State scoreboard, Friday, April 30

Briefly: Caden Grice hit three home runs, drove in eight runs and pitched an inning as Clemson won the opener of an ACC series with No. 4 Louisville ...  South Carolina batters collected two hits and struck out 17 times in dropping a series opener at Ole Miss ... Pat Monteith hit two of North Greenville's six home runs as the Crusaders advanced to another Conference Carolinas Tournament elimination game on Saturday .... Devin Buckner, Jack Hennessy and Noah Rabon drove in two runs apiece as USC Upstate won a series opener over Presbyterian ... Robert Bell hit his 10th home run of the season and drove in four runs as Columbia International won its regular-season finale ... Josh Patterson had two hits and two RBI in Game 1 and Luke Wood homered twice in Game 2 as Florence-Darlington Tech won its eighth straight game ... Coastal Carolina pitchers allowed four hits and struck out 10, but Georgia State won via a two-hitter with 11 strikeouts ... Bob Jones scored four runs in the seventh to win a series opener ... Brooks Bryan tied the score with a two-run homer in the ninth, but Gardner-Webb used an 11th-inning homer to win the series opener ... 

Bob Jones 7, Trinity Baptist 3 - BJU: Adrian Lasval 1B, HR, BB, R, 2 RBI

Clemson 11, Louisville 3 - Cle: Mack Anglin 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 9 K

Columbia International 14, Bluefield 10 - Col: Grant Bodison 3-3, HR, 2 BB, 4 R, 3 RBI
Elon 14, College of Charleston 5 - Cha; Harrison Hawkins 1B, 2 2B. 4 RBI
Florence-Darlington Tech 14, USC Salkehatchie 0, 5 innings, Game 1 - FD: Brian Hama 2B, 3 RBI
Florence-Darlington Tech 10, USC Salkehatchie 4, Game 2 - FD: Jackson Hoshour 2 H, 2 RBI
Gardner-Webb 5, Charleston Southern 4, 11 innings - Cha: Johnny Oliveira 3-5, 2B, R
Georgia State 2, Coastal Carolina 1 -  Coa: Alex Gattinelli 2B, RBI
High Point 11, Winthrop 2 - Win: Scout McFalls 1B, HR, BB, 2 RBI

Mississippi 5, South Carolina 1 - SC: Josiah Sightler HR
Samford 9, Wofford 8 - Wof: Colin Davis 1B, HR, BB, 2 SB, 3 RBI
USC Upstate 8, Presbyterian 1 - Up: Cameron MacIntosh 3-4, 2 R, RBI
VMI 13, The Citadel 5 - Cit: Brooks O'Brien 1B, 3B, R, RBI

Conference Carolinas Tournament
Historic Fleming Stadium, Wilson, NC

North Greenville 21, King 8, King eliminated - NG: John Michael Faile 5-5, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
Barton 11, Erskine 10 - Ers: Cody Forster 1B, HR, BB, SB, 3 R, 3 RBI
Belmont Abbey 4, Mount Olive 3, 10 innings

Caden Grice became the 15th Clemson
player to hit three homers in a game.
(Clemson photo)

Player of the day: Caden Grice, Clemson, 3 HR, 8 RBI, IP, 2 K