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| CJ Dean's homer helped the Trailblazers move within one game of first place, (NGU photo) |
Player of the day: CJ Dean, North Greenville, go-ahead HR, B8th
* NCAA Division I: Aidan Knaak (1-3) got run support for the first time in more than a month and Clemson (20-11, 3-7 ACC) took the opener of a series at Stanford (13-14, 3-7). The Tigers had not scored a run with Knaak in a game since Feb. 20. He went five innings, striking out seven. Hayden Simmerson allowed a hit in four shutout innings to get the save. Tryston McCladdie drove in three ruins and Ty Dalley and Luke Gaffney added two apiece for the Tigers ... No. 2 Texas (25-5, 8-3 SEC) scored three runs in the first two innings and added insurance on back-to-back homers in the ninth to even its series with South Carolina (15-17, 2-9). Brandon Stone came in one out in the second inning and pitched seven shutout innings before allowing the two ninth-inning blasts. Carolina didn't get a baserunner until Talmadge LeCroy's fifth-inning walk. Luke Yuhasz's homer later in the inning was the first Gamecocks hit ... Zach Hunt had three hits and joined Garrett Fulmer and Jayden Williams in driving in two runs apiece as The Citadel (14-15) clinched a series win over Longwood (18-13). Michael Gibson (3-1) allowed one earned run and struck out five in five innings for the Bulldogs ... Ben Timblin homered and drove in five runs as Wofford (21-10, 5-0 SoCon) clinched a series win at VMI (22-8, 1-4). Alec Bouchard (5-2) struck out nine in seven innings, allowing three hits and a run ... Gavin Speirs' grand slam capped a seven-run ninth-inning comeback to force extra innings and Charleston Southern (19-10, 4-4 Big South) beat Presbyterian (6-26, 2-6) on a bases-loaded walk in the 10th. Matthew Rollison had four hits and joined Amman Dewberry and Emory Guilford in homering for PC ... Henry Zenor's two-run single in a five-run fifth inning helped USC Upstate (16-16, 6-5 Big South) even its series at Radford (13-14, 3-5) ... Luke Earnhardt struck out nine and didn't allow a hit in 6 1/3 innings and Winthrop (22-9) broke a 3-3 tie on Alan Benhardt's two-run homer in the eighth inning to even its series with Western Carolina (19-13) ... South Alabama (19-12, 6-5 Sun Belt) handed No. 14 Coastal Carolina (22-8, 10-1) its first conference loss and snapped the Chanticleers' nine-game winning streak. Coastal had won 32 consecutive games against conference opposition ... High Point (21-9) extended its winning streak to 11 by shutting out College of Charleston (11-19) for the second straight game.
* NCAA Division I: Aidan Knaak (1-3) got run support for the first time in more than a month and Clemson (20-11, 3-7 ACC) took the opener of a series at Stanford (13-14, 3-7). The Tigers had not scored a run with Knaak in a game since Feb. 20. He went five innings, striking out seven. Hayden Simmerson allowed a hit in four shutout innings to get the save. Tryston McCladdie drove in three ruins and Ty Dalley and Luke Gaffney added two apiece for the Tigers ... No. 2 Texas (25-5, 8-3 SEC) scored three runs in the first two innings and added insurance on back-to-back homers in the ninth to even its series with South Carolina (15-17, 2-9). Brandon Stone came in one out in the second inning and pitched seven shutout innings before allowing the two ninth-inning blasts. Carolina didn't get a baserunner until Talmadge LeCroy's fifth-inning walk. Luke Yuhasz's homer later in the inning was the first Gamecocks hit ... Zach Hunt had three hits and joined Garrett Fulmer and Jayden Williams in