State schedule, Sunday, March 29

Claflin at USC Aiken, 1 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Marshall, 1 p.m.

College of Charleston at Campbell, 1 p.m.

Gaston College at Florence-Darlington Tech, 1 p.m.

Georgia Southwestern at Lander, 1 p.m.

Morehouse at Benedict, 1 p.m.

Presbyterian at Samford, 1 p.m.

South Carolina at Georgia, 1 p.m.

UNC Asheville at USC Upstate, 1 p.m.

UNC Greensboro at Wofford, 1 p.m.

USC Beaufort at Columbus State, 1 p.m.

USC Lancaster at USC Salkehatchie, 1 p.m.

USC Sumter at USC Union, 1 p.m.

Western Carolina at The Citadel, 1 p.m.

Charleston Southern at Winthrop, 2 p.m.

S.C. college baseball recap, Saturday, March 28

SMC retires Wallace's No. 11

Tim Wallace's daughters Amy Kate Wilkins and Grace Moyd
and son Jacob Wallace flank their dad's commemorative
 No. 11 at Mooneyham Field. (Tim Kinzey/SMC photo)

Tim Wallace's beloved dog, Annie, was on hand for
the ceremonies. (Danny Kambell photo)

Spartanburg Methodist College retired former coach Tim Wallace's No. 11 jersey Saturday in ceremonies prior to the Pioneers' doubleheader with Bryan.

Wallace won 1,351 games in a hall of fame career before he stepped down last year while battling cancer. He died last May.

Danny Kambel, SMC's assistant athletic director for sports communications, made the presentation.

"Today, Spartanburg Methodist College pays tribute to a man whose impact on this baseball program—and beyond—cannot be measured by wins alone.

"For more than three decades, Tim Wallace dedicated his life to building SMC Baseball into a program defined by toughness, discipline, and pride.

"In recognition of his playing career, he was inducted into the Wofford College Hall of Fame in 2000. His coaching accolades include induction into the SMC Hall of Honor in 2012 and the NJCAA Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2014.

"He finished his career with 1,351 wins—the fourth-most in junior college history. Under Coach Wallace, SMC won 11 Region 10 Championships.

"He was named Region 10 Coach of the Year eight times, earned the Louisville Slugger Coaches Award four times, and was an eight-time American Baseball Coaches Association Regional Coach of the Year. Eight players were named NJCAA All-Americans, and more than 150 signed professional baseball contracts.

"In recognition of his extraordinary service and enduring legacy, Spartanburg Methodist College is proud to officially retire number 11.

"From this day forward, No. 11 will no longer be worn in Pioneer baseball competition. It will stand permanently as a symbol of excellence, leadership, and the standard Coach Wallace established," Kambel's statement concluded."

State scoreboard, Saturday, March 28

Carew Bates is batting .319 with 11 homers and 37 RBI
for the Fire Ants this season. (USC Sumter photo)

Player of the day: Carew Bates, USC Sumter, 6-for-9, 2B, BB, 3 HR, 11 RBI.

 

* NCAA Division I: No. 15 Coastal Carolina (19-7, 8-0 Sun Belt) scored the game's final 12 runs against Marshall (13-12, 5-3) to extend its winning streak against conference competition to 30. The Chanticleers took the lead of Blake Barthol's RBI groundout in the seventh inning, then tacked on two runs in the eighth and five in the ninth ... A seven-run eighth gave Winthrop (20-7, 5-0 Big South) a comfortable lead in a series-clinching win over Charleston Southern (17-9, 2-3). Chazz Grossington homered twice and drove in four runs for the Eagles, who have won five straight and 10 of 11 ... Derek Williams' seventh-inning grand slam doubled Miami's (21-7, 4-5 ACC) lead and the Hurricanes took the rubber game of a series at Clemson (19-10, 2-7)  Tryston McCladdie and Jacob Jarrell had three hits apiece for the Tigers ... Phillips Daniels had four hits and TJ Anderson drove in four runs for The Citadel (12-13, 3-2, SoCon) as it clinched a series win over Western Carolina (17-11, 2-3) ... Alec Bouchard scattered three hits and struck out seven in six innings and Wofford (18-9, 2-0 SoCon) clinched a series win over UNC Greensboro (12-16, 1-4) ... Tyler Lang and Henry Zenor homered and drove in four runs apiece as USC Upstate (14-14, 5-3 Big South) overwhelmed UNC Asheville (13-14, 1-4) ... No. 7 Georgia (22-6, 6-2 SEC) hit two home runs and limited South Carolina (13-15, 1-7) to two hits in clinching a series win. Carolina's run came on four walks in the first inning ... Campbell (17-9, 10-1 CAA) scored  five early runs and outlasted College of Charleston (10-16, 5-6) to clinch a series win ... Mason Blasche didn't allow an earned run in six innings as Samford (11-14) evened its series with Presbyterian (5-23).

