NCAA BASEBALL TOURNAMENT Missouri wins first regional

South Carolina, Georgia and Rice also advanced to the super regionals.
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MALIBU, Calif. -- Brock Bond went 4-for-5 with an RBI as fourth-seeded Missouri advanced to the super regionals for the first time with an 8-3 victory over top-seeded Pepperdine in the Malibu Regional on Monday.
Derek Chambers went 2-for-4 with an RBI and scored twice for the Tigers (35-26), who took an early 7-0 lead and became the first No. 4 seed to make it to the super regionals. Missouri will play No. 5 national seed Cal State Fullerton this weekend.
South Carolina 5, Evansville 1
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Wynn Pelzer threw an eight-hitter and Phil Disher hit his third home run in four games, lifting South Carolina into the super regionals for the sixth time in seven years.
Pelzer (5-4) struck out nine and had a shutout until the seventh as he ended the Purple Aces' run.
Disher hit a three-run homer in the third to give South Carolina (40-23) a 4-0 lead.
Georgia 3, Florida State 2
ATHENS, Ga. -- Joey Side hit a two-run homer, and freshman Trevor Holder pitched six strong innings to lead Georgia into the super regionals.
Holder (4-3) allowed one run and four hits in six innings for the Bulldogs (45-20).
Side homered in the third to give the Bulldogs a 2-1 lead, marking the first time of the weekend that the Seminoles had allowed any runs in the first three innings of a game. Jonathan Wyatt added a two-out RBI single in the eighth.
Florida State (44-21) took a 1-0 lead in the first when Shane Robinson hit a leadoff single, stole second base -- becoming the first Seminoles player with 100 career steals -- moved to third on a bunt single and score on Dennis Guinn's RBI single. Tony Thomas Jr.'s sacrifice fly made it 3-2 in the ninth, but Joshua Fields got three outs for his 15th save.
Rice 7, Baylor 4
HOUSTON -- Josh Rodriguez homered and Joe Savery scattered two hits over five innings to lead No. 2 national seed Rice into the super regionals.
After Baylor took a 3-0 lead in the third, the Owls rallied with five runs in the bottom of the inning -- all with two outs. Rodriguez hit a two-run homer following Tyler Henley's single to pull Rice within 3-2. Adam Zornes hit a two-run double and scored on Jordan Dodson's triple to give the Owls a lead it wouldn't surrender.
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