Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Dissa and data, March 13


Anderson

Troj-antics: The current four-game losing streak matches the season high ... Gray Wells was hitless on Tuesday, ending a 10-game hitting streak ... Ben Smith pitched a season-low three innings in Friday's loss to Wingate.

Benedict

Bene-feats: The Tigers have stolen 95 bases in 104 attempts in 14 games ... Jamell Mitchell Jr. leads the team with a .447 batting average. He also has a .563 on base percentage and is 19-for-20 in steals ... Justin Murray is 18-for-20 in steals ... Frankey Moree is on a six-game hitting streak and has hit safely in 10 of 11 games.

Bob Jones

Bru-insights: Riley Ramsey has eight multi-hit games and is batting .400. He is the only Bruin with double-figures in RBI (12) and has three of the team's eight triples ... Opponents are 39-for-41 in stolen bases, while BJU is 3-for-7.

Charleston Southern

Buc blasts: Tuesday's come-from-behind win over College of Charleston snapped a five-game losing streak in the series. CSU's last win was in 2019 ... Chandler Tuopo is 11-for-25 during his seven-game hitting streak ... Cade Conway is hitting .407 and is 9-for-9 in stolen bases.

Claflin

Claf-lines: Sunday's 17-0 loss to North Georgia was the fourth time the Panthers have been shut out ... Opponents have scored in double figures in 16 of the last 17 games of Claflin's 19-game losing streak ... Kobe Miller is hitting .385 and is 15-for-17 in stolen bases..

Clemson

Tiger tales: The Tigers have won 31 of their last 34 games dating back to last season. They are on a 10-game winning streak ... Cam Cannarella and Alden Mathes share the team batting lead at .400 ... Jimmy Obertop is hitting .500 (8-for-16) during a five-game hitting streak ... Blake Wright tied Will Taylor for the team lead in homers by hitting No. 5 on Tuesday ... The Tigers have out-homered opponents 31-13.

Coastal Carolina

Chanti-sphere: Wake Forest pitchers hit 10 Coastal batters on Tuesday, setting a program single-game record for the Chanticleers and increasing the season total to 51. ... Blake Barthol hit his team-leading 10th home run against the Deacs ... Jake Books has hit safely in 13 of his last 14 games in increase his batting average to .404.

Coker

Snake strikes: Cameron Ferrell leads the Cobras with 24 runs scored ...  Jacob Yarberry is 14-for-15 in stolen bases ... Coker batters have been hit by pitches 54 times in 22 games, led by Ick Cirino with 12  ... Aaron Diaz has pitched a team-high 35 innings and has not allowed a home run.

College of Charleston

Cougar curves: Tuesday's 7-5 loss to Charleston Southern marked the first time in five losses this season that the opponent didn't score the winning run in the ninth inning or later ... Kevin Madden's third homer of the season moved him into a four-way tie for the team lead with Trotter Harlan, Avery Neaves and Cole Singsank. Madden leads the team with a .356 batting average ... Davis Aiken has three saves, but a 5.87 ERA.

Columbia International

Ram-egrams: The 13-inning 21-20 loss to Toccoa Falls marked the longest home game in program history. CIU rallied from eight runs down to force extra innings ... Scott McDonough is batting .429 (12-for-21) with three homers during his six-game hitting streak ... Shane Hammonds had a season-high three hits on Tuesday.

Erskine

Fleet filberts: Dale Francis Jr. hit three home runs in the weekend series with Southern Wesleyan, moving him into the team lead with seven ... The Flying Fleet have outscored opponents by 59 runs despite being three games below .500 (10-13) ... Daniel Hernandez has eight RBI during his four-game hitting streak ... Jorge Pascual is 8-for-14 with seven RBI in his last four games ... Alex Heintz has 43 strikeouts in 28 innings.

Florence-Darlington Tech

Stinger zingers: Tech leads Region 10 with 11 triples and is one home run shy of matching Gaston College's 30 for the lead ... North Carolina commitment Rom Kellis is batting .479 with 7 homers and 33 RBI, all best on the team ... Jay Douglas is 20-for-21 in stolen bases ... Pitchers have struck out 211 in 185 innings.

Francis Marion

Patriot-ics:  Zack Summerville has a .500 OBP ... Chas DeBruhl has not allowed more than two runs in any of his six starts and has a 1.13 ERA ... Jack Hegan was a two-way player for a couple of seasons, but has concentrated on pitching this year and has three saves.

Lander

Lander liners: The last time the Bearcats scored 24 runs in a game before Tuesday's pasting of Francis Marion was March 23, 2016 against Anderson. Eleven players had hits and 12 had RBI ... Connor Droze has 11 of Lander's 21 homers ... Taichi Nakao and Ethan Wilder had struck out just eight times in more than 100 plate appearances..

Limestone

Halo happenings: Davis Turner has had nine multi-hit games and leads the team with a .414 batting average. He had one homer in his first 20 games before connecting in both games of Sunday's doubleheader ... Marty Neal has 37 strikeouts in 20 2/3 innings. Opponents are batting .151 against him.

Morris

Hornet heaters: Wednesday's home doubleheader with Columbia International is Morris' first action since Feb. 23.

Newberry

Wolf howls: Newberry's next win will be the 400th of coach Russell Triplett's career ... Donovan Ford is 18-for-18 in stolen bases. He has 10 multi-hit games ... Opponents have outhomered the Wolves 24-1 ... Hunter French pitched a season-high seven innings in Friday's game at Coker and did not allow an earned run.

