State scoreboard, Saturday, Feb. 21

Do you know how you can tell this picture of a Charleston Southern
home game is several years old? The Buccaneers are playing Furman,
 which dropped baseball in 2020. (Palmetto State Baseball photo) 

* NCAA Division I: Zach Hunt homered and drove in three runs as The Citadel (3-2) completed a two-game sweep of Marshall (2-3) ...

* Conference Carolinas: Bennett Roemer struck out 10 and allowed three hits in six shutout innings as North Greenville (12-1, 4-1) clinched a series win by beating Erskine (4-10, 3-2) in Game 1 of a doubleheader.

* Peach Belt Conference: Caleb Jatko allowed one earned run and struck out eight in a complete game as Augusta (9-5, 5-0) clinched a series win over USC Beaufort (3-8, 0-5) ...

* NJCAA: Tristan Strickland gave Florence-Darlington the lead with a seventh-inning homer in Game 1 as the Stingers (13-4, 1-1) evened the series and handed Gaston College (16-1, 1-1) its first loss.

* NCCAA: Cole Price and Trevor Myers hit back-to-back home runs to tie the score in the sixth inning and Guilford added another run later in the inning to take Game 1 from Bob Jones ... 

Augusta 7, USC Beaufort 3 - Bea: Mack Cromer 2B, BB, R, RBI

Florence-Darlington Tech 5, Gaston College 2, Game 1 - Flo: Jake Zehner 1B, HR

Guilford 4, Bob Jones 3, Game 1 - BJU: Tillman Padgett 5IP, 5 H, 1 R

North Greenville 7, Erskine 3, Game 1 - Nor: Thomas Powell 3-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI

The Citadel 11, Marshall 6 - Cit: Jayden Williams 1B, 2 BB, 3 SB, R 4 RBI

USC Aiken at Middle Georgia, 11 a.m.

Bob Jones at Guilford, Game 2

Erskine at North Greenville, Game 2
Anderson at Tusculum, DH, 1 p.m.

Florence-Darlington Tech at Gaston College, Game 2
Bryant at Clemson, 2 p.m.

King at Southern Wesleyan, 2 p.m.
South Alabama at College of Charleston, 2 p.m.

USC Salkehatchie at USC Lancaster, DH, 2 p.m.

Lander at North Georgia, 3 p.m.

Shorter at Francis Marion, 3 p.m.

Virginia Wise at Newberry, 3 p.m.

Morehead State at Winthrop, 4 p.m.

Claflin at Columbus State, 6 p.m.

Suspended until noon Sunday
Charleston Southern 3, Elon 0, T5

Postponed until 11 a.m. Monday
Lane at Benedict, DH

Canceled

USC Union at USC Sumter 

Wilberforce at Voorhees

Baseball at the Beach
Springs Brooks Stadium, Conway
VCU 3, Illinois 2

Canceled
Illinois at Coastal Carolina

One Spartanburg, Inc., Classic

Valparaiso at USC Upstate, 2 p.m.

Northern Illinois at Presbyterian, 4 p.m.

NJIT at Wofford, 4 p.m.

Founders Park, Columbia
Navy at South Carolina, 3:15 p.m.

Army vs. Air Force, 7:15 p.m.

Swig & Swine Classic, Charleston
Detyens Field

George Mason vs. Ball State, noon
Ball State vs. Seton Hall, 4 p.m.
Wando River Field
Seton Hall vs. Merrimack, noon

S.C. college baseball recap, Friday, Feb, 20

State scoreboard, Friday, Feb. 20

Former Boiling Springs High star Luke Compton has four
 multi-hit games for the Wolves this season. (Newberry photo)

