News digest April 25

Fire Ants add games

USC Sumter is adding three games as tune-ups for the Region 10 Tournament beginning May 3. The Fire Ants are playing the Rays Blue Claws postgrad team in a doubleheader 1 p.m. Sunday at Riley Park in Sumter. Also, USCS will play the P27 Academy postgrad team on Monday at 4 p.m., also at Riley Park.

Weekend series previews

Bob Jones (Mid-Atlantic Christian)
* Bruins

Clemson (at Louisville)
* Tigers

* Cardinals

Coastal Carolina (Troy)

* Chanticleers
* Trojans

College of Charleston (at Campbell)
* Cougars

* Camels

Presbyterian (USC Upstate)
* Blue Hose
* Spartans

South Carolina (Kentucky)

* Gamecocks

* Wildcats

The Citadel (at East Tennessee State)
* Bulldogs
* Buccaneers

Wofford (Western Carolina)
* Terriers
* Western Carolina

State scoreboard, Thursday, April 25

Briefly: Appalachian Athletic Conference leader and NAIA No. 9-ranked Reinhardt got a run-rule win over Columbia International in the opener of their series. 

Reinhardt 15, Columbia International 0, 7 innings - Col: Colton Lopez 2B
(1/1154)

Beyond the border 

SEC: No. 23 Alabama beat Ole Miss, 12-0, in 7 innings ...

State schedule, April 26-28

Friday, April 26

Savannah State at Benedict, DH, noon

Reinhardt at Columbia International, DH, 1 p.m.

Coker at Carson-Newman, 2 p.m.

North Greenville at Erskine, 2 p.m.

Tusculum at Limestone, 5 p.m.

Western Carolina at Wofford, 5:30 p.m.

Claflin at Columbus State, 6 p.m.

Clemson at Louisville, 6 p.m.

College of Charleston at Campbell, 6 p.m.

Emory & Henry at Newberry, 6 p.m.

Georgia Southwestern at Lander, 6 p.m.

Mid-Atlantic Christian at Bob Jones, 6 p.m.

Mount Olive at Francis Marion, 6 p.m.

Southern Wesleyan at UNC Pembroke, 6 p.m.

The Citadel at East Tennessee State, 6 p.m.

Troy at Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.

USC Upstate at Presbyterian, 6 p.m.

Virginia Wise at Anderson, 6 p.m.

Kentucky at South Carolina, 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 27

North Greenville at Erskine, DH, 11 a.m.

Coker at Carson-Newman, DH, noon

Morris at Voorhees, DH, noon

Tusculum at Limestone, DH, noon

Mid-Atlantic Christian at Bob Jones, 12:30 p.m.

Claflin at Columbus State, DH, 1 p.m.

Clemson at Louisville, 1 p.m.

Emory & Henry at Newberry, DH, 1 p.m.

Mount Olive at Francis Marion, DH, 1 p.m.

Southern Wesleyan at UNC Pembroke, DH, 1 p.m.

USC Beaufort at USC Aiken, DH, 1 p.m.

USC Salkehatchie vs. Florence-Darlington Tech, Lexington, 1 p.m.

Virginia Wise at Anderson, DH, 1 p.m.

Georgia Southwestern at Lander, 2 p.m.

Savannah State at Benedict, 2 p.m.

The Citadel at East Tennessee State, 2 p.m.

Western Carolina at Wofford, 2 p.m.

College of Charleston at Campbell, 3 p.m.

Troy at Coastal Carolina, 3 p.m.

USC Upstate at Presbyterian, 4 p.m.

Kentucky at South Carolina, 6 p.m. SEC

 

Sunday, April 28

Georgia Southwestern at Lander, 1 p.m.

Rays Blue Claws at USC Sumter, DH, 1 p.m.
The Citadel at East Tennessee State, 1 p.m.

Troy at Coastal Carolina, 1 p.m.

USC Beaufort at USC Aiken, 1 p.m.

Western Carolina at Wofford, 1 p.m.

College of Charleston Baseball at Campbell, 2 p.m.

USC Upstate at Presbyterian, 2 p.m.

Kentucky at South Carolina, 3 p.m. SEC

Clemson at Louisville, 4 p.m. ESPN2

NJCAA Region 10 Tournament bracket/schedule set (updated 7:10 p.m.)

Sorry I'm late getting details out about this. I have been tied up with various errands all day.

The bracket and schedule for the NJCAA Region 10 Tournament were announced today.  All seven teams will compete in the double-elimination event May 3-6 at Lexington County Baseball Stadium.

Florence-Darlington Tech won the regular-season championship and will have a first-round bye.

The tournament champion advances to the Eastern District Tournament with the champions of regions 15 and 20. In some years a second team from Region 10 advances to the District Tournament, but that is not the case this year.

