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| Cam Cannarella improved his season batting average to .345. (Clemson photo) |
Clemson Regional
* Clemson 7, USC Upstate 3 - Cam Cannarella had three hits and drove in four runs as the Tigers (45-16) rallied twice to beat the Spartans (36-24) in a first-round game.
* Clemson 7, USC Upstate 3 - Cam Cannarella had three hits and drove in four runs as the Tigers (45-16) rallied twice to beat the Spartans (36-24) in a first-round game.
The Tigers play West Virginia (42-14) at 6 p.m. Saturday. The Mountaineers rallied from three runs down for a 4-3 walk-off win over Kentucky (29-25). Kentucky and Upstate will play at noon in an elimination game.
Johnny Sweeney had home run in the second inning and Gage Griggs singled in Scott Newman in the fourth to give the Spartans, making their first NCAA appearance, a 2-0 lead.
Jacob McGovern came in in the Upstate fifth with the bases loaded and none out and got two strikeouts flyout to keep Clemson within two. Cannarella doubled in Andrew Ciufo and T.P. Wentworth in the bottom of the inning to tie the game and Cannarella scored on Collin Priest's sacrifice fly to put the Tigers ahead.
Newman homered on the first pitch he saw from Lucas Mahlstedt (4-0) to tie the score in the eighth. In the bottom of the inning, Dominic Listi led off with a single and stole second. One out later, Listi stole third as Jack Crighton walked. Wentworth singled to right to give Clemson the lead and Ciufo followed with a squeeze bunt to make it 5-3. Cannarella capped the scoring with a home run to center. He has a 20-game hitting streak and 42-game on-base streak.
Spartans starter Amp Phillips struck out nine in six innings. McGovern struck out six in 3 1/3 hitless innings. He has given up one earned run in 22 2/3 innings in his last 11 appearances.
Conway Regional
* Coastal Carolina 10, Florida 2 - Cameron Flukey struck out nine in seven innings and the Chanticleers (49-11) extended their winning streak to 19 games by beating the Stags (39-18) in a game delayed in starting by more than four hours because on rain.
* Coastal Carolina 10, Florida 2 - Cameron Flukey struck out nine in seven innings and the Chanticleers (49-11) extended their winning streak to 19 games by beating the Stags (39-18) in a game delayed in starting by more than four hours because on rain.
Coastal will play East Carolina (34-25) at 7 p.m. Saturday, The Pirates scored the game's first nine runs to beat Florida,11-6, earlier in the day. Fairfield plays Florida (38-21) in an elimination game at 3 p.m.
Ty Dooley and Colby Thorndyke homered for Coastal,, which scored the game's final six runs.
Dooley and Walker Mitchell had two hits apiece, while Wells Sykes drove in two runs.
Clemson Regional
Doug Kingsmore Stadium
West Virginia 4, Kentucky 3
West Virginia 4, Kentucky 3
Clemson 7, USC Upstate 3 - Cle; Jacob McGovern 3.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, BB, 6 K
Conway Regional
Springs Brooks Stadium
East Carolina 11, Florida 6
East Carolina 11, Florida 6
OTHER REGIONALS
* Lenoir-Rhyne 15, East Stroudsburg 11 - The Bears hit four home runs to set a NCAA Division II season record with 134 homers and won their first-ever game in the DII World Series in Cary, N.C. LR plays Central Missouri Sunday at 6 p.m.
NJCAA Division I World Series
* Walters State 11, McLennan 9 - The Senators advanced to Saturday's championship game against Salt Lake.
In order of national seed
Nashville Regional
Louisville 8, East Tennessee State 3
Vanderbilt 4, Wright State 3
Vanderbilt 4, Wright State 3
Austin Regional
Texas 7, Houston Christian 1
Texas San Antonio 10, Kansas State 2
Texas San Antonio 10, Kansas State 2
Fayetteville Regional
Arkansas 6, North Dakota State 2
Creighton 11, Kansas 4
Creighton 11, Kansas 4
Auburn Regional
Stetson 11, N.C. State 2
Auburn 9, Central Connecticut State 5
Chapel Hill Regional
North Carolina 4, Holy Cross 0
Oklahoma 7, Nebraska 4
Baton Rouge Regional
LSU 7, Little Rock 0
LSU 7, Little Rock 0
Dallas Baptist 6, Rhode Island 2
Athens Regional
Georgia 20, Binghamton 4
Duke 12, Oklahoma State 5
Duke 12, Oklahoma State 5
Corvallis Regional
Southern Cal 13, TCU 1
St. Mary's 6, Oregon State 4 - No. 8 national seed loses
St. Mary's 6, Oregon State 4 - No. 8 national seed loses
Tallahassee Regional.
Florida State 6, Bethune-Cookman 2
Mississippi State 11, Northeastern 2 - snaps NU's 27-game winning streak
Mississippi State 11, Northeastern 2 - snaps NU's 27-game winning streak
Oxford Regional
Georgia Tech 9, Western Kentucky 2
Murray State 9, Ole Miss 6 - No. 10 national seed loses
Murray State 9, Ole Miss 6 - No. 10 national seed loses
Eugene Regional
Arizona 3, Cal Poly 2
Arizona 3, Cal Poly 2
Utah Valley 6, Oregon 5 - No. 12 national seed loses
Knoxville Regional
Cincinnati 11, Wake Forest 6
Tennessee 9, Miami (Ohio) 2
Tennessee 9, Miami (Ohio) 2
Los Angeles Regional
UCLA 19, Fresno State 4
Arizona State 4, UC Irvine 2
Arizona State 4, UC Irvine 2
Hattiesburg Regional
Miami 5, Alabama 3
Columbia 11, Southern Mississippi 4 - No. 16 national seed loses
Elsewhere
NCAA Division II World Series* Lenoir-Rhyne 15, East Stroudsburg 11 - The Bears hit four home runs to set a NCAA Division II season record with 134 homers and won their first-ever game in the DII World Series in Cary, N.C. LR plays Central Missouri Sunday at 6 p.m.
NAIA World Series
* LSU Shreveport 13, Southeastern 7 - The Pilots scored the game's final eight runs to win the National Championship and complete a 59-0 season. On Thursday, Shreveport passed the previous record winning streak for all levels of college baseball (57), set by Howard (junior) College in 2007. The previous four-year mark was 46 wins by Savannah State in 2000.
NJCAA Division I World Series
* Walters State 11, McLennan 9 - The Senators advanced to Saturday's championship game against Salt Lake.
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