* Conference Carolinas: Chase Grube struck out 10 in a seven-inning, six-hit shutout in Game 1 and Erskine (17-19, 12-9) went on to complete a series sweep at Chowan (3-22, 3-18) ... Thomas Powell drove in five runs as North Greenville (28-7, 17-4) won twice at Ferrum (12-16, 7-14) to complete a series sweep ... Jimmy Koza drove in five runs and Riley Orr added four as Francis (27-7, 17-4) swept Mount Olive (15-17, 9-12) to get a series win ... Emmanuel (16-17, 12-12) bounced back from losing the series opener to sweep Southern Wesleyan (11-24, 5-16). 

* Peach Belt Conference: Four pitchers combined for a one-hit shutout as USC Aiken (24-9, 12-5) run-ruled Claflin (3-22, 0-17) ... Landen Still capped Lander's (19-14, 12-8) comeback from three runs down with a walk-off single against Georgia Southwestern (18-16, 11-6) ... Columbus State (19-10, 12-5) evened its series with USC Beaufort (7-24, 2-18).

* South Atlantic Conference: A four-run fifth inning gave Newberry (20-14, 14-7) the lead in Game 2 and the Wolves held off Carson-Newman (19-13, 10-11) to avoid being swept in the series ... Mars Hill (16-17-1, 12-8-1) held Anderson (17-17, 5-16) to a run and six hits in a doubleheader sweep and send the Trojans home winless on the weekend ... Catawba (26-6, 16-3) pounded out 27 to hits in winning a pair at Coker (7-25, 6-15). The Indians have won 26 straight conference series.

* Other: Rust (8-22, 5-7 HBCUAC) scored three runs in the ninth to force extra innings, but Voorhees (7-17, 6-7) got a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 10th to complete the sweep. Ethan Farrell, who pitched a complete game on Friday, got his second win in as many days by after coming in with the bases loaded in the ninth and pitching two shutout innings ... Benedict (14-8, 12-8, SIAC) fashioned six hits and 15 walks into a one-run win in Game 1, then lashed 17 hits in Game 2 to rout Morehouse (14-12, 11-7) ... Matthew Garris pitched a three-hit shutout in Game 2 as Columbia International (12-22, 10-10 AAC) salvaged the series finale at Pikeville (17-12, 9-9) ... Bryan (17-16, 10-7) pulled away to win the opener, then held off a Spartanburg Methodist (16-17, 9-9) comeback in Game 2 to complete a sweep.

* NJCAA Region 10: After being run-ruled in Game 1, Florence-Darlington Tech (32-7, 13-4) scored six runs - taking the lead on a three-run homer by Jake Little - in the seventh inning of the nightcap to split a pair with first-place Gaston College (34-3, 14-3) ... Nathan Kirouac pitched a five-inning one-hit shutout in Game 2 as USC Lancaster (19-16, 6-10) completed a sweep of USC Salkehatchie (3-32, 1-15) ... Brice Gillette's RBI single gave USC Union (20-15, 5-11) a walk-off win in Game 2 for a split with USC Sumter (22-11, 10-6).

 

Beyond the border
* ACC:  Boston College clinched a series win over No. 9 Virginia with a 17-0 rout ... No. 3 Georgia Tech scored two in the eighth to clinch a series win over No. 14 N.C. State, 6-4 ... No. 10 Florida State edged Duke, 12-11 ...No.13 North Carolina swept No. 23 Notre Dame, in a pair, 6-5 and 13-7 ... Louisville evened its series with Pitt, 8-5 ... Virginia Tech deadlocked its series with Stanford, 10-2 ... Wake Forest swept California, 4-1 and 9-5 ...

*  SEC: Vanderbilt got its second extra-inning walk-off win over No. 21 in as many days, 6-5 in 16 innings ... No. 2 Texas walked off No. 8 Oklahoma again, 5-4 in 10 innings ... Alabama clinched a series win over No. 5 Auburn with a 3-2 walk-off win ... Florida clinched a series win over No. 4 Arkansas, 7-4 ... No. 6 Mississippi State won at No. 18 Ole Miss for the second straight day, 6-1 ... No. 24 Texas A&M smoked Missouri, 14-6 ... LSU blanked No. 19 Kentucky, 7-0.

