State schedule, Friday, April 24

Newberry at Mars Hill, DH, noon

Spartanburg Methodist at Montreat, DH, noon

Benedict at Miles, DH, 1 p.m.

Francis Marion at King, DH, 1 p.m.

Lander at St. Leo, DH, 1 p.m.

North Greenville at Emmanuel, DH, 1 p.m.

Erskine at Young Harris, DH, 2 p.m.

Anderson at Wingate, 4 p.m.

USC Upstate at Samford, DH, 4 p.m.

Shorter at Southern Wesleyan, 5 p.m.

Campbell at College of Charleston, 6 p.m.

Charleston Southern at UNC Asheville, 6 p.m.

Clemson at Louisville, 6 p.m.

Georgia College at Claflin, 6 p.m.

Middle Georgia USC Beaufort, 6 p.m.

North Georgia at USC Aiken, 6 p.m.

Radford at Presbyterian, 6 p.m.

Texas State at Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.

Tusculum at Coker, 6 p.m.

UNC Greensboro at The Citadel, 6 p.m.

Winthrop at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.

Wofford at Mercer, 6 p.m.

Kentucky at South Carolina, 7 p.m.

S.C. college baseball recap, Thursday, April 23

State schedule, April 24-26

Friday, April 24

Newberry at Mars Hill, DH, noon

Spartanburg Methodist at Montreat, DH, noon

Benedict at Miles, DH, 1 p.m.

Francis Marion at King, DH, 1 p.m.

Lander at St. Leo, DH, 1 p.m.

North Greenville at Emmanuel, DH, 1 p.m.

Erskine at Young Harris, DH, 2 p.m.

Anderson at Wingate, 4 p.m.

USC Upstate at Samford, DH, 4 p.m.

Shorter at Southern Wesleyan, 5 p.m.

Campbell at College of Charleston, 6 p.m.

Charleston Southern at UNC Asheville, 6 p.m.

Clemson at Louisville, 6 p.m.

Georgia College at Claflin, 6 p.m.

Middle Georgia USC Beaufort, 6 p.m.

North Georgia at USC Aiken, 6 p.m.

Radford at Presbyterian, 6 p.m.

Texas State at Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.

Tusculum at Coker, 6 p.m.

UNC Greensboro at The Citadel, 6 p.m.

Winthrop at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.

Wofford at Mercer, 6 p.m.

Kentucky at South Carolina, 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 25

Erskine at Young Harris, 8 a.m.

Georgia College at Claflin, DH, noon

Lander at St. Leo, noon

Tusculum at Coker, DH, 1 p.m.

Anderson at Wingate, DH, 1 p.m.

Benedict at Miles, 1 p.m.

Florence-Darlington Tech at USC Union, DH, 1 p.m.

Francis Marion at King, 1 p.m.

Morris at Johnson & Wales, DH, 1 p.m.

North Greenville at Emmanuel, 1 p.m.

Shorter at Southern Wesleyan, DH, 1 p.m.

Spartanburg Methodist at Montreat, 1 p.m.

USC Lancaster at Gaston College, DH, 1 p.m.

USC Salkehatchie at USC Sumter, DH, 1 p.m.

Campbell at College of Charleston, 2 p.m.

Middle Georgia at USC Beaufort, 2 p.m.

North Georgia at USC Aiken, 2 p.m.

Texas State at Coastal Carolina, 2 p.m.

UNC Greensboro at The Citadel, 2 p.m.

Wofford at Mercer, 2 p.m.

Radford at Presbyterian, 3 p.m.

Winthrop at Gardner-Webb, 3 p.m.

Kentucky at South Carolina, 4 p.m.

Charleston Southern at UNC Asheville, 5 p.m.

Clemson at Louisville, 7 p.m.

HBCUAC Tournament
River Run Park, Tuscaloosa, Ala

Game 1: East No. 4 Voorhees vs. West No. 1 Huston-Tillotson University, 1 p.m. Field 2
Game 2: West No. 3 Philander Smith vs. East No. 2 Stillman, 1 p.m. Field 4
Game 3: West No. 4 Dillard vs. East No. 1 Talladega, 4 p.m., Field 4
Game 4: East No. 3 Wilberforce vs. West No. 2 Southern New Orleans, 4:30 p.m. Field 2
Game 5: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 8 p.m. Field 4
Game 6: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 8 p.m. Field 2

Sunday, April 26

Charleston Southern at UNC Asheville, noon

Texas State at Coastal Carolina, 12:30 p.m.

