Sunday, March 16, 2025

State scoreboard, Sunday, March 16


Briefly: Jared Zimbardo and Estevan Moreno homered in the first inning ands Notre Dame (11-6, 1-5) never trailed to beat Clemson (19-2, 2-1), snapping the Tigers' 17-game winning streak in an ACC series finale. Jarren Purify went 0-for-4, ending his hitting streak at 13 games ... Savannah State (12-7, 12-3) held Benedict (8-8, 6-8) to two singles to take the rubber game of the SIAC series.

FINAL
Notre Dame 7, Clemson 3 - Cle: Cam Cannarella 1B, 2B, BB
Savannah State 5, Benedict 2, 6 innings - Ben: Nicholas Gioia 1-3, SB, R


IN PROGRESS
Columbus State 4, Lander 4, B8
Elon 6, Wofford 1, T6
Radford 12, USC Upstate 5, B7
South Carolina 3, Oklahoma 1, B6
Voorhees 3, Rust 3, B1/G1
Winthrop 6, Presbyterian 1, T3


TO COME 
Voorhees at Rust, Game 2

Canceled
Dartmouth at College of Charleston
Kennesaw State at The Citadel

Saturday, March 15, 2025

S.C. college baseball video wrapup, Saturday, March 15



State scoreboard, Saturday, March 15

Mason Elrod helped the Bantams get a Region 10 series
victory and their 20th win of the season. (USC Union photo)
Player of the day: Mason Elrod 7-for-9, 2 2B, HBP, 5 R, 2 RBI

* NCAA Division I: Collin Priest and Tryston McLaddie homered as Clemson (19-1, 2-0) beat Notre Dame (10-6, 0-5) for its 17th straight win and an ACC series victory ... Kennedy Jones singled, doubled and homered as South Carolina (16-4, 1-1) evened its SEC series with Oklahoma (16-2, 1-1) ... Coastal Carolina (15-5, 3-0) pitchers struck out 21 Georgia Southern (10-9, 0-3) and allowed 11 hits in completing a Sun Belt Conference series sweep ... A six-run fourth started Winthrop (10-10, 1-1) toward Big South series-evening win over Presbyterian (9-11, 1-1)  ... Radford (9-8, 2-0) hit four home runs to clinch a Big South series win over USC Upstate (8-10, 0-2) ... Landon Penfield singled, tripled and homered to drive in two runs as College of Charleston (12-5) beat Dartmouth (0-8) for the second straight day ... Niko Brini singled, homered, stole three bases and drove in three as Wofford (13-6) evened its series at Elon (8-10) ... Wesley Alig hit a grand slam in the 10th as Kennesaw State (8-12) evened its series at The Citadel (11-9) ... James Murphy and Christian Smith homered and High Point (15-5, 3-0) broke a tie with four runs in the bottom of the eighth in Game 2 to complete a series sweep of Charleston Southern (12-6, 0-3).
 
* Conference Carolinas: Richie Jordan pitched a complete game and Noah Stout had three hits as Francis Marion (19-8, 9-6) clinched a series win over Belmont Abbey in Game 1 of a doubleheader, but the Crusaders (16-10, 9-6) scored two runs in the ninth to walk off Game 2 ... Barton (16-10, 10-5)  took an early five-run lead and claimed the deciding game of its series at North Greenville (21-6, 10-5) ... Southern Wesleyan (7-20, 6-9) scored 13 runs in the fourth inning to take the rubber game of the series with Erskine (14-13, 4-8).

* Peach Belt Conference: Lander (18-7, 7-1) scored eight runs in the second inning to take a 2-0 series lead over Columbus State (10-12, 2-6) ... North Georgia (18-8, 8-1) withstood USC Beaufort's four-run ninth to clinch a series win in the first game of a doubleheader sweep. The Sand Sharks (3-24, 1-11) have lost 14th straight ... Kimon Quarles had six hits for Claflin, but the Panthers (5-17-1, 0-9) were swept by Augusta (8-19, 5-7) ... Flagler (17-6, 6-3) took the lead late in both games to sweep USC Aiken (13-13, 5-4).

