State scoreboard, Wednesday, March 26

Player of the day: Aiden Talarico, USC Union, 6-10, 2 2B, HR, 2 SB 5 ER, 7 RBI

Briefly: Luke Gaffney homered and drove in four run and Clemson pitchers (24-4) struck out 13 as the Tigers beat Presbyterian (12-14) ... Landon Peavy hit two home runs for the second straight day as North Greenville (26-8) doubled up Coker (20-11) ... Tanner Beckley hit two of Florence-Darlington Tech's (27-7) five home runs in a shutout win of Caldwell Tech, extending the Stingers' winning streak to 13 ... Mason Elrod, Markus Kirksey and Aiden Talarico drove in seven runs apiece as USC Union (22-9) recovered from a five-game losing streak with a doubleheader sweep of the Montreat JV ... Seth Kirby's seventh-inning homer gave USC Sumter (16-16) a walk-off run-rule win over P27 Academy. Josh Keen, Tyler Shipman and Allen McCormick combined on a two-hit shutout for the Fire Ants, who have won six straight ... USC Lancaster (14-18) wiped out an eight-run deficit with a 10-run third inning to knock off  Surry CC, the No. 6 team in this week's NJCAA Division III rankings ... Cole Montgomery pitched four no-hit innings and Jarian Pinckney had a three-run triple as Spartanburg Methodist (12-21) got a run-rule win over Truett-McConnell ...  Josh Sharp tripled, homered, stole two bases and scored four times as USC Aiken (15-16) rallied to beat Augusta at SRP Park ... A five-run sixth inning gave Toccoa Falls control in the opener and the Eagles went on to sweep Claflin (5-23-1). The Panthers have lost 15th straight ... Young Harris scored seven runs in the second inning to beat Conference Carolinas rival Southern Wesleyan (7-25) in a nonconference meeting ... Savannah State coaxed 14 walks and stole six bases in a win over Voorhees (13-12).

Clemson 9, Presbyterian 1 - Cle: Chance Fitzgerald W, 5 IP, 2 K 0 RE, 6 K

Florence-Darlington Tech 16, Caldwell Tech 0 - Flo: Jacob Brown 3-5, 2B, HR, 2 R, 5 RBI 

North Greenville 14, Coker 7 - Nor: Brayden Renfrow 4-5, 3B, SB, 2 R, RBI
Savannah State 7, Voorhees 4 - Voo: Ethan Farrell 2B, BB, RBI

Spartanburg Methodist 1, Truett-McConnell 1, 7 innings - Spa: Dario Astudillo 3-4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI

Toccoa Falls 8, Claflin 4, Game 1 - Cla: Michael Coit 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI

Toccoa Falls 11 Claflin 5, Game 2 - Cla: Kimon Quarles 1-3, BB, R, RBI

USC Aiken 8, Augusta 7 - Aik: Charles Herring Jr. S, 2 IP, 0 ER, 5 K
USC Lancaster 14, Surry CC 10 - Lan: Kaidan Barron 1B, HR, 2 RBI

USC Sumter 11, P27 Academy 0, 7 innings - Sum: Quinn Gammage 2 2B, BB, SB, 2 R, 2 RBI

USC Union 18, Montreat JV 4, Game 1 - Uni: Mason Elrod 2B, HR, BB, 3 R, 5 RBI 

USC Union 19, Montreat JV 9, Game 2 - Uni: Markus Kirksey 2B, HR, BB, 2 R, 4 RBI

Young Harris 9, Southern Wesleyan 7 - Sou: Griffin Pickhardt 3-4, SB, 2 R, RBI

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