A two-base throwing error on a pickoff attempt set up what proved to be the deciding run in No. 2 Florida's 3-2 victory at South Carolina on Sunday in the rubber game of the opening SEC series for both teams.
Will Dalton's third home run of the series led off the game and staked Florida (18-4, 2-1) to a 1-0 lead. J.J. Schwarz led off the Florida fourth with a homer and Jonathan India was hit by a pitch. USC pitcher Ridge Chapman's pickoff attempt was wild, allowing India to reach third. He later scored on a fly out.
USC got one run back in the bottom of the inning and Jacob Olson's homer provided the final scoring in the sixth. The Gamecocks (13-7, 1-2) outhit Florida 6-4, but left 10 men on base. L.T. Tolbert had two hits for Carolina.
Elsewhere:
* N.C. State (18-3, 5-1 ACC) picked up its first-ever three-game series sweep at Doug Kinsgmore Stadium, beating Clemson, 5-4, on Sunday behind a pair of solo home runs by Will Wilson. Wilson's second homer of the season, in the eighth inning, broke a 4-4 tie.
Wilson's first homer of the game came in the first inning, but Clemson (16-4, 3-3) answered on Logan Davidson's leadoff homer in the bottom of the inning. The Tigers knocked Wolfpack starter Nick Swiney out two batters into a two-run inning. Josh McLain's two-run homer tied the game in the third before Kyle Wilkie drove in the final Clemson run with a fourth-inning double. That unearned run was all four Wolfpack relievers allowed over eight innings.
Clemson got just two baserunners over the final five innings, but neither getting beyond first base. Grayson Byrd had two of the Tigers' five hits.
N.C. State's only previous three-game sweep came of Clemson in 1997 in Raleigh.
* Coastal Carolina (15-7, 3-0) wrapped up a sweep in its opening Sun Belt Conference series of the season with an 8-3 win at Arkansas State (8-8. 0-3). Parker Chavers had three hits and Seth Lancaster drove in three runs in support of starter Zack Hopeck, who struck out eight in six innings.
It wasn't a perfect weekend for the Chanticleers, however. They learned pitcher Scott Kobos will miss the rest of the season because he needs Tommy John surgery. Coastal lost pitchers Bobby Holmes and Austin Kitchen to injuries and surgery before the season.
* A seven-run seventh and a four-run eighth powered Wofford (14-6) to its eighth straight win, 13-8 over Siena at Russell C. King Field. The Terriers scored two runs in the first, but fell behind 8-2 before their late outbursts. Mack Nathanson had three hits and five teammates added two apiece for Wofford.
* Winthrop (8-13, 3-0) finished its Big South Conference sweep of Presbyterian (5-16, 0-3) with a 7-4 victory in Rock Hill. PC, which has lost 10 straight, took an early 3-0 lead, but Matthew Mulkey tied the score with a three-run homer in the bottom of the second. Cale Gibson's two-run homer an inning late put the Eagles ahead to stay.
* USC Aiken (17-8) won the rubber game of a Peach Belt Conference series at Georgia Southwestern (4-18) with an 8-1 victory on Sunday. Daulton Weeks' two-run homer was the big blow in a five-run fourth inning for the Pacers. Georgia Southwestern had lost its first nine conference game before winning Friday's series opener.
* Francis Marion (11-16, 5-1) got its second walk-off win of the weekend to claim a 10-inning 7-6 victory Young Harris. The visitors scored twice in the top of the inning to go up 6-4, but the Patriots responded. Cole Hinnant, who got the win a relief pitcher, tied the score with a two-run single and Steven Cox singled in the decisive run,
* Benedict (8-7, 1-2) won the opener of Sunday's SIAC doubleheader with Tuskegee, 21-5, before missing a chance for a sweep with a 5-3 loss in the nightcap. David White drove in five runs, while Michael Garner had three hits and drove in four runs in the opener.
* Florence-Darlington Tech (22-8, 4-0) completed a weekend four-game sweep of NJCAA Region 10 newcomer USC Union (5-15, 0-4) with a pair of five-inning victories on Sunday, 14-3 and 28-0. Three pitchers combined for a no-hitter in Game 2.
* USC Sumter (20-9, 7-1) got wins of 5-2 and 8-7 over USC Lancaster (11-12, 1-7) to take a 3-1 series victory in Region 10 play. Lancaster scored four runs in the seventh inning of Game 2 to take a 7-6 lead, but the Fire Ants tied it. Eric McGirt won the game by homering in the bottom of the eighth.
* USC Salkehatchie (16-14, 5-3) and Spartanburg Methodist (15-14, 4-4) split a pair of games in Spartanburg. The Indians won the opener, 8-6, as Cody Adams had three hits. The host Pioneers won Game 2, 3-1, as former Byrnes High star Davis Agle pitched a complete game. The only Salkehatchie run was unearned.
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