Friday, March 8, 2024

State scoreboard, Friday, March 8

Charlie Evans celebrated his 20th birthday
 with two homers as the Eagles won their
 fourth straight game. (Winthrop photo)

Player of the day: Charlie Evans, Winthrop, 2 HR, 3 R

Honorable mention player of the day
* Corey Zientek, Coastal Carolina, 12th-inning walk-off HR vs. Michigan.
* Oliver Zohn, Lander, 10th-inning walk-off double vs. Augusta.
* Keillor Osborn, Newberry, game-winning hit in opener at Coker.

Game of the day
Lander 3, Augusta 2, 10 innings
Zohn's double capped the Bearcats comeback in the opener of their Peach Belt Conference series in Greenwood.

Augusta scored single runs against Lander starter Luke Johnson in the sixth and seventh innings to go up 2-0. But the Bearcats tied the score in the bottom of the seventh on Kyle Murphy's two-run single.

Taichi Nakao led off the Lander 10th by reaching on an error, and Zohn followed with his game-winner.

Elsewhere: Coastal Carolina's extra-inning win pushed its winning streak to 11 ... Jarren Purify and Cam Cannarella hit back-to-back home runs as Clemson scored eight runs in the second inning to blow past UNC Greensboro in the opener of the series ... Riley Huge struck out 11 in six innings as Winthrop won the series opener over Appalachian State. Huge has 44 strikeouts in his last 20 2/3 innings ... Dylan Brewer hit two of South Carolina's four home runs in a run-rule win over Longwood ... Dale Francis Jr. and Jorge Pascual hit two homers apiece in Game 1 and Erskine lashed 17 hits in Game 2 to complete a Conference Carolinas doubleheader sweep of Southern Wesleyan ... A five-run fifth inning put Presbyterian on the way to a win over Jackson State in the first game of the Grind City Classic in Memphis ... Lander rallied from two runs down to win its Peach Belt Conference series opener ... Dixon Black had three hits - one a triple - and drove in five as Wofford pounded Lafayette ... College of Charleston took command against Penn with a seven-run fifth inning ... Coker bounced back from its loss in the opener to rally and win the nightcap ... Bob Jones had its best offensive day of the season in Game 2 to split a doubleheader at Paine ... Noah Sullivan pitched seven innings to get the win and doubled twice and walked as USC Upstate topped Rider ... Valparaiso held off a late rally to win the opener and had a five-run 10th to complete the sweep of The Citadel ... Truett McConnell swamped Columbia International in both ends of a twinbill ... Lincoln Memorial did all its its scoring in the first three innings in run-ruling Limestone to take the opener of a South Atlantic Conference series ... Wingate scored six runs in the second inning in taking the opener of a SAC series with Anderson ... North Georgia swept Claflin, extending the Panthers' losing streak to 18 games ... Fort Lauderdale, ranked No. 1 in the National Christian College Athletic Association, rallied in both games to sweep Voorhees ... John Raines struck out 12 in 6 1/3 innings of relief in Game 2 and Georgia College rallied to complete a doubleheader sweep at USC Beaufort ...

