COLLEGE WORLD SERIES Miami, Arizona bow out of play



South Carolina and Georgia advanced to the semifinal round.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Bryan Triplett had four hits, and Nick Gardiner and Brendan Winn drove in three runs each as South Carolina eliminated Miami from the College World Series with a 15-11 victory Tuesday night.
Winn, Steven Tolleson and Steve Pearce each 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.
Miami was the second team knocked out of the CWS on Tuesday. Georgia eliminated Arizona with a 3-1 victory earlier in the day.
On hot streak
The Gamecocks, beaten 2-0 by Cal State Fullerton in their CWS opener, defeated LSU 15-4 on Monday and 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.
"We're capable of throwing up some runs like these other guys, too. It's very rare you can do it on back to back teams like LSU and Miami."
South Carolina starter Billy Buckner (7-2) scattered nine hits and struck out 10 in seven innings.
Meet Cal Fullerton
The Gamecocks (51-16) play today against Cal State Fullerton. They will have to beat the Titans twice to reach the best-of-three championship round that starts this weekend.
Georgia faces a similar task as it must beat top-seeded Texas today and Thursday to get to the championship series.
Jon Jay had a three-run homer and a career-high four RBIs, and Roger Tomas went 4-for-5 to lead Miami (50-13), which scored seven runs in the last two innings after falling behind 15-4.
The Hurricanes, who lost to Fullerton on Monday, outhit the Gamecocks 17-16 but couldn't avoid losing consecutive games for the first time this season.
Jumped to big lead
South Carolina scored at least two runs in each of the first four innings to build a 12-0 lead. The Gamecocks finished with their most runs since scoring 16 against Delaware State in March. Their season high was 38 against Charleston Southern in the second game of the year.
Pearce hit a two-run homer, his team-leading 21st, in the first off Miami starter Brandon Camardese (6-3), who lasted just 11/3 innings.
Miami scored seven runs on eight hits against reliever Cliff Donald.
Michael Hyle pitched six shutout innings, and Marshall Szabo had three hits -- including a triple and double in Georgia's victory over Arizona.
Bulldogs face Texas
Now the Bulldogs (45-22) get Texas in the Bracket One final.
"We can't even enjoy this for a little bit, huh?" Georgia coach David Perno said. "I guess that's where we have to go next."
The Bulldogs lost 9-3 to Texas on Sunday.
"We're better than we showed Sunday night, and our players want a shot to go out and prove it," Perno said.
Arizona (36-27-1) went 1-2 in its first CWS appearance since 1986, losing twice to Georgia.
Hyle (8-2) scattered six hits, walked two and struck out five before leaving in the seventh inning. Will Startup earned his 12th save of the season and second of the CWS.
Startup retired five in a row, striking out three. The All-Southeastern Conference closer has allowed four hits and one run in six innings of CWS work, and he said he's ready to pitch some more on short rest.
"This is the biggest stage in college baseball, so there's no question I'll be ready to go," he said.
Kevin Guyette (6-8) gave up two runs and seven hits in 61/3 innings.
Georgia scored twice in the third when Szabo drove in a run and then came home on Joey Side's single. The Bulldogs added an insurance run in the eighth when Szabo tripled and then scored on Bobby Felmy's two-out single.
Arizona got only one runner past second base in the first six innings.
The Wildcats broke through in the seventh against Startup. He bounced back to retire the final five batters, striking out three.