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[SIZE=12pt]Omaha World-Herald: Cole, UCLA bruise Horned Frogs [/SIZE]

By Steven Pivovar
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

A UCLA team that had never won a game in Omaha now finds itself one victory away from a chance to play for college baseball's ultimate prize. The Bruins backed the dominant pitching of Gerrit Cole with home runs by Cody Regis and Jeff Gelalich to produce Monday night's 6-3 victory over TCU before 23,345 fans at Rosenblatt Stadium.

The victory moved the 50-14 Bruins into Friday's Bracket One title round. TCU (52-13) drops into a 6 p.m. Wednesday elimination game against Florida State, which defeated Florida 8-5 earlier Monday. The TCU-Florida State winner would have to defeat UCLA twice to deny the Bruins a trip to next week's best-of-three championship series. ...

Box Score: UCLA 6, TCU 3
 
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