State scoreboard, Sunday, March 3

Grant Sherrod tied the program's Division I
record for RBI in a game. (USC Upstate photo)

Player of the day: Grant Sherrod, USC Upstate, 1B, 2 HR, BB, 8 RBI

Game of the day

Clemson 5, South Carolina 4

Clemson used three solo homers and a pair of unearned runs to beat South Carolina, 5-4, and clinched a series win at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.

Cole Messina's homer gave USC a 2-0 lead in the first inning, but Will Taylor had a solo homer in the bottom of the inning.

A walk and an error on pitcher Dylan Eskew set the stage for a pair of Clemson runs to tie the score at 3-3.

The score remained tied until Nolan Nawrocki hit a home run in the sixth. Blake Wright gave Clemson a two-run lead with a homer in the eighth. Ethan Petry homered for the second straight day, pulling USC within a run. After Messina drew a walk, a grounder ended the game.

Officials are studying options for playing the third game of the series, which was rained out on Friday.

Honorable mention game of the day
USC Beaufort, 7 Georgia Southwestern 6, 10 innings, Game 1
USC Beaufort 6, Georgia Southwestern 5, Game 2
The Sand Sharks got a pair of walk-off wins over the nationally ranked Hurricanes to avenge a 25-1 loss in the Peach Belt Conference series opener.

North Greenville 10, Southern Wesleyan 9

The Crusaders scored a pair of runs in the ninth to foil Southern Wesleyan's bid for an upset.

Briefly: Coastal Carolina scored three runs in the seventh and seven in the eighth to blow past Liberty in Game 1 and got a combined shutout from Oliver Ellison and Cameron Flukey in Game 2 Limestone extended its winning streak to nine with a pair of big offensive days to complete a South Atlantic Conference series sweep of Mars Hill. Sion Barnette homered and drove in five runs in the opener ... Grant Sherrod and Koby Kropf had two home runs apiece to support Henry Proger's complete game as USC Upstate hammered Penn ... Jaylen Mack's bunt put Coker ahead in the eighth and the Cobras went on to take the rubber game of a SAC series at Wingate ...  Garrett Fulmer homered in the first as The Citadel completed a series win over Harvard ... Jackson Proctor's grand slam highlighted a six-run third inning as Florence-Darlington Tech beat Lackawanna in the Stinger Invitational. Later, Lukas Arvantides pitched a complete game as USC Sumter also beat Lackawanna ... USC Beaufort got a pair of walk-off wins over No. 16 Georgia Southwestern to get a Peach Belt Conference series win. A bases-loaded hit by pitch tied the score and a walk capped a three-run rally in the 10th inning of Game 1. Julian Galassi's RBI single ended the nightcap ... Benedict swept a three-game series to extend LeMoyne-Owen's losing streak to 60 games going back almost two years ...  Winthrop scored seven runs in the first inning as it wrapped up a sweep of Maine ... Gunnar Johnson hit his second three-run homer of the weekend in the first inning and Wofford polished off Fordham for a series sweep ... USC Aiken scored five runs in the first to complete a PBC sweep of Claflin, which has lost 15 straight games ... Nebraska had a ninth-inning uprising for the third straight game and completed a series sweep of  College of Charleston ... Wesley Mann was 3-for-3 with a home run as Anderson took the opener of a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader.  Bryson Wagner struck out 10 in seven innings as Emory & Henry took the nightcap ... USC Union hit four home runs in Game 2 to split a doubleheader with Cleveland CC ... Macomb outslugged USC Lancaster to take that series finale ... Rutgers scored two runs in the ninth to take the rubber game of its series at Charleston Southern ... Flagler scored two runs in the sixth and held on the take the deciding game of a Peach Belt Conference series at Lander ... Nationally ranked Georgia Highlands took a pair of run-rule wins over USC Salkehatchie.

