TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Elijah MacNamee hit a three-run homer to left field with two outs in the ninth, and Mississippi State beat Florida State 3-2 on Saturday to eliminate the No. 7 national seed from the NCAA Tournament’s Tallahassee Regional.

Jake Magnum and Hunter Stovall got on via walks before MacNamee hit a 1-2 pitch from Florida State’s Drew Parrish off the scoreboard. Parrish had blanked the Bulldogs for the first eight innings but came out for the ninth despite a 2½-hour rain delay after the eighth.

Parrish, a sophomore left-hander who fell to 5-1, allowed four hits, struck out eight and walked two in 133 pitches, with 93 being strikes.

“That may be the best ending I have ever been involved in,” MSU assistant coach Jake Gautreau. “(Parrish) was the best arm we have faced the entire season. He kept us off-balanced throughout the game. We had a plan going in, but we had a hard time executing that plan. You just have to always believe in baseball. We call MacNamee ‘Big Hit Mac’ for a reason. Just an incredible win for these kids. I am so proud we get to play another day.” Mississippi State (32-26) will face the Oklahoma-Samford loser on Sunday. The Seminoles finish the season 43-19.

Nick Derr got Florida State’s first run in the third when he doubled, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on a throwing error by Mississippi State catcher Marshall Gilbert. The Seminoles added a run in the fifth when Rhett Aplin’s single drove in J.C. Flowers.

Riley Self (4-0) got the win with three shutout innings.

“Really proud of our kids,” head coach Gary Henderson said. “Base hits are hard to come by, and we just kept fighting. I thought we competed really well, Drew Parrish is a really good pitcher, we hung in there long enough and made some good things happen there in the ninth.”

MacNamee said that Parrish was one of the best pitchers he’d faced all year.

“It was just one of those things where you believe in yourself and the team, and it definitely paid off,” MacNamee said.