Road teams successful in super regionals Friday

Super regional play got underway Friday afternoon, and three of the four road teams put their hosts on the brink of elimination. Here is a breakdown of results from the opening day of the final weekend before the College World Series:

Georgia handles Wolfpack

Georgia moved to within one win of their third CWS appearance in five years with a convincing 11-4 win over North Carolina State.

Trevor Holder was solid on the mound for the Bulldogs, going 8 2/3 innings to get the win. He got plenty of offensive support, led by Gordon Beckham, who gave Georgia the lead for good with a two-run double in the third.

Joey Lewis and Miles Starr both drove in a pair for the Bulldogs, who have won five straight since opening tournament play with a loss to Lipscomb.

Shockers outlast Seminoles

Conor Gillaspie is an Omaha native, and he helped Wichita State draw first blood in Tallahassee, Fla., on Friday with a key three-run homer that sparked a four-run sixth inning to help the Shockers to a 10-7 win.

Josh Workman had three hits for the Shockers and Rob Musgrave pitched 5 2/3 innings to get the win for Wichita State.

Florida State lost its first game in regionals, but came roaring back to advance to this round last weekend. They'll need to win the final two games of the series to earn a trip to Omaha.

Extra-inning heroics for Arizona

Arizona and top-seeded Miami were locked in a classic battle in their first game Friday evening, and it took some extra-inning heroics for the visiting Wildcats to come away with a 6-3 win in 11 innings.

Jon Gaston's three-run blast to right in the top of the inning came with two outs and broke the tie to give Arizona the one-game advantage. Relief pitcher Carlos Gutierrez looked to be cruising in the inning before hitting Colt Sedbrook with an 0-2 pitch. He gave up a single to Brad Glenn, then the decisive blast to Gaston.

Jason Stoffel picked up the win in relief, striking out five in three innings.

Stanford hangs on for 4-3 win

Stanford struck early, then hung on to beat Cal State Fullerton 4-3 to take a one-game lead in the best-of-three series.

Jeremy Bleich had an inspiring effort in his first win since being out of the lineup for almost two months with tendonitis in his pitching elbow. He pitched six strong innings and allowed just three hits to help Stanford post its fourth straight win over the Titans this season.

Jason Castro and Sean Ratliff both hit homers for the Cardinal. Erik Komatsu hit a two-run homer in the eight for the hosts, but it wasn't enough.

Game two of each of the above series is scheduled for Saturday. Any third games that are needed will be played Sunday.

Four super regionals begin play on Saturday. Those machups, with local start times, are:

Coastal Carolina at North Carolina, 12 p.m.

Texas A&M at Rice, 2 p.m.

UC Irvine at LSU, 5 p.m.

Fresno State at Arizona State, 6 p.m.