South Carolina 9, Georgia Tech 5

OMAHA, NEBRASKA - Steve Thomas and Justin Harris hit home runs and South Carolina eliminated Georgia Tech 9-5 Tuesday at the College World Series. <br> <br> The Gamecocks (55-17) avenged an 11-0 loss to the Yellow Jackets in the opening round and set up another game against state rival Clemson. <br> <br> Landon Powell and Drew Meyer each drove in two runs and Aaron Rawl pitched a complete game after struggling in a brief relief appearance against Tech in the CWS opener. <br> <br> Rawl (7-1), who allowed three runs on two hits in one-third of an inning in the opener, allowed 14 hits Tuesday, 12 of them singles. <br> <br> The Yellow Jackets didn&#39;t have an extra-base hit until Jeremy Slayden&#39;s two-run homer in the eighth cut the lead to 9-4. <br> <br> Matt Murton and Matthew Boggs also drove in runs for Georgia Tech (52-16), which fell behind early and could not recover for the second straight game. <br> <br> The Yellow Jackets were in the elimination round after a 9-7 loss to Clemson on Sunday, with the Tigers scoring eight runs in the second inning. On Tuesday, it was South Carolina&#39;s four-run fourth that forced Tech to try to rally. <br> <br> Thomas hit his 12th homer of the season in the seventh and the Gamecocks pulled away with three more in the eighth, including Harris&#39; homer to left that made it 9-2.

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