State scoreboard, Friday, March 18

Fifth-year player Devin Beckley got his
first career complete game in a 
shutout win. (The Citadel photo)

Player of the day: Devin Beckley, The Citadel, CG shutout 3 H, 8 K

Briefly: Miami pitchers struck out 16 Clemson batters and the Hurricanes feasted on early walks by Tigers pitchers to win the opener of the ACC series at Doug Kingsmore Stadium ...Tennessee hit four home runs and Vols pitchers struck out 14 South Carolina batters in winning the opener of a Southeastern Conference series ... John Dempsey singled, doubled twice and homered as Wofford won its sixth straight game ... Cameron MacIntosh singled in Noah Rabon with the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth and USC Upstate got out of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the inning to win the opener of its Big South Conference series at Presbyterian ... Devin Beckley pitched a shutout and struck out eight as The Citadel won the opener of a series with St. Peter's ... Garrett Gainey stuck out seven in 7 1/3 shutout innings as Winthrop beat James Madison ... Justin Parish struck  out nine in eight innings as Columbia International won the opener of an Appalachian Athletic Conference road series ... Clint Sellars hit a grand slam and a solo homer in Game 1 as USC Beaufort got its first Sun Conference win of the season, Game 2 was suspended until Saturday because of rain. The Sand Sharks led, 2-1, in the third ... Louisiana Monroe turned four double plays and held on for its first win over Coastal Carolina in a Sun Belt Conference opener. The Warhawks had been 0-11 vs. the Chanticleers ... Leniel Gonzalez's seventh-inning homer broke a 5-5 tie and Francis Marion held on to win the opener of a Conference Carolinas series ... East Carolina had a 6-2 lead over College of Charleston in the bottom of the seventh when rain suspended the game until Saturday ... Lenoir-Rhyne rallied in the late innings to take the opener of a South Atlantic Conference series with Anderson ... Charleston Southern  scored four runs in the ninth, but stranded the potential tying run at third in losing its eighth straight game ... Will Samuelson's three-run double in the eighth was the difference as Tusculum handed Newberry its first South Atlantic Conference loss ...

Carolina University 22, Bob Jones 2 - BJU: Conley Burk 2-4, 2 R
Columbia International 6, Bluefield College 3 - Col: Kody Trujillo 3-4, BB, RBI

Francis Marion 6, Erskine 5 - Fra: Tanner Wakefield 2-4, R, 2 RBI
Lenoir-Rhyne 10, Anderson 7 - And: Carlos Hernandez 3-3, HR, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI
Louisiana Monroe 3, Coastal Carolina 2 - Coa: Nick Lucky 1B, BB, RBI
Miami 11, Clemson 4 - Cle: Blake Wright 2 HR
Radford 9, Charleston Southern 8 - Cha: Connor Carter 2-4, BB, 3 R
Tennessee 8, South Carolina 3 - SC: Collin Burgess 1B, BB, R, RBI
The Citadel 4, St. Peter's 0 - Cit: Sawyer Reeves 2-4, RBI
Tusculum 8, Newberry 5 - New: Donovan Ford 3-4, 3B, 2 R, RBI
USC Beaufort 19, Florida Memorial 4, Game 1 - Bea: Brandon Blume CG W, 4 K
USC Upstate 6, Presbyterian 5 - Up: Noah Myers 2-run HR
Winthrop 4, James Madison 0 - Win: Jack Spyke 2B, 2 RBI
Wofford 14, Belmont 5 - Wof: Jack Renwick 1B, 2B, 3 RBI

Moved to March 20

Catawba at Limestone

Coker at Carson-Newman
Georgia College at USC Aiken
Lander at Claflin

North Greenville at Southern Wesleyan

Suspended until Saturday, rain
East Carolina 6, College of Charleston 2, B7, until 1 p.m.
USC Beaufort 2, Florida Memorial 1, T3, Game 2, 10 a.m.
(14/611)