State schedule, Thursday, March 26

Bob Jones at Morris, 1 p.m.

Miami at Clemson, 7 p.m.

S.C. college baseball recap, Wednesday, March 25

State scoreboard, Wednesday, March 25

Adrian Quinones' provided the margin
of victory for the Hornets in Game 2
against Bob Jones. (Morris College photo)

Player of the day: Adrian Quinones, 2 H, 2 BB, 2 SB, game-winning 3-run HR

* Briefly: Christian Stratis doubled and tripled to drive in three runs as The Citadel (10-13) came from behind to beat Presbyterian (4-22). Bulldogs pitchers struck out 16. Nick Smith and Jonathan Williams had two-run homers for the Blue Hose ... Camden Crosby (4 innings, 8 strikeouts) and Bryson Williams (1, 3) combined on a no-hitter in Game 1 as USC Union (19-14) swept Denmark Tech (1-10). Robbie Murphy drove in four runs and five teammates drove in three apiece in the nightcap. According  to my information, it was Tech's first action since March 3 ... Morris (6-11) rallied from seven runs down to beat Bob Jones (7-16) in Game 1 and Adrian Quinones' three-run homer capped a six-run outburst in the final at-bat of the nightcap to complete a sweep. The Hornets have won three straight. Mannix Crawford had three RBI and Jake Highsmith had a two-run homer for the Bruins in the opener ... Five pitchers combined for a one-hitter a Florence-Darlington Tech (31-6) shut out the Francis Marion JV in Game 1 and the Stingers won Game 2 to stretch their winning streak to seven games. BJ Balls had four hits and five RBI in the twinbill ... Evan Harding had a single and two doubles and Salvatore Laimo drove in two runs as USC Aiken (22-9) won the Battle for the Paddle over Augusta (15-16) at SRP park in North Augusta ...Jack Myers had three singles and drove in two runs as Georgia Southern (7-18) beat College of Charleston (10-14) to get its first road win over season. The Eagles' only other win away from Statesboro was over Clemson in Augusta earlier this month. The final 10 CofC batters were retired in order, starting with the bases loaded in the sixth ... Rockingham CC (16-9) handed USC Lancaster (17-16) its fourth straight loss.

* Beyond the border: Pitt edged Youngstown, 8-7 ... Boston College dumped Merrimack, 12-2 ... Troy topped Florida A&M 7-4 .... Lindenwood got its first win over Missouri in six tries, 10-4.

Florence-Darlington Tech 13, Francis Marion JV 0, 6 innings, Game 1 - Flo: BJ Balls 2-3, BB, 2 SB, R, 2 RBI
Florence-Darlington Tech 11, Francis Marion JV 8, Game 2 - Flo: JC Gamble 3-5 2 2B, 2 SB, 2 R, 3 RBI 
Georgia Southern 5, College of Charleston 2 - Cha: Jackson Berini 1-4, RBI
Morris 11, Bob Jones 10, Game 1
Morris 9, Bob Jones 6, Game 2
Rockingham CC 12, USC Lancaster 6
The Citadel 9, Presbyterian 4 - Cit: Michael Gibson 3-4,2B, R, 2 RBI
USC Aiken 7, Augusta 5 - Aik: Osmin Melendez 2-4, BB, 2 R

USC Union 14, Denmark Tech 0, 5 innings, Game 1 - Uni: Jesus Garcia 3-3, 2B, R, 4 RBI
USC Union 27, Denmark Tech 1, 4 innings, Game 2 - Uni: Tanner Smith 3-3, 2B, 4 R, 3 RBI

No report
Brevard JV at Southern Wesleyan JV, DH

Canceled
USC Lancaster at Rockingham CC, Game 2
(10/773)

S.C. college baseball recap, Tuesday, March 24

State scoreboard, Tuesday, March 24

Darin Horn recorded six of his nine outs
via strikeout. (Coastal Carolina photo)

Player of the day: Darin Horn, Coastal Carolina, W, 3 IP, H, BB, 6 K. 

