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Miami beached Hurricanes ousted from NCAAs by South Carolina rallyPosted: Sunday June 09, 2002 7:57 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina scored five runs in the ninth to rally past defending national champion Miami in Game 3 of their NCAA super regional and advance to the College World Series for the first time since 1985. The Gamecocks (53-15) will take on Georgia Tech in the first round after the Yellow Jackets advanced by beating Florida Atlantic on Saturday. "I'll tell you this, our guys never shut it down," said coach Ray Tanner, his eyes red. "You try and be the last team standing. This is the last tournament and I hope we have the opportunity to be Cinderella. Somebody has to be." South Carolina had only four hits through eight innings and scored just three runs off the Hurricanes in the previous 23 innings. But South Carolina's offense came alive against closer George Huguet, the first of four Miami pitchers in the ninth. Pinch-hitter Trey Dyson hit an RBI double, and Brian Buscher scored when the throw got away from second baseman Javy Rodriguez. Garris Gonce doubled off reliever Luke DeBold (1-1) to tie it. Two outs later, Andrew Cohn threw a wild pitch that scored Gonce, and two pitches later, catcher Danny Matienzo had the ball bounce off his glove to allow another runner to score. Miami (34-29) was trying to make the College World Series for the eighth time in nine years. With runners on first and second with two outs, Jim Burt hit a long foul ball that Tim Seaton ran down to end it. "We are really disappointed with this," Rodriguez said. "We just needed three outs and we're going back to Omaha. But we couldn't make it happen." |
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