Omaha, Neb. — Don't bother buying him a cake or a half gallon of ice cream, beating No. 1-ranked Miami in the opening game of the College World Series is enough for Georgia third baseman Ryan Peisel.

The senior from Lassiter High School celebrated his 22nd birthday Saturday with three hits, one of them a two-run homer, and four RBIs to lead the Bulldogs to a 7-4 victory over Miami. His single in the third got Georgia on the board, his home run in the sixth tied the game and his single in the ninth capped a four-run rally that left the Hurricanes stunned.

"I got lucky, I guess," Peisel said. "I guess the birthday gods were smiling on me."

Coach David Perno said, "That's nothing new for Ryan. He's our heart and soul, and he played like it today."

Georgia (42-23-1) advances to meet Stanford (40-22-2) in the winner's bracket game at 6 p.m. Monday. Stanford upset Florida State in the other first-round match by scoring 11 runs in the ninth inning of a 16-5 victory. Miami (52-10) will play FSU (54-13) in an elimination game at 1 p.m. Monday.

The Bulldogs never led until the ninth inning. It was only the second time this season that Georgia won a game when it trailed in the ninth and the first time in 45 games that Miami blew a ninth-inning lead.

"Our kids fought like there was no tomorrow," Perno said. "We played close to our identity, kept battling and finally put a big inning together. We were fortunate because they made a mistake, and we took advantage."

Miami actually had two back-to-back mistakes that led to the big ninth inning. It all happened against Carlos Gutierrez, the team's closer who had a team-high 13 saves and was a first-round draft pick of the Minnesota Twins earlier this month.

Georgia's Bryce Massanari opened the inning with a sharp single up the middle, which extended his hitting streak to 17 games, and pinch runner Adam Fuller took second on Matt Cerione's sacrifice, a bunt he nearly beat out for a hit.

Designated hitter Robbie O'Bryan then struck out, but the ball eluded catcher Yasmani Grandal, which allowed Fuller to race to third and O'Bryan to take first. Lyle Allen then tied the game with a single to left.

"The ball can't get by like that," said Miami coach Jim Morris. "The pressure would have been on them with two outs."

With runners at first and second, David Thoms hit a comebacker to the pitcher, but Gutierrez hastily threw the ball past first baseman Yonder Alonso. As the ball rolled down the right-field line, pinch runner Steve Esmonde and Allen both scored. Peisel then drove home Thoms with a single on the next pitch that gave Georgia its fourth run of the inning and a three-run lead.

"We've got to close the game out at the end," Morris said. "We've done that all year."

Bulldogs relief ace Joshua Fields pitched the ninth and retired Miami on three fly balls to end the game. Fields (3-2) entered the game with two outs in the eighth and did not allow an inherited runner to score for the 14th time this season.