Omaha Neb. ? Florida State 8, Florida 5

Mike McGee hit a tie-breaking three-run homer in the third inning and picked up the save after Florida made things interesting in the ninth, leading Florida State to an 8-5 victory in a College World Series elimination game Monday.

The Seminoles (48-19) will play Wednesday night against TCU. The Gators (47-17) lost for the fourth time in five meetings this season with their instate rival.

Florida loaded the bases against Daniel Bennett and Preston Tucker’s double drove in three runs. McGee’s team-leading 16th homer broke a 1-1 tie in the third.

The Seminoles got home runs from Tyler Holt and Cardullo. Brian Busch (6-2) went 5 1/3 innings and held the Gators to two runs and two hits.

Clemson tops Arizona St., 6-3

Casey Harman pitched six strong for Clemson, which handed top-seeded Arizona State’s Seth Blair his first loss of the season in an opening-round game.

The Tigers tagged Blair (12-1) for five runs and seven hits with five walks in 4 1/3 innings to advance to a winner’s bracket game against Oklahoma today. The Sun Devils (53-8) meet South Carolina in an elimination game today.

Clemson (44-23) came into the CWS averaging 11 runs and 15 hits in its last five games, and finished with 14 singles off Blair and three relievers.

UCLA takes control of CWS bracket

Gerrit Cole struck out 13 and carried a one-hitter into the seventh inning, and Cody Regis and Jeff Gelalich homered to lead UCLA to a 6-3 victory over TCU in a winners’ bracket game at the College World Series on Monday night.

The win gives UCLA control of Bracket 1 and three days off. The Horned Frogs will play Florida State in an elimination game Wednesday, with the winner meeting the Bruins on Friday.

The Bruins (50-14) went ahead 5-0 in the third inning on Regis and Gelalich’s home runs against TCU starter Kyle Winkler (12-2).

The Horned Frogs (52-13), who came into the game hitting a CWS-best .341, scored three runs on four hits in the seventh inning off Cole (11-3). Dan Klein pitched the ninth for his 10th save.