COLLEGE BASEBALL

• UCLA takes charge at CWS; Florida State eliminates Gators

  Omaha, NE (Sports Network) - Gerrit Cole struck out 13 in eight innings to lead UCLA to a 6-3 victory over TCU at Rosenblatt Stadium, as the Bruins gained key position in the College World Series.

  UCLA had beaten Florida in its opener on Saturday before taking the win Monday, and plays again Friday, when a win would put the Bruins in the championship series.

  They will play either TCU or Florida State, which face off Wednesday in an elimination game.

  Florida State survived an elimination game Monday, ousting Florida from the double-elimination portion of the tournament with an 8-5 victory.

  Also on Monday, on the other side of the bracket, Clemson took a 6-3 win over Arizona State in the teams' first game.

  Cole gave up only one hit through the first six innings, holding TCU scoreless as the Bruins built a 5-0 lead. But the Horned Frogs rallied to get back in the game in the seventh.

  Singles from Jason Coats, Matt Curry and Jantzen Witte loaded the bases with two outs for Taylor Featherston, who tripled to left-center to make it a 5-3 game.

  However, a sacrifice fly in the bottom half got a run back for UCLA, and Cole got through the eighth without allowing a run. Dan Klein took the mound in the ninth and got the final three outs to secure the win and get the save.

  The Bruins got to TCU starter Kyle Winkler over the first three innings to gain an advantage. Leadoff hitter Beau Amaral, who finished 3-for-3, walked to lead off UCLA's first at-bat, moved to second on a groundout, then scored on a Blair Dunlap single.

  Amaral's RBI base hit in the second made it a 2-0 game, and UCLA used power to push its lead to five in the third.

  Cody Regis hit a two-run homer, and two batters later Jeff Gelalich homered to chase Winkler.

  Earlier Monday, Florida State knocked Florida out after fending off a late rally, as the Gators made things interesting in the ninth while facing an 8-2 deficit.

  Daniel Bennett retired the first hitter before allowing the next three to reach -- on two singles and an error -- to load the bases. Preston Tucker then laced a three-run double down the right-field line to make it 8-5. Mike McGee came on and gave up a single to Austin Maddox, then hit Matt den Dekker with a pitch, but got Mike Zunino to line into a 6-4 double play to end the game.

  McGee got the save while also hitting a three-run homer and finishing with four RBI. Tyler Holt chipped in with three hits, two RBI and scored three times for Florida State, which won four of five meetings with the Gators this season.

  Brian Busch picked up the win after allowing two runs on as many hits with four walks and three strikeouts in a 5 1/3-inning start. Hudson Randall suffered the loss for yielding four runs and four hits with a pair of walks in 2 2/3 innings for Florida, which finished the season 47-17.

  McGee's three-run shot in the third put Florida State ahead 4-1, and in the fourth, his sacrifice bunt plated another run to give the Seminoles a four-run cushion.

  Jonathan Pigott answered in the fifth with a solo shot to right to make it a 5-2 game, but in the bottom of the seventh, Florida State gained some cushion.

  Stephen Cardullo led off with a homer, and later in the inning, Holt's RBI single increased the Seminoles' advantage to five. Jayce Boyd's run-scoring bas hit in the bottom of the eighth gave FSU an 8-2 lead.

  Clemson edged Arizona State on Monday thanks to Casey Harman, who worked six- plus solid innings, and the five players who drove in a run.

  Clemson tallied twice in the second inning and took charge in the fifth inning, scoring three times.

  John Hinson's RBI single with one out scored Jeff Schaus and chased Arizona State starter Seth Blair.

  Brady Rogers took over and gave up a fly ball to left by Richie Shaffer that was lost in the sun and landed for a base hit, scoring Kyle Parker to increase the Clemson advantage to 4-1. Wilson Boyd followed with a single to center that brought home Hinson to push the lead to four.

  The teams traded runs in the sixth inning, and ASU got a run-scoring groundout in the seventh to cut its deficit to three. However, Alex Frederick blanked the Sun Devils over the next two frames to wrap up the victory and set up a Tuesday meeting with Oklahoma, which beat South Carolina on Sunday.

  Arizona State will face South Carolina in an elimination game Tuesday.

  06/22 01:07:19 ET