NJCAA Region 10 Tournament
May 3-6, Lexington County Baseball Stadium
Friday, May 3
Game 1: No. 5 USC Sumter vs. No. 4 USC Lancaster, 10 a.m.
Game 2: No. 6 USC Union vs. No. 3 Spartanburg Methodist, 1 p.m.
Game 3: No. 7 USC Salkehatchie vs. No. 2 Gaston College, 4 p.m.
Game 4: Game 1 winner vs. No. 1 Florence-Darlington Tech, 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 4
Game 5: Game 2 winner vs. Game 3 winner, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Game 2 loser vs. Game 3 loser, 1 p.m.
Game 7: Game 1 loser vs. Game 5 loser, 4:30 p.m.
Game 8: Game 4 loser vs. Game 6 winner, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 5
Game 9: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 10 a.m.
Game 10: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 1 p.m.
Game 11: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 loser, 4:30 p.m.
Monday, May 6
Game 12: Game 10 winner vs., Game 11 winner, noon
Game 13: If Game 11 winner wins Game 12, 30 minutes after

State scoreboard, Wednesday, April 24

Trenton Burnett matched his season high
by pitching five innings. (FD Tech photo) 

Player of the day: Trenton Burnett, FD Tech, 5-inning no-hitter, 7 K

Briefly: Josh Campos doubled twice and drove in three runs in support of Trenton Burnett's no-hitter in Game 1 of Florence-Darlington Tech's doubleheader sweep of the Columbia International JV ... Kai Tullos homered twice, Schley Gordy hit a grand slam and Blake Martin had four hits as Spartanburg Methodist took a run-rule win over Caldwell College to give coach Tim Wallace his 1,350th career victory ... Kyle Hess had a game-tying triple in the eighth and a single in the 10th to give Creighton a walk-off win over No. 13 Coastal Carolina and a sweep of their two-game series ... Joel Dragoo was 4-for-4 with two doubles and a home run as Presbyterian topped Georgia State ... UNC Pembroke had 3 six-run innings in a run-rule shutout of USC Beaufort.

Creighton 5, Coastal Carolina 4, 10 innings - Coa: Graham Brown 2-4, R, 2 RBI

Florence-Darlington Tech 14, Columbia International JV 0, 5 innings, Game 1 - Flo: Patrick Evans 1B, R, 2 RBI
Florence-Darlington Tech 10, Columbia International JV 1 Game 2 - Flo: Zack Hunt 2 IP, 5 K

P27 Academy 7, Erskine JV 1, Game 1

P27 Academy 10, Erskine JV 7, Game 2

Presbyterian 8, Georgia State 3 - PC: Brody Fahr 1B, 3B, 3 R, 3 RBI

Spartanburg Methodist 11, Caldwell Tech 0, 7 innings - Spa: Davis Wright W, 5 IP, 4 K
UNC Pembroke 19, USC Beaufort 0, 7 innings - Bea: Mack Cromer 1B, BB
(8/1153)

Beyond the border

ACC: Central Michigan beat Notre Dame, 2-0.

Elsewhere: Houston Christian upended No. 17 Louisiana, 10-9 ... UNC Greensboro beat High Point, 13-0 ... Mercer drubbed Georgia Southern, 18-3.

News digest, April 24

In Tim Wallace's 33-year tenure at Spartanburg Methodist,
dozens of his players have gone on to play at four-year
 schools or for professional teams. (Palmetto State Baseball photo) 

Pioneers' Wallace hits another milestone

Wednesday's 11-0 win over Caldwell Tech was victory No. 1,350 of Tim Wallace's tenure as coach at Spartanburg Methodist College.

Wallace, in his 33rd season, has taken seven SMC teams to the NJCAA College World Series in grand Junction, Colo.

The Lancaster native played and Baptist College (now Charleston Southern) and Wofford before spending seven seasons as a professional player. He is in the Wofford College Athletic Hall of Fame and the NJCAA Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame.

SMC is in its final season as a two-year school and will begin fielding teams as a four-year school beginning in 2025.

Gamecocks to honor Bradley

Lindell Bradley, the first African-American baseball player at the University of South Carolina, will be honored by the school in conjunction with Baseball Alumni Weekend.

Bradley came to USC from Butler High School, a black high school in Hartsville.  He played on the freshman team in 1986 and the varsity in 1969 before concentrating on his academic career.

He will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before Sunday's game with Kentucky.

Below are links to details about him being honored and to a feature story written by Brad Muller of Gamecocksonline.com
Bradley honors
Bradley interview

Rankings

NCAA DII Southeast Region (in alphabetical order): Barton, Catawba, Columbus State, Lander, Lincoln Memorial, Mount Olive, North Greenville, UNC Pembroke, Young Harris.
NCAA

NCBWA DII
* National: 1. Tampa. 3. North Greenville.
* Southeast Region: 1. North Greenville. 2. Young Harris. 3. Mount Olive. 4. Catawba. 5. Lander. 6.

UNC-Pembroke. 7. Barton. 8. Georgia College. 9. North Georgia. 10. Georgia Southwestern.
Scribes

Honors

* Stopper of the year midseason watch list: Davis Aiken, College of Charleston; Garrett Gainey, South Carolina; Johnny Hummel, Kentucky (Erskine transfer).

Stopper