*  D1Baseball.com Top 25: Maryland topped No. 12 Southern Cal, 6-4 ... Appalachian State topped No. 11 Southern Mississippi, 6-2 ... Cal Santa Barbara beat No. 20 Oregon, 8-2.

* Elsewhere: High Point beat Gardner-Webb again, 12-8 ... Northeastern evened its CAA series with Hofstra, 12-11 ... East Tennessee State edged VMI again, 4-3.

Benedict 9, Morehouse 8, Game 1 - Ben: Christopher Trujillo Ruiz 1-3, 2 BB, R, 2 RBI

Benedict 19, Morehouse 3, Game 2 - Ben: Joshua Medina 4-4, 2B, HBP, 4 R, RBI
Bryan 13, Spartanburg Methodist 8, Game 1 - Spa: Elijah Franz 2-5, SB, 2 RBI
Bryan 8, Spartanburg Methodist 7, Game 2 - Spa: Matt Smith 2B, HR, 2 R, 4 RBI

Campbell 6, College of Charleston 3 - Cha: Dylan Johnson 3-4, 2B, BB, R
Carson-Newman 4, Newberry 3, 10 innings, Game 1 - New: Nick Riedel 7.1 IP, 0 ER, 6 K

Newberry 6, Carson-Newman 5, Game 2 - New: Luke Compton 4-4, 2 R

Catawba 14, Coker 1, 8 innings, Game 1 - Cok: Gavin Johnson 3-4, R
Catawba 5, Coker 2, Game 2 - Cok: Dimitri Sabino 2-3, 2 2B, R
Coastal Carolina 12, Marshall 4 - Coa: Darin Horn S, 3 IP, 0 R, 6 K
Columbus State 5, USC Beaufort 2 - Bea: Jon Davis 3-4, SB, R

Emmanuel 7, Southern Wesleyan 6, Game 1 - Sou: Luke Taylor 2-5, 2B, 3 RBI
Emmanuel 5, Southern Wesleyan 3, Game 2 - Sou: Matthew McCaffrey 1-2, SB, RBI
Erskine 5, Chowan 0, Game 1 - Ers: Drew Potts 1B, HR, 2 RBI

Erskine 13, Chowan 4, Game 2 - Ers: Noah Hill 3-6, SB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Francis Marion 7, Mount Olive 3, Game 1 - Fra: Riley Orr 1B, HR, 3 RBI
Francis Marion 18, Mount Olive 4, Game 2 - Fra: Will Dorrell 3-3, 2B, 2 BB, 4 R, RBI

Gaston College 14, Florence-Darlington Tech 4, 5 innings, Game 1 - Flo: Jackson Cook HR
Florence-Darlington Tech 9, Gaston College 7, Game 2 - Flo: Gabe Herold 3-5, HR, SB, 2 RBI
Georgia 3, South Carolina 1 - USC: Amp Phillips 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 9 K

Lander 5, Georgia Southwestern 4 - Lan: Nolan Alexander W,  2 IP, 0 R, 2 K

Mars Hill 4, Anderson 0, Game 1 - And: Gray Wells 2-4

Mars Hill 4, Anderson 1, Game 2 - And: Dylan Dampier 3B, RBI
Miami 8, Clemson 6 - Cle: Jacob Jarrell 1B, 2B, HR, 3 RBI

North Greenville 11, Ferrum 1, Game 1 - Nor: Bennett Roemer W, 6 IP, 4 H, R, 9 K
North Greenville 7, Ferrum 4, Game 2 - Nor: Lane McGaha 4-5, R, 2 RBI 

Pikeville 7, Columbia International 5, Game 1 - Col: Jennings Greene 3-5, R

Columbia International 8, Pikeville 0, Game 2 - Col: Chance Weathersbee 2B, 3B, R, 3 RBI 

Samford 7, Presbyterian 4 - PC: Emory Guilford 3-4, 3B, 2 R

The Citadel 13, Western Carolina 9 - Cit: TJ Anderson 2-5, 2B, 3 SB, 4 R

USC Aiken 13, Claflin 0, 7 innings - Aik: Yariel Diaz 2-4, 2B, BB, 3 R, 2 RBI
USC Lancaster 12, USC Salkehatchie 7, Game 1 - Lan: Isaiah Lutz 1B, 3B, BB, 2 R, 4 RBI