* Briefly: No. 15 Coastal Carolina (17-7) scored five runs in the seventh, took the lead with two in the eighth and added an insurance run in the ninth to hand Clemson (18-8) its fourth straight loss. Darin Horn pitched the final three innings for Coastal, striking out six. The Tigers, who led 8-3 after six innings, committed three errors, walked six batters and hit six more. During the Chants' seventh-inning uprising. Clemson first baseman Jack Crighton got entangled with an umpire while trying to catch what would have been an inning-ending out. Instead, the ball fell in and two runs scored. Jacob Jarrell and Ty Dalley homered for the Tigers. Clemson coach Erik Bakich said infielder Jarren Purify will miss "weeks" with a hand fracture suffered at Notre Dame. jay Dillard played second base against Coastal. Also, Coastal Carolina's Trace Mason will miss several weeks with a hand injury ... Daniel Hussey had three hits and drove in five runs as Francis Marion (25-6) rallied to top NCAA Division II No. 1 Catawba (23-6) at Kannapolis ... Newberry (19-12) scored five runs in the first and added three in the third to snap No. 6 North Greenville's (25-7) six-game winning streak. Jake McGlynn pitched five innings of shutout relief for the Wolves ... No. 13 North Carolina (21-4-1) took the lead on a two-run first-inning homer by Gavin Gallaher and put the game away with a walk-fueled six-run seventh to beat South Carolina (13-13) at Truist Field in Charlotte. Beau Hollins and Jake Randolph had two hits apiece for the Gamecocks ... Blake Grimmer's two-out homer gave No. 21 Tennessee (18-7) a walk-off win over USC Upstate (12-14). The Spartans scored a run without a hit in the first inning and Trey Bentley's RBI double tied the score in the ninth ... Evan Vandebosch struck out six in four shutout innings as Winthrop (18-7) dominated Davidson (10-12). The Eagles have won three straight and eight of nine ... Charleston Southern (17-7) scored nine runs in the first inning and cruised past struggling Georgia Southern (6-18) ... Neil Stam pitched six innings of shutout relief as Lander (17-14) pounded Mars Hill (13-16-1). Mars Hill scored all its runs in the eighth inning ... Erskine (14-19) hit 7 home runs and 6 doubles as it whipped Augusta (15-15). The Flying Fleet scored 15 runs in the seventh inning ... Jamure Manigo had three hits as Morris (4-11) rallied from an early deficit to top Voorhees (4-16) at Riley Park ... Southern Wesleyan (10-22) scored four runs in the top of the first and was never headed in a win at Anderson (17-14). Perry Dyer was 4-for-4 with three doubles for the Warriors ... Tennessee Wesleyan (25-9) scored two runs in the seventh on Ethan Wright's homer to break a tie and went on to beat Spartanburg Methodist (16-14) ... Truett McConnell (11-18) overcame a three-run deficit to beat Bob Jones (7-14) and stretch its winning streak to four.

Beyond the border
* ACC:  Campbell whipped No. 14 N.C. State, 7-2 ... No. 16 Virginia pounded Maryland, 16-6 ... Duke slipped past East Carolina, 9-8 ... Boston College edged Northeastern, 3-2 ... Pitt spanked Kent State, 13-4 ... No. 23 Notre Dame blasted Western Michigan, 14-3 ... Miami handled Florida Atlanta, 10-6 ... Wake Forest beat Elon, 11-1 ... Western Kentucky turned back Louisville, 10-5.

* SEC: Houston scored two runs in the eighth to beat No. 2 Texas, 9-7. The Longhorns once led 7-0 ... Kennesaw State won at No. 7 Georgia, 10-7 ... No. 6 Mississippi State shut out No. 11 Southern Miss, 12-0 ... Florida shut out No. 10 Florida State, 5-0 ... No. 5. Auburn blanked South Alabama, 10-0 ... No. 25 Texas A&M trimmed Houston Christian, 5-1 ... No. 4 Arkansas ripped Central Arkansas, 15-12 ... Memphis surprised No. 18 Ole Miss, 6-2 ... No. 19 Kentucky trounced Murray State, 14-4 ... Alabama downed Austin Peay, 6-2 ... Missouri beat Illinois, 5-1 ... Vanderbilt blitzed Tennessee Tech, 15-5 ... LSU beat Louisiana Tech, 15-5, in 8 innings.

* D1Baseball.com top 25: No. 16 Oregon State blasted No. 12 Southern Cal, 12-4 ... No. 17 West Virginia blanked state rival Marshall, 3-0.

* Elsewhere: UNC Asheville doubled up Western Carolina, 8-4 ... UNC Greensboro nipped Liberty, 7-6 ... High Point stopped Appalachian State, 3-2 ...Emmanuel doubled up North Georgia, 8-4 ... UNC Pembroke clipped Wingate, 10-9 ... Former Clemson player Ben Hall's North Carolina A&T squad topped Gardner-Webb, 10-6.