Campbell at College of Charleston, 1 p.m.

Florence-Darlington Tech at USC Union, 1 p.m.

Middle Georgia at USC Beaufort, 1 p.m.

North Georgia at USC Aiken, 1 p.m.

Radford at Presbyterian, 1 p.m.

UNC Greensboro at The Citadel, 1 p.m.

USC Lancaster at Gaston College, 1 p.m.

USC Salkehatchie at USC Sumter, 1 p.m.

Winthrop at Gardner-Webb, 1 p.m.

Wofford at Mercer, 1 p.m.

Clemson at Louisville, 2 p.m.

Newberry at Mars Hill, 2 p.m.
USC Upstate at Samford, 2 p.m.

Kentucky at South Carolina, 3 p.m.

HBCUAC Tournament
River Run Park, Tuscaloosa, Ala

Game 7: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 11 a.m. Field 4
Game 8: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 11 a.m. Field 2
Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 8 loser, 2:30 p.m. Field 4
Game 10: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 loser, 2:30 p.m. Field 2
Game 11: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 6 p.m., Field 2

State scoreboard, Thursday, April 23

Mikey Scott had a season-high three hits in the opener
of Thursday's doubleheader. (USC Union photo)

Player of the day: Mikey Scott, USC Union, 5-for-6, 3 2B, BB, 4 R, 3 RBI  

* Briefly: Mikey Scott had five hits, scored four runs and drove in three as USC Union (31-18) swept a doubleheader from Blue Claws postgrad. Jaxson Barbee and Gavin Brown combined on a two-hit shutout in the opener. Markus Kirksey had a homer and four RBI in the nightcap as the Bantams extended their winning streak to five.

Beyond the border
* ACC: No. 2 North Carolina took the series opener at Duke, 3-1.
* ACC standings: Georgia Tech 16-5; North Carolina 16-6; Boston College 14-7; Florida State 12-6; Virginia 12-9; Miami 10-8; Wake Forest 11-10; N.C. State 9-9; Virginia Tech 9-12; Pitt 7-11; Stanford 7-11; Louisville 7-11; Duke 8-14; Clemson 6-12; California 6-12;  Notre Dame 7-14.

* SEC: No. 13 Alabama took the series opener at Tennessee, 12-8 ... No. 24 Arkansas broke a 3-3 tie in the eighth and beat Missouri, 5-4.
* SEC standings: Georgia 13-5; Texas A&M 12-5; Texas 11-6; Auburn 10-8; Florida 10-8; Mississippi State 10-8; Oklahoma 10-8; Ole Miss 10-8; Alabama 10-9; Arkansas 10-9; Vanderbilt 9-9; Kentucky 8-10; Tennessee 8-11; LSU 6-12; South Carolina 5-13; Missouri 3-16.

USC Union 7, Blue Claws 0, 5 innings, Game 1 - Uni: Josh Jackson 2-2, 2B, HBP, R, RBI
USC Union 20, Blue Claws 10, 5 innings, Game 2 - Uni: Tanner Smith 1B, 3B, HBP, 3 R, 3 RBI

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S.C. college baseball recap, Wednesday, April 22

In case you missed it, April 22

 

* Coastal Carolina pitcher Cameron Flukey is expected to start Sunday's home game against Texas State as he returns from an injury from an injury that has sidelined him most of the season. He was one of the key parts of the Chanticleers' run to the College World Series runner-up spot a season ago.

* Voorhees will play Huston-Tillotson at 1 p.m. (EDT) Saturday in a first-round game of the HBCU Athletic Conference Tournament. Games will be played at River Run Park in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The top four teams in the league's two divisions are in the double-elimination event.  Huston-Tillotson won the West Division and Voorhees took fourth in the East Division of the NAIA conference.
Saturday's schedule
Game 1: East No. 4 Voorhees vs. West No. 1 Huston-Tillotson University, 1 p.m. Field 2
Game 2: West No. 3 Philander Smith vs. East No. 2 Stillman, 1 p.m. Field 4
Game 3: West No. 4 Dillard vs. East No. 1 Talladega, 4 p.m., Field 4
Game 4: East No. 3 Wilberforce vs. West No. 2 Southern New Orleans, 4:30 p.m. Field 2
Game 5: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 8 p.m. Field 4
Game 6: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 8 p.m. Field 2

* Lander has shattered the NCAA Division II record for times being hit by a pitch in a season. Bearcats batters have been plunked 165 times in 46 games. The previous was 159 by Angelo State in 65 games in 2024.

