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| Torian Bunkley's only career homer before Saturday came in Friday's series opener (Claflin photo) |
Player of the day: Torian Bunkley, Claflin, walk-off 3-run PH HR to end 24-game losing streak
* NCAA Division I: No. 14 Coastal Carolina (23-8, 11-1 Sun Belt) turned a hit batsman, a stolen base and a throwing error on a bunt into the tying run and went on to nab its 16th comeback win of the season for a walk-off series victory over South Alabama (19-13, 6-6). Rex Watson was hit by a pitch to open the ninth inning and then stole second. Blagen Pado's bunt was fielded and thrown away at third, allowing Watson to score. Brice Estep later singled over shortstop to drive in Pado ... No. 2 Texas (26-5, 9-3) scored two first-inning runs and handcuffed South Carolina (15-18, 2-10) on two hits to win the series. Talmadge LeCroy's homer provided USC's run. Both teams struck out 15 times ... Stanford (14-14, 4-7 ACC) scored four runs in the eighth to even its series with Clemson (20-12, 3-8). The Tigers scored two runs in the seventh and Luke Gaffney hit a two-run homer in the eighth to give Clemson at three-run lead. After Stanford's rally, Tyler Lichtenberger led off the Tigers' ninth with a double - his third hit of the day -, but was stranded at third to end the game. Clemson starter Michael Sharman allowed four hits and a run while striking out six in seven innings ... College of Charleston (12-19) scored an unearned run for a walk-off win over High Point (21-10) to snap the Panthers' 11-game winning streak ... Charleston Southern (20-10, 5-4 Big South) completed a sweep of Presbyterian (6-27, 2-7) by winning another slugfest. Matthew Rollison hit three homers and drove in seven runs for PC ... Hunter Herndon's two-run homer in the ninth inning sent the game to extra innings, but VMI (23-8, 2-4 SoCon) got a walk-off RBI single from Seth Buchanan in the 10th and handed Wofford (21-11, 5-1) its first conference loss. Ben Timblin drove in five runs for the Terriers for the second straight day ... USC Union transfer Trent Turner singled and hit a three-run homer and Western Carolina (20-13) held off a ninth-inning comeback by Winthrop (22-10) to take the series ... Longwood (19-13) broke a scoreless with a three-run seventh and held on to avoid being swept by The Citadel (14-16) ... Radford (14-14, 4-5 Big South) never trailed and outhit USC Upstate (16-17, 6-6) 16-8 to take the deciding game of the series.
* NCAA Division I: No. 14 Coastal Carolina (23-8, 11-1 Sun Belt) turned a hit batsman, a stolen base and a throwing error on a bunt into the tying run and went on to nab its 16th comeback win of the season for a walk-off series victory over South Alabama (19-13, 6-6). Rex Watson was hit by a pitch to open the ninth inning and then stole second. Blagen Pado's bunt was fielded and thrown away at third, allowing Watson to score. Brice Estep later singled over shortstop to drive in Pado ... No. 2 Texas (26-5, 9-3) scored two first-inning runs and handcuffed South Carolina (15-18, 2-10) on two hits to win the series. Talmadge LeCroy's homer provided USC's run. Both teams struck out 15 times ... Stanford (14-14, 4-7 ACC) scored four runs in the eighth to even its series with Clemson (20-12, 3-8). The Tigers scored two runs in the seventh and Luke Gaffney hit a two-run homer in the eighth to give Clemson at three-run lead. After Stanford's rally, Tyler Lichtenberger led off the Tigers' ninth with a double - his third hit of the day -, but was stranded at third to end the game. Clemson starter Michael Sharman allowed four hits and a run while striking out six in seven innings ... College of Charleston (12-19) scored an unearned run for a walk-off win over High Point (21-10) to snap the Panthers' 11-game winning streak ... Charleston Southern (20-10, 5-4 Big South) completed a sweep of Presbyterian (6-27, 2-7) by winning another slugfest. Matthew Rollison hit three homers and drove in seven runs for PC ... Hunter Herndon's two-run homer in the ninth inning sent the game to extra innings, but VMI (23-8, 2-4 SoCon) got a walk-off RBI single from Seth Buchanan in the 10th and handed Wofford (21-11, 5-1) its first conference loss. Ben Timblin drove in five runs for the Terriers for the second straight day ... USC Union transfer Trent Turner singled and hit a three-run homer and Western Carolina (20-13) held off a ninth-inning comeback by Winthrop (22-10) to take the series ... Longwood (19-13) broke a scoreless with a three-run seventh and held on to avoid being swept by The Citadel (14-16) ... Radford (14-14, 4-5 Big South) never trailed and outhit USC Upstate (16-17, 6-6) 16-8 to take the deciding game of the series.