* South Atlantic Conference: Rocco Wojcik had three hits and drove in four runs in Game 1 and added two more hits in Game 2 as Coker (19-8, 8-4) got a series sweep of Wingate (12-13, 8-7) ... Carson Hayes had four singles and drove in five runs in the opener for Newberry (14-13, 5-10), but Mars Hill (8-19, 3-9) rallied to take Game 2 and the series ... Carson-Newman (19-6, 10-2) completed a series sweep of Limestone (12-15, 6-9) ... Anderson (16-10, 6-6) scored seven runs late to force extra innings, but Tusculum (8-17, 3-9) scored a run in the 11th to avoid being swept.

* Other four-year schools: Cody Kirkpatrick and Bryson French had three hits apiece in Game 2 as Bob Jones (6-15) split a doubleheader with Alice Lloyd (12-7) to get its first series win of the season, Kirkpatrick had five hits for the doubleheader with Mac Carroll adding four ... Bradley Garland's two-run homer in the eighth inning lifted Columbia International (14-13, 6-9) over Johnson (19-5, 9-3) in Game 1, but the Royals got the series win by taking the nightcap ... Benedict (8-7, 6-7) got a home run from Juan Guardado as it won the opener of an SIAC doubleheader at Savannah State (12-6, 11-3), snapping Savannah's six-game winning streak. The hosts won Game 2, Guardado had three hits in each game.

* NJCAA Region 10: Florence-Darlington Tech (23-7, 10-2) pushed its winning streak to nine with a pair of wins over USC Sumter (10-16, 3-9) ... Aiden Talarico homered and drove in four runs in Game 1 and Mason Elrod was 5-for-5 in Game 2 as USC Union (20-4, 8-4) got a series win over USC Lancaster (11-16, 6-6) ... Gaston College (21-7-1, 8-4) wrapped up a series sweep of USC Salkehatchie (1-25, 1-11).

