Wrapping up Saturday, March 3, in S.C. college baseball

Clemson took advantage of the wildness of South Carolina's pitchers and rode a solid effort by its staff to a 5-1 win at Fluor Field in Greenville Saturday, evening the best-of-three series heading into Sunday's finale in Clemson.

Gamecocks starter Cody Morris flirted with disaster frequently during his 3 1/3 inning stint, walking six allowing the first two batters to reach base in each of the four innings. He struck out three straight batters with runners on second and third with none out in the second.

Clemson broke through with a run in the third, but Madison Stokes tied the score in the USC fourth with a home run. The Tigers got two runs apiece in the fourth and fifth innings.

Tigers starter Brooks Crawford left with a runner on and two out in the fifth of a 3-1 game. Mat Clark got the final out of the fifth, then Ryan Miller pitched four shutout innings to close the game out.

South Carolina got two runners on in the ninth, but a double play ended the game.

Kyle Wilkie had two hits and two RBIs, while Patrick Crawford had a hit and two RBIs for Clemson (9-1). Stokes had three hits and Jonah Bride two for South Carolina (7-4)

Carolina pitchers walked 10.

The series concludes at 2 p.m. Sunday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium, with video streaming scheduled of the ACC Digital Extra Network (ESPN3/WatchESPN).

Elsewhere* Griffin McClarty pitched a five-hit shutout as College of Charleston beat Georgia, 6-0, to clinch a series victory.  Danny Wondrack homered and joined Logan MCRae in driving in two runs apiece for the Cougars (9-2).

* Charlie Carpenter went 3-for-3 and four pitchers combined on a four-hit shutout as USC Upstate (5-5-1) beat Longwood for the second straight day, 2-0. Carpenter is 8-for-8 in the series.

* Wofford used a four-run eighth inning to beat Pennsylvania, 7-6, and clinch a series victory. The Terriers (5-5) trailed 6-1 after 2 1/2 innings. McClain Bradley and Max McDougald drove in two runs apiece in the decisive rally. Bradley's came on a home runs.

* The Citadel evened its series with Charleston Southern with an 8-1 victory. A six-run seventh inning was the biggest factor for the Bulldogs, who got seven solid innings from starter Jordan Merritt.

* Coastal Carolina fell to Maryland, 7-6, with the game ending on a double play because of batter's interference. The Chanticleers trailed by four entering the ninth, but Seth Lancaster blasted a three-run homer. After a batter was hit by a pitch, the interference play on an attempted steal led to the end of the game.

* North Greenville clinched a series win at No. 3 Belmont Abbey  with a 9-5 victory in the opener of a Conference Carolinas doubleheader before the hosts salvaged a doubleheader split with an eight-run eighth in a 12-4 victory in the nightcap.

* Limestone trailed by eight runs after two innings before scoring the next 16 runs in a 16-12 victory at Francis Marion, evening that series at 1-1. Zach Piazza and Matt Orth had grand slams for the Saints.

* Colin Allman's third home run of the game came in a five-run 11th inning as Newberry beat Mars Hill, 11-6 to open the South Atlantic Conference doubleheader. Mars Hill scored two runs in the eighth to go up 4-3, only to have the Wolves score twice in the ninth. The Lions tied the score in the 10th and each team scored once in the 10th. Allman also tripled and had 7 RBIs. Mars Hill won the nightcap, 3-2, with a run in the ninth.

* Erskine coasted to a pair of Conference Carolinas wins over Southern Wesleyan, 11-1, and 16-2, to complete a series sweep. Chase Watts had seven hits on the day, including five in the nightcap.

* Benedict surrendered a big lead in the seventh inning of its doubleheader opener against Bluefield State to lose 8-7. The Tigers left no doubt in the nightcap, winning 20-4.

* Chandler Castleberry homered in each game as Anderson split a SAC twinbill at Lincoln Memorial. The Railsplitters won the opener, 7-6, and the Trojans won the nightcap by the same score.

* Lander and USC Aiken lost Peach Belt Conference home games for the second straight day, 4-1 to Flagler in 10 innings and 13-3 to Georgia College, respectively.

* USC Beaufort swept a nonconference doubleheader from Stillman for the second straight day, 7-2 and 11-10.

* Spartanburg Methodist was shut out by Southern Union, 5-0, in the first game of a three-team, three-game round robin at Mooneyham Field. The Pioneers scratched out three runs in their final at-bat of the nightcap to escape with a 4-3 win over USC Salkehatchie.