USC Lancaster 15, USC Salkehatchie 0, Game 2 - Lan; Nathan Kirouac, W, H, 4 K, 
USC Sumter 18, USC Union 9, Game 1 - Sum: Jasean Perry 1B, HR, 2 R, 6 RBI
USC Union 8, USC Sumter 7, Game 2 - Uni: Markus Kirksey 2B, HR, 2 BB, 2 R
USC Upstate 14, UNC Asheville 1 - Up: Henry Zenor 3-3, HR, 2 BB, 4 R, 4 RBI
Voorhees 14, Rust 13, 10 innings - Voo: Jayden Clay 4-7, SB, R, 3 RBI
Winthrop 14, Charleston Southern 4 - Win: Colin Crowley 1-3, BB, HBP, 3 R, RBI
Wofford 6, UNC Greensboro 1 - Wof: Cade Collins 2-2, 2 BB, R, 2 RBI
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S.C. college baseball recap, Friday, March 27

State scoreboard, Friday, March 27

A day after his error contributed to a loss,
Tryston McCladdie led the Tigers
with 3 extra-base hits. (Clemson photo) 

Player of the day: Tryston McCladdie, Clemson, 3-4, 2B, 2 HR 3 RBI

* NCAA Division I: Tryston McCladdie's second homer of the game gave Clemson (19-9, 2-6 ACC) the lead in the seventh inning as the Tigers evened their series with Miami (20-7, 3-5) ... TJ Anderson's walk-off single capped a three-run comeback by The Citadel (11-13, 2-2 SoCon) as it took a series opener against Western Carolina (17-10, 2-2). Andrew Buffkin (2-0) allowed only a walk and struck out five in four innings of relief ... Jake Armsey's walk-off two-run double capped a USC Upstate (13-14, 4-3 Big South) rally from seven runs against UNC Asheville (13-13, 1-3) ... Brayden Gilley and Harrison Wilson combined on a four-hit shutout as Winthrop (19-7, 4-0 Big South) turned back Charleston Southern (17-8, 2-2) ... Ryan Lynch pitched out a bases-loaded jam in the eighth inning and No. 15 Coastal Carolina (18-7, 7-0 Sun Belt) held off Marshall (13-11, 5-2) ... Wofford transfer Daniel Jackson hit a grand slam as No. 7 Georgia  (21-6, 5-2 SEC) beat South Carolina (13-14, 1-6). Patrick Evans had three hits and Luke Yuhasz had two for Carolina, which outhit the Dogs 9-4 ... Wofford (17-9, 1-0 SoCon) withstood a three-run ninth inning by UNC Greensboro (12-15, 1-3) to win its conference opener ... Caden Mason scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the sixth inning and Bo Moody added a two-run single as Presbyterian (5-22) turned back Samford (10-14) ... Campbell (16-9, 9-1 CAA) scored four runs in the sixth and three in the eighth to overtake College of Charleston (10-15, 5-5).

* Conference Carolinas: CJ Dean led off the 10th inning with a home run as North Greenville (26-7, 15-4) took the series opener at Ferrum (12-14, 7-12). The Panthers sent the game to extra innings on a ninth-inning wild pitch ... Mason McManus had four hits and drove in eight runs as Erskine (15-19, 10-9) handed Chowan (3-20, 3-16) its 12th straight loss ... Cole Kirschner was 4-for-4 with a walk and 4 RBI as Southern Wesleyan (11-22, 5-14) steamrolled Emmanuel (14-17, 10-12) ... Mac James' three-run homer in the fifth inning lifted Mount Olive (15-15, 9-10) over Francis Marion (15-4, 25-7).  Charlie Bussey III and Ethan McAnally homered and drove in two runs for the Patriots.

* Peach Belt Conference: Lander (18-14, 11-8) scored five runs in the third inning and withstood a comeback bid by Georgia Southwestern (18-15, 11-5) ... Terry Dean's two-run double in a six-run seventh-inning gave USC Beaufort (7-23, 2-17) the lead and the Sand Sharks held off Columbus State (18-10, 11-5) ... USC Aiken (23-9, 11-5) salted away its run-rule win over Claflin (3-21, 0-16) with a 10-run sixth. The Panthers have lost 19 straight games.

* South Atlantic Conference: Luke Floyd's two-run homer broke a tie in the eighth inning and Aiden Gibson had four hits and four RBI as Carson-Newman (18-12, 9-10) won a series opener against Newberry (19-13, 13-6) ... Mars Hill (14-17-1, 10-8-1) scored four runs in the sixth inning - three on Terick Bumgarner's double - and held on to top Anderson (17-15, 5-14) in the first game of the series ... First-place Catawba (24-6, 16-3) scored eight runs in the fourth and seven in the seventh to run-rule Coker (7-23, 6-13), which has lost six straight games.