Alice Lloyd 10, Bob Jones 6, Game 1 - BJU: Mac Carroll 1B, 3B, 3 RBI
Bob Jones 9, Alice Lloyd 3, Game 2 - BJU: Cody Kirkpatrick 3-3, HBP, SB, 2 R
Augusta 21, Claflin 3, Game 1 -  Cla: Kimon Quarles 3-3 2B, R, 2 RBI
Augusta 13, Claflin 3, Game 2 -  Cla: Christian Hill 2-4, R
Barton 10, North Greenville 6 - Nor: Bryce Roddey 4-5, 2 R, RBI
Benedict 8, Savannah State 2, Game 1 - Ben: Juan Guardado 3-4, HR, BB, 2 RBI
Savannah State 7, Benedict 3, Game 2 - Ben: Juan Guardado 3-4, 2B, R
Carson-Newman 5, Limestone 3, Game 1 - Lim: Winston Parke 2-3, R, 2 RBI
Carson-Newman 5, Limestone 1, Game 2 - Lim: Peter Adams 1-2, SB, R
Clemson 11, Notre Dame 7 - Cle: Cam Cannarella 3-4, BB, 3 R, 3 RBI
Coastal Carolina 7, Georgia Southern 2, Game 1 - Coa: Wells Sykes 1B, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
Coastal Carolina 11, Georgia Southern 1, 7 innings, Game 2 - Coa: Riley Eikhoff W, 6.2 IP, R, 8 K
Coker 9, Wingate 1, Game 1 - Cok: Britton Adams 5.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 7 K
Coker 6, Wingate 2, Game 2 - Cok: Tyler Satterly 5 IP, R, 4 K
College of Charleston 7, Dartmouth 3 - Cha: Dylan Johnson 2B, HR, 2 R 
Columbia International 2, Johnson 1, Game 1 - Col: Michael Meilinger W, 3 IP, 0 R
Johnson 7, Columbia International 5, Game 2 - Col: Graham Peeler 1B, 2B, R, RBI
Flagler 7, USC Aiken 3, Game 1 - Aik: Jack Hobson 2-4, R, RBI
Flagler 10, USC Aiken 6, Game 2 - Aik: Josh Sharp 4-5, 3 2B, SB, 3 R, RBI
Florence-Darlington 6, USC Sumter 1, Game 1 - Flo: Cooper Zohner 1B, 12B, 4 RBI
Florence-Darlington Tech 5, USC Sumter 4, Game 2 - Flo: Jackson Mullen W, 5 IP, R, 2 K
Francis Marion 5, Belmont Abbey 1, Game 1 - Fra: Owen Taylor HR, 2 RBI
Belmont Abbey 6, Francis Marion, 5, Game 2 - Fra: Will Dorrell HR, 2 BB, 2 R
Gaston College 8, USC Salkehatchie 5, Game 1 - Sal: Brock Mathis 1B, 2 RBI
Gaston College 11, USC Salkehatchie 0, 5 innings, Game 2 - Sal:  Luke Palyok 2-2
High Point 6, Charleston Southern 3, Game 1 - Cha: Lucas Pringle 2-4, R
High Point 8, Charleston Southern 5, Game 2 - Cha: Mason Reising 1B, BB, RBI
Kennesaw State 9, The Citadel 4, 10 innings - Cit: Maddox Floyd 3-4, 2B, R
Lander 11, Columbus State 6 - Lan: Grant Sherrod 1B, HR, 4 RBI
Newberry 13, Mars Hill 6, Game 1 - New: Chansen Cole W,7 IP, R, 6 K
Mars Hill 3, Newberry 2, Game 2 - New: Wilson Wages 2-3, R
North Georgia 9, USC Beaufort 8, Game 1 - Bea: Carson Weathers 2-3, BB, R, 2 RBI
North Georgia 9, USC Beaufort 3, Game 2 - Ben: Joe Turner 3-4, HR, 2 R
Radford 9, USC Upstate 6 - Up: Tyler Laing 3-5, HR
South Carolina 11, Oklahoma 5 - USC: Jordan Carrion 2-3, R, RBI
Southern Wesleyan 21, Erskine 9 - Sou: Jack Dennison 3-4, HR, 2 BB, SB, 3 R, 3 RBI
Tusculum 11, Anderson 10, 11 innings - And: Braeden Harrison 4-6, HR, BB, 4 R
USC Union 10, USC Lancaster 2, Game 1 - Uni: Aiden Talarico 2 HR, 4 RBI
USC Union 10, USC Lancaster 3, Game 2 - Uni: Mason Elrod 5-5, 2B, 2 R, RBI
Winthrop 12, Presbyterian 7 - Win: Cole Yearsley 2-4, 2B, 4 RBI
Wofford 14, Elon 3, 8 innings - Wof: Champ Davis W, 4 IP, 0 H, 0 4, 5 K
(41/677)

Postponed
Voorhees at Rust, DH, to noon DH Sunday

Other ACC scores
Florida State 14, Boston College 0, 7 innings, Game 
Florida State 6, Boston College 2, Game 2
Georgia Tech 11, Pitt 1, 7 innings
N.C. State 6, Virginia Tech 3, Game 1
Virginia Tech 20, N.C. State 8,7 innings, Game 2
Stanford 11, Duke 1, 8 innings 
Virginia 10, California 8
Wake Forest 5, Miami 4, 10 innings, Game 1
Wake Forest 12, Miami 10, Game 2

Other SEC scores
Alabama 6, Texas A&M 2
Arkansas 12, Ole Miss 3
Kentucky 10, Georgia 7
LSU 7, Missouri 6
Tennessee 10, Florida 0, 7 innings
Vanderbilt 8, Auburn 6 
Postponed
Texas at Mississippi State, to part of Sunday DH

Friday, March 14, 2025

S.C. college baseball video recap, Friday, March 14

State scoreboard, Friday, March 14

Kyle Prouse's third RBI of the game gave the Bruins
the lead in the top of the 10th. (BJU photo)
Player of the day: Kyle Prouse, Bob Jones, 2-6, R, 3 RBI