 * Tristan Tillman of Southern Wesleyan has stolen a school-record 44 bases in 50 attempts this season. The Summerville High and USC Sumter product stolen seven in a game against Chowan April 4. Mike Hyman set the previous record with 43 steals in 2015.

* The first NCAA Division II regional rankings of the season are out. The rankings are used in the process of selecting teams to the NCAA Tournament. Eight teams from the Southeast Region - made up of Conference Carolinas, the Peach Belt Conference and the South Atlantic Conference - qualify for the playoffs. The 10 teams in the Southeast rankings are listed in alphabetical order.
Southeast Region: Belmont Abbey, Catawba, Flagler, Francis Marion, Lenoir-Rhyne, North Georgia, North Greenville, USC Aiken, Wingate, Young Harris.

* Charlie Bussey III of Francis Marion is closing in on 100 runs scored this season. He has scored 94 times in 47 games. Both Bussey and teammate Ethan McAnally have hit 17 home runs this season, topping the previous record of 15 by Tim Dockery in 1998. McAnally has set a school record for RBI in a season (76). Bussey, with 69, also has topped the previous season record of 67 by Preston Shuey in 2011.

State scoreboard, Wednesday, April 22

Ryan Piekutoski is batting .466 with 23 homers 
and 77 RBI in 49 games. (USC Sumter photo)

Player of the day:  Ryan Piekutoski 6-6, 1B, 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, BB,  5 R, 5 RBI

* Briefly: TJ Anderson, Phillips Daniels, Christian Stratis and Lane Tobin had three hits apiece as The Citadel (19-21) handled Georgia Southern (12-28) its seventh straight loss. Michael Gibson and Zach Hunt hit back-to-back homers in a six-run seventh,when the Bulldogs took control. The Citadel completed a series sweep of the Eagles, who had won the last eight games prior to this season,. Before this year, the Bulldogs had not topped GSU since 2015 ... Evan Johnson doubled twice, Mannix Crawford reached base three times and scored every time and Bob Jones (13-25) matched the school record for wins in a season by taking Game 1 of a doubleheader at Paine. Preston Cox tripled and walked twice for BJU. Paine won Game 2, scoring three runs in the bottom of the 11th.  Sam Gearhart had four hits, a walk, a run scored and an RBI for the Bruins in Game 2. Henry Rumble had four hits and reached base six times in the doubleheader. He also stole three bases. The 13 wins are the most in a regular season for the six-year-old program. The 2024 team won 11 games in the regular season and two in the NCCAA South Regional Tournament ... JC Gamble, Gabe Herold and Jake Zehner had two hits and three RBI apiece as Florence--Darlington Tech snapped a two-game losing streak with a win over the Columbia International JV ... Ryan Piekutoski hit for the cycle in Game 1 and added a triple and a homer in the second game of USC Sumter's (31-18) sweep of the Erskine JV. Piekutoski had 23 homers. Dalton Taylor struck out eight in a five-inning, four-hit shutout in the nightcap.

Beyond the border
* ACC: No. 10 Virginia rallied to top Liberty, 5-4 ... A ninth-inning squeeze bunt gave Miami a 5-4 win at Florida Atlantic ... Notre Dame topped Michigan State, 3-2 ... California edged San Francisco, 4-3 ... Stanford downed Santa Clara, 6-4.

Bob Jones 4, Paine 2, Game 1 - BJU: Tillman Padgett, CG, W, ER, 4 K
Paine 7, Bob Jones 6, 11 innings, Game 2 - BJU: Jaden Blanco 3-5, RBI
Brevard JV 6, Southern Wesleyan JV 3

Florence-Darlington Tech 18, Columbia International JV 2 - Flo: Jake Zehner 1B, 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI

The Citadel 10, Georgia Southern 3 - Cit: Phillips Daniels 3-5, 3B, 2 R, 2 RBI
USC Sumter 14, Erskine JV 4, 5 innings,  Game 1 - Sum: Joey Irizarry 2B, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI

USC Sumter 11, Erskine JV 0, 5 innings, Game 2 - Sum: Eli Kraft 1B, 2B, 2 R

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S.C. college baseball recap, Tuesday, April 21