* Conference Carolinas: North Greenville (32-7, 20-4) got a pair of extra-inning walk-off wins to move past Young Harris (28-10, 19-5) and into first place. Jan Pospisil hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth to win the opener, while pinch-hitter Joe Cash singled in Lane McGaha in the 11th inning of the nightcap ... Jimmy Koza's two-run single gave Francis Marion (30-8, 19-5) the lead in the third inning of Game 2 and the Patriots gained a split with UNC Pembroke (25-11, 16-8) to claim the series ... Shorter (12-22, 4-20) answered Erskine's (20-20, 14-10) four-run eighth with five runs in the bottom of the inning in Game 1 for a walk-off win to snap the Flying Fleet's seven-game winning streak, but Erskine came back to win the nightcap and claim the series ... Southern Wesleyan (14-25, 8-16) had another big offensive day completing a series sweep at Chowan (3-26, 3-21). The Warriors had 57 hits in three games.
* Peach Belt Conference: Torian Bunkley's three-run pinch-hit home run gave Claflin (4-26, 1-20) a walk-off win Over USC Beaufort (10-26, 4-20) in Game 2 and snapped the Panthers' 24-game losing streak. The Panthers built a 5-1 lead in the seventh, but the Sand Sharks scored two runs in the eighth and four in the ninth for a 7-5 lead. That set the stage for Bunkley's dramatic blast, which set off a raucous celebration at Mirmow Field. It was Claflin's first win since Feb. 8, when it swept a doubleheader at Clark Atlanta, and the Panthers' first home win this season ... Oliver Zohn hit three solo home runs as Lander (22-16, 15-9) took the final game of a home series with USC Aiken (26-12, 14-7).
* South Atlantic Conference: Both teams were limited to three hits, but Jomar Lugo doubled in two runs in the second inning of Game 2 and Newberry (22-16, 16-8) completed a doubleheader sweep of Lenoir-Rhyne (26-8-1, 16-7-1) to take the series. Cayden Hansen came in after a weather delay and closed out with three hitless innings ... Luke Alford and Matthew Lipcsey drove in four runs apiece as Coker (10-26, 8-16) took the final game of a series at Emory & Henry (10-25, 6-18) ... Catawba (28-7, 20-4) bounced back from Friday's loss to sweep Anderson (18-19, 6-18).
* NJCAA Region 10: Four of Pat Costin's five hits were doubles as Florence-Darlington Tech (36-8, 16-5) took the third game at USC Lancaster (20-19, 7-13) ... Robbie Murphy had three hits and drove in four runs as USC Union (25-16, 8-12) wrapped up a sweep of USC Salkehatchie (3-38, 1-19) ... Gaston College (38-3, 18-3) completed a road sweep of USC Sumter (23-14, 11-9).
* Other: Collin Otte pitched 4 1/3 innings of shutout relief as Columbia International (14-24, 11-12 AAC) took the finale of a series at Spartanburg Methodist (18-18, 11-10) ... Clark Atlanta (10-23, 4-18 SIAC) took the rubber game of a home series with Benedict (16-10, 14-10) ... Cole Smith drove in seven runs as Toccoa Fall (20-15-1) took the series final at Bob Jones (9-20). Cayden Kennedy doubled and homered to drive in four runs for the Bruins.
