Danny Hultzen and Cody Winiarski combined on a four-hitter, and Jared King hit a three-run home run Saturday, helping Virginia stretch its winning streak to eight games with a 6-0 victory over UC Irvine in the opener at the Charlottesville Super Regional.
Hultzen (12-3) pitched 5 1/3 innings, an outing interrupted by a lightning delay of 1 hour, 23 minutes.
He allowed three hits and singled home the second run for the Cavaliers (53-9).
Matt Summers (11-3) allowed five runs, and his nine-game winning streak ended.
He also returned after the long delay, already trailing 2-0. King broke it open in the sixth when he followed singles by Kenny Swab and David Coleman with a blast just inside the foul pole down the left-field line.
South Carolina 5, UConn 1: Michael Roth pitched into the ninth, allowing six hits, and Scott Wingo had two RBIs as South Carolina defeated Connecticut in the NCAA Columbia Super Regional on Saturday night.
The defending national champion Gamecocks (49-14) are a win away from a return trip to the College World Series.
Roth (13-3) came in second in the country with a 1.10 ERA and lived up to that against the Huskies (45-18-1). He got stronger as the game progressed, notching his first two strikeouts of the game on UConn stars George Springer and Mike Nemeth in the eighth inning. Roth finally left with one out in the ninth to a standing ovation.
Texas A&M 6, Florida State 0: Brandon Wood hit a two-run single to highlight a four-run seventh inning, and Texas A&M beat Florida State ace Sean Gilmartin on Saturday in Game 1 of the NCAA Super Regional in Tallahassee, Fla.
Texas A&M (46-19) is one win from its first College World Series appearance since 1999. Game 2 of the best-of-3 Super Regional against Florida State (45-18) will be today.
Gilmartin (12-2), a first-round pick of the Atlanta Braves, had seven strikeouts through six innings but ran into trouble in the seventh.
Wood's hit put Texas A&M up 3-2, and Kenny Jackson and Tyler Naquin later had RBI hits in the inning.
Texas A&M's Ross Stripling (14-2), a ninth-round pick of the Colorado Rockies, scattered seven hits but had eight strikeouts in seven innings.
Mississippi State 4, Florida 3: Nick Vickerson hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth Saturday to give Mississippi State a victory over Florida, tying their best-of-three Super Regional series in Gainesville, Fla.
The Gators and Bulldogs will play today for a spot in the College World Series.
Florida (49-17) built a 2-0 lead on Nolan Fontana's sacrifice fly in the third and Josh Adams' solo homer in the sixth, and Mississippi State (38-24) tied the game in the seventh on RBI singles by Cody Freeman and Brent Brownlee.
Texas 5, Arizona State 1: Jordan Etier hit a three-run homer in the top of the ninth and Texas tied the Austin Super Regional at a game apiece Saturday.
The Longhorns and Sun Devils, two of the most storied programs in college baseball, will play for a spot in the College World Series tonight.
The Longhorns (48-17) were up 2-0 in the bottom of the sixth, when the Sun Devils (43-17) used two singles and a sacrifice fly to cut Texas' lead in half.
California 7, Dallas Baptist 0: Justin Jones pitched a one-hitter over six innings before leaving with a left biceps problem, and California powered past Dallas Baptist 7-0 on Saturday in the first game of the Santa Clara Super Regional.
Chad Bunting and Marcus Semien each hit a three-run homers, and Devon Rodriguez also drove in a run for the Bears (36-21), who won their fifth straight.
Brandon Williamson went 72/3 innings for the Patriots (42-19).
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