Player of the day: Luke Compton, Newberry, 5-7, 2B, 3B,2 BB, 3 SB, 2 R, 8 RBI

* NCAA Division I: Clemson (5-0) broke a tie score with a six-run eighth to win the series opener against Bryant (2-2). Luke Gaffney was 3-for-3 and joined Jacob Jarrell in homering for Clemson. Jack Crighton had three hits ... Garrison Barile, Lucas Pringle and Chandler Tuopo homered as Charleston Southern started the season 5-0 for the first time sine 1977 - and the first time in its NCAAA Division I history - with a series-opening win over Elon (4-1) ... Ty Barrango's eight-inning grand slam gave Coastal Carolina (4-1) a run-rule win over VCU (3-2) in the Baseball at the Beach Tournament ... Will Holmes struck out nine in 5 2/3 shutout innings and The Citadel (2-2) held on to beat former Southern Conference foe Marshall (2-2) ... Brayden Gilley struck out 10 in six innings and combined with two relievers for a shutout as Winthrop (3-2) won a series-opener against Morehead State (3-2) ... Jake Armsey, Wylie Waters and Henry Zenor homered for USC Upstate (3-3) against North Illinois (2-3) in the One Spartanburg, Inc., Classic ... Six Wofford (4-1) players drove in two or more runs in a win over Valparaiso (1-4) in the One Spartanburg, Inc., Classic ... Army (1-3) feasted on wildness from USC (4-2) pitchers (7 walks, 3 wild pitches and a hit batsman) and Josiah Overbeek hit a 457-foot homer onto Williams Street in the opener of the Salute the Troops event. It was Army's first win over a Power Four conference school since 2022 ... South Alabama (4-1) scored five runs in the first inning as it run-ruled College of Charleston (2-4) ... New Jersey Tech (1-3) scored in seven of nine innings to handle Presbyterian (2-4) in the One Spartanburg, Inc., Classic.

* Conference Carolinas: Will Dorrell had six hits as Francis Marion (12-1, 5-0) swept Shorter (6-5, 0-5) to stretch its winning streak to 10. The Patriots scored 10 or more runs in each of the first nine wins ...An eight-run fourth inning allowed Southern Wesleyan (4-9, 1-4) to survive a seven-run sixth by King (4-8, 2-3) in Game 2 as the teams split a doubleheader.

* Peach Belt Conference: Joseph Rauscher and Will Eichler teamed for a three-hit shutout as USC Aiken (10-2, 1-0) took the opener of a series at Middle Georgia (4-9, 1-3) ... Matthew Heard pitched a complete game as North Georgia (11-2, 4-0) won a series opener against Lander (8-3, 2-2) ... Augusta (8-5, 4-0) scored two or more runs in five innings to beat USC Beaufort (3-7, 0-4) in a series opener

* South Atlantic Conference: Luke Compton was 5-for-7 with a double, a triple, two walks, three stolen bases, two runs scored and eight driven in as Newberry (9-4, 5-0) swept a doubleheader from Virginia Wise (4-4, 2-3) to extend its winning streak to six. Nick Riedel (3-0) struck out 8 in 5 1/3 innings for the Wolves in the nightcap ... Kaleb Owens struck out 10 in seven innings and combined with Carson Roberts for a three-hit shutout as Anderson (9-3, 1-3) won a series opener at Tusculum (4-8, 0-4) ...  Wingate (8-4, 2-2)  lashed out 14 hits to take the opener of a series at Coker (1-10, 1-3). 

*  NAIA: David Mora tied the game with a grand slam and Daniel Sidoti's three-run homer in the sixth lifted Columbia International (2-17, 1-5) past Milligan in Game 1 of an Appalachian Athletic Conference doubleheader, but the Buffaloes (11-2, 4-2) won the nightcap by shutout ... Jarian Pinckney drove in three runs with two singles in Game 2 as Spartanburg Methodist (6-6, 1-2) salvaged the second game of an Appalachian Athletic Conference doubleheader with Reinhardt (5-9, 2-4) 

* NJCAA Region 10: Brady Yarborough's third hit of Game 1 drove in his third run and gave USC Sumter (9-2, 2-0) a walk-off win en route to a Region 10 sweep of USC Union (8-4, 0-2) ... Caden Davidson drove in four runs and Logan Ponnett tripled in the winning run as Gaston College (16-0) rallied to top Florence-Darlington (12-3) in the opening game of the series.

Anderson 6, Tusculum 0 - And: Dom Bello 2-5, RBI
Augusta 12, USC Beaufort 5 - Bea: Terry Dean, 1B, 2B
Charleston Southern 7, Elon 4 - Cha: Chandler Tuopo 1B, HR, BB, 3 RBI
Clemson 9, Bryant 3 - Cle: Aidan Knaak 5 IP, H, 0 ER, 8 K
Columbia International 10, Milligan 9, Game 1 - Col: Kai Smith 3-5, R, RBI, SB
Milligan 8, Columbia International 0, Game 2 - Col: Kai Smith 2-3

