State scoreboard, Tuesday, Feb. 27

Earlier this month, Will Taylor announced
he was giving up football to concentrate
on baseball. (Clemson photo)

Player of the day: Will Taylor, Clemson, 3 HR, BB, 4 R.

Games of the day
It was a day for excitement in college baseball in the state. There were eight one-run games, with four of them ending in walk-off style. I opted to recognize the state's three walk-off winners, because all were trailing entering their final at-bat.

Coker 6, UNC Pembroke 5 - At Hartsville's New Field, the Cobras scored two runs in the ninth inning  on an error and a wild pitch to hand the No. 5 Braves their third loss in four days. UNCP scored single runs in its final three at-bats to take a 5-4 lead into the bottom of the ninth. A single, a walk and an error on a fielder's choice tied the score. A bases-loaded wild pitch scored Corbin Wright to move coach Fico Kondla's team to 11-5.

Limestone 6, Erskine 5, 10 innings - In Gaffney, the Saints tied the score in the eighth and then won their fifth straight game. After the Flying Fleet took a 5-4 lead, Limestone (10-6) tied the score on two walks, a hit batsman and a bases-loaded walk. Nick Love then ended the game with a single to center.

The Citadel 5, Charleston Southern 4 - Matthew Lively's two-run single down the left-field line gave the Bulldogs  (7-1) their only lead at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park. Cade Conway led off the game with a homer and CSU led most of the game. In the ninth, Garrett Dill was was hit by a pitch and Phillips Daniels singled. Lively followed with a shot to score a pair of pinch-runners and hand the Bulldogs their second win over the Buccaneers in as many weeks.

Other one-run game winner
Columbia International 1, Bob Jones 0 - David Mora's second-inning sacrifice fly scored the game's only run at Miller Field and three pitchers made it stand up for the program's first-ever 1-0 victory, coming in its 204th game all time. J.T. Stanley went the first five innings, while Rodrigo Rodriguez and Colln Otte pitched two innings apiece to give the Rams (4-13) consecutive wins for the first time this season.

Tough-luck losers
Georgia 4, Presbyterian 3 - Charlie Condon doubled, homered and drew a bases-loaded walk in the eighth to give Georgia (8-0) a win over the Blue Hose in Athens. Joel Dragoo hit his sixth homer of the season to give PC a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Condon is hitting .625 this season and has had at least two hits in every game.

Charlotte 3, Wofford 2 - Noah Furcht's three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning pulled the 49ers past the Terriers. Former USC recruit Thad Ector was 2-for-4 with a run scored for Charlotte.

Queens 13, Winthrop 12 - The host Royals scored five runs in the seventh, three in the eighth to tie the score and won in the ninth on Tyler Cotto's leadoff homer.

Catawba 6, Newberry 5 - The Wolves scored three runs in the eighth and got the potential tying run to second in the ninth before falling to a South Atlantic Conference rival in a game that doesn't count in the conference standings.

Elsewhere: Will Taylor became the the 16th player in Clemson baseball history to hit three homers in a game and the Tigers pulled away to beat USC Upstate ... Coastal Carolina scored three runs in the fourth and three in the fifth to top Campbell in a meeting of ranked teams ... South Carolina scored its seven runs in the fifth inning - with Gavin Casas' three-run homer being the big blow - to overcome Gardner-Webb ... Cam Mitchem's eighth-inning grand slam turned a two-run deficit into a two-run victory for Southern Wesleyan ... St. Andrews hit three home runs and held off Voorhees in Game 1 and used a six-run fifth to complete the sweep ... Gray Wells homered and drove in five runs and three big innings allowed Anderson to coast past Findlay. AU starter Ivan VanBeverhoudt Jr. struck out eight in four innings ... Carson Phillips' eighth-inning double broke a tie and USC Beaufort pulled away to win at Edward Waters ... A four-run third inning put Lenoir-Rhyne on the way to avenging a loss to North Greenville earlier this season ... USC Lancaster split a pair with the Francis Marion JV team. ... Nationally ranked Walters State got a pair of one-hitter wins over USC Union ... Lincoln handed Claflin its 12th straight loss ...

Anderson 20, Findlay 8 - And: Carlos Hernandez 4-6, 2 R, 3B RBI

Catawba 6, Newberry 5 - New: Donovan Ford 2-4, 2B, BB, SB, R, RBI
Charlotte 3, Wofford 2 - Wof: Dixon Black 3-3 SB
Clemson 12, USC Upstate 6 - Cle: Blake Wright 1B, 3 R, 3 RBI

Coastal Carolina 9, Campbell 2 - Coa: Zack Beach HR, 2 BB, 2 R, 2 RBI

Coker 6, UNC Pembroke 5 - Cok: Corbin Wright 2-4, HR, BB, 2 R

Columbia International 1, Bob Jones 0 - Col: Emmanuel Maldonado 2-3
Georgia 4, Presbyterian 3 - PC: Joel Dragoo HR, 2 RBI

Lenoir-Rhyne 8, North Greenville 1 - Nor: Dakota Britt 2-4, RBI

Limestone 6,  Erskine 5, 10 innings - Lim: Noah Love 2-4, 2 RBI

Lincoln 24, Claflin 10 - Cla: Kennedy Jones 3-5, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI 

Queens 13, Winthrop 12 - Win: Nicholas Badillo 2-4, HR, 2 R, 4 RBI

South Carolina 7, Gardner-Webb 1 - SC: Eddie Copper W, 5 IP, 3 H, R, 5 K
Southern Wesleyan 9, Shorter 7 - Sou: Cam Mitchem 1B, HR, 5 RBI

St. Andrews 6, Voorhees 4, Game 1 - Voo: Joseph Gaines 2 2B, 2 R, RBI
St. Andrews 6, Voorhees 2, Game 2 - Voo: Shay Barbosa 2-2, SB, RBI

The Citadel 5, Charleston Southern 4 - Cit: Ben Hutchins W, 3 IP, 4 K
USC Beaufort 12, Edward Waters 7 - Bea: Tyler Kennedy 3-4, 2B, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI

USC Lancaster 5, Francis Marion JV, 3, Game 1 - Lan: Roman Edwards 4.1 IP, R, 6 K

Francis Marion JV 13, USC Lancaster 3, Game 2 - Lan: Raymond Rojas 2-3, 2B, R, RBI
Walters State 6, USC Union 1, Game 1 - Uni: Brett Boone 1B

Walters State 12, USC Union 0, Game 2 - Uni: Michael Adams 1B, BB

(22/395)

Beyond the border

* Freshman Drew Burress hit a school-record four home runs and drove in six runs as Georgia Tech beat Georgia State, 10-0. He has nine homers in eight games ... Old Dominion got a walk-off 6-5 win over No. 11 East Carolina ... Purdue Fort Wayne - the Mastodons - topped No. 20 Indiana, 6-5 ... Clemson transfer and S.C. native Billy Amick homered in Tennessee's 7-4 win over High Point ... Stetson beat No. 4 Florida, 7-4 ... Western Carolina scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat UNC Asheville on a walk-off walk, 5-4 ... Washburn tied the NCAA record for home runs in an inning (6) in a 13-run third and added 10 in the fourth for a 29-19 win over Rockhurst ... David Mershon, a sophomore from Taylors, tripled and drove in four runs as Mississippi State beat Jackson State, 19-6 ... Mars Hill upended Young Harris, 3-1.