RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — South Carolina was down to its last strike in the bottom of the ninth inning on Friday before catcher Cole Messina hit a two-run home run to tie it, and Will Tippett added a sacrifice fly in the 10th to rally the second-seeded Gamecocks to an 8-7 victory over No. 3 seed James Madison in the first game of the Raleigh Regional.

South Carolina (37-23) will play the winner of the second game between regional host and top seed North Carolina State and No. 4 seed Bryant. James Madison (34-24) will play the NC State-Bryant loser in an elimination game.

Fenwick Trimble’s second double drove in two and capped a three-run rally in the top of the sixth, giving James Madison a 7-4 lead after South Carolina scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth to even the score. Kennedy Jones hit a leadoff home run in the bottom of the sixth to get the Gamecocks within two.