Clemson 12, UNCG 5 - Cle: Jacob Hinderleider 2-3, R, 3 RBI
Coastal Carolina 8, Michigan 7, 12 innings - Coa:  Blake Barthol 2B, HR, 4 RBI
College of Charleston 11, Penn 5 - Cha: Dylan Johnson 2-3, 2B, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Erskine 12, Southern Wesleyan 2, Game 1 - Ers: Daniel Hernandez, HR, 3 RBI
Erskine 18, Southern Wesleyan 11, Game 2 - Ers: Christian Rivera 3-3, 2 R, 2 BB, 3 RBI
Fort Lauderdale 10, Voorhees 5, Game 1 - Voo: Jordyn Hill 2-3, R, RBI
Fort Lauderdale 14, Voorhees 5, Game 2 - Voo: Isaiah Palmer 4-4, R
Georgia College 13, USC Beaufort 3, Game 1 - Bea: Carson Phillips 1-2, R, 2 SB
Georgia College 16, USC Beaufort 10, Game 2 - Bea: Brian Meyer 3-5, 3 RBI
Lander 3, Augusta 2, 10 innings - Lan: Kyle Murphy 2-3, 2 RBI
Lincoln Memorial 12, Limestone 0, 7 innings - Lim: Carter Oviatt 4 IP, 0 R, 6 K
Newberry 2, Coker 1, Game 1 - New: Hunter French 7 IP, 0 ER, 3 K
Coker 5, Newberry 3, Game 2 - New: Adam Wilkinson 2-3, RBI
North Georgia 19, Claflin 2, Game 1 - Cla: Kimon Quarles 2B, R
North Georgia 13, Claflin 1, Game 2 - Cla: Dwight Priest Jr. 2B, R
Paine 5, Bob Jones 3, Game 1 - BJU: Chad Bayne 1-3, 2 RBI
Bob Jones 12, Paine 4, Game 2 - BJU: Sam Gonzalez 3-5, 2 R, 5 RBI
South Carolina 10, Longwood 0, 8 innings - USC: Eli Jones W, 6 IP, 5 K
Truett McConnell 15, Columbia International 5, Game 1 - Col: James Lovera 2-4, 2 BB, 2 SB, R
Truett McConnell 12, Columbia International 2, Game 2 - Col: Emmanuel Maldonado 2-4, RBI
USC Upstate 9, Rider 3 - Up: Troy Hamilton 2 2B, BB, 2 R
Valparaiso 3, The Citadel 2, Game 1 - Cit: Javier Crespo 3-4
Valparaiso 10, The Citadel 5, 10 innings, Game 2 - Cit: Ben Brash 4 IP, 0 R, 3 K
Wingate 12, Anderson 4 - And: Carlos Hernandez 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI
Winthrop 9, Appalachian State 6 - Win: Harrison Wilson 1B, HR, 3 RBI
Wofford 14, Lafayette 2 - Wof: Jack Renwick 2-4, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI

Grind City Classic
FedEx Park Avron Fogelman Field, Memphis
Presbyterian 7, Jackson State 2 - PC: Joel Dragoo 2-2, 2 BB, 2 RBI
Butler 7, Memphis 6

First Pitch Invitational
Fluor Field, Greenville
Michigan State 5, Western Michigan 3

Postponed
Charleston Southern at Samford, to part of Saturday DH
USC Aiken at Georgia Southwestern, to part of Sunday DH
(27/537)


Beyond the border

Duke knocked off consensus No. 1 Wake Forest, 8-5 ... No. 19 Auburn needed solo homers in the eighth and ninth innings for a walk-off win over Austin Peay ... No. 14 N.C. State beat former Wofford coach Todd Interdonato's Boston College Eagles, 5-4, in 11 innings in the first game of an ACC doubleheader and took Game 2, 9-1 ... A run in the eighth inning gave No. 16 North Carolina a 2-1 win over Pitt in their ACC opener ... Virginia Tech beat Notre Dame, 11-3, in another ACC opener ... Palmetto State native Billy Amick hit his 10th homer as No. 8 Tennessee dumped Illinois, 6-3 ... Kansas beat No. 5 TCU, 3-1 ... Kennesaw State blasted Kentucky, 13-1 ... Purdue Fort Wayne dumped Missouri, 9-7 ... Greenville High grad Braden Golinski homered in Army's 5-3 loss at Georgia State ... Charlie Condon homered twice - giving him 11 for the season - as Georgia ripped winless Northern Colorado, 11-1 ... Miami scores three runs in both the sixth and seventh innings to beat No. 13 Virginia, 6-5 ... No. 4 Florida scored three runs in the bottom of the 10th to beat St. Mary's, 12-11 ... No. 24 Texas drilled No. 17 Texas Tech, 22-8 ... NCAA DII No. 1 Tampa beat Lenoir-Rhyne, 11-2, in the opener of a three-game series ... Chase Call and Jo Oyama drove in eight runs apiece and Oyama hit for the cycle as No. 23 Cal Irvine beat Columbia, 32-2 ... Two Kansas State pitchers combined for a no-hitter in a 4-0 win over Cincinnati.

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