State scoreboard, Saturday, May 31

Colby Thorndyke has hit three of his four home runs
this season in the last two days. (Coastal Carolina photo)

Player of the day: Colby Thorndyke, Coastal Carolina, 4-5, HBP, 2 HR, 5 R, 6 RBI

Clemson Regional

* West Virginia 9, Clemson 6 - The Mountaineers (43-14) generated a four-run rally with two outs in the ninth inning to knock the Tigers (45-17) into the elimination bracket.

The Tigers will play Kentucky at noon pp with the winner meeting WVU at 6 p.m.

West Virginia scored three runs in the first and one in the fifth the take a four-run lead off  Tigers starter Aidan Knaak. Cam Cannarella's two-run homer highlighted a four-run Clemson fifth to tie the score. Clemson scored a run in the seventh and WVU tied it in the eighth. 

Grant Hussey drew a two-out walk in the Mountaineers' ninth and Sam White followed with a tie-breaking double. Three more singles and a pair of bases-loaded hit batsmen completed the outburst

Clemson mounted a two-out comeback in the bottom of the inning. Cannarella singled - his fourth hit of the game - took second on defensive indifference and stayed there are Jarren Purify walked. Dom Listi was hit by a pitch and Colling Priest was hit by a pitch to drive in a run before Jack Crighton struck out to end the game.

* Kentucky 7, USC Upstate 3 - The Wildcats (30-25) scored the game's final four runs to eliminate the Spartans (36-25). Carson Hansen's three-run homer staked Kentucky to a 3-0 lead in the first inning. Upstate tied the score in the fourth on Preston Lucas's two-double and a sacrifice fly from Gage Griggs. UK took the lead on a squeeze bunt in the sixth inning and added three runs in the eighth for the final margin.

Conway Regional

* Coastal Carolina 18, East Carolina 7 - Colby Thorndyke homered twice, including a tie-breaking grand slam in the seventh, and drove in six runs as the Chanticleers (50-11) reached the regional finals. Coastal, which is on a 20-game winning streak, is a win away from advancing to the super regional round. 

The teams were tied at 5-5 before Thorndyke's game-changing blast.

East Carolina plays Florida at noon Sunday, with the winner facing Coastal at 6. Florida eliminated Fairfield, 17-2, earlier Saturday.

Sebastian Alexander and Blagen Pado also had four hits for Coastal.

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Clemson Regional

Doug Kingsmore Stadium

Kentucky 7, USC Upstate 3 - Up: Preston Lucas 2B, 2 RBI

West Virginia 9, Clemson 6 - Cle: Cam Cannarella 4-5, 2B, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI

Conway Regional

Springs Brooks Stadium

Florida 17, Fairfield 2
Coastal Carolina 18, East Carolina 7 - Coa: Blagen Pado 4-6, 2B, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI

Other Regionals
In order of national seed
Nashville Regional
Wright State 7, East Tennessee State 5

Louisville 3, Vanderbilt 2

Austin Regional
Kansas State 7, Houston Christian 4
Texas San Antonio 9, Texas 7

Fayetteville Regional

North Dakota State 4, Kansas 3
Arkansas 12, Creighton 1

Auburn Regional

N.C. State 12, Central Connecticut 0
Auburn 8, Stetson 5

Chapel Hill Regional

Nebraska 4, Holy Cross 1

North Carolina 11, Oklahoma 5

Baton Rouge Regional

Little Rock 22, Rhode Island 10
LSU 12, Dallas Baptist 0

Athens Regional

Oklahoma State 13, Binghamton 5
Duke 6, Georgia 3

Corvallis Regional

Oregon State 7, TCU 2
Southern California 6, St. Mary's 4

Tallahassee Regional

Northeastern 4, Bethune-Cookman 3
Florida State 10, Mississippi State 3

Oxford Regional

Ole Miss 8, Western Kentucky 6

Murray State 13, Georgia Tech 11

Eugene Regional

Cal Poly 10, Oregon 8

Arizona 14, Utah Valley 4

Knoxville Regional

Wake Forest 14, Miami (Ohio) 13
Tennessee 10, Cincinnati 6

Los Angeles Regional

UC Irvine 8, Fresno State 3
UCLA 11, Arizona State 5

Hattiesburg Regional

Southern Mississippi 6, Alabama 5
Miami 14, Columbia 1

Elsewhere

NJCAA DI World Series
Championship
Salt Lake 9, Walters State 6