State scoreboard, Tuesday, March 11

Alex Ritzer's inside-the-park grand slam
gave the Spartans the lead. (USC Upstate photo)

Player of the day: Alex Ritzer, USC Upstate, 1B, HR, 5 RBI

Briefly: Luke Gaffney and Andrew Ciufo hit two-run homers in the second innings as Clemson beat Liberty for its 14th consecutive win in the opener of a two-game series ... Dariyan Pendergrass and Will Baumhofer had two-run singles in College of Charleston's six-run third inning as the Cougars held off Wofford ... Lane Tobin hit two home runs, including a three-run shot in the seventh to help The Citadel salt away a win at Presbyterian ... Alex Ritzer's inside-the-park grand slam capped a six-run fourth inning as USC Upstate won the opener of  a two-game series at Stetson ... A seven-run fourth inning powered Wake Forest to a run-rule win at Coastal Carolina ... Ian Miller had four hits and four RBI and Gavin  Edens added three hits as Coker walloped Mount Olive ... Campbell McCurry's two-run single in the fifth inning gave Newberry the lead and the Wolves held on to upend North Greenville ... Three Notre Dame pitchers held Winthrop to four hits and struck out 10 in the opener of a two-game series ... Zay Brandt's two-run single in the fifth inning gave Bob Jones the lead and the Bruins held on to win Game 1 over Defiance. The Yellow Jackets gained a split with a run-rule win in Game 2 with the help of 14 walks ... Belmont Abbey scored 10 runs in the first inning as it won a nonconference game over Lander. ... Landon Meyer's two-run single in the ninth inning gave Wingate the lead and the Bulldogs held on to win at Francis Marion ... Both teams hit four home runs, but Hogan Stallings' three-run shot proved to be the difference as Lenoir-Rhyne trimmed Southern Wesleyan. Cam Mitchem hit the 28th and 29th homers of his Warriors career ... Emmanuel used a seven-run sixth inning to blow past Anderson ... Embry-Riddle handed USC Beaufort its 10th straight loss...

Belmont Abbey 19, Lander 10 - Lan: Grant Sherrod 4-5, 2 RBI

Bob Jones 3, Defiance 2, Game 1 - BJU: Gabriel Swarms S, 1.1 IP, H, 2 K

Defiance 17, Bob Jones 7, 5 innings, Game 2 - BJU: Elijah Medrano 2-2, 2B, 3 RBI

Clemson 6, Liberty 4 - Cle: Jarren Purify 2-4, R

Coker 18, Mount Olive 2 - Cok: Wyatt Tucker W, 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER

College of Charleston 9, Wofford 8 - Cha:  Davis Aiken S, 1.1 IP, 2 K 

East Georgia 7, Columbia International JV 3, Game 1

East Georgia 10, Columbia International JV 0, Game 2

Embry-Riddle 12, USC Beaufort 0, 8 innings - Bea: Jon Davis 2B

Emmanuel 18, Anderson 8 - And: Brooks Mauro 2B, HR, 4 RBI

Lenoir-Rhyne 7, Southern Wesleyan 4 - Sou: Jack Dennison 1B, HR

Newberry 6, North Greenville 5 - New:  Jesse Free 3-4, 2 R

Notre Dame 6, Winthrop 3 - Win: Nate Chronis 1B, 2B, 3 RBI

The Citadel 11, Presbyterian 3 - Cit: Garrett Dill 1B, 2B, HR, BB, HBP, 2 R, 2 RBI

USC Upstate 8, Stetson 5 - Up: Scott Campbell 2-3, BB, 2 R, RBI 
Wake Forest 16, Coastal Carolina 6, 7 innings - Coa: Caden Bodine HR 2 RBI

Wingate 10, Francis Marion 9 - Fra: Charlie Bussey III 2 2B, HR, BB, 2 4, 5 RBI

Moved to 1 p.m. Wednesday

Erskine at Claflin, DH

Canceled

Spartanburg Methodist at Voorhees

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