TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — With all eyes of the college baseball world focused on Tallahassee and a series between the top two teams in both the ACC and the entire country, record crowds enjoyed an exciting series between Florida State and Miami.

Ultimately though, the ‘Canes (33-4, 17-2 ACC) were able to take two of three from the Seminoles (34-5, 18-3 ACC) as a total of 19,062 fans watched the three-game set at Dick Howser Stadium, a new three-game series attendance record.

In the series opener Friday night, a packed Dick Howser Stadium saw FSU jump out to a 4-0 lead after five innings, but a 10 run sixth by the Hurricanes stunned the Seminole faithful as Miami took game one by the score of 11-4.

In the fifth with two outs, Guinn hit a two-run homer, just fair off the foul pole in left field for his 12th home run of the season and made it 4-0 Tribe.

After pitching out of a few jams in his the first five innings, Seminole starter Matt Fairel ran into big trouble in the top of the sixth as he could only get one out in the frame and was chased from the game after allowing eight runs with six of them being earned.

"It was one of those innings that you would like to forget and you have to tip your hat to Miami; they did a great job of putting the ball in play and making things happen," head coach Mike Martin said. "Unfortunately, we misplayed a couple of balls; we probably gave a six out inning and that is just something that you just can’t do. Its amazing what an error can do, and certainly three of them led to a big inning."

The 10 runs in the inning by Miami were the most runs that FSU had given up in an inning since May 3, 2004 when the ‘Noles allowed 11 to Clemson.

Miami added another run in the top of the eighth to make it 11-4 and give the Hurricanes the win in the first game of the series.

For Fairel, it was his first loss in nine starts this season.

Jack Rye and Tony Delmonico had three and two hits, respectively, in the game, but the Seminole hitters struck out a season-high 13 times in the game, which is uncharacteristic of the Tribe.

"That is a credit to them (Miami) to make us chase stuff out of the zone," Martin said of the strikeouts. "We got anxious."

Saturday night in the second game it was looking like Miami was going to pick up where they left off by scoring four runs in the first three innings, but the Seminoles battled back and tied it up in the third. FSU then took the lead for good in the sixth, as their bats and the Seminole bullpen propelled the team to a 9-5 victory.

"We have a bunch of competitors on this club and it was encouraging to see us bounce back," Martin said. "They just took it to us last night, so for us to come back like we did was certainly encouraging for us."

A RBI double by Buster Posey and a two RBI double by Guinn tied the score at 4-4 in the third inning.

FSU starter Geoff Parker had the shortest outing of his career and allowed a career high in both runs and hits as he went four innings and allowed five runs, four of them earned, on eight hits and struck out eight Miami hitters.

The Seminole bullpen shut down the ‘Canes the rest of the way, as Marshall, John Gast and Ryan Strauss combined for five shutout innings, allowing just one hit and striking out seven Miami hitters.

"You have to get this kind of pitching to beat a club like Miami," Martin said. "We are trying to get to the ultimate, and we know that we’ve got to have solid pitching every night."

The Seminoles added three insurance runs in the sixth and two more in the eighth, to give the Tribe a 9-4 victory and sent a record crowd of 6,789 at Dick Howser Stadium home happy.

Jason Stidham led the way at the plate going 4-for-5 with three RBI, while Tapley added three hits of his own and Posey had two as well.

In Sunday’s rubber match, the Hurricanes jumped out to a 11-4 lead after five innings. The Tribe rallied for five in the bottom of the sixth to make it 11-9, yet the ‘Canes were able to hang on for a 11-10 victory in a seven inning curfew shortened game.

A grand slam by Miami’s Yonder Alonso in the third, back-to-back solo shots by Jamile Weeks and Alonso in the fourth and three more runs in the fifth led to 11 runs for the ‘Canes.

Posey’s three-run blast in the sixth capped off a five run frame for the Tribe and cut the lead to 11-9.

After a 1-2-3 top of seventh, FSU was able to get two on with two outs and score a run on a wild pitch, but a borderline third strike to Tyler Holt ended the game in seven innings and gave Miami a 11-10 win and the series win.

FSU starter Elih Villanueva was ineffective in two innings of work, allowing five runs on five hits while walking three Miami hitters to record his first lost of the season.

The Tribe’s bullpen was also rattled as they gave up six more runs, but Mike McGee came in and pitched a solid 2 and 2/3 innings allowing just one earned run while striking out four.

FSU hitters knocked four balls out of the park as Stidham, McGee and Stephen Cardullo all hit solo shots to go along with Posey’s homer. The home run for Cardullo was the first of his career.

Rye added two hits for the Tribe with Posey and Stidham adding three and two RBI, respectively.

With a single in the sixth inning, Holt has now reached base safely in all 39 games this season.

The Seminoles have a week to rest before traveling to Chapel Hill, N.C., to take on the Tar Heels this weekend.

Florida State will look for a repeat performance last year against UNC, as the Seminoles won two of three games the last time the two teams faced each other last April.