Saturday, April 20, 2024

State scoreboard, Saturday, April 20

Cam Mitchem and the Warriors entered
the weekend on a 14-game losing streak and
 left it on a three-game winning streak. (SWU photo)
Player of the day: Cam Mitchem, Southern Wesleyan 5-7, 2 2B, 2 HR, 3 BB, HBP, 5 R, 5 RBI

Briefly:
 Jimmy Obertop hit three home runs in Game 2 as Clemson won the rubber game of an ACC home series with Pitt. It was the Tigers' 900th ACC win all-time. The Panthers scored eight runs in the first four innings to win Game 1. Obertop also homered twice on Friday ... No. 2 Arkansas took advantage of some shaky defense and bullpen work by No. 20 South Carolina to take the rubber game of the SEC series. The Gamecocks escaped a ninth-inning jam to win the opener ... No. 19 Coastal Carolina scored the final six runs of the nightcap to take the rubber game of a Sun Belt Conference series with No. 14 Louisiana. The Ragin' Cajuns won the opener with a late rally ... Florence-Darlington Tech bounced back from a Game 1 loss at Gaston College to clinch the regular-season champion in NJCAA Region 10 with a win in Game 2. Rom Kellis and Mac James homered in the Stingers' win ... Aidan Hunter struck out seven in eight shutout innings as College of Charleston clinched a CAA series win over William & Mary with its seventh consecutive victory ... Lander pushed its winning streak to 14 with a pair of Peach Belt Conference wins over Claflin, which has lost 40 consecutive games ... Noah Sullivan hit two homers and drove in five runs as USC Upstate won Game 1, but a flyout double play to end Game 2 allowed Charleston Southern to take the finale of the Big South Conference series ... Joshua Legnard pitched the fifth complete game in his last six starts as Bob Jones clinched a series win in the opener of a doubleheader split at Trinity Baptist ... David Lewis doubled and homered twice to drive in five runs as North Greenville whipped Chowan in the opener and the Crusaders went on to complete the Conference Carolinas sweep ... Zachary Kim gave Southern Wesleyan a walk-off win in Game 1 and the Warriors went on to complete a series sweep of Francis Marion ... Jared Guell got a save for the second straight day in the opener and Erskine completed a Conference Carolinas series sweep of Barton on David Hernandez's 10th-inning walk-off single in the nightcap ... Elliott Sanders homered and drove in five runs as Spartanburg Methodist took the opener and a seven-run eighth inning in Game 2 completed a sweep at Catawba Valley ... Tristan Tillman's walk-off single capped USC Sumter's rally to win Game 1 and the Fire Ants went on to sweep USC Salkehatchie ... USC Lancaster scored 30 runs in sweeping a pair at USC Union ... Anderson scored three runs in the ninth of Game 1 en route to a doubleheader split at Lenoir-Rhyne ... Noah Love's 10th-inning homer lifted Limestone to victory over Virginia Wise in the opener of a South Atlantic Conference series ... Wofford lost to Mercer on a walk-off homer in Game 1 and had a four-run lead early in the nightcap washed away by a rainout cancellation ...  Deric Hanko and Collin Otte combined to strike out nine in a five-hit shutout as Columbia International won Game 2 to split a doubleheader with Kentucky Christian ... VMI evened its SoCon series with The Citadel with a lopsided win ... UNC Asheville beat Winthrop twice to complete a Big South Conference series sweep ... Edward Waters had two big offensive outings in a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference sweep of Benedict ... Lincoln Memorial won a pair to wrap up a SAC series sweep of Newberry ... Flagler clinched a series win with a shutout of USC Beaufort ... High Point clinched a series win over Presbyterian ... Georgia Gwinnett, which scored 74 runs in its previous two games of the weekend, shut out Voorhees ... USC Aiken rallied late in Game 1 to even its Peach Belt Conference series with North Georgia, but the Nighthawks took the nightcap ... Catawba tightened its hold on the South Atlantic Conference lead with a doubleheader sweep at Coker.

Anderson 6, Lenoir-Rhyne 5, Game 1
- And: Mac Ketchin 2-3, BB, SB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Lenoir-Rhyne 9, Anderson 4, Game 2 - And: Mac Ketchin 2-4, R, 2 RBI
Bob Jones 5, Trinity Baptist 4, Game 1 - BJU: Sam Gonzalez 1B, BB, 2 R
Trinity Baptist 9, Bob Jones 8, Game 2 - BJU: Sam Gonzalez 3-4 2, R, 2 RBI
Catawba 7, Coker 3, Game 1 - Cok: Gabriel Santiago 2-4, SB, RBI
Catawba 9, Coker 2, Game 2 - Cok: Cameron Ferrell 3-4
College of Charleston 4, William & Mary 0 - Cha: Cole Mathis BB, HBP, SB, 2 R
Edward Waters 11, Benedict 5, Game 1 - Ben: Frankey Moree 1B, HR, 3 RBI
Edward Waters 26, Benedict 11, Game 2 - Ben: Taj Bates 2-3, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Erskine 6, Barton 5, Game 1 - Ers: Jorge Pascual 1B, 2B, BB, RBI
Erskine 10, Barton 9, 10 innings, Game 2 - Ers: Juan Jaime grand slam
Flagler 7, USC Beaufort 0 - Bea: Brian Meyer 2-4
Florence-Darlington Tech 10, Gaston College 7, Game 2 - Flo: Josh Campos 2 2B, BB, 3 R, 2 RBI
High Point 15, Presbyterian 7 - PC: Noah Lebron 1B, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
Columbia International 8, Kentucky Christian 0, Game 2 - Col: Colton Lopez 3-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI
Lander 11, Claflin 5, Game 1 - Lan: Ethan Wilder 3-3, 2B, SB, 2 BB, R, 2 RBI
Lander 19, Claflin 0, Game 2 - Lan: Adam Love 2 HR, 4 R, 6 RBI
Limestone 9, Virginia Wise 7, 10 innings - Lim: Marty Neal, W, 3 IP, 0 R, 5 K
Lincoln Memorial 14, Newberry 3, Game 1 - New: Jesse Free 1-3, 2 RBI
Lincoln Memorial 12, Newberry 4, Game 2 - New: Kade Faircloth 1B, 2B, R
Louisiana 8, Coastal Carolina 6, Game 1 - Coa: Blake Barthol 3-4, 2B, SB, R, 4 RBI 
Coastal Carolina 12, Louisiana 10, Game 2 - Coa: Graham Brown 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI
Mercer 9, Wofford 8, Game 1 - Wof: Daniel Jackson 3-4, HR, 2 R, 4 RBI
North Greenville 11, Chowan 1, Game 1 - Nor: Reece Fields W, 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 7 K
North Greenville 13, Chowan 4, Game 2 - Nor: Kaleb Hall 1B, 2 2B, SB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Pitt 8, Clemson 4, Game 1 - Cle: Blake Wright HR, 3 RBI
Clemson 9, Pitt 2, Game 2 - Cle: Jacob Hinderleider 2B, HR, 2 RBI 
South Carolina 6, Arkansas 3, Game 1USC: Austin Brinling, 2-4, BB, R, RBI
Arkansas 9, South Carolina 6, Game 2 - USC: Lee Ellis 2 2B, BB, 2 R
Southern Wesleyan 7, Francis Marion 6, 8 innings, Game 1 - Sou: Blayze Haddock 2-4, 2 R, RBI, 2 SB
Southern Wesleyan 13, Francis Marion 5, Game 2 - Sou: Jason Culley 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI
Spartanburg Methodist 15, Catawba Valley 0, 5 innings, Game 1 - Spa: Blake Martin 2B, HR, 3 RBI
UNC Asheville 4, Winthrop 1, Game 1 - Win: Chancellor Jennings 2 2B, R
UNC Asheville 14, Winthrop 7, Game 2 - Win: Harrison Wilson 2-5, 2B, 2 R
USC Aiken 14, North Georgia 12, Game 1 - Aik: Brandon Osypczuk 3-5, BB, R, 3 RBI
North Georgia 6, USC Aiken 5, Game 2 - Aik: Cade Bouknight 2-4, R, RBI
USC Lancaster 16, USC Union 10, Game 1 - Lan: Eddie Olmeda 1B, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
USC Sumter 6, USC Salkehatchie 5, Game 1 - Sum: Quinn Gammage 3-3, 2B, BB, R
USC Sumter 8, USC Salkehatchie 2, Game 2 - Sum: Jarian Pinckney 3-4, 2B, SB, 3 R, 2 RBI
USC Upstate 13, Charleston Southern 0, Game 1 - Up: Henry Proger W, 7 IP, 5 K
Charleston Southern 3, USC Upstate 2, Game 2 - Cha: Parks Ledwell W, 3.1 IP< 0 H, 0 R, 4 K
VMI 10, The Citadel 2 - Cit: Garrett Fulmer 1B, 2B, HR, 2 RBI

CAC Showdown
Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, Ga.
Florida National 8, Crowley's Ridge 6
Georgia Gwinnett 38, Florida National 3
Georgia Gwinnett 13, Voorhees 0 - Voo: Joseph Gaines 1B, SB

Canceled
Wofford at Mercer, Game 2
(47/1120)

Beyond the border

ACC: No. 23 Virginia Tech beat No. 7 Duke, 2-1, in 11 innings when a ball was dropped on a potential inning-ending double play ... No. 11 North Carolina salvaged its series finale with N.C. State, 14-3 ... No. 10 Virginia beat Georgia Tech, 8-7, in 11 innings ... Notre Dame defeated Boston College, 9-4 ... No. 8 Florida State beat No. 12 Wake Forest, 9-6, in the opener of a doubleheader, but the Demon Deacons took the series with a 10-9 win on a walk-off wild pitch to end Game 2 ... Louisville topped Miami, 6-5, in 10 innings.

SEC: No. 18 Alabama salvaged the series finale over No. 1 Texas A&M, 10-9 ... No. 4 Tennessee evened its series with No. 3 Kentucky, 9-4 ... Florida salvaged the finale of  its series with No. 13 Vanderbilt, 6-2, but Jac Caglianone's home run streak ended at nine games ... Missouri topped LSU, 8-6 ... No. 24 Georgia and  Ole Miss split a doubleheader. The Bulldogs won the opener, 7-2, and the Rebels took the second game, 3-2 ... Mississippi State and Auburn were rained out and will try to play a pair of seven-inning games on Sunday.

Elsewhere: No. 9 East Carolina beat Wichita State twice, 11-7 and 11-4 ... Kansas State upended No. 15 Oklahoma State, 7-2 ... California beat No. 5 Oregon State, 8-7 ... Samford beat Western Carolina, 8-7 ... Gardner-Webb swept Longwood, 8-5 and 2-0 ... Southern Miss beat ULM, 13-3 ... South Alabama downed Texas State, 5-2 ... Appalachian State beat Arkansas State, 12-3 ... James Madison topped Georgia Southern, 9-1 ... Old Dominion edged Marshall, 3-1.

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