Miami players watch the team's season-ending loss to Stanford. The Hurricanes hit just .156 (5 for 32) with runners in scoring position.

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OMAHA, Neb. — Flowers? Jewelry? How about a win?

Stanford coach Mark Marquess is the second coach to offer a College World Series victory as a temporary birthday gift to his wife.

"The elimination game was a huge win for us," he said after an 8-3 victory over Miami on Wednesday. "Especially for us today — it's my wife's birthday.

"I didn't get her a gift. I'm in trouble. Susan, sweetheart, this is your gift. Sorry. I'll get something later."

On Tuesday, Louisiana State coach Paul Mainieri said he didn't have time to buy a present for his wife's birthday that day. He also offered up the Tigers' win in the elimination bracket as an alternative.

Miami couldn't get its bats going, and so the Hurricanes are out after three games.

The No. 1 seed hit just .156 (5 for 32) with runners in scoring position, .245 with runners on base and a series-low .276 overall in its three games. The Hurricanes were hitting .322 going into the CWS.

"We hadn't been hot right here at the end with the bats," coach Jim Morris said. "We've got a great offensive club and in the middle of the season I felt we could beat anybody at any time, because we had it all, all cylinders clicking."

Miami left seven runners on base in its first game, nine in the second and 12 in an 8-3 loss to Stanford.

"We didn't swing the bats as well as we were half, three-quarters of the way through the season, but we're still a very solid club. We didn't get it going out here, no question," Morris said.

If not for some bad weather, Yonder Alonso would hold the career record for home runs at Miami.

The Hurricanes' elimination Wednesday left the junior first baseman one home run short of tying Phil Lane's single-season record of 25 set in 1982.

Alonso actually held the record briefly after homering twice in the first three innings of a game against Wake Forest on March 23. But because of inclement weather and a travel curfew, the game was called in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Alonso, the No. 7 pick in the draft by the Cincinnati Reds, homered in the Hurricanes' first game. In his final appearance Wednesday, Alonso struck out swinging in his first three at-bats and then had a single and a double.

"I just felt like we were trying to do too much, especially myself," Alonso said.

It was his first three-stikeout game since March 4, 2007.