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Gamecocks survive

South Carolina starting pitcher Billy Buckner struck out 10 Miami hitters in seven innings of work. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
Eric Olson Associated Press
South Carolina starting pitcher Billy Buckner struck out 10 Miami hitters in seven innings of work. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

OMAHA, Neb. — 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.

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.

South Carolina starter Billy Buckner (7-2) scattered nine hits and struck out 10 in seven innings.

The Gamecocks (51-16) play Wednesday against Cal State Fullerton. They will have to beat the Titans twice to reach the best-of-3 championship round that starts this weekend.

Georgia faces a similar task as it must beat top-seeded Texas on Wednesday 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.

South Carolina scored at least two runs in each of the first four innings to build a 12-0 lead. Pearce hit a two-run homer, his team-leading 21st, in the first off Miami starter Brandon Camardese (6-3), who lasted just 1 1/3 innings.

Michael Hyle pitched six shutout innings, and Marshall Szabo had three hits – including a triple and double – in Georgia’s victory over Arizona.

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.