* Other: Collin Otte pitched 4 1/3 innings of shutout relief as Columbia International (14-24, 11-12 AAC) took the finale of a series at Spartanburg Methodist (18-18, 11-10) ... Clark Atlanta (10-23, 4-18 SIAC) took the rubber game of a home series with Benedict (16-10, 14-10) ... Cole Smith drove in seven runs as Toccoa Fall (20-15-1) took the series final at Bob Jones (9-20). Cayden Kennedy doubled and homered to drive in four runs for the Bruins.
Beyond the border
* ACC: No. 3 Georgia Tech swept California, 9-3 ... No. 7 Florida State took the rubber game of the series at No. 10 Virginia, 9-3 ... No. 6 North Carolina got a series win over No. 22 Boston College, 8-7 ... Louisville took the series finale at Duke, 9-4 ... N.C. State completed a sweep of Notre Dame, 7-6 ...Wake Forest ripped Pitt, 22-8 ... Miami beat Virginia Tech, 8-6.
ACC standings: Georgia Tech 12-3; Florida State 9-3; North Carolina 11-4; Boston College 9-6; Wake Forest 8-6; Miami 6-5; N.C. State 6-6; Virginia 8-7; Duke 7-8; Pitt 5-6; Notre Dame 6-9; Louisville 5-7; Virginia Tech 5-9; Stanford 4-7; Clemson 3-8; California 1-11.
* SEC: No. 5 Georgia completed a series sweep of No. 4 Mississippi State, 8-5, in 10 innings ... No. 16 Alabama took the series finale at No. 11 Oklahoma, 3-2 ... No. 18 Auburn topped No. 17 Arkansas, 7-3 ... No. 24 Kentucky beat Missouri 9-2 ... Ole Miss did all its scoring in the ninth inning to beat No. 21 Florida, 5-2 ... Tennessee evened its series with LSU, 4-1.
* SEC standings: Georgia 10-2; Texas 9-3; Alabama 8-4; Florida 7-5; Mississippi State 7-5; Texas A&M 7-5; Kentucky 6-5; Auburn 6-6; Vanderbilt 6-6; LSU 5-6; Arkansas 5-7; Oklahoma 5-7; Ole Miss 5-7; Tennessee 4-7; Missouri 2-9; South Carolina 2-10.
* D1Baseball.com Top 25: No. 1 UCLA rallied to beat No. 12 Southern Cal, 9-8 ... Michigan beat No. 15 Oregon for the second time in three days, 4-3 ... No. 13 West Virginia edged No. 23 UCF, 11-10.
Catawba 6, Anderson 5, Game 1 - And: Levi Medford 3-3, HR
Catawba 8, Anderson 2, Game 2 - And: Bryce Helms PH HR
Catawba 6, Anderson 5, Game 1 - And: Levi Medford 3-3, HR
Catawba 8, Anderson 2, Game 2 - And: Bryce Helms PH HR
Charleston Southern 15, Presbyterian 11 - Cha: Blake Edgmon 3-3, 2 BB, 2 2B, SB, 2 R, RBI
Clark Atlanta 14, Benedict 8
Coastal Carolina 8, South Alabama 7 - Coa: Brice Estep 1B, HR, 2 RBI
Coastal Carolina 8, South Alabama 7 - Coa: Brice Estep 1B, HR, 2 RBI
Coker 13, Emory & Henry 5 - Cok: Blake Baldwin W, 7.1 IP, 5 R, 7 K
College of Charleston 6, High Point 5 - Cha: Dylan Johnson 3-4, HR, BB, 2 R
College of Charleston 6, High Point 5 - Cha: Dylan Johnson 3-4, HR, BB, 2 R
Columbia International 11, Spartanburg Methodist 7 - Col: Eli Musgraves 3-5, 3 R, RBI
Florence-Darlington Tech 14, USC Lancaster 6 - Flo: Pat Costin 1B, 4 2B, 2 R, 5 RBI
Gaston College 14, USC Sumter 3 - Sum: Easton Thorpe HR, 2 RBI