Briefly: Aidan Knaak struck out 12 in seven innings and Clemson (18-1, 1-0) won its 16th consecutive game in the Tigers' ACC opener against Notre Dame (10-5, 0-4) ... Jacob Morrison struck out 10 in 7 2/3 shutout innings and Coastal Carolina (13-5, 1-0) beat Georgia Southern (10-7, 0-1) to open Sun Belt Conference play ... Oklahoma (16-1, 1-0) scored four runs in the first and held on to beat South Carolina (15-4, 0-1) in the SEC opener for both teams ... Matthew Rollison drove in five runs and hit two of Presbyterian's (9-10, 1-0) five home runs in a Big South Conference win at Winthrop (9-10, 0-1) ... Mike Joyce pitched a four-hit shutout as Florence-Darlington Tech (21-7, 8-2) beat USC Sumter (10-14, 3-7) in the opener of a Region 10 series ... Casey Cleghorn struck out eight in a four-hit complete game as Coker (17-8, 6-4) won the opener of a South Atlantic Conference series against Wingate (12-11, 8-5) ... North Greenville (22-5, 10-4) pounded out 12 hits to take the opener of a Conference Carolinas doubleheader with Barton, but the Bulldogs (14-9, 8-4) scored two runs in the eighth of Game 2 to gain a split ... Dylan Johnson's ninth-inning sacrifice fly gave College of Charleston (11-5)  a walk-off win over Dartmouth (0-7). The Cougars were limited to two hits - one an RBI double by Johnson ... Noah Cadiz's pinch-hit single capped a three-run eighth inning as The Citadel (11-8) overtook Kennesaw State (7-12) ... Luke Taylor scored on Erskine's third error of the game to give Southern Wesleyan (6-20, 5-9) a walk-off win in the opener of a doubleheader. Mason McManus singled and homered to drive in three as the Flying Fleet (14-12, 4-7) won the nightcap ... Connor Droze had two hits and drove in three runs as Lander (17-7, 6-1) beat Columbus State (10-11, 2-5) in the opener of a Peach Belt Conference series ... Jared Werling pitched a seven-inning six-hit shutout as USC Lancaster (11-14, 6-4) took a Region 10 series opener over USC Union (18-4, 6-4) ... Dom Bello singled and homered to drive in three runs in Game 1 and Anderson (16-9, 6-5) scored two runs in the eighth of Game 2 to complete a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader sweep at Tusculum (7-17, 2-9) ... Jarian Pinckney had three hits and scored twice as Spartanburg Methodist (10-15) took the opener and Pioneers got strong pitching in Game 2 to complete a sweep of Toccoa Falls (11-12) ... Alice Lloyd (11-6) scored three runs in the ninth to force extra innings, but Bob Jones (5-14) won with a run in the top of the 10th ... Francis Marion (18-7, 8-5) scored six runs in the fourth and seven in the fifth to take care of Belmont Abbey (15-9, 8-5) in the first game of a Conference Carolinas series ... Elon (8-9) scored five runs in the first and went on to win the series opener over Wofford (12-6) ... High Point (13-5, 1-0) outhit Charleston Southern 15-5 to win a Big South Conference series opener over the Buccaneers (12-4, 0-1) ... Flagler (15-6, 4-3) broke a tie game with a run in the eighth to win over USC Aiken (13-11, 5-2) to begin a Peach Belt Conference series ... Eli Hudgins singled, doubled and homered to drive in three runs as Radford (8-8, 1-0) beat USC Upstate (8-9, 0-1) in the Big South Conference opener for both schools ... Mars Hill (7-18, 2-8) scored three runs in the top of the ninth and withstood Newberry's (13-12, 4-9) comeback attempt in the bottom of the inning in the South Atlantic Conference series opener ... Carson-Newman (17-6, 8-2)  took the opener of a South Atlantic Conference series at Limestone (12-13, 6-7) on the strength of a four-run second inning ... Gaston College (19-7-1, 6-4) got a shutout win over USC Salkehatchie (1-23, 1-9) to open their Region 10 series ... Augusta  (6-19, 3-7)  overcame an early deficit to top Claflin (5-15-1, 0-7) in the first game of a Peach Belt Conference series ... Four Columbia International errors contributed to four unearned runs as Johnson (18-4, 8-2) shut out the Rams (13-12, 5-8) in the opener of the Appalachian Athletic Conference series ... North Georgia (16-8, 6-1) scored three runs in the 11th to hand USC Beaufort (3-22, 1-9) its 12th straight loss in a Peach Belt Conference series opener.

