State scoreboard, Sunday, Feb. 23

Joe Allen stranded two Aggies in the
seventh inning and got the win when 
the Tigers scored two late runs. (Clemson photo)

Player of the day: Joe Allen, Clemson, 2.1 IP, H,0 R, 5 K

Briefly: Tryston McLaddie and Collin Priest had two hits apiece and Joe Allen struck out five in 2 1/3 innings of shutout relief as Clemson beat North Carolina A&T to finish 4-0 in the Clemson Invitational ... South Carolina had seven extra-base hits and Gamecocks pitcher struck out 14 in a run-rule win to complete a series sweep of Milwaukee ... Freddy Rodriguez's inside-the-park grand slam in the seventh inning put Coastal Carolina in control as it handed N.C. State its fourth straight  loss ... Hunter Thompson's two-run, two-out single gave USC Aiken a walk-off victory and a 3-1 series win over NCAA Division No. 8 Indiana (Pa.) ... Jarrett Whitley's three-run homer in the seventh broke a 1-1 tie as Southern Wesleyan salvaged the final game of a Conference Carolinas series with Mount Olive ...Chandler Tuopo singled and homered to drive in four runs and Charleston Southern got its third consecutive run-rule win over Manhattan ... The Citadel scored three runs in the first inning and coasted to victory over Maine ... Benedict came from behind for the third straight game and completed a series sweep of Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference rival LeMoyne-Owen. Juan Guardado hit a pair of home runs ... Harrison Campi, Tyler Hare and David Wiley homered as Wofford wrapped up a series sweep of Army ... Winthrop rebounded from two lopsided losses to Villanova with a big win in the series finale ... Vance Sheahan went 5-for-5 and three USC Upstate pitchers combined on a four-hitter against Bowling Green ... Seton Hall pitchers held College of Charleston to six hits in avoiding a series sweep ... Lander scored three runs in the eighth and Jake Larson retired all 12 batters he faced to complete a series sweep of Chowan ... Florence-Darlington Tech scored 13 runs in the fifth to run-rule Gaston College in the rubber game of the Region 10 series of nationally ranked teams. Gabe Herold singled and homered to drive in seven runs. His grand slam invoked the run rule ...  Coker's Cody Chapman struck out 10 and pitched a two-hit shutout in Game 2 of a South Atlantic Conference sweep of Emory & Henry ... Presbyterian lashed 17 hits in beating Le Moyne ... USC Sumter jumped on previously unbeaten USC Union for nine runs in the first two innings to take the Region 10 series finale ... USC Lancaster shut out USC Salkehatchie in five innings in the rubber game of that Region 10 series ... Thomas Jackson hit a pair of home runs as Augusta won a Peach Belt Conference series finale over USC Beaufort ... Barton scored four runs in the eighth and held on to take the rubber game of a Conference Carolinas series at Francis Marion ... An eight-run first put Cumberland on track for a series sweep of Spartanburg Methodist.

Augusta 11, USC Beaufort 5 - Bea: Noah Campbell 1B, 2B, BB, SB, R
Barton 13, Francis Marion 9 - Fra: Charlie Bussey III 3-5, 2B, 2 SB,  R, 2 RBI

Benedict 16, LeMoyne-Owen 5, 7 innings - Ben: Justin Murray 3-4, HR, SB, 3 R, 3 RBI
Charleston Southern 15, Manhattan 4, 7 innings - Tyler Henshaw W, 2.1 IP, 0 H,0 R, 5 K
Coker 11, Emory & Henry 8, Game 1 - Cok: Jaylen Mack 1B, HR, 3 RBI
Coker 10, Emory & Henry 0, Game 2 - Cok: Alex Lazar 2-2, 3 SB, 2 R, 3 RBI

Cumberland 18, Spartanburg Methodist 5, 7 innings - Spa: Chance Greene 2B, HR, 2 R

Florence-Darlington Tech 20, Gaston College 9, 5 innings - Flo: Patrick Evans 2B, 5 RBI

Lander 5, Chowan 4 - Lan: Jake Larson W, 4 IP, 0 H,0 R, 3 K

Seton Hall 8, College of Charleston 5 - Cha: Payton Frehner 2-4, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
South Carolina 14, Milwaukee 4, 8 innings - USC: Will Tippett 4-5, 2 2B, 2 R, RBI

Southern Wesleyan 6, Mount Olive 2 - Sou: Marty Grisso 3-4, HR, 2 R 

The Citadel 10, Maine 3 - Cit: Ben Brash W, 6 IP, 0 R,4 K

USC Aiken 9, Indiana (Pa.) 8 - Aik: Josh Sharp HR, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI
USC Lancaster 13, USC Salkehatchie 0 - Lan: Finn McLaughlin 3-3, 2B, 3 R, 3 RBI

USC Sumter 12, USC Union 2 - Sum: Cavan McMeans 3-4, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI 

Winthrop 17, Villanova 3 - Win: Ethan Wilson 2B, HR, 6 RBI
Wofford 8, Army 1 - Wof: Champ Davis W, 4.2 IP, 1 R, 6 K

Clemson Baseball Invitational

Doug Kingsmore Stadium

Clemson 4, North Carolina A&T 2 - Cle: Justin LeGuernic 6 IP H, 0 R, 6 K
VCU 6, North Carolina A&T 3

Jax College Baseball Classic

VyStar Ballpark, Jacksonville

Alabama 12, Ohio State 10
Coastal Carolina 10, N.C. State 3 - Coa: Hayden Johnson S, 3.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4 K

OneSpartanburg, Inc. Classic

Presbyterian 12, Le Moyne 1 - PC: Robbie Boykin W, 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 3 K
USC Upstate 9, Bowling Green 2 - Spa: Vance Sheahan 5-5,  2B, 2 R, 2 RBI

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