Saturday, May 3, 2025

State scoreboard, Saturday, May 3

Johnny Sweeney has 17 homers and 73 RBI
this season. (USC Upstate photo)
Player of the day: Johnny Sweeney, USC Upstate 3-3 BB, HBP, 2 HR, 5 R, 7 RBI

* NCAA Division I: Cameron Flukey struck out nine Appalachian State (21-25, 11-12) batters in seven innings as Coastal Carolina (36-11, 19-4) extended its Sun Belt Conference winning streak to 11 games ... Johnny Sweeney hit two homers, drove in seven runs and scored five times as USC Upstate (25-22, 12-5) evened its Big South Conference series with Longwood (11-36, 5-15) ... Dylan Johnson homered and scored twice as College of Charleston (26-19, 9-11) evened its Coastal Athletic Association series at William & Mary (20-26, 13-7) ... Ryan Wynn's RBI single capped a two-run eighth as Wofford (27-21, 5-9) clinched a SoCon series win over Mercer (30-19, 9-8) ... High Point (31-14, 12-4) took the lead with a four-run fifth and beat Presbyterian (17-25, 9-10) in what was supposed to be a Big South doubleheader. Game 2 was rained out and will be made up as part of a noon Sunday twinbill ... Clemson had a 4-3 lead over Florida State when the game was suspended in the eighth inning because of weather. It will resume at 1 p.m. Sunday, followed by the scheduled game ... Florida had a 1-0 lead over South Carolina in the bottom of the third when the game was suspended because of weather. It will be resumed at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, followed by a seven-inning game to conclude the series ... The Citadel's game at UNC Greensboro was postponed and will be made up as part of a 2 p.m. Sunday doubleheader.

* Conference Carolinas Tournament: Gavin Gilmore's two-run single in the ninth inning gave Barton (31-21) the lead and the Bulldogs threw out a North Greenville (43-13) runner at third base to end the game and eliminate the Trailblazers ... Belmont Abbey (36-15) scored the game's first seven runs and added eight in the ninth to eliminate top seed Francis Marion (40-13).

* Continental Athletic Conference: Georgia Gwinnett scored five runs in the first inning and went on to run-rule Spartanburg Methodist (20-28). 

* Peach Belt Conference: Taichi Nakao singled, doubled, walked and drove in four runs as Lander (39-13) moved into the site finals by run-ruling  Georgia College (29-23). The Bearcats have won 11 straight games ... Flagler rallied from eight runs down to force extra innings, but USC Aiken (23-28) scored a run in the 10th to advance to another elimination game. That game was suspended until Sunday with Georgia College leading, 3-1, in the fourth inning.

* South Atlantic Conference: Top seed Catawba scored four runs in the top of the ninth to send Limestone (26-25) into a losers bracket game to be played on Sunday. The Coker-Newberry game also was postponed.

* Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Regular-season champion Spring Hill took the lead with a six-run sixth inning and eliminated Benedict (24-18). Jose Gil had a single and two RBI for the Tigers.

* Region 10: Three Florence-Darlington Tech (47-9) pitchers combined to shut out USC Sumter (29-24) ... Dylan Baker homered and drove in three runs and USC Lancaster (24-25) held on to win the completion of Friday's game against USC Salkehatchie (4-47) ... The USC Lancaster-Gaston College game was scoreless in the fourth inning when it was suspended by weather. It will resume at 9 a.m. Sunday, with the remainder of the original Saturday schedule to follow.

Coastal Carolina 6, Appalachian State 2 - Coa: Sebastian Alexander 2-4, 2B, SB, 2 R
College of Charleston 4, William & Mary 2 - Cha: Dylan Johnson HR, BB
High Point 10, Presbyterian 4, Game 1 - PC: Nick Smith HR, 2 RBI
USC Upstate 22, Longwood 11 - Up: Preston Lucas 2 2B, HR, 6 RBI
Wofford 6, Mercer 5 - Wof: Noah Brini 2-2, 2 BB, 2 R

Postponed until part of Sunday DH
High Point at Presbyterian, Game 2, at noon
The Citadel at UNC Greensboro, at 2 p.m.

