Greenville Regional
* South Carolina (35-24) moved into the championship round of the regional with a 4-2 victory over host East Carolina (44-17) Saturday night at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
Cody Morris pitched into the eighth inning and Danny Blair had three hits in a rare start for Carolina, which will play either East Carolina or UNC Wilmington at 6 p.m. Sunday. A win in that game or Monday would send the Gamecocks to a super regional.
Jonah Bride had a two-run double and L.T. Tolbert added an RBI single for the Gamecocks in a three-run first inning.
Hunter Taylor almost doubled USC's run total in the fourth, but his bid for a three-run homer was denied when Pirates center fielder Andrew Hendrickson reached over the fence to make the catch.
ECU scored a run in the fourth and another in the sixth.
Morris allowed five hits and struck out seven. He left after allowing a walk and a groundout to open the Pirates eighth. Ridge Chapman came in and retired the next two batters.
Justin Row was hit by a pitch to lead off the USC eighth and later scored on Jacob Olson's two-run double.
Chapman was replaced by Sawyer Bridges after throwing five balls to open the ECU ninth. Bridges retired the next three batters to end the game.
Taylor threw out three would-be base-stealers and gunned down another Pirate baserunner who had wandered too far off second base.
Cody Morris pitched into the eighth inning and Danny Blair had three hits in a rare start for Carolina, which will play either East Carolina or UNC Wilmington at 6 p.m. Sunday. A win in that game or Monday would send the Gamecocks to a super regional.
Jonah Bride had a two-run double and L.T. Tolbert added an RBI single for the Gamecocks in a three-run first inning.
Hunter Taylor almost doubled USC's run total in the fourth, but his bid for a three-run homer was denied when Pirates center fielder Andrew Hendrickson reached over the fence to make the catch.
ECU scored a run in the fourth and another in the sixth.
Morris allowed five hits and struck out seven. He left after allowing a walk and a groundout to open the Pirates eighth. Ridge Chapman came in and retired the next two batters.
Justin Row was hit by a pitch to lead off the USC eighth and later scored on Jacob Olson's two-run double.
Chapman was replaced by Sawyer Bridges after throwing five balls to open the ECU ninth. Bridges retired the next three batters to end the game.
Taylor threw out three would-be base-stealers and gunned down another Pirate baserunner who had wandered too far off second base.
* Earlier, UNC Wilmington eliminated Ohio, State, 4-3, with a run in the bottom of the 13th inning.
* Clemson (46-15) scored two runs in the first inning and another in the second, but was shut out the rest of the way and lost to Vanderbilt, 4-3, at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
The loss dropped the Tigers into a noon Sunday elimination game against St. John's. That winner faces Vanderbilt Sunday night needing two wins to take the regional.
Logan Davidson led off the game with a double (Clemson was the visitor) and Seth Beer followed with a walk. Chris Williams singled in Davidson and, after a Kyle Wilkie double play, Drew Wharton singled in Beer.
Sam Hall walked, stole second and scored on a Davidson single in the Clemson second.
Vanderbilt scored a run in the second and had a runner on when Ethan Paul was hit by a pitch. The home plate umpire ruled Paul made no effort to avoid the ball and made him stat at the play. Two pitches later he homered down the left-field line to tie the score.
The Commodores pushed the go-ahead run across in the bottom of the fifth.
Davidson singled to open the Clemson seventh, but the next three batters struck out. Davidson walked with two outs in the ninth, but Beer flied out to end the game.
Wilkie extended his hitting streak to 27 games.
* Earlier, St. John's advanced to Sunday's round with an 11-5 win to eliminate Morehead State.
Conway Regional
* Washington's Nick Kale hit a grand slam in a six-run second inning and Huskies (32-23) held on for an 11-6 win over Coastal Carolina (43-18) to send the Chanticleers into the losers' bracket.
Coastal cut the score to 6-4 and, later, 7-6 before the Huskies scored the final four runs.
Lee Sponseller doubled twice and drove in two runs for the Chants. Zach Biermann, Parker Chavers and Kevin Woodall Jr. also had two hits apiece for the hosts.
Coastal meets Connecticut at noon Sunday. The winner of that game would need to beat Washington twice to win the regional.
Coastal cut the score to 6-4 and, later, 7-6 before the Huskies scored the final four runs.
Lee Sponseller doubled twice and drove in two runs for the Chants. Zach Biermann, Parker Chavers and Kevin Woodall Jr. also had two hits apiece for the hosts.
Coastal meets Connecticut at noon Sunday. The winner of that game would need to beat Washington twice to win the regional.
* Earlier, Connecticut won the elimination game with LIU Brooklyn, 10-3.
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