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Maloy Heaghney had the big hit as the Spartans topped Wofford. (USC Upstate photo) |
Player of the day: Maloy Heaghney, USC Upstate, go-ahead 3-run 3B
* Briefly: No. 16 Coastal Carolina (10-6) scored seven runs in the sixth inning to snap No. 12 Wake Forest's (15-2) 15-game winning streak. The Chanticleers trailed 4-2 before the uprising. Dean Mihos' RBI single but Coastal ahead to stay. Darin Horn closed out the game with five strikeouts in two innings. A crowd of 5,122 was at Springs Brooks Stadium ... Sean White's grand slam wrapped up a six-run - all with two outs - second inning and that was all Georgia Southern (5-11) needed to snap No. 11 Clemson's (15-2) seven-game winning streak at SRP Park in North Augusta in front of 5,921 fans. Noah Samol pitched 3 1/3 innings of shutout relief for the Tigers ... The Citadel (6-8) got a pair of early home runs to take the lead, then used small ball to beat South Carolina (12-6) in front of 4,329 at Joe Riley Park. TJ Anderson hit a two-run shot off the batters' eye, and Rhyder Poppell hit a towering shot to right for the Bulldogs, who snapped a three-game losing streak. The Citadel stole seven bases and used good situational hitting to keep the Gamecocks scrambling all night. Anderson drove in three runs for the Bulldogs, who outhit Carolina 7-4. Will Craddock had a pair of home runs for USC, which committed four errors. Carolina pitchers struck out 11, but walked nine and hit one ... Maloy Heaghney's three-run triple in the fifth inning broke a 2-2 tie and lifted USC Upstate (8-10) over Wofford (10-6) in front of 1,045 at Fifth Third Park. Four Wofford players had two hits apiece ... Cole Kirschner drove in six runs with a double and a homer as Southern Wesleyan (8-16) run-ruled Newberry (16-9) in the first game but Cooper Raines had a homer among his four hits as the Wolves earned the split ... Jack Luthren and Marion McManus drove in two runs apiece for Erskine (10-15) in a win at Savannah State (11-10) ... Levi Medford homered twice and drove in four runs for Anderson (15-8) in a run-rule win over Claflin (3-17),. which suffered its 15th straight loss ... Matthew Lipcsey singled in the go-ahead run in the 11th and scored on a wild pitch as Coker (6-16) surprised UNC Pembroke (16-5). The Braves scored two runs in the ninth to force extra innings ... Ryan Piekutoski was 4-for-4 with a walk, a double and a homer to drive in four runs as USC Sumter (15-7) rolled past Catawba Valley (15-9). Piekutoski also stole a base and scored three times ... Bryce Mobley singled, homered and drove in five runs as USC Lancaster (12-11) rallied to beat Cleveland CC (14-12) ... Jarian Pinckney singled and homered to drive in four runs for Spartanburg Methodist (10-12) in Game 1 at Carolina University (11-12), but the Bruins scored Game 2's final 12 runs to earn a split ... Cade Martin hit two of Trevecca Nazarene's (16-6) three home runs in a win at North Greenville (19-3) to open a two-game series ... Catawba (17-4) used a pair of four-run innings to claim a game at Francis Marion (19-4). Four errors and a passed ball contribute to the Patriots' demise ... Belmont Abbey (14-7) forced extra innings with two runs in the ninth and Caleb Burr gave the Crusaders a walk-off win against Lander (14-9) in the 10th with a three-run homer ... UNCW (11-6) scored nine runs in the fifth en route to a run-rule win over Charleston Southern (12-4). The Seahawks have handed the Buccaneers two of their losses ... A seven-run fourth inning was the margin of victory for Princeton (3-8) over Winthrop (10-6) ... Florida Atlantic (10-6) handed Presbyterian (2-15) its 15th straight loss with a run-rule verdict in the opener of a two-game series ... Jack Brubaker-Floyd's second-inning grand slam led Defiance (7-14) past Bob Jones (5-10) in Game 1 and The Yellow Jackets gave coach Shane Gardner his 300th career win in the nightcap ... Noah Campbell had five hits, but Barton (4-14) handed USC Beaufort (4-17) its eighth straight loss.
* Surprises beyond the border: Elon shut out No. 10 N.C. State, 2-0 ... No. 23 Florida beat No. 20 Florida State, 6-3 ... Boston College beat UConn, 26-19 ... High Point beat Duke, 12-6
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