevin Moran 3-1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R. ... C Garret Smith 3-for-5, double, RBI. ... DH Matt Watson 2-for-5, HR. ... CF Robbie Anston 2-for-4, double, 2 RBIs.

Top Miami performances: C Yasmani Grandal 3-for-5, HR. ... LF Zeke DeVoss, 1-for-3, grand slam, 5 RBIs.

Plays of the game: BC's Lawrence threw out Miami's Stephen Perez at the plate for the final out in the top of the 12th. With one out in the bottom of the inning, Lawrence homered on the first pitch he saw from Miami's Travis Miller.

Worth noting: Moran came on in a mop-up role and faced 11 batters, retiring the first nine in a row. He threw 51 pitches, and he said 48 of them were fastballs. ... Miami scored five runs in the top of the ninth off BC closer Matt Brazis to take a 10-5 lead.

He said it: "Honestly, I threw one off-speed pitch to strike out (Harold) Martinez, and it was an awful pitch. ... I threw a change-up, a curveball and a slider and they were all bad. So the rest were all fastballs." — Kevin Moran, BC relief pitcher

He said it, Part II: "It's tough to lose a game like that. When you score 10 runs, you've got to win. That's one thing. And two, when you've got a five-run lead in the ninth inning, you've got to win. ... We didn't deserve to win today. That's the bottom line." — Jim Morris, Miami coach