Friday, May 21, 2021

State scoreboard, Friday, May 21

Briefly:  Shane Lussier singled and drove in three runs in Game 1 and Elliot Carney pitched seven shutout innings in Game 2 as Wofford won twice to take the Southern Conference regular-season title ... Brett Kerry's second straight solid start held No. 4 Tennessee at bay until Brady Allen's three-run homer gave South Carolina the lead as the Gamecocks evened the series ... Duke scored 13 runs in the first four innings to assure Clemson of its first losing record in ACC regular-season play since 2008 ...  Jay Wetherington followed Noah Lebron's two-run homer with his second triple of the game and scored on Kyle Decker's single to cap Presbyterian's three-run ninth-inning rally in Game 1. Joe McNamara's sacrifice fly in the 12th of Game 2 gave Winthrop a split ... Justin Parish struck out eight in four innings as Columbia International won its first game of pool play at the NCCAA World Series. The Rams beat Toccoa Falls for the fifth time this season later Friday ... Jason Matthews had four hits and Devin Buckner drove in three runs as USC Upstate clinched a series win in Game 1. The Spartans scored four runs in the ninth of Game 2 ... Landon Chaboy''s eighth-inning two-run single provided the winning run for College of Charleston as it evened its CAA series ... Johnny Olivera had five singles, drove in five runs and scored three times as Charleston Southern completed a series sweep of Longwood ... Western Carolina scored three runs in the 11th inning of Game 1 at The Citadel and clinched the final slot in the Southern Conference Tournament in Greenville next week. Luke Robinson hit three homers and drove in eight for the Catamounts in Game 2  ... Billy Underwood's bases-loaded single in the 10th capped Coastal Carolina's comeback win 

Charleston Southern 13, Longwood 2, 8 innings - Cha: R.J. Petit W, 6 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 5 BB, 4 K
Coastal Carolina 8, Texas State 7, 10 innings - Coa: Eric Brown 4-4, BB 2 R
College of Charleston 7, Elon 6 - Cha: Trotter Harlan 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI
Duke 14, Clemson 8 - Cle: Bryar Hawkins 1B, 2B, grand slam
Presbyterian 7, Winthrop 6, Game 1 - PC: Kyle Decker 3-5, HR, 2 R,  3 RBI
Winthrop 13, Presbyterian 12, 11 innings, Game 2 - Win: Joe McNamara 3-5, 2B, BB, R, 2 RBI
South Carolina 3, Tennessee 2 - SC: Brady Allen 3-run HR
USC Upstate 4, UNC Asheville 3, Game 1 - Up Alex Garbrick 5 IP, 1 ER, 7 K 
USC Upstate 7, UNC Asheville 4, Game 2 - Up: Jason Matthews 4-5, 2 2B, SB, R, RBI
Western Carolina 6, The Citadel 3, 11 innings, Game 1 - Cit: Cameron Reeves 7 IP, 0 ER, 6 K
Western Carolinas 21, The Citadel 0, 7 innings, Game 2 - Cit:: Jeffery Brown 2 2B, SB
Wofford 10, Mercer 3, Game 1 - Wof: Trey Yunger 1B, 3B, 3 R, 2 RBI
Wofford 6, Mercer 0, Game 2 - Wof: Matty Brown 1B, 3B, 2 RBI

NCCAA World Series
Pool Play
J.B. "Red" Owens Complex, Easley
Columbia International 6, College of Ozarks 2 - Col: Carter Willis, 1B, BB, 2 R
Kansas Christian 13, Concordia (Mich.) 11
Columbia International 12, Toccoa Falls 3 - Col: Grant Bodison 3-4, 2B, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
Concordia (Mich.) 3, College of the Ozarks 1

Dr. C. Keith Connor Field, Central
Judson 3, Ecclesia 0
Southwestern Christian 9, Carolina University 3
Judson 3, Alice Lloyd 2
Southwestern Christian 18, Ecclesia 2

Jason Matthews leads the Spartans in
batting average, hits and doubles.
(USC Upstate photo)
Player of the day: Jason Matthews, USC Upstate, 8-for-10, 2 R, 2 2B, SB, RBI

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