Anderson 9, Tusculum 7, Game 1 - And: Braeden Harrison 3-5, 2B, SB, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Anderson 6, Tusculum 4, Game 2, 8 innings - And: Gray Wells 3-3, 3B, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Augusta 6, Claflin 4 - Cla: Christian Hill HR, 2 R
Bob Jones 10, Alice Lloyd 9, 10 innings - BJU: Mac Carroll 2 2B, 3 RBI
Carson-Newman 8, Limestone 3 - Lim: Adams Faucett 3-3, 2 BB, SB, 3 R
Clemson 2, Notre Dame 1 - Cle: Jarren Purify 1B, 2 HBP, R
Coastal Carolina 5, Georgia Southern 1 - Coa: Dean Mihos 1B, HR, SB
Coker 4, Wingate 2 - Cok: Rocco Wojcik 2-4, 2B, SB, 2 R
College of Charleston 2, Dartmouth 1 - Cha: Jake Brink 7.2 IP, R 3 K
Elon 12, Wofford 5 - Wof: Ryan Wynn 1B, HR, BB, SB, 2 R
Flagler 3, USC Aiken 2 - Aik: Griffin Rowe 3-5, 2 R
Florence-Darlington Tech 8, USC Sumter 0, 8 innings - Flo: Patrick Evans 2-4, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
Francis Marion 15, Belmont Abbey 9 - Fra: Noah Stout 2-4, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
Gaston College 16, USC Salkehatchie 0, 5 innings - Sal: Tyrique Lambert 1-1
High Point 16, Charleston Southern 6 - Cha: Lew Rice 2-2, 2 BB, RBI
Johnson 6, Columbia International 0 - Col: Graham Peeler 2-4
Lander 11, Columbus State 8 - Lan: Caden Crews 3-5, R, RBI
Mars Hill 5, Newberry 4 - New: Bryson Nuckols 3-5, 2B, R, 2 RBI
North Georgia 11, USC Beaufort 8, 12 innings - Bea: Carson Weathers 4-6, 2B, R, RBI
North Greenville 12, Barton 1, Game 1 - Nor: Tristan Salinas 3-3, HR, 2 R
Barton 3, North Greenville 1, 8 innings, Game 2 - Nor: Matty Brown 6 IP, R, 8 K
Oklahoma 8, South Carolina 5 - USC: Henry Kaczmar 2-4, 2 RBI
Presbyterian 18, Winthrop 9 - PC: Jake Randolph 4-6, 2B, HR, 4 K, 2 RBI
Radford 7, USC Upstate 4Up: Scott Newman 2 HR, BB
Erskine 10, Southern Wesleyan 0, Game 2 - Ers: Jared Guell W, 6 IP, 5 K, 6 K
Spartanburg Methodist 11, Toccoa Falls 1, 8 innings, Game 1 - Spa: Blake Exizian 2-3, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Spartanburg Methodist 4, Toccoa Falls 1, Game 2 - Spa: Leo Lopez 1B, 3B, R, RBI
The Citadel 4, Kennesaw State 3 - Cit: Aryan Patel 1-2, BB, 2 R
USC Lancaster 8, USC Union 0, 7 innings - Lan: Zack West 2-3, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
(30/636)


Other ACC scores
California 6, Virginia 1
Florida State 8, Boston College 2
Georgia Tech 10, Pitt 1
Louisville 8 North Carolina 7, Game 1
North Carolina 6, Louisville 4, Game 2
N.C. State 11, Virginia Tech 1
Stanford 5, Duke 1
Wake Forest 8, Miami 0

Other SEC scores
Alabama 6, Texas A&M 4, 10 innings
Auburn 6, Vanderbilt 2
Georgia 12, Kentucky 6
LSU 12, Missouri 5
Ole Miss 10, Arkansas 6
Tennessee 5, Florida 3
Texas 8, Ole Miss 7