Friday, May 14, 2021

State scoreboard, Friday, May 14

Gary Lora singled twice, homered twice and drove in four runs as Florence-Darlington Tech won the opening game of the NJCAA Eastern District Tournament, beating Monroe College of New York, 12-5, at Florence's Dailey Field.

The Stingers (45-6) can qualify for the National Junior College Athletic Association World Series with a win either Saturday or Sunday.

Nathan Williams pitched the first five innings and struck out eight for coach Preston McDonald's club. Jacob Greer and Chandler Woolridge pitched two innings apiece

J.T. Marr had three hits and D.J. Sullivan, doubled, homered and drove in four runs.

Monroe (33-6-1) batters struck out 14 times.

The NJCAA World Series begins May 29 in Grand Junction, Colo.

Elsewhere: Wofford's eight-run seventh inning wiped out a 2-0 deficit and the Terriers pulled away in the opener of a Southern Conference road series ... Brady Allen, Josiah Sightler and Braylen Wimmer had three hits apiece as South Carolina officially clinched a berth in the SEC Tournament ... Florida State scored four runs in the eighth to hand Clemson its fourth straight ACC loss to open a conference series ...  A bases-loaded walk in the seventh scored the go-ahead run as Campbell pulled percentage points ahead of USC Upstate in the Big South Conference standings and ended the Spartans' 11-game league winning streak ... Zacchaeus Rasberry and Eric Toth homered as Presbyterian opened a Big South Conference road series with a win ... B.T. Riopelle's ninth-inning homer broke a 2-2 tie and lifted Coastal Carolina to victory over Sun Belt East Division leader South Alabama ... Longwood scored in eight of nine innings to coast past Winthrop in the opener of a Big South Conference series ... UNC Wilmington snapped College of Charleston's five-game winning streak and moved into a tie with the Cougars for first place in the CAA South standings ... Mercer sent The Citadel to its 14th straight loss ...

Campbell 6, USC Upstate 5 - Up: Jack Hennessy 3-5, 2 R
Coastal Carolina 4, South Alabama 2 - Coa: Alex Gattinelli 3-3, RBI
Florida State 8, Clemson 3 - Cle: Sam Hall HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
Longwood 16, Winthrop 7 - Win: Ethan Fewell 1-1, R, 2 RBI
Mercer 5, The Citadel 1 - Cit: Ryan McCarthy HR
Presbyterian 11, High Point 4 - PC: Zacchaeus Rasberry 3-5, HR, 3 R
Radford 14, Charleston Southern 6 - Cha: Tyrell Brewer 4-5, 2B, 2 R
South Carolina 12, Kentucky 6 - SC: Wes Clarke, 1B, 3 BB, 3 RBI
UNC Wilmington 7, College of Charleston 2 - Cha: Tanner Steffy 3-4
Wofford 13, Western Carolina 2 - Wof: Lawson Hill 1B, 2B, BB, 2 R, RBI

NJCAA Eastern District Tournament
Dailey Field, Florence
Best of three
Florence-Darlington Tech 12, Monroe 5, FD Tech leads series 1-0 - Flo: D.J. Sullivan 2-RBI 2B, 2-RBI HR

Player of the day: Gary Lora, FD Tech 2 1B, 2 HR, 4 RBI (no photo available)

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