Charleston Southern 14, Gardner-Webb 8 - Cha: Blake Edgmon 1B, HR, 2 R, 5 RBI

Coastal Carolina 11, Clemson 9 - Coa: Rex Watson 1B, HR, HBP, 2 R, 3 RBI
Erskine 29, Augusta 11, 8 innings - Ers: Brock Donnelly 2 HR, 4 RBI

Francis Marion 14, Catawba 10 - Fra: Zander Buchan 2-3, 2B, 3 RBI
Lander 14, Mars Hill 8 - Lan: Pip Smalley 3-4, 2B, BB, 2 R, 4 RBI
Morris 14, Voorhees 4, 7 innings - Mor: Jamure Manigo 3-5, 2B

Newberry 8, North Greenville 2 - New: Chandler Mims 1B, 2B, 2 RBI
North Carolina 9, South Carolina 1 - USC: Logan Prisco 4.1 IP, H, R, BB, 5 K

Southern Wesleyan 9, Anderson 5 - Sou: Nolan Evatt 3-5, SB, 2 R, RBI

Tennessee 4, USC Upstate 2 - Up: Trey Bentley 1B, 2B, RBI

Tennessee Wesleyan 7, Spartanburg Methodist 4 - Spa: Miles Corcoran 3 IP, H, 0 R, 4 K
Truett McConnell 12, Bob Jones 6 - BJU: Jacob Highsmith 2B, BB, R, 2 RBI

Winthrop 11, Davidson 1 - Win: Alan Benhardt 1B, 2 BB, 2 SB, 2 R, 3 RBI

Canceled

Claflin at Savannah State
(13/763)

In case you missed it

* It appears Monte Lee is the first person ever to be head baseball coach at three different South Carolina NCAA Division I programs. He coached at College of Charleston and Clemson before taking over at South Carolina on an interim basis on Saturday, replacing Paul Mainieri.

The topic came up on an X post by SportsTalk Media Network and I did some digging.

Records are spotty, but research indicates Billy Laval coached baseball at four schools: Erskine, Furman, Newberry and South Carolina. I'm cloudy about what was considered major college baseball during Laval's time (1905 first season to final season in 1950, with several breaks in between where he coached other sports).

Mike McGuire of Winthrop previously coached at USC Upstate and Lander, and John D. McMillan coached baseball at USC, Erskine and The Citadel between 1945 and 1953.

Chad Holbrook of College of Charleston previously coached at South Carolina.

Ralph Ciabattari (Charleston Southern, College of Charleston), John Daurity (USC Upstate, Wofford), Gary Gilmore (USC Aiken, Coastal Carolina),  Brett Harker (Furman, Limestone), Tim Medlin (Newberry, USC Sumter), Ted Petoskey (USC, Wofford), Jack Powers, (Furman, USC) and Horace Turbeville (Newberry, Winthrop) also coached at two schools in state.

-- Updates --

Austin Alexander of DiamondProspects.com reminded me that Bobby Richardson coached at Coastal Carolina after he left USC to run for Congress.

Tim Medlin chipped in that Art Inabinet was at North Greenville and Francis Marion.

Putting on a USC Salkehatchie shirt on Wednesday reminded me Bubba Dorman coached at both Salkehatchie and USC Spartanburg (Upstate).

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Some schools either have no records or have cut records down to a "modern era."

If you're aware of others who were head baseball coach at multiple S.C. schools, e-mail me at rudyjones@palmettostatebaseball.com 

* Charleston Southern honored members of its 1996 Big South Conference championship team as part of the Gardner-Webb series over the weekend. The team, coached by Randy Mazey, had a 30-24-1 record and competed in the NCAA Tournament's Clemson Regional. I could find no official story on the event, but Mazey posted this on his X account:

"As a coach, sometimes you have a team that changes the lives of everyone involved. I wouldn’t be who I am without these 1996 Big South Champs.  Only regional team in CSU history. Thanks Coach (Karl) Kuhn for bringing us back together.  I’m proud of who they were & who they have become."

Mazey is a former Clemson player who retired after a long tenure at West Virginia.

In 2025, Kuhn's first Buccaneers squad had the school's first winning record since the 1996 championship season. The school hasn't have back-to-back winning seasons a since 1987-88.

* Dating to last season, Coastal Carolina has won 28 consecutive games against Sun Belt Conference competition. The most recent three came as run-rule wins against James Madison over the weekend to improve the Chants to 6-0 in the conference this season. It marked the first time in school history for three run-rule wins in a conference series.

* Anderson retired former coach Joe Miller's No. 14 jersey in ceremonies prior to Saturday's doubleheader against Emory & Henry. Miller was head coach of the Trojans for 23 years, retiring after the 2019 season. He played for Anderson and later Newberry, where his father, Clyde, was coach in the 1980s.

* Clemson committed five errors in being swept over the weekend at Notre Dame, and has had just seven errorless games in 25 outings this season.

The Tigers have been outscored 23-0 in No. 1 starter Aidan Knaak's last three outings.

After being held to four singles on Friday, Clemson was 25 for 63 (.397) over the final two games, but left 21 batters on base.

That was the week that was in S.C. college baseball, March 16-22

 

State scoreboard, Monday, March 23

Southern Wesleyan JV 6-11,  Erskine JV 5-15