Suspended until 1 p.m. Sunday
Clemson 4, Florida State 3, B8

Suspended until 1:30 p.m. Sunday
Florida 1, South Carolina 0, B3 

APPALACHIAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Hunter Wright Stadium, Kingsport, Tenn.
Reinhardt 6, Milligan 5
Tennessee Wesleyan 4, Reinhardt 2

CONFERENCE CAROLINAS TOURNAMENT
Gastonia, N.C.
Barton 5, North Greenville 4 - Nor: Brady Price 5 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 3 K
Belmont Abbey 15,  Francis Marion 4 - Fra: Noah Stout HR, BB, 2 RBI
Young Harris 25, Emmanuel 1, 7 innings

Postponed to 1 p.m. Sunday
Game 14: Barton vs. Belmont Abbey

CONTINENTAL ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Grizzly Athletic Complex, Lawrenceville, Ga.
Georgia Gwinnett 11, Spartanburg Methodist 1 - Spa: Matt Smith 2-3, RBI
Fisher 14, Florida National 3, 7 innings
Postponed to Sunday
Spartanburg Methodist vs. Fisher

HBCUAC TOURNAMENT
Dickey-Stephens Park, North Little Rock, Ark.
Talladega 9, Southern-New Orleans 7
Stillman 13, Wiley 9, 13 innings
Southern-New Orleans 27, Stillman 0, 7 innings - Sou: Christopher Nunez no-hitter

PEACH BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Bob Stein Stadium, Dahlonega, Ga.
Columbus State 5, Georgia Southwestern 4, 13 innings
Columbus State 6, Augusta 1
North Georgia 9, Georgia Southwestern 4

Postponed until Sunday
Game 5: Augusta vs. North Georgia

Stephen B. Dolny Stadium, Greenwood
Lander 11, Georgia College 1, 8 innings - Lan: Mario Lopez 3-4, 2 2B, 3 R, BB RBI
USC Aiken 10, Flagler 9, 10 innings - Aik: Josh Sharp 3-5, BB, 2 SB, 2 R, 2 RBI

Suspended until noon Sunday
Game 5: Georgia College 3, USC Aiken 1, T4

SOUTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Durham Field, Hickory, N.C.
Lenoir-Rhyne 8, Wingate 2
Carson-Newman 7, Virginia Wise 4
Carson-Newman 7, Wingate 6,

Newman Park, Salisbury, N.C.
Catawba 5, Limestone 2 - Lim: Kemper Nix 6.1 IP, 4 H, R, 4 K

Postponed to Sunday
Game 4: Newberry vs. Coker, noon
Game 5: Limestone vs. Game 4 winner, 4 p.m. 

SIAC TOURNAMENT
Luther Williams Field, Macon, Ga.
Spring Hill 11, Benedict 4  - Ben: Jaquez Akins 2-3, R, RBI
Edward Waters 9, Miles 2
Albany State 23, Savannah State 8, 7 innings
Spring Hill 9, Edward Waters 0

REGION 10 TOURNAMENT
Lexington County Baseball Stadium, 
Lexington
USC Lancaster 7, USC Salkehatchie 1 - Lan: Kaidan Baron  2B, BB, HBP, 2 R
Florence-Darlington Tech 7, USC Sumter 0 - Flo: Devin Mitchell 2 2B, 3 RBI

Suspended until 9 a.m. Sunday
Game 4: USC Lancaster 0, Gaston College 0, T4 

Postponed until Sunday
Game 5: USC Salkehatchie vs. USC Sumter, noon
Game 6: USC Union vs. Game 4 loser, 3:30 p.m.
(14/1552)

OTHER ACC SCORES
Boston College 6, Stanford 2
Miami 10, N.C. State 3
Notre Dame 7, Louisville 4
Gardner-Webb 3 Wake Forest 3, T9, susp.
Georgia Tech 4, Western Carolina 2

ACC standings
Florida State 13-6; N.C. State 15-8; Georgia Tech 15-9; North Carolina 15-9; Miami 14-9; Clemson 13-9; Duke 14-10; Louisville 13-11; Virginia 11-10; Wake Forest 12-12; Notre Dame 12-15; Virginia Tech 11-14; Boston College 10-16; Pitt 7-15; Stanford 8-18; California 6-18.

OTHER SEC SCORES
Alabama 5, Vanderbilt 2
Arkansas 13, Texas 8
Auburn 6, Tennessee 1, Game 1
Georgia 5, Missouri 2
Mississippi State 14, Kentucky 4, Game 1
Mississippi State 6, Kentucky 5, Game 2
Oklahoma 5, Ole Miss 3
Texas A&M 3, LSU 1, Game 1
LSU 2, Texas A&M 1, Game 2
Auburn at Tennessee, Game 2, susp. to Sunday (4-4, B9)

SEC standings
Texas 19-5; Arkansas 17-7; LSU 15-8; Georgia 14-9; Tennessee 13-9; Vanderbilt 13-10; Alabama 13-10; Oklahoma 13-10; Auburn 12-10; Ole Miss 12-11; Kentucky 10-13; Florida 9-13; Texas A&M 9-14; Mississippi State 9-14; South Carolina 5-17;  Missouri 0-23.

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