LOUISVILLE, Ky. >> Jake Munroe hit two home runs and drove in five runs, leading Louisville to an 8-1 victory over Miami on Friday in the opening game of the Louisville Super Regional.

Louisville took a 2-0 lead on two swings in the second inning — a first-pitch leadoff home run by Garret Pike followed by a solo home run by Munroe on a 2-0 count.

Louisville starter Patrick Forbes (4-2) breezed through 5 1/3 innings, with the exception of the third inning when he faced a bases-loaded jam with one out. He gave up a sacrifice fly by Renzo Gonzalez, then got the third out on a strikeout.

Louisville loaded the bases with one out in the third and scored two runs on a throwing error by the pitcher. The next batter, Munroe, followed with a three-run home run to left for a 7-1 lead. He picked up his fifth RBI with a sacrifice fly in the fourth.

Max Galvin had three hits for Miami. AJ Ciscar (6-2) allowed seven runs, six earned, in 2 1/3 innings.

First pitch was delayed by a weather for about half an hour. There was another weather delay with two out in the bottom of the eighth. When play resumed, Zion Rose flied out to end the eighth then Miami went down 1-2-3 on 11 pitches in the ninth.

This is the seventh super regional hosted by Louisville. The Cardinals have appeared in 10 super regionals overall.

Miami is playing in the super regional round for the 13th time and the first since 2016.

The Hurricanes (34-26) and Cardinals (39-21) finished ninth and 10th in the ACC regular season.

North Carolina routs Arizona 18-2 to open Super Regional

Hunter Stokely drove in five runs, Luke Stevenson drove in four and North Carolina rolled to an 18-2 victory over Arizona on Friday to open the Chapel Hill Super Regional.

Jake Knapp allowed two runs on nine hits in seven innings. He improved to 14-0 with a 2.02 ERA. Tom Chmielewski finished with two scoreless innings.

The top-ranked and No. 5 national seed Tar Heels scored eight runs in the first two innings, three on Stokely’s home run that made it a 5-1 game in the first inning. Stevenson’s three-run home run in the second made it 8-1.

Stokely added an RBI-single in the fourth and another in the eighth inning. Stevenson drove in North Carolina’s first run back in the first inning.

Sam Angelo hit a three-run home run in the eighth and Kane Kepley’s solo home run later in the inning made it 18-2.

Gavin Gallaher had four hits and scored three runs. Kepley and Jackson Van De Brake each scored four times for the Tar Heels.

The first five batters in the order had 13 hits and drove in 12 runs. They scored 15 runs.

Adonys Guzman drove in a run with a single in the first inning and Easton Breyfogle added a sacrifice fly in the fourth for Arizona’s two runs.

Owen Kramkowski (9-6) allowed eight runs in an inning and a third.

North Carolina (46-13) is playing in a Super Regional for the 12th time, having advanced eight times previously.

It is Arizona’s sixth Super Regional and the Wildcats (42-19) have won four of their previous five Super Regionals.