driving in two runs apiece as The Citadel (14-15) clinched a series win over Longwood (18-13). Michael Gibson (3-1) allowed one earned run and struck out five in five innings for the Bulldogs ... Ben Timblin homered and drove in five runs as Wofford (21-10, 5-0 SoCon) clinched a series win at VMI (22-8, 1-4). Alec Bouchard (5-2) struck out nine in seven innings, allowing three hits and a run ... Gavin Speirs' grand slam capped a seven-run ninth-inning comeback to force extra innings and Charleston Southern (19-10, 4-4 Big South) beat Presbyterian (6-26, 2-6) on a bases-loaded walk in the 10th. Matthew Rollison had four hits and joined Amman Dewberry and Emory Guilford in homering for PC ... Henry Zenor's two-run single in a five-run fifth inning helped USC Upstate (16-16, 6-5 Big South) even its series at Radford (13-14, 3-5) ... Luke Earnhardt struck out nine and didn't allow a hit in 6 1/3 innings and Winthrop (22-9) broke a 3-3 tie on Alan Benhardt's two-run homer in the eighth inning to even its series with Western Carolina (19-13) ... South Alabama (19-12, 6-5 Sun Belt) handed No. 14 Coastal Carolina (22-8, 10-1) its first conference loss and snapped the Chanticleers' nine-game winning streak. Coastal had won 32 consecutive games against conference opposition ... High Point (21-9) extended its winning streak to 11 by shutting out College of Charleston (11-19) for the second straight game.
* Conference Carolinas: CJ Dean's eighth-inning home run was the decisive play as North Greenville (30-7, 18-4) took Game 1 of a conference showdown with first-place Young Harris (28-8, 19-3). Josh Folks and Landon Peavey also homered for the Trailblazers. The Mountain Lions left three runners on base in the eighth and two in the ninth ... Danny Villafane had a two-run double as Erskine (19-19, 13-9) pushed its winning streak to seven with a win at Shorter (11-21, 3-19) ... Robbie Jordan (8-0) allowed two earned runs and struck out six in eight innings as Francis Marion (29-7, 18-4) beat UNC Pembroke (24-10, 15-7). It was Jordan's 29th career win, tying him with Erin Jones (2002-4) for most in program history ... Luke Taylor had six hits and drove in nine runs and Southern Wesleyan (13-25, 7-16) had 43 hits in a sweep of Chowan (3-25, 3-20). The Hawks have lost 17 consecutive games.
* Peach Belt Conference: Luke Doty and Tyler Gundelfinger drove in two runs apiece in a seven-run fifth inning as USC Beaufort (9-25, 3-19) took a series opener at Claflin (3-25, 0-19), which has lost 23 straight games. The Panthers have given up 10 or more runs 22 times during the skein ... Lander (21-16, 14-9 scored six runs in the fourth inning on 2 hits, 3 walks, a hit batsman and 2 errors to even its series with USC Aiken (26-11, 14-6).
* South Atlantic Conference: Coker (9-26, 7-16) scored seven runs in the ninth inning to win Game 1, but was shut out until the final inning of the nightcap in a split with Emory & Henry (10-24, 6-17) ... Kaleb Owens pitched 8 2/3 innings as Anderson (18-17, 6-16) took the series opener over Catawba (26-7, 18-4) ... Two Lenoir-Rhyne (26-6-1, 16-5-1) pitchers held Newberry (20-16, 14-8) to four singles to take Game 1 of that series.
* NJCAA Region 10: Tristan Strickland had five hits and drove in nine runs as Florence-Darlington Tech (35-8, 15-5) swept USC Lancaster (20-18, 7-12) ... Markus Kirksey was 4-for-5 with 2 homers and 6 RBI as USC Union (24-16, 7-12) got a pair of run-rule wins over USC Salkehatchie (3-37, 1-18) ... Gaston College (37-3, 17-3) swept USC Sumter (23-13, 11-8). Brady Yarborough had three hits and scored three runs for the Fire Ants.