Francis Marion 10, Shorter 6, Game 1 - Fra: Charlie Bussey III 4-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B, sB
Francis Marion 7, Shorter 2, Game 2 - Fra: Will Dorrell 1B, HR, 2 RBI

Gaston College 9, Florence-Darlington Tech 8 - Flo: Gabe Herold 2B, HR, 4 RBI
King 11, Southern Wesleyan 8, Game 1 - Sou: Tristan Tillman 3-5, BB, SB, 2 R, 3 RBI
Southern Wesleyan 13, King 10, Game 2 - Sou: Kade Bowling 2 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI

Newberry 15, Virginia Wise 2, Game 1, 7 innings - New: Jomar Lugo 3-4, 2 R, 4 RBI
Newberry 9, Virginia Wise 1, Game 2 - New: Bryson Nuckols 2-4, R, 2 RBI

North Georgia 5, Lander 2 - Lan: Brody Winter 1B, HR
Reinhardt 12, Spartanburg Methodist 8, Game 1 - Spa: Dario Astudillo 1B, 2B, HR,  BB, R, 3 RBI
Spartanburg Methodist 6, Reinhardt 4, Game 2 - Spa: Miles Corcoran W, 4 IP, R, 5 K
South Alabama 16, College of Charleston 2, 7 innings - Cha: Payton Frehner 1B, 2 RBI
The Citadel 4, Marshall 3 - Cit: Phillips Daniels 1B, HR, 2 R
USC Aiken 12, Middle Georgia 0 - Aik: Chancellor Jennings 1B, 3B, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
USC Sumter 8, USC Union 7, Game 1 - Sum: Hudson Moss 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, SB
USC Sumter 9, USC Union 8, Game 2 - Sum: Brody Cook HR, 4 RBI

Wingate 10, Coker 1 - Cok: Luke Peterson 2B, 2B, R
Winthrop 10, Morehead State 0 - Win: Jaylen Hernandez 2B, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI

Baseball at the Beach, Conway
Illinois 9, VCU 4
Coastal Carolina 13, VCU 2, 8 innings - Coa: Rex Watson 1B, 2 2B, BB, SB, 2 R 2 RBI

One Spartanburg, Inc., Classic
NJIT 14, Presbyterian 2 - PC: Amman Dewberry 1B, 2B, BB, 2 RBI
USC Upstate 8, Northern Illinois 5 - Up: Gage Griggs 3-4, 2B, SB, R
Wofford 15, Valparaiso 9 - Wof: Andrew Mannelly 2-5, 2 R, 2 RBI

Salute The Troops
Founders Park, Columbia
Army 9, South Carolina 5 - USC: Talmadge LeCroy 2-4, BB, HR, 2 R, SB
Navy 5,  Air Force 3

Swig & Swine Classic
Shipyard Park, Charleston
Merrimack 9, Ball State 5
Seton Hall 8, George Mason 6 

Postponed to Saturday
Claflin at Columbus State
North Greenville at Erskine, DH, at Tigerville

Canceled
Wilberforce at Voorhees, DH
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S.C. college baseball recap, Thursday, Feb. 19

 

State schedule, Feb. 20-22

Be alert for possible weather-induced changes. I'll try to offer updates on X at @Palmettobase.

Friday, Feb. 20

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

Wilberforce at Voorhees, DH, noon

Reinhardt at Spartanburg Methodist, DH, 1 p.m.

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

Florence-Darlington Tech at Gaston College, 2 p.m.

King at Southern Wesleyan, DH, 3 p.m.

Morehead State at Winthrop, 3 p.m.

Virginia Wise at Newberry, DH, 3 p.m.

Shorter at Francis Marion, DH, 3 p.m.

Bryant at Clemson, 4 p.m.

Marshall at The Citadel, 4 p.m.

Milligan at Columbia International, DH, 4 p.m.

South Alabama at College of Charleston, 4 p.m.

USC Aiken at Middle Georgia, 4 p.m.

Anderson at Tusculum, 5 p.m.

Augusta at USC Beaufort, 5 p.m.

Claflin at Columbus State, 5 p.m.

Elon at Charleston Southern, 5 p.m.

Lander at North Georgia, 5 p.m.

Wingate at Coker, 6 p.m.

Baseball at the Beach, Conway

Illinois vs. VCU, 11 a.m.

VCU at Coastal Carolina, 4 p.m.

One Spartanburg, Inc., Classic

NJIT at Presbyterian, 4 p.m.

