NCAA SUPER REGIONAL Ohio State falls, 13-8, in opener

Southwest Missouri State broke an 8-8 tie with a five-run rally in the eighth.
COLUMBUS -- Brooks Colvin and Rick Wilson had RBI singles in a five-run eighth-inning rally as Southwest Missouri State beat Ohio State, 13-8, Saturday night in the first game of their best-of-three NCAA super regional.
Dant'e Brinkley's three-run homer capped a seven-run third inning for the Bears (39-24).
They led 8-2 before Ohio State pulled even at 8-8 on Brett Garrard's two-run homer in the top of the eighth.
In the bottom of the inning, Adam Pummill hit a double in the gap in right center with one out. That signaled the end for the Buckeyes' Josh Newman, who had survived the seven-run inning to set down 13 of the next 15 batters.
Broke game open
Ohio State closer Matt Davis came on and struck out the first batter he faced before the Bears broke the game open.
Brinkley hit a slow roller and beat the throw to first with a headfirst slide.
Colvin then hit a hard smash at third baseman Jedidiah Stephen that got under Stephen's glove for an RBI single. Wilson followed with a single up the middle that brought in another run.
Chad Woodmansee was hit by a pitch before Shawn Marcum was walked to force in a run. Davis was replaced by Kyle Brown who walked in two more runs before getting out of the inning.
Ohio State (44-20) hit four home runs, Stephen and Drew Anderson going back-to-back in the third, Steve Caravati leading off in the eighth and Garrard with two outs in the eighth.
All runs in third
Trailing 2-1, the Bears scored all of their runs in the third with two outs.
Wilson singled and moved to second on a balk by Newman (8-6). Marcum walked before Tony Piazza, Greg Mathis and Pummill all hit bleeders for singles. Mathis hit a pop fly to short left that fell between three defenders.
After Scott Nasby drew a walk, Brinkley hit a towering fly ball that cleared the wall in left center for his eighth homer of the season. It also extended his hitting streak to 19 games.
Southwest Missouri improved to 33-1 when leading after six innings.
Miami 10, North Carolina St. 9
CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Ryan Braun hit a game-winning home run in the ninth and led Miami to a comeback victory over North Carolina State in the first game of their super regional.
LSU 6, Baylor 5
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Clay Harris and Ivan Naccarata hit back-to-back homers in the eighth and Louisiana State tied its super regional series against Baylor.
South Carolina 14, UNC 4
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Brian Buscher homered twice and drove in six runs as South Carolina beat North Carolina to sweep their super regional series and advance to the College World Series.