* Other: Jacob Highsmith's third hit gave Bob Jones (9-19) a walk-off win in Game 1 before Toccoa Falls (19-15-1) took the nightcap. Highsmith had four hits - including a homer - and drove in five runs in the doubleheader ... Joshua Medina had five hits and drove in four runs as Benedict (16-9, 14-9 SIAC) split a doubleheader with Clark Atlanta (9-23, 3-18).
Beyond the border
* ACC: No. 3 Georgia Tech beat California, 7-2 ... No. 7 Florida State evened its series at No. 10, Virginia, 5-2 ... No. 6 North Carolina evened its series with No. 22 Boston College, 5-2 ... Wake Forest beat Pitt, 8-2 ... Former South Carolina pitcher Ryder Garino got the victory was N.C. State clinched a series win over Notre Dame, 7-3 ... Duke clinched a series win over Louisville, 10-8 ... Miami blasted Virginia Tech, 19-1.
Standings: Georgia Tech 11-3; Florida State 8-3; North Carolina 10-4; Boston College 9-5; Virginia 8-6; Wake Forest 7-6; Duke 7-7; Miami 5-5; Pitt 5-5; N.C. State 5-6; Notre Dame 6-8; Virginia Tech 5-8; Louisville 4-7; Clemson 3-7; Stanford 3-7; California 1-10.
* SEC: No. 5 Georgia clinched a series win at No. 4 Mississippi State, 3-1 ... No. 11 Oklahoma evened its series with No. 16 Alabama, 4-2, snapping the Crimson Tide's nine-game winning streak ... No. 20 Texas A&M swept a doubleheader from Vanderbilt, 4-2 and 12-0 ... No. 17 Arkansas evened its series with No. 18 Auburn, 3-2 ... No. 21 Florida tied its series with Ole Miss with a 2-0 shutout ... Missouri topped No. 24 Kentucky, 5-4 ... LSU rallied to beat Tennessee, 7-5.
Standings: Georgia 9-2; Texas 8-3; Alabama 7-4; Mississippi State 7-4; Florida 7-4; Texas A&M 7-5; Vanderbilt 6-6; LSU 5-5; Kentucky 5-5; Auburn 5-6; Arkansas 5-6; Oklahoma 5-6; Ole Miss 4-7; Tennessee 3-7; Missouri 2-8; South Carolina 2-9.
* D1Baseball.com Top 25: Old Dominion evened its Sun Belt series with No. 8 Southern Mississippi, 10-8 ... No 23 UCF beat No. 13 West Virginia, 5-0 ... No. 1, UCLA beat No. 12 Southern Cal, 12-4 ...Arizona topped No. 25 Arizona State, 7-4.
* Elsewhere: Mercer tied its SoCon series with UNC Greensboro 9-7 ... East Tennessee State beat Samford in 10 innings, 4-3, to tie that SoCon series ...
* Elsewhere: Mercer tied its SoCon series with UNC Greensboro 9-7 ... East Tennessee State beat Samford in 10 innings, 4-3, to tie that SoCon series ...