Anderson 10, Emory & Henry 1, Game 1 - And: Mac Ketchin 2-4, 2 R, SB
Emory & Henry 3, Anderson 0, Game 2 - And: Ben Thornton 5 IP, 2 H,  R, 3 K

Benedict 7, LeMoyne-Owen 5 - Ben: Jayden Jones 2-3, 2B, R, SB, 2 RBI
Charleston Southern 9, Rutgers 7 - Cha: Sam Manwarren 2 2B, 3 RBI
Clemson 5, South Carolina 4 - Cle: Blake Wright 1B, HR, 2 R
Cleveland CC 3, USC Union 1, Game 1 - Uni: Brayden Corn 2-4, 2B, R

USC Union 9, Cleveland CC 3, Game 2 - Uni: Blake Exizian 2B, HR, 3 RBI
Coastal Carolina 12, Liberty 5, Game 1 - Coa: Blake Barthol 1B, 2B, 2 HR, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI 

Coastal Carolina 7. Liberty 0, Game 2 - Coa: Zack Beach HR, BB

Coker 11, Wingate 8 - Cok: Hunter Poole 3-5, BB, 4 RBI

Flagler 5, Lander 4 - Lan: Chris Manriquez 2-4, RBI
Georgia Highlands 10, USC Salkehatchie 0, Game 1 - Sal: Frankie Sebastiano 1B, SB

Georgia Highlands 10, USC Salkehatchie 0, Game 2 - Sal: Colin Brunson 2-3
Limestone 11, Mars Hill 2 - Lim: Cale Wagoner W, 6 IP, 0 ER
Limestone 11, Mars Hill 0, Game 2 - Lim: Marty Neal W, 5 IP, 7 K
Macomb 16, USC Lancaster 12 - Lan: Eddie Olmeda 1B, 2B, HR, BB, 3 R, 2 RBI
Nebraska 5, College of Charleston 3 - Cha: Trotter Harlan HR, 2 RBI
North Greenville 10, Southern Wesleyan 9 - Nor: David Lewis 3-4, HR, BB, 3 R, 3 RBI
The Citadel 6, Harvard 3 - Cit: Sam Swygert W, 7 IP, 0 R
USC Aiken 10, Claflin 0, 7 innings - Aik: Joseph Mozingo 1B, 2B, HR, BB, 4 RBI
USC Beaufort 6, Georgia Southwestern 5, 10 innings, Game 1 - Bea: Hunter Miller 1B, walk-off BB
USC Beaufort 7, Georgia Southwestern 6, Game 2 - Bea: Carson Phillips 3-4, 3B, 3 R, RBI

USC Upstate 12, Penn 1 - Up: Koby Kropf 2 HR

Winthrop 15, Maine 4 - Win: Owen Sarna W, 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 6 K

Wofford 13, Fordham 2 - Wof: Braden Hofmeyer W, 5 IP, 0 R, 6 K

First Pitch Invitational
Fluor Field, Greenville
Illinois 12, Michigan State 6
Florida State 8, Western Michigan 3 - Noles now 10-0

Stinger Invitational
Dailey Field, Florence

Florence-Darlington Tech 10, Lackawanna 6 - Flo: Rom Kellis 3-4, RBI

USC Sumter 7, Lackawanna 1 - Sum: Jarian Pinckney 2 2B, 2 RBI

Canceled
Oakwood vs. Voorhees, DH
(27/476)

Beyond the border

No. 9 Vanderbilt rallied from an 11-3 deficit to beat No. 15 Texas, 14-11 ...  No. 4 Florida took the deciding game of its series at Miami, 8-4 ... Southeastern Louisiana knocked off No. 11 East Carolina, 11-9 ... arizona pounded No. 20 Indiana, 12-1 ... No. 25 Dallas Baptist handed Bo. 16 Alabama its first loss, 7-5 in 12 innings ... Georgia scored three runs in the ninth and clinched a series win over Georgia Tech with an 11-9 win in front of 8,163 at Coolray Field. Charlie Condon hit his eighth homer for the Bulldogs ... Clemson and USC transfer Jonathan French had a three-run homer in Houston's 4-2 win over Louisiana ... Missouri lost a slugfest to Northern Kentucky, 16-15, a day after evening the series with a 28-10 win.