State scoreboard, Tuesday, April 29

Chet Bowling got his first homer of the season
and exceeded his RBI total (4). (Winthrop photo)

Player of the day: Chet Bowling, Winthrop, 4-5, 2B, HR, 4 R, 5 RBI

Briefly: Jarvis Evans pitched 5 2/3 shutout innings and Evan Stone had a two-run single in a four-run seventh inning as South Carolina  (26-20) shut out Charleston Southern (24-17) ... Sebastian Alexander drove in three runs and Coastal Carolina (34-11) got six shutout innings from its bullpen in a win at UNC  Greensboro ... Winthrop (26-21) hit three home runs as it run-ruled Queens. Chet Bowling and Chazz Grossington drove in five runs apiece ... Pikeville scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the seventh and held on to beat Columbia International in the opener of the Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament. Then Rams (28-21) got the potential tying run to third base with one out in the ninth, but the next two batters struck out. CIU will play Bluefield in an elimination game at 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Coastal Carolina 8, UNC Greensboro 2 - Coa: Wells Sykes 2-3, SB, RBI

South Carolina 5, Charleston Southern 3 - USC: Henry Kaczmar 1B, 2B, HBP, R

Winthrop 25, Queens 0, 7 innings - Win: Mason Tompkins W, 6 IP, 2 K, 4 K

Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament
Hunter Wright Stadium, Kingsport, Tenn.

Pikeville 3, Columbia International 2 - Col: Mason Turner 1B, 3B, RBI
Milligan 8, Bluefield 2

Bryan 3, St. Andrews 2

Johnson 8,  Montreat 0

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