Northern Illinois at USC Upstate, 3 p.m.

Valparaiso at Wofford, 5:30 p.m.

Founders Park, Columbia

Army at South Carolina, 2 p.m.

Army vs. Air Force, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 21

Bob Jones at Guilford, DH, noon

Erskine at North Greenville, DH, noon
Wilberforce at Voorhees, DH, noon

Anderson at Tusculum, DH, 1 p.m.

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

King at Southern Wesleyan, 1 p.m.
Shorter at Francis Marion, 1 p.m.

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

USC Union at USC Sumter, 1 p.m.

Elon at Charleston Southern, 1:30 p.m.

Augusta at USC Beaufort, 2 p.m.

Bryant at Clemson, 2 p.m.

Morehead State at Winthrop, 2 p.m.

USC Aiken at Middle Georgia, 2 p.m.

South Alabama at College of Charleston, 2 p.m.

Lander at North Georgia, 3 p.m.

Virginia Wise at Newberry, 3 p.m.

Claflin at Columbus State, 5 p.m.

Marshall at The Citadel, 5 p.m.

Baseball at the Beach
Springs Brooks Stadium, Conway
VCU vs. Illinois, 11 a.m.

Illinois at Coastal Carolina, 4 p.m.

One Spartanburg, Inc., Classic

NJIT at Wofford, 2 p.m.

Valparaiso at USC Upstate, 2 p.m.

Northern Illinois at Presbyterian, 3 p.m.

Founders Park, Columbia
Navy at South Carolina, 1 p.m.

Army vs. Air Force, 5 p.m.

Swig & Swine Classic,
Detyens Field, Charleston

George Mason vs. Ball State, noon
Ball State vs. Seton Hall, 4 p.m.

Wando River Field
Seton Hall vs. Merrimack, noon

Sunday, Feb. 22

Elon at Charleston Southern, completion of Saturday's game (CSU 3-0, T5), plus a game, noon

Army at The Citadel, 1 p.m.

Augusta at USC Beaufort, 1 p.m.

Bryant at Clemson, 1 p.m.

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

Lane at Benedict, 1 p.m.

Morehead State at Winthrop, 1 p.m.

South Alabama at College of Charleston, 1 p.m.

USC Aiken at Middle Georgia, 1 p.m.

USC Salkehatchie at USC Lancaster, 1 p.m.

Wilberforce at Voorhees, 1 p.m.
Wingate at Coker, DH, 1 p.m.
Lander at North Georgia, 2 p.m.

Baseball at the Beach, Conway
Springs Brooks Stadium
Illinois at Coastal Carolina, 11 a.m.

VCU at Coastal Carolina, 4 p.m.

Founders Park, Columbia
Marshall vs. Navy, 11 a.m.

Air Force at South Carolina, 4 p.m.

One Spartanburg, Inc., Classic

NJIT at USC Upstate, 11 a.m.

Valparaiso at Presbyterian, noon

Northern Illinois at Wofford, 1 p.m.

State scoreboard, Thursday, Feb. 19

Kai Tullos is batting .452 for the
Trailblazers. (North Greenville photo)

Player of the day: Kai Tullos 1B, HR, BB, HBP, 4 R, 2 RBI

* Briefly: North Greenville (11-1, 3-1) scored in the first six innings and coasted past Erskine (4-9, 3-1) in the opener of a Conference Carolinas series at Due West. CJ Dean, Josh Foulks and Kai Tullos homered for the Trailblazers ... Columbia International (1-16, 0-4) tied the game with three runs in the eighth - two on a single by Daniel Sidoti - but Milligan pushed across a run in the 15th to take an Appalachian Athletic Conference series opener that lasted almost five hours. Collin Otte struck out eight batters in 4 2/3 innings of shutout relief for the Rams. CIU pitchers struck out 19 ... Reinhardt scored seven runs in the 10th inning to pull away from Spartanburg Methodist (5-5, 0-1) in an Appalachian Athletic Conference series opener.

Milligan 5, Columbia International 4, 15 innings - Col: Ian D'Amico 2-5, BB, SAC, RBI
North Greenville 19, Erskine 14 - Nor: Skyler Hegler 3 2B, 3 RBI

Reinhardt 10, Spartanburg Methodist 4, 10 innings - Spa: Blake Exizan 3-5, 2 2B, R, RBI

Canceled

Paine at Voorhees 

(3/260)