Sunday, April 25, 2021

Palmetto State Baseball team of the week, April 19-25: Spartanburg Methodist

Spartanburg Methodist has a .320
team batting average.

Spartanburg Methodist (4-0 for the week)

(beat Patrick Henry twice, beat USC Sumter twice)

Spartanburg Methodist entered the weekend needing a miracle to finish atop the NJCAA Region 10 standings. Rain sabotaged those plans, but coach Tim Wallace's team did make up some ground, edging Louisburg by .002 points for second place.

The Pioneers got a nice midweek sweep of nationally ranked Division II Patrick Henry. They needed to go 4-0 against USC Sumter and for Florence-Darlington Tech to go 0-4 at USC Union to take the  regular-season title. Rain washed out six of the eight games the Pioneers needed to go their way.

SMC jumped on USC Sumter early in Game 1 Sunday, then staged a three-run rally in the sixth of Game 2 to reach the 30-win mark for the season.

Up next for the Pioneers: A Wednesday home game against Caldwell Tech.

Also considered
Anderson (1-0) 
Clemson (3-1) 
College of Charleston (2-1)
Columbia International (4-1)
Florence-Darlington Tech (2-0)
Francis Marion (3-0)
Newberry (2-1) - reached final day of SAC Tournament
North Greenville (3-1)
USC Beaufort  (3-2)
USC Upstate (4-0)
Wofford (3-1)

Previous winners
Jan. 29-Feb. 7: Lander
Feb. 8-14: USC Beaufort
Feb. 15-21: North Greenville
Feb. 22-28: South Carolina
March 1-7: USC Upstate
March 8-14: The Citadel
March 15-21: Florence-Darlington Tech
March 22-28: Clemson 
March 29-April 4: Erskine
April 5-11: Newberry
April 12-18: USC Aiken

Tim Wallace has won 1,246 games 
as Pioneers' head coach. (SMC photo)

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