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Roundup: Gamecocks blow away Hurricanes
By ERIC OLSON
Associated Press Writer
Monday's CWS Capsules
South Carolina 15,
Miami 11
OMAHA 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.
``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.
The Gamecocks (51-16) play
Wednesday against Cal State Fullerton. They will have to beat the Titans
twice to reach the best-of-three championship round that starts this
weekend.
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. 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 1 1-3 innings.
Miami scored seven runs on
eight hits against reliever Cliff Donald.
Georgia 3, Arizona 1
Georgia faces a task similar
to its SEC brethren, South Carolina, as it must beat top-seeded Texas on
both Wednesday and Thursday to get to the championship series.
Michael Hyle pitched six
shutout innings, and Marshall Szabo had three hits including a triple and
double in the Bulldogs' victory over Arizona.
Now the Georgia (45-22) gets
the Longhorns 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 6 1-3 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.
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The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be
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02/23/2007 10:37:33 AM
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