Anderson 5, Catawba 4 - And: Zach Stover 1B, 2B, R, 2 RBI
Bob Jones 10, Toccoa Falls 9, 8 innings, Game 1 - BJU: Preston Cox 1B, 3B, 2 R, 2 RBI
Toccoa Falls 9, Bob Jones 5, Game 2 - BJU: Gabriel Swarms 4.2 IP, R, 6 K
Charleston Southern 13, Presbyterian 12, 10 innings - Cha: Kain Collins 1B, 2B, BB, SB, R, RBI
Clark Atlanta 16, Benedict 13, Game 1 - Ben: Kent Johnson 1B, 2B, R, SB, 4 RBI
Benedict 7, Clark Atlanta 4, Game 2 - Ben: Joshua Medina 3-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
Coker 12, Emory & Henry 6, Game 1 - Cok: Luke Alford 2 2B, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
Emory & Henry 8, Coker 4, Game 2 -0 Cok: Colton Penner 2-3, BB, RBI
Erskine 5, Shorter 2 - Ers: Noah Hill 2B, HR
Florence-Darlington Tech 18, USC Lancaster 4, Game 1 - Flo: Tristan Strickland 1B, 2B, HR, 3 R, 7 RBI
Florence-Darlington Tech 12, USC Lancaster 9, Game 2 - Flo: Gabe Herold 2B, 2 HR, 3 R, RBI
Francis Marion 8, UNC Pembroke 3 - Fra: Ethan McNally grand slam, BB
Gaston College 4, USC Sumter 2, Game 1 - Sum: RJ Hamilton CG, 12 K
Gaston College 16, USC Sumter 4, 5 innings, Game 2 - Sum: Brady Yarborough 2-3, HR, 2 R
High Point 14, College of Charleston 0, 7 innings - Cha: Landon Penfield 2B
Florence-Darlington Tech 12, USC Lancaster 9, Game 2 - Flo: Gabe Herold 2B, 2 HR, 3 R, RBI
Francis Marion 8, UNC Pembroke 3 - Fra: Ethan McNally grand slam, BB
Gaston College 4, USC Sumter 2, Game 1 - Sum: RJ Hamilton CG, 12 K
Gaston College 16, USC Sumter 4, 5 innings, Game 2 - Sum: Brady Yarborough 2-3, HR, 2 R
High Point 14, College of Charleston 0, 7 innings - Cha: Landon Penfield 2B
Lander 10, USC Aiken 8 - Lan: Jake Larson W, 7.2 IP, 2 ER, 3 K
Lenoir-Rhyne 2, Newberry 1 - New: Josh Bandy 1B, R
North Greenville 4, Young Harris 3 - Nor: Josh Foulks 3-4, HR
North Greenville 4, Young Harris 3 - Nor: Josh Foulks 3-4, HR
South Alabama 15, Coastal Carolina 2 - Coa: Walker Mitchell 1B, 2B
Southern Wesleyan 14, Chowan 12, Game 1 - Sou: Nolan Evatt 4-6, 2B, 2 SB, 3 R, 2 RBI
Southern Wesleyan 26, Chowan 2, Game 2 - Sou: Ethan Shimmel 4-4, 2B, 2 HR, BB, HBP, 5 R, 5 RBI
Texas 5, South Carolina 3 - USC - Will Craddock 2B, BB, HR
Southern Wesleyan 26, Chowan 2, Game 2 - Sou: Ethan Shimmel 4-4, 2B, 2 HR, BB, HBP, 5 R, 5 RBI
Texas 5, South Carolina 3 - USC - Will Craddock 2B, BB, HR
The Citadel 8, Longwood 4 - Cit: Zach Hunt 1B, 2B, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
USC Beaufort 12, Claflin 6 - Bea: Tyler Gundelfinger 1B, 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI
USC Beaufort 12, Claflin 6 - Bea: Tyler Gundelfinger 1B, 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI
USC Union 14, USC Salkehatchie 1, Game 1 - Uni: Brice Gillett 1B, 2B, SB, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI
USC Union 10, USC Salkehatchie 0, Game 2 - Uni: Markus Kirksey 2 HR, 5 RBI
USC Upstate 13, Radford 9 - Up: Maloy Heaghney 1B, HR, BB, 4 SB, 3, R, 2 RBI
Winthrop 6, Western Carolina 4 - Win: Chazz Grossington 2-3, 3 RBI
Wofford 9, VMI 2 - Wof: Brady Gold 1B, HR
(30/914)
USC Upstate 13, Radford 9 - Up: Maloy Heaghney 1B, HR, BB, 4 SB, 3, R, 2 RBI
Winthrop 6, Western Carolina 4 - Win: Chazz Grossington 2-3, 3 RBI
Wofford 9, VMI 2 - Wof: Brady Gold 1B, HR
(30/914)
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