South Carolina Eliminates Miami

Bryan Triplett had four hits, and Nick Gardiner and Brendan Winn drove in three runs each as South Carolina defeated Miami, 15-11, at Omaha, to eliminate the Hurricanes from the College World Series.

Winn, Steven Tolleson and Steve Pearce homered, and the Gamecocks scored the most runs against Miami since Florida got 15 in last year’s NCAA regionals. Winn scored five times to tie a CWS record.

The Gamecocks, who defeated Louisiana State, 15-4, on Monday, became the first team since LSU in 1991 to score 15 or more runs in consecutive Series games.

“Maybe we were due a little bit,” South Carolina Coach Ray Tanner said. “In the first game we were goose-egged and have been in our other two trips out here.”

The Gamecocks (51-16) play Cal State Fullerton today. They will have to beat the Titans today and Thursday to reach the best-of-three championship round this weekend

Jon Jay had a three-run homer and a career-high four runs batted in, and Roger Tomas was four for five to lead Miami (50-13), which scored seven runs in the last two innings after falling behind, 15-4.

Georgia 3, Arizona 1 -- Michael Hyle pitched six shutout innings, and Marshall Szabo had three hits -- including a triple and double -- as the Bulldogs eliminated the Wildcats at Omaha.

With the win, the Bulldogs (45-22) advanced to play Texas today. Georgia must beat the Longhorns twice to reach the championship round.

Arizona (36-27-1) was 1-2 in its first CWS appearance since 1986, losing twice to Georgia.

Will Startup earned his 12th save of the season and second of the CWS.