North Greenville

Crusader capers: David Lewis is 15-for-29 during his eight-game hitting streak. He is batting .470 with 11 homers and 41 RBI ... Reece Fields has an 0.90 ERA and 53 strikeouts in 40 innings. He has allowed four runs - no more than one in any games.

Presbyterian

Kilt kernels: Brody Fahr's steal of home at The Citadel was his first stolen base of the season ... Joel Dragoo has hit safely in 15 of 17 games ... Charlie McDaniel lowered his ERA to 2.01 by allowing a run in seven innings against Memphis ... Daniel Eagen has 26 strikeouts in 13 2/3 innings ...

South Carolina

Fowl fare:  USC drew 18 walks in Sunday's win over Liberty and has walked 148 times compared to 147 hits and 147 strikeouts ... Gamecocks pitchers have struck out 176 in 142 2/3 innings ... Garrett Gainey has struck out 15 in 8 1/3 innings.

Southern Wesleyan

Southern cooking: Opponents have scored in double figures the last seven games ... Cam Mitchem has 21 RBI. No teammate has more than eight ... Marty Grisso is 9-for-9 in steals ... Nick Vollmert has pitched 32 1/3 innings, 15 more than any teammate.

Spartanburg Methodist

Pioneer pearls: The Pioneers have a .360 team batting average ... Schley Gordy has hit safely in 15 of his last 16 games. He has five home runs, sharing the team lead with Kai Tullos and Ethan Wilson  ... Brooks Mauro has been hit by 13 pitches ... Davis Wright has a 4-0 record, a 1.67 ERA and 39 strikeouts in 27 innings ... Kemper Nix has struck out 40 in 25 2/3 innings. Pioneers pitchers are fanning 11.44 per nine innings.

The Citadel

Bulldog bombs: Ben Brash got his first start after six relief appearances and allowed a run with two strikeouts against Presbyterian as part of a bullpen day for the team ... The Bulldogs have made nine errors in 16 games ... Thomas Rollauer took over the team lead in doubles (6) with a pair against PC.

USC Aiken

Pacer patter: Capers Molinaroli has gone hitless in four of his last five games but still leads the team with a .378 batting average ... Josh Sharp has an 11-game hitting streak ... Matt Garcia has a 2-1 record and 1.53 ERA in six relief appearances. He has struck out 22 in 17 2/3 innings..

USC Beaufort

Shark bites: Carson Phillips has gone hitless just four times in 20 games. He has a team-best .337 batting average ... Brian Meyer has hit safely in eight of his last nine games to raise his average to .286 after a very slow start ...  The Sand Sharks are still without a home run.

USC Lancaster

Lancer-lots:  Eddie Olmeda's batting average is .516, while Joe Sperry has a .462 mark with 11 homers and 42 RBI ... Olmeda has yet to be caught in 13 stolen base attempts ... Chandler Smithart has a .230 batting average but is 11-for-11 in stolen bases.. The Lancers are 51-for-56 on the basepaths.

USC Salkehatchie

Indian items: Bradley Garland has a team-best .333 batting average, with Calin Brunson not far back at .319

USC Sumter

Ant hills: Israel May has been one of the Fire Ants' most productive players. He has a .351 batting average with 18 RBI and is on a seven-game hitting streak... Reliever Jacob Crabb has a 2.70 ERA ... J.T. Popick has hit safely in six of his last seven games ...

USC Union

Bantam bits: Union has lost eight of its last nine games ... Mason Elrod has hit safely in four of his last five games.

USC Upstate

Uppercuts: Last Friday's win over Rider was the 500th of Mike McGuire's career. He is now now has 351 wins in NCAA Division I to go with 52 in junior college and 90 in NCAA Division II (Lander) ... The Spartans have a .310 batting average and 35 homers in 17 games ... Noah Sullivan's batting average dropped to .395 after his six-game hitting streak was snapped on Tuesday. He also has a 3-1 record and 4.04 ERA in four starts ... Grant Sherrod has a seven-game hitting streak and leads the team with 26 RBI.

Voorhees

Bengal bingles: The Tigers had the early lead in all four games of their series sweep at the hands of Fort Lauderdale ... Joseph Gaines is 11-for-13 in stolen bases ... Jathan Smith has a 2.45 ERA in 29 1/3 innings ... Tigers catchers have had 27 passed balls in 22 games.

Winthrop

Eagle egg-stra: Charlie Evans has hit three homers this season, with two coming on his birthday last Friday ... Winthrop has not hit a triple ... Riley Huge has 48 strikeouts and five walks in 26 innings ... Reese Lumpkin has allowed more unearned runs than he has earned runs (6-5), accounting for a 1.99 ERA ... Jaylen Hernandez has a six-game hitting streak and has his safely in nine of his last 10 games.

Wofford

Terrier tracker: The 27 runs against Lafayette on Sunday increased Wofford's runs per game to 13.8. It has scored 99 runs in the last five game ... The Terriers have a .381 team batting average, led by Dixon Black (.463) and Marshall Toole (.462). Toole is 15-for-15 in stolen bases ... Zac Cowan has 32 strikeouts in 22 1/3 innings ... Jack Renwick stole the school-record 86th base of his career over the weekend, passing Brett Rodriguez.

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