State scoreboard, Wednesday, May 5

Briefly: Kier Meredith's three-run blast onto the roof of the batting cages in the eighth gave Clemson breathing room en route to its seventh straight win. The Tigers avenged an earlier loss to the Spartans and snapped Upstate's seven-game winning streak ... George Callil's two-run single in the seventh put South Carolina ahead to stay against North Florida ... John  Dempsey's fifth-inning single provided the deciding run in Wofford's win at Winthrop ... Kyle Benson pitched 3 2/3 innings of shutout relief and Presbyterian rallied to beat UNC Asheville in Big South Conference play ... Joshua Hernandez and Robert Bell homered and Christian Orr got the save as Columbia International won its opener in the Appalachian Athletic Conference tournament ... Mississippi State gave coach Chris Lemonis a happy homecoming to his alma mater and sent the host Bulldogs to a ninth straight loss. The Citadel coach Tony Skole missed the game after testing positive for COVID-19. He told The Post and Courier  that he had been vaccinated ...

Clemson 9, USC Upstate 2 - Cle: James Parker 3-4, R, 2 RBI
Mississippi State 10, The Citadel 2 - Cit: Noah Mitchell HR
Presbyterian 4, UNC Asheville 2 - PC: Zacchaeus Rasberry 3-4, RBI

South Carolina 7, North Florida 6 - SC: Wes Clarke 1B, 2B, HR, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI

Wofford 4, Winthrop 3 - Wof: John Dempsey 3-4, R, 2 RBI

Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament
TVA Credit Union Stadium-Cardinal Park
Johnson City, Tenn.
Single elimination
St. Andrews 4, Union 1, Union eliminated
Truett McConnell 7, Bluefield 6, Bluefield eliminated

Hunter Wright Stadium
Kingsport, Tenn.Double elimination
Columbia International 5, Milligan 3 - CIU: Justin Parish W, 6 IP, 0 ER
Bryan 6, Point 5
Reinhardt 6, St. Andrews 1

Tennessee Wesleyan 11, Truett-McConnell 5

Justin Parish leads the Rams in starts,
wins, and strikeouts. (CIU photo)

Player of the day: Justin Parish, Columbia International: W, 6 IP, 0 ER in AAC Tournament opener