State scoreboard, Sunday, March 23

Jared Werling improved to 4-0 and has a 1.79 ERA
this season (USC Lancaster photo) 

Player of the day: Jared Werling, USC Lancaster, W, CG, 5 H, R, 8 K

Briefly: Tryston McCladdie scored on a wild pitch to cap Clemson's (23-3, 4-2) comeback from six runs down to claim an ACC series win over Wake Forest (19-6, 7-2).  Clemson tied the game with three runs in the eighth. McLaddie walked to lead off the ninth, stole second, went to third on Josh Paino's groundout and scored on the wild pitch. Dominic Listi had three hits drove in three runs for the Tigers. ... Troy (18-6, 4-2) scored four runs in the sixth and four in the seventh to take a Sun Belt Conference series over Coastal Carolina (17-7, 4-2) ... Arkansas (23-2, 5-1) hit three home runs in a seven-run eighth inning to wrap up an SEC sweep of South Carolina (17-8, 1-5) ...  Ethan Plyer singled, doubled and homered to drive in three runs as College of Charleston (14-8, 2-1) rallied from an early four-run deficit to take the rubber game of the CAA series with Elon (9-14, 1-2) ... Ryan Ouzts singled, doubled, homered twice and drove in six runs as Presbyterian (12-13, 4-2) outslugged Gardner-Webb (11-14, 1-5) to complete a Big South Conference series sweep ... Jack Hobson and Capers Molinaroli hit grand slams as USC Aiken (14-16, 6-6) snapped a six-game losing streak by beating Columbus State (12-15, 4-8) in a Peach Belt Conference series finale ... Johnny Sweeney singled, doubled and homered to drive in five runs as USC Upstate (12-11, 3-3) completed a Big South Conference sweep at Charleston Southern (12-9, 0-6) ... Luke Garabedian's three-run homer gave USC Lancaster (13-18, 7-8) the lead and Jared Werling pitched a complete game to beat Gaston College (24-8-1, 10-5) in Region 10 ... Florence-Darlington Tech (26-9, 13-2) scored five runs in the second and six in the third against USC Union (20-9, 8-7) in Region 10 to win its 12th straight game ... Jakob Cowart had three hits and drove in two runs as USC Sumter (14-16, 6-9) completed a Region 10 sweep of USC Salkehatchie (1-30, 1-14) ... Lander (21-9, 9-3) scored six runs in the final two innings to salvage the final game of a Peach Belt Conference series at North Georgia (20-9, 10-2) ... Kenyan Conner Jr. and Nicholas Gioia's each hit two of Benedict's  (10-9, 8-9) nine home runs and Gioia's grand slam wrapped up a run-rule win over Albany State (15-14, 10-8) in the rubber game of an SIAC series ...  Mercer (16-9, 1-2) scored the game's final six runs to deny The Citadel (13-12, 2-1) in a bid for its first 3-0 SoCon start since 2011 ... St. John's (10-12) rallied from nine runs down to take the series finale at Winthrop (13-11) ... Villanova (1-10) never surrendered any early lead to salvage the series finale at Wofford (17-8) ... Paine (10-4) swept a doubleheader from Morris (0-23).

Arkansas 11, South Carolina 4 - USC: Beau Hollins 1B, HR, HBP, 2 R

Benedict 23, Albany State 13, 8 innings - Ben: Justin Murray 4-5, BB, 3 R, 5 RBI

Clemson 7, Wake Forest 6 - Cle: Lucas Mahlstedt W,  3 IP, 0 R, 3 K

College of Charleston 11, Elon 6 - Cha: Peyton Frehner 3-5, 2 R, RBI

Florence-Darlington Tech 12, USC Union 1, 5 innings - Flo: Patrick Evans 2B, R, 3 RBI

Lander 12, North Georgia 9 - Lan: Grant Sherrod 3-4, HR, BB, 3 R, 4 RBI
Mercer 9, The Citadel 7 - Cit: Phillips Daniels 2 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI 
Paine 8, Morris 3, Game 1 - Mor: Dylan Levy 3-4, 2B, RBI, SB

Paine 9, Morris 3, Game 2 - Mor: Jalen Scott 1B, 3B, RBI

Presbyterian 16, Gardner-Webb 13 - PC: Rhogue Wallace 2B, R, 3 RBI
Troy 9, Coastal Carolina 5 - Coa: Wells Sykes 2-4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI

St. John's 11, Winthrop 9 - Win: Brayden Gilley 6 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 K

USC Aiken 11, Columbus State 7 - Aik: Damien Ashley W, 4.1 IP, R, 2 K

USC Lancaster 4, Gaston College 1 - Lan: Isaiah Lutz 2-4, R
USC Sumter 14, USC Salkehatchie 4, 5 innings - Sum: Hayden Lake 2-3, 2B, BB, RBI 

USC Upstate 8, Charleston Southern 2 - Up: Chris Torres W, 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 10 K

Villanova 10, Wofford 5 - Wof: David Wiley 3-3, 2B,  BB, R, 2 RBI
(17/793)

OTHER ACC SCORES

California 6, Stanford 5, 10 innings
Duke 13, Virginia 6
Georgia Tech 10, Notre Dame 2
Notre Carolina 10, Boston College 0
Pitt 5, N.C. State 3
Virginia Tech 11, Louisville 4

ACC standings
Florida State 5-1; Georgia Tech 7-2; Wake Forest 7-2; Clemson 4-2; N.C. State 4-2; California 5-4; Duke 5-4, Stanford 5-4; North Carolina 4-5; Virginia Tech 4-5; Pitt 2-4; Boston College 3-6; Virginia 3-6; Miami 1-5; Notre Dame 1-8.

Next weekend's matchups
Thursday-Saturday
Stanford at Virginia
Friday-Sunday
Clemson at Georgia Tech
California at Louisville
Florida State at Notre Dame

Miami at North Carolina
N.C. State at Duke
Pitt at Boston College

Virginia Tech at Wake Forest

OTHER SEC SCORES
Georgia 15, Florida 4
Kentucky 6, Auburn 0
Oklahoma 7, Mississippi State 3
Ole Miss 14, Missouri 6
Texas 6, LSU 2

SEC standings
Arkansas 5-1; Georgia 5-1; Tennessee 5-1; Texas 5-1; Auburn 4-2; LSU 4-2; Oklahoma 4-2; Ole Miss 4-2; Vanderbilt 4-2; Kentucky 2-4; Mississippi State 1-5; South Carolina 1-5; Florida 0-6; Missouri 0-6; Texas A&M 0-6.

Next weekend's matchups
Thursday-Saturday
Florida at Ole Miss
Mississippi State at LSU
Friday-Sunday
Tennessee at South Carolina
Arkansas at Vanderbilt
Auburn at Georgia
Kentucky at Texas A&M
Oklahoma at Alabama
Texas at Missouri