Wyatt's homer carries Georgia

The Bulldogs and Texas won regional titles to gain the College World Series.
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ATLANTA -- Jonathan Wyatt hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning to snap a 3-3 tie and give Georgia a 5-3 win over Georgia Tech Saturday, for a sweep of the NCAA super regional and a berth in the College World Series.
Wyatt's homer -- the first of his freshman season -- gave the Bulldogs (43-21) their second trip to Omaha in the last four years.
Bo Lanier (4-1) pitched the eighth in relief of Sean Ruthven, who allowed only Mike Trapani's two-run double in seven innings. That gave the Yellow Jackets (44-21) a 2-1 lead, but Georgia scored two runs in the seventh and eighth innings to take the best-of-three series 2-0.
Wyatt, a little-used outfielder inserted into the lineup in place of Kyle Keen, finished 3-for-4. His home run came off Brian Burks (8-6), who took over for Andrew Kown in the seventh.
Miami 8, Florida 7
CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Miami scored six unearned runs on five Florida errors then held on to win the opening game of the best-of-three super regional.
Leading 5-4 entering the seventh, the Hurricanes (48-11) scored three runs on three errors, two by Gators starter Justin Hoyman (11-2) on sacrifice attempts.
The Gators' Justin Tordi hit a two-run homer and C.J. Smith had an RBI double in the eight but reliever Danny Gil struck out Ben Harrison to end inning with the tying run on second.
Gil then pitched a perfect ninth for his fifth save. Ricky Orta (2-0) got two outs for the win.
Florida (43-21) also made several miscues on the base paths, including having a runner picked off third with no outs in the second and a runner caught off second on a fly out for an inning-ending double play in the sixth.
Texas 10, Vanderbilt 2
AUSTIN -- Top-seeded Texas clinched its third straight trip to the College World Series with a sweep of Vanderbilt.
After beating Vanderbilt 15-3 in Friday's opener of the super regional, the Longhorns (55-13) jumped ahead in the first inning Saturday on Curtis Thigpen's home run. Thigpen finished 3-for-4 with 3 RBIs.
Drew Stubbs' two-run homer off Ryan Mullins (9-2) in the fourth made it 4-0, but Vanderbilt (45-19) scored twice in the bottom of the fifth to pull to 4-2.
The Longhorns, headed to their 31st World Series, added a run in the seventh and four more in the eighth.
Sam LeCure (9-3) gave up two runs in 51/3 innings while striking out five for the win.
South Carolina 4, East Carolina 2
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Matt Campbell pitched five shutout innings for South Carolina before a long rain delay forced him out.
The Gamecocks (49-15) have won 17 of 19 and are just one win away from their third straight trip to the College World Series.
South Carolina took a 2-0 lead on Landon Powell's RBI single and Steven Tolleson's bunt before a four-hour, 28-minute rain delay after the fifth inning.
Campbell (10-4) allowed four hits and struck out six.
East Carolina (51-12) stranded six runners in the first five innings. Greg Bunn (10-1) allowed two earned runs on five hits and struck out eight over five innings.
Steven Pearce homered off Matt Bishop's second pitch after the delay and Mike Campbell hit an RBI single. East Carolina scored twice in the eighth, but Chad Blackwell got four outs for his 18th save.
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