Thursday, April 9, 2026

State schedule, Thursday, April 9

Florida National at Morris, DH, noon
Augusta at USC Aiken, 6 p.m.
South Carolina at Missouri, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

S.C. college baseball recap, Wednesday, April 8


State scoreboard, Wednesday, April 8

Christian Stratis is 8-for-19 during his five-game
hitting streak. (The Citadel photo) 
Player of the day: Christian Stratis, The Citadel, 2-3, 2B, HP, SAC, 3 RBI

* Briefly: The Citadel (16-16) reached .500 for the first time since it was 5-5 by beating Winthrop (22-11). The  Bulldogs wiped out an early deficit by scoring five runs in the second ... Ryan Piekutoski's three-run homer in the seventh inning gave USC Sumter (25-14) a walk-off win over East Georgia (16-24) in Game 1 of a sweep. Piekutoski singled, walked, stole two bases and scored two runs in the nightcap ... Georgia College (15-21) scored four runs in the ninth inning pull away from Southern Wesleyan (14-26). 

Georgia College 10, Southern Wesleyan 5 - Sou: Perry Dyer 3-4, 2B, BB, SB, 3 R
The Citadel 10, Winthrop 8 - Cit: Sam Dansky HR, BB, 2 RBI
USC Sumter 5, East Georgia 2, Game 1 - Sum: Ryan Piekutoski HR, BB, SB, 4 RBI
USC Sumter 5, East Georgia 1, Game 2 - Sum: Ty Butler 2 IP, 2 K
(4/966)

Lee reacts to Holbrook's endorsement for USC job


Holbrook describes emotions of return to Founders Park

S.C. college baseball recap, Tuesday, April 6, 2026


Tuesday, April 7, 2026

State scoreboard, Tuesday, April 7

Jomar Lugo drove in the Wolves' first and last runs
in a win over Mount Olive. (Newberry photo)
Player of the day: Jomar Lugo, Newberry, 4-6, 2B, 3 R, 2 RBI

* Briefly: Ethan Plyler's two-run double in the ninth inning lifted College of Charleston (13-19) over South Carolina (15-19).  Alex LaCoste's three-run homer in the third inning staked the Cougars to a 4-0 lead, but Carolina tied it on Tyler Bak's two-run blast in the seventh ... No. 11 Coastal Carolina (24-8) struck out 12 Wake Forest (23-11) batters to take a game at Durham Bulls Athletic Park ... Michael Gibson hit a pair of home runs and drove in four as The Citadel (15-16) outslugged Charleston Southern (20-11) ... Tyler Lang singled and homered to drive in five runs and USC Upstate (17-17) had 3 five-run innings to overpower Western Carolina (20-14) for the second time this season ... Josh Foulks hit for the cycle and drove in five runs as North Greenville (33-7) beat Anderson (18-20) for its eighth straight win. A nine-run third put the Trailblazers in command ... A wild pitch in the fourth inning put Wofford (22-11) in front to stay as the Terriers won a game at Georgia State (15-19) ... After Lander (22-17) tied the game with six runs in the eighth, Francis Marion (31-8) pushed across a pair of runs in the ninth to take the nonconference win ... Jacob Brown doubled twice and homered to drive in five runs as Florence-Darlington Tech (37-8) beat Caldwell Tech (23-9) ... Jomar Lugo's ninth-inning single lifted Newberry (23-16) over Mount Olive (19-18) ... Blake Martin singled in Yariel Diaz in the ninth to cap a USC Aiken (27-12) comeback win at Coker (10-27) ...  Dario Astudillo's sixth-inning single gave Spartanburg Methodist (19-18) the lead and the Pioneers pulled away from Toccoa Falls (20-17-1) ... Georgia (28-6) scored 14 runs in the second inning and nine in the third to run-rule Presbyterian (6-28) ... Columbia International scored all nine runs in the sixth inning of Game 2 to salvage a doubleheader split with Paine (8-12).

Coastal Carolina 2, Wake Forest 1 - Coa: Rex Watson 2-5, R
College of Charleston 6, South Carolina 4 - Cha: Alex LaCoste 3-4, HR, BB, 2 R, 4 RBI
Florence-Darlington Tech 14, Caldwell Tech 3 - Flo: BJ Balls 4-4, BB, 2 SB, 3 R, RBI
Francis Marion 13, Lander 11 - Fra: Ethan McAnally 3-3 2 2B, 2 BB, 4 R, 2 RBI
Georgia 28, Presbyterian 3, 7 innings - PC: Bo Moody 1B, 2B
Newberry 10, Mount Olive 9 - New: Jomar Lugo 4-6, 2B, 3 R, 2 RBI
North Greenville 16, Anderson 3 - Nor: Lane McGaha 4-5, 2 HR, 3 RBI
Paine 12, Columbia International 5, Game 1 - Col: Aiden Pomnitz 2-3, SB, R, RBI
Columbia International 9, Paine 2, Game 2 - Col: Corbin Wright 2-4, 2 RBI
Spartanburg Methodist 12, Toccoa Falls 6 - Spa: Kohen Bridges 2-3, 2B, R, 2 RBI
The Citadel 14, Charleston Southern 6 - Cit: Zach Hunt 1B, HR, 2 RBI
USC Aiken 6, Coker 5 - Aik: Blake Martin 3-4, R, 3 RBI
USC Upstate 18, Western Carolina 11 - Up: Wylie Waters 1B, HR, BB, 2 R, 4 RBI
Wofford 7, Georgia State 4 - Wof: Niko Brini 1B, 2B, 2 R, BB, SB, RBI
(14/962)

S.C. college baseball recap, Monday, April 2, 2026