State scoreboard, Saturday, Feb. 29

Jeff Heinrich singled twice and drove in three runs as South Carolina beat Clemson, 8-5, at Segra Park in Columbia on Saturday to even their series at 1-1.

Clemson, which won Friday's opener, 11-1,  took a 1-0 lead in the first, Carolina scored twice in the second inning. Wes Clarke's fifth homer of the season helped USC build the lead to 4-1. The Gamecocks pushed the lead to 7-2 before Clemson closed the gap with the help of a Davis Sharpe homer and some struggles by the USC bullpen.

Carolina outhit Clemson 12-5.

The crowd of 8,986 was the largest crowd for a Clemson-USC baseball game other than four meetings in Omaha at the College World Series. The teams drew a crowd of 22,334 on June 25, 2010 in the first of two meetings at Rosenblatt Stadium. The next day drew 12.593. In 2002, the teams drew 21,429 on June 19 and 11,634 on June 21.

Game 3 of the series is at 2 p.m. Sunday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson.

Briefly: Tater Goodson delivered a walk-off win for the second straight day as Spartanburg Methodist improved finished a 4-0 run in a two-day robin sweep of USC Salkehatchies and Southern Union State ... North Greenville's sweep kept the Crusaders in a first-place tie with Mount Olive in the Conference Carolinas standings ... Charleston Southern rallied from a 4-0 deficit after a half inning to complete a doubleheader sweep ... Newberry fell behind 4-0 in Game 1, but was able to pull of a SAC doubleheader and series sweep ... Limestone trailed 8-0 in the second inning of Game 2, but the Saints rapped out 21 hits in the nightcap to split its Conference Carolinas doubleheader with Erskine ... Cameron Reeves (3-0) struck out 10 in seven innings as The Citadel pounded St. Peter's for the second straight day ... Hayes Heinecke struck out 12 in seven innings and five teammates had two or more hits as Wofford evened its series with Merrimack ... Eamonn Collins pitched a two-hit shutout as USC Beaufort completed a doubleheaders sweep ... Alaska Abney struck out six in 4 1/3 innings of relief as Coastal Carolina clinched a series win over Maryland ... USC Lancaster and USC Sumter swept doubleheaders ... Brett Kemp's two-run double in the seventh inning put Francis Marion ahead to stay in a series-clinching win ... Charlie Harper drove in five runs as Benedict salvaged a doubleheader split ... Florence-Darlington Tech went 1-1 on the first day of this weekend's round of the Stinger Invitational ...

Belmont Abbey 16, Southern Wesleyan 4, Game 1 - SW: Dawson Posick grand slam, BB,
Belmont Abbey 19, Southern Wesleyan 8, Game 2 - SW: Devin Patrick HR, 2 RBI
Charleston Southern 4, Delaware State 2, Game 1 - Cha; Daniel Padysak W, 6 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 10 K
Charleston Southern 12, Delaware State 4, Game 2 - Cha: Shane Kelleher 1B, 2B, R, 3 RBI
Coastal Carolina 10, Maryland 3 - Coa: Cooper Weiss 1B, 2 2B, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI
Columbus State 4, Lander 2 - Lan: Colton Yeager 2-4
Erskine 10, Limestone 3, Game 1 - Ers: Drew Yniesta 2-4, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
Limestone 17, Erskine 16, Game 2 - Lim: Kyle Strovnik 2B, HR, BB, 3 R, 2 RBI
Fordham 8, Furman 3 - Fur: Jordan Starkes 2-run HR
Francis Marion 6, Young Harris 4 - FM: Brett Kemp 2B, BB, R, 2 RBI
Georgia Southwestern 10, USC Aiken 5 - Aik: Jacob Boyd 1B, 3B, SB, 2 R, RBI
Kent State 13, Winthrop 6 - Win: Dillon Morton 1B, 2B, RBI
Lenoir-Rhyne 10, Anderson 5, Game 1 - And: Will Lindsey 2-4, 2 RBI
Lenoir-Rhyne 13, Anderson 9, Game 2 - And: Nick Vella 2-4, BB, R, 2 RBI
Lincoln (Pa.) 14, Benedict 9, Game 1 - Ben: Bradon O'Connor 3 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI
Benedict 16, Lincoln (Pa.) 6, Game 2 - Ben: Christopher Harper 2 2B, 2 SB, 2 R, 5 RBI
Newberry 10, Lincoln Memorial 8, Game 1 - New: Braylin Marine 2-4, R, 3 RBI
Newberry 7, Lincoln Memorial 6, Game 2 - New: Jack Harris 2B, 3B, 2 R, 3 RBI
North Greenville 2, Emmanuel 1, 10 innings, Game 1 - NG: Jordan Holiday, walk-off HBP
North Greenville 13, Emmanuel 0, Game 2 - NG: Elvin Rosa 3-4, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
Notre Dame 10, Presbyterian 4 - PC: Landon Shaw 1B, BB, 2 RBI
Reinhardt 9, Columbia International 3, Game 1 - CIU: Joshua Hernandez 3-4, 2B, RBI
Columbia International 8, Reinhardt 1, Game 2 - CIU: Carter Willis 1B, 2B, R, 2 RBI
South Carolina 8, Clemson 5 - SC: Jeff Heinrich 2-3, 3 RBI
The Citadel 13, St. Peter's 0 - Cit: Ches Goodman 3B, HR, 2 R, 4 RBI
UNC Pembroke 10, Claflin 1 - Cla: Eric Mcelveen 1B, HR
USC Beaufort 2, Toccoa Falls 1, Game 1 - Bea: Kyran Russ walk-off 1B
USC Beaufort 3, Toccoa Falls 0, Game 2 - Bea: Eamonn Collins CG, 2 H, 5 K
USC Lancaster 17, Surry CC 11, Game 1 -  Lan: Noah Rabon 1B, 3 HR, SB, 6 RBi
USC Lancaster 16, Surry CC 1, Game 2 - Lan: Jonah McElheney 2B, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
USC Sumter 2, Florida State College Jacksonville 1, Game 1
USC Sumter 4, Florida State College Jacksonville 2, Game 2
Western Kentucky 8, USC Upstate 6, 10 innings - Up: Jason Matthews 3-6, 2B, R, 3 RBI
Wingate 8, Coker 3, Game 1 - Cok: Jonathan Barham HR
Wingate 8, Coker 4, Game 2 - Cok: Bryan Castillo HR, 2 RBI
Wofford 8, Merrimack 0 - Wof: Hayes Heinecke 7 IP, 2 H, 12 K
Xavier 2, College of Charleston 1 - Cha: Joseph Mershon 1-3, R

Mooneyham Field
Spartanburg Methodist College, Spartanburg
Spartanburg Methodist 7, Southern Union State 0 - SMC: Cooper Guest W, 2 H, 5 K
USC Salkehatchie 10, Southern Union State 7 - Sal: Jan Maldonado 1B, 3B, 2 R, 4 RBI
Spartanburg Methodist 4, USC Salkehatchie 3 - SMC: Ben Gordon CG, 8 K

Stinger Invitational
Dailey Field, Florence
Florence-Darlington Tech 4, Potomac State 2 - FD: Danny Grillo HR
Potomac State 8, Monroe 3
Monroe 5, Florence-Darlington Tech 4 - FD: Charlie Corum 1B, 2B, R, 2 RBI

First Pitch Invitational
Fluor Field, Greenville
Kansas State 9, Ball State 3, Game 1
Ball State 7, Kansas 4, Game 2
Michigan State 4, Western Carolina 3

Canceled
East Georgia at USC Union, DH