* Other: Jaden Johnson singled in Daren Drayton in the bottom of  the seventh inning to give Voorhees (6-17, 5-7 HBCUAC) a win over Rust (8-21, 5-6) in Game 1 of a sweep ... Cole Fowler's grand slam capped a five-run 12th inning as Pikeville (16-11, 8-8 AAC) took the series opener against Columbia International (11-21, 9-9). A couple of run-scoring wild pitches and a bases-loaded walk staked the Rams to a three-run lead in the top of the 12th ... A four-run eighth powered Bryan (15-16, 8-7 AAC) to victory over Spartanburg Methodist (16-15, 9-7).

Beyond the border
* ACC: No. 3 Georgia Tech downed No. 14 N.C. State, 3-1 ... Boston College upended No. 9 Virginia, 5-3 ... No. 10 Florida State was held to four hits, but beat Duke, 3-1 ... Pitt beat Louisville, 4-3 ... Stanford defeated Virginia Tech, 9-7 ... North Carolina and Notre Dame were rained out.

* SEC: Florida whipped No. 4 Arkansas, 9-4 ... No. 6 Mississippi State beat rival No. 18 Ole Miss, 5-4, with two runs in the ninth inning ... Vanderbilt was a 3-2 walk-off winner over No. 21 Tennessee in 10 innings ... No. 2 Texas clinched a series win over No 8. Oklahoma with a 10-inning 4-3 walk-off win ...Alabama pounded No. 5 Auburn, 11-1 ...No. 19 Kentucky won at LSU, 7-4 ... No. 25 Texas A&M was an 11-9 victor at Missouri.

* D1Baseball.com Top 25: No. 1 UCLA beat Iowa, 5-2 ... No. 11 Southern Miss beat Appalachian, 6-5, on the strength of a four-run eighth inning.

* Elsewhere:  High Point dumped Gardner-Webb, 10-3 ... Hofstra surprised Northeastern, 5-4, in 11 innings ... East Tennessee State nipped VMI, 6-5.

Bryan 6, Spartanburg Methodist 4 - Spa: Jarian Pinckney 3-3, 2B, BB, RBI

Carson-Newman 11, Newberry 7 - New: Luke Compton 2-5, BB, 2 R, RBI

Campbell 12, College of Charleston 10 - Cha: Jacob Amman 3-45, HR, SB, 2 R, 3 RBI
Catawba 22, Coker 7, 7 innings - Cok: Luke Alford 2B, HR, 2 RB, 3 RBI

Clemson 7, Miami 6 - Cle: Justin LeGuernic S, IP, K

Coastal Carolina 11, Marshall 9 - Coa: Walker Mitchell 3-3, 2 BB, SB, R, 2 RBI

Erskine 24, Chowan 6 - Ers: Drew Potts 3-3, 3 BB, SB, 4 R, 2 RBI

Georgia 5, South Carolina 2 - USC: Alex Philpott 2 IP, K
Lander 8, Georgia Southwestern 6 - Lan: Pip Smalley 3-5, 2B, R, 3 RBI

Mars Hill 7, Anderson 3 - And: Gray Wells 2-4, RBI
Mount Olive 9, Francis Marion 7 - Fra: Riley Orr HR, 2 RBI

North Greenville 5, Ferrum 3 10 innings - Nor: Conner Brinson W, 3 IP, 2 H, 4 9 K

Pikeville 9, Columbia International 7, 12 innings - Col: Aiden Pomnitz 3-5. HR, BB, 3 

Presbyterian 7, Samford 5 - PC: James Green 4-4, 2B, HR, BB, 3 R

Southern Wesleyan 17, Emmanuel 8 - Sou: Tristan Tillman 3-5, SB, 6 R, 2 RBI

The Citadel 4, Western Carolina 3 - Cit: Jayden Williams 2-4, HBP, 3 R

USC Aiken 17, Claflin 2, 7 innings - Aik: Joseph Rauscher W, 6 IP, 2 R, 6 K
USC Beaufort 10, Columbus State 9 - Bea: Nicholas Barcelo 1B, HR, 3 R, 3 RBI
USC Upstate 11, UNC Asheville 10 - Up: Johnny Sweeney 3-5, HR, 3 RBI

Voorhees 6, Rust 5, Game 1 - Voo: Raekwon Wedderburn 3-3, 2B, SB, RBI

Voorhees 9, Rust 4, Game 2 - Voo: Jayden Clay 1B, 2B, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI

Winthrop 4, Charleston Southern 0 - Win: Gabe Natividad 1B, 3B, 2 RBI

Wofford 8, UNC Greensboro 7 - Wof: Marc Quarrie 3-4, HR, 4 RBI

(23/798)

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S.C. college baseball recap, Thursday, March 26