Lander 7, USC Aiken 5 - Lan: Ryan Hansen 1B, 2B, R, 2 RBI
Florence-Darlington Tech 14, USC Lancaster 6 - Flo: Pat Costin 1B, 4 2B, 2 R, 5 RBI
Gaston College 14, USC Sumter 3 - Sum: Easton Thorpe HR, 2 RBI
Lander 7, USC Aiken 5 - Lan: Ryan Hansen 1B, 2B, R, 2 RBI
Longwood 5, The Citadel 1 - Cit: Lane Tobin 3-3, BB, SB
Newberry 9, Lenoir-Rhyne 5, Game 1 - New: Nick Riedel 7 IP, 3 R, 9 K
Newberry 9, Lenoir-Rhyne 5, Game 1 - New: Nick Riedel 7 IP, 3 R, 9 K
Newberry 2, Lenoir-Rhyne 1, Game 2 - New: Jake McGlynn 4 IP, 3 H, R, 6 K
North Greenville 5, Young Harris 4, 9 innings, Game 1 - Nor: Bennett Roemer 6 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 4 K
North Greenville 5, Young Harris 4, 9 innings, Game 1 - Nor: Bennett Roemer 6 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 4 K
North Greenville 4, Young Harris 3, 11 innings, Game 2 - Nor: Lane McGaha 1B, 2B, R, RBI
Radford 10, USC Upstate 5 - Up: Henry Zenor 3-5, 2B, RBI
Shorter 8, Erskine 7, 8 innings, Game 1 - Ers: Noah Hill 1B, 2 2B, R, 3 RBI
Erskine 7, Shorter 1, Game 2 - Ers: Stephen Kriner HR, 4 RBI
Shorter 8, Erskine 7, 8 innings, Game 1 - Ers: Noah Hill 1B, 2 2B, R, 3 RBI
Erskine 7, Shorter 1, Game 2 - Ers: Stephen Kriner HR, 4 RBI
Southern Wesleyan 18, Chowan 10 - Sou: Ethan Shimmel 3-7, 2 2B, R, 4 RBI
Stanford 5, Clemson 4 - Cle: Luke Gaffney 2B, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
Stanford 5, Clemson 4 - Cle: Luke Gaffney 2B, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
Texas 4, South Carolina 1 - USC: Amp Phillips 4.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 8 K
Toccoa Falls 27, Bob Jones 17, 7 innings - BJU: Henry Rumble 1B, 2 2B, R, BB, 5 RBI
Toccoa Falls 27, Bob Jones 17, 7 innings - BJU: Henry Rumble 1B, 2 2B, R, BB, 5 RBI
UNC Pembroke 4, Francis Marion 1, Game 1 - Fra: Logan Davis 2-3, R
Francis Marion 8, UNC Pembroke 4, Game 2 - Fra: Riley Orr 1B, 2 2B, R, 3 RBI
USC Beaufort 18, Claflin 6, 7 innings, Game 1 - Bea: Maddox Robinson 1B, 2B, HR, BB, 2, R, 4 RBI
Claflin 8, USC Beaufort 7, Game 2 - Cla: Xavier Campbell 7.1 IP, 11 H, 3 R, 2, BB, 5 K
USC Union 14, USC Salkehatchie 0, 5 innings - Uni: Carson Bay W, 5 IP, 9 K
VMI 13, Wofford 12, 10 innings - Wof: Ben Timblin 1B, 2B, HR, 5 RBI
Western Carolina 7, Winthrop 6 - Win: Jaylen Hernandez 2-3, 2 HBP, 2 R, RBI
Francis Marion 8, UNC Pembroke 4, Game 2 - Fra: Riley Orr 1B, 2 2B, R, 3 RBI
USC Beaufort 18, Claflin 6, 7 innings, Game 1 - Bea: Maddox Robinson 1B, 2B, HR, BB, 2, R, 4 RBI
Claflin 8, USC Beaufort 7, Game 2 - Cla: Xavier Campbell 7.1 IP, 11 H, 3 R, 2, BB, 5 K
USC Union 14, USC Salkehatchie 0, 5 innings - Uni: Carson Bay W, 5 IP, 9 K
VMI 13, Wofford 12, 10 innings - Wof: Ben Timblin 1B, 2B, HR, 5 RBI
Western Carolina 7, Winthrop 6 - Win: Jaylen Hernandez 2-3, 2 HBP, 2 R, RBI
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