RALEIGH, N.C. (Interstat) — Sherman Johnson homered and drove in five runs, Luke Nixon added two home runs and four RBIs, and North Carolina State defeated Miami 12-7 on Saturday afternoon at Doak Field. The Wolfpack improved to 30-17 overall, 14-11 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, while the Hurricanes fell to 33-14, 14-13.

Miami took a 7-2 lead through four innings, highlighted by Max Galvin’s two-run double and four hits from the Hurricanes. But North Carolina State answered in the fifth when Nixon hit a three-run homer to cut the deficit to 7-5. Galvin’s second two-run double in the sixth pushed the Miami lead back to 9-5.

The Wolfpack erupted in the seventh, scoring four times to tie the game at 9-all. Nixon led off the seventh with a solo homer, Johnson added an RBI double, and Brian Serrano delivered a go-ahead single. Johnson put the game away in the eighth with a grand slam, capping a five-run inning for a 12-7 final.

Both teams recorded 14 hits. Anderson Nance struck out nine over 5.2 innings for North Carolina State, allowing two earned runs.