State scoreboard, Friday, March 4

Bryar Hawkins leads the Tigers with
16 RBI this season. (Clemson photo)

Player of the day: Bryar Hawkins, Clemson, 2-4, BB, game-winning RBI

Bryar Hawkins drove in an unearned run with a ninth-inning single as Clemson beat South Carolina, 3-2, at Founders Park Friday night in the opener of the three-game series.

Dylan Brewer reached on an error to lead off the ninth, went to second on a sacrifice and scored on Hawkins' two-out single. The Gamecocks intentionally walked Cooper Ingle three times in the game to get to Hawkins. The ninth inning was the first time it failed to pay off.

Clemson pitchers held the Gamecocks to four hits - two each by Michael Braswell and Josiah Sightler -- and struck out 11. Starter Mack Anglin struck out nine in six innings.

USC scored a run without a hit in the first inning, then Clemson tied the score on Ingle's  third-inning single.

Carolina starter Will Sanders was brilliant, striking out a career-high 14 in seven innings. He left with a 2-1 lead thanks to a long homer by Sightler in the sixth.

Jonathan French tied the score in the eighth with a home run down the left-field line. The call was reviewed, but upheld.

Hawkins and Tyler Corbitt had two hits apiece for Clemson, which had eight hits.

The Tigers are 9-0 for the first time since 2002. South Carolina fell to 7-2. Game 2 of the series is at 4 p.m. Saturday and will air on ACC Network Extra.

Briefly: North Carolina scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth to overtake Coastal Carolina ... Henry Wallach pitched a complete game, allowing only an unearned run, as Bob Jones won its first game of the season ...  Ryan Galanie hit a three-run homer in the first inning as Wofford won ... Ty Hooks' third hit of the game broke a 6-6 tie in the eighth inning and Winthrop held on to snap a six-game losing streak ... Tanner Wells singled, doubled and drove in three runs as North Greenville won the opener of a Conference Carolinas road series ...  Joe LaFiora allowed three hits and a run ovr seven inning as Newberry won its South Atlantic Conference opener ... Noah Sullivan was 4-for-5 as USC Upstate withstood a late rally by Xavier ... Travis Lott was 3-for-3 with a home run as The Citadel won its series opener ... Five players had two hits apiece as Erskine won a Conference Carolinas road series opener ... Austen Izzio was 3-for-4 with a homer and drove in four for Charleston Southern ... Ryan Ouzts had a three-run homer in the second inning and Presbyterian never trailed in the first night game played at the PC Baseball Complex ...

Bob Jones 2, Toccoa Falls 1 - BJU: Zach Burk 2-4, R, RBI
Caldwell Tech 15, USC Lancaster 8 - Lan: Aidan Pridgen 3-5, HR, 3 R, 4 RBI
Charleston Southern 16, Samford 4 - Cha: Peyton Basler 1B, 1B, 2 R, 4 RBI
Clemson 3, South Carolina 2 - Cle: Jonathan French HR
Columbus State 33, Claflin 5, 7 innings - Cla: Steve Joyner HR, BB, 2 RBI
East Georgia 5, USC Sumter 4 - Sum: Capers Molinaroli 3 H, RBI
Erskine 8, Mount Olive 4 - Ers: Christian Rivera 1B, 2B, BB, HBP, R, 2 RBI
Georgia Southwestern 13, USC Aiken 3, 7 innings - Aik: Jeff Cyr 1B, BB, R, RBI
High Point 5, College of Charleston 