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Omaha, Neb. • Colby Holmes, John Taylor and Matt Price combined on a five-hitter and defending national champion South Carolina tied the record for consecutive NCAA Tournament wins with a 7-1 victory over Virginia at the College World Series on Tuesday night.

Adrian Morales and Brady Thomas had three hits apiece for the Gamecocks, who won their 13th straight national tournament game to match the record held by Southern California (1972-74) and LSU (1997-98).

The Gamecocks (52-14) are off until Friday and would have to be beaten twice by Virginia or California to not return to the best-of-three finals next week. No. 1 national seed Virginia (55-11) plays California in a Thursday elimination game.

California 7, Texas A&M 3 • No. 9 batter Derek Campbell drove in two runs, closer Matt Flemer pitched three scoreless innings and California extended its most improbable season, beating Texas A&M.

The Bears (38-22) will play Virginia on Thursday in another elimination game. The Aggies (47-22) went two games and out and are 2-10 in five all-time CWS appearances.

The Bears led 6-1 after scoring three runs in the fifth and three more in the sixth. Campbell, a .255 hitter who came in with five RBIs in 22 games, delivered RBI singles each inning.

Florida 3, Vanderbilt 1 • Florida's Steven Rodriguez pitched no-hit relief for 41⁄3 innings and the Gators finished a victory over Vanderbilt in the completion of a College World Series game suspended because of inclement weather.

Rodriguez (4-2) retired three batters before high winds and heavy rain disrupted the game in the bottom of the sixth inning Monday night. He struck out six of the 11 batters he faced Tuesday. —

College World Series

At TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, Neb.

Note • Double elimination

Tuesday

• Florida 3, Vanderbilt 1,

• California 7, Texas A&M 3

Texas A&M eliminated

• South Carolina 7, Virginia 1

Wednesday

• North Carolina vs. Vanderbilt, 5 p.m.