Monday, May 6, 2024

Palmetto State Baseball dissa and data, May 6

Anderson

* Troj-antics: The Trojans haven't finished with a winning record since 2003, so the four-game winning streak to finish with a .500 record was a nice end to the season ... Carlos Hernandez has two hits in four of his last five games ... Mac Ketchin ended the season on a seven-game hitting streak.

Charleston Southern

* Buc blasts: Cade Conway was 6-for-13 in the PC series, raising his batting average to .382.

Clemson

* Tiger tales: The Tigers got nine hits in the series finale with Georgia Tech, ending a streak of nine games with 10 or more hits ... Clemson has won its last three ACC series since losing two of three to N.C. State ... Aidan Knaak has 82 strikeouts in 63 innings ... The 0-for-2 day on Sunday ended Blake Wright's 15-game hitting streak ... Jacob Hinderleider has a 12-game hitting streak ... Cam Cannarella has two or more hits in seven of his last nine games.

Coastal Carolina

* Chanti-sphere:  The eight-game losing streak is Coastal's longest since dropping nine straight in 2014. The Chanticleers  have a .250 batting average and a 7.97 ERA during the slide. They've scored 30 runs while allowing 66.

Coker

* Snake strikes: The Cobras never lost more than two consecutive games this season ... Coker was a combined 5-1 against Carson-Newman and Wingate in the regular season before losing to both in the Conference Tournament.

College of Charleston

* Cougar curves: Charleston has won four straight games and 13 of its last 14 ... Losing the Towson series finale to rain dropped the Cougars a half-game behind UNCW in the CAA standings ... The College belted nine homers in two games at Towson and have scored 54 runs in the last four games ... Avery Neaves was 8-for-8 with 3 doubles, 2 triples, 3 homers and 5 RBI at Towson. He also walked in each game and was hit by a pitch in one, so he reached base in all 11 plate appearances.

Erskine

* Fleet filberts: David Hernandez was 8-for-19 with 7 RBI in the Conference Carolinas Tournament ... The team averaged 10.8 hits per game and finished the season with a .309 batting average ...

FD Tech

* Stinger zingers: Entering Monday, Tech pitchers had allowed one earned run while striking out 34 in the last 21 innings ... Josh Campos is 7-for-15 with 9 RBI over his last five games
 

Francis Marion

* Patriot-ics: With the retirement of Art Inabinet, the program is looking for its third coach in its 52-year history. Gerald Griffin founded the program in 1973 and won 655 games in 28 season.  Inabinet won 704 in 24 years.

Lander

* Lander liners: Ethan Wilder has gone 13-for-25 during a six-game hitting streak ... Connor Droze hit his 20th homer, tying him with Connor Lewis for second place in school history. Zach Daly his 23 in 2016. Droze has a school-record 38 career homers ... Anson Merrick lowered his ERA to 2.36 by allowing a run in seven innings against USC Aiken. That is lower than the school record 2.44 for Chris Thomas in 2012.

Newberry

* Wolf howls: Donovan Ford had his 31-game hitting streak snapped in Saturday's game with Carson-Newman, but he bounced back with three hits in the doubleheader with Wingate. He has reached base safely in 33 consecutive games ... Henry Gibson was 10-for-16 in his final four games ... Jomar Lugo was 8-for-16 in the SAC Tournament with 3 doubles, his only homer of the season (a grand slam) and 11 RBI.

North Greenville

* Crusader capers:  David Lewis has homered in four of his last five games, driving in 9 runs ... Bryce Roddey hit for the cycle against Emmanuel on Friday.

Presbyterian

* Kilt kernels: Joel Dragoo has a 21-game hitting streak.  He has 6 homers and 18 RBI during the streak ... Charlie McDaniel's start against Charleston Southern on Saturday was his 53rd career appearance, a school Division I record ... Daniel Eagen has struck out 96 batters in 56 1/3 innings

South Carolina

* Fowl fare: Catcher Cole Messina was 7-for-11 at Missouri with two doubles, a triple, two homers and seven RBI. He also singled and homered against East Tennessee State midweek ... On a weekend when all three starters struggles, Carolina relievers went 8 shutout innings on Friday and 7 2/3 scoreless innings on Sunday ... Ty Good's four shutout innings on Friday lowered his ERA in SEC games to 2.45 He has 39 strikeouts in 29 1/3 innings in eight league appearances.

Spartanburg Methodist

* Pioneer pearls: Schley Gordy finished the season batting .398 ... Blake Martin, who missed almost half the season, hit .500 (56-for-112) ... Davis Wright had an 8-2 record, an 2.54 ERA and 72 strikeouts in 63 2/3 innings. Kemper Nix was 9-4  with a 2.80 ERA and 73 strikeouts in 61 innings.

The Citadel

* Bulldog bulletins: Since starting the season 14-3, the Bulldogs have gone 3-25. They have lost their last nine ... Travis Elliott has was 7-for-10 in the UNCG series, with five of his hits doubles ... The Citadel has been outscored 115-64 from the seventh inning on.

USC Aiken

* Pacer patter: The 14 wins are the fewest in a season (other than the 2020 CoVID year) since 1979. The program did not having a losing season from 2000 through 2021.

USC Lancaster

* Lancer lots: Joe Sperry hit his 20th homer in Sunday's win over USC Union. He has driven in 84 runs

USC Salkehatchie

* Indian items: Friday's 13-0 no-hit loss to Gaston College was the second for Salkehatchie this season. Georgia Highlands didn't allow a hit in an 11-2 win March 2. It also was the seventh time the Indians have been shut out.

USC Sumter

* Ant hills: Luke Taylor was 6-for-33 this season entering Sunday. He was 7-for-9 in two games and hit a game-winning three-run shot in the 11th against  USC Lancaster

USC Union

* Bantam bits: The 23 wins set a program season record.

USC Upstate

* Uppercuts: Koby Kropf has vaulted to the team lead in homers (18) and batting average (.372). He had a streak of five straight game with a home run. snapped in the nightcap against High Point on Friday ... The Panthers outhomered the Spartans, 16-9 in the series. High Point had nine homers in Game 1. The Panthers' Peyton Carr had five homers, including three in Game 1.

Winthrop

* Eagle eggstra: Harrison Wilson has a 14-game hitting streak, hitting two of his four season homers in that time. Wilson struck out 10 Queens batters in four innings Feb. 27, but has not pitched since ... Ricky Teel has hit safely in five of his last six games raining his batting average from .194 to .267 ... Jaylen Hernandez has a five-game hitting streak.

Wofford

* Terrier tappers: Lucas Manning was 7-for-16 in four games last week and extended his hitting streak to six games ... Dixon Black was 7-for-15. Marshall Toole had a 42-game on-base streak snapped over the weekend, but he did connect for his ninth triple ... Zac Cowan has lowered hits ERA to 3.08. He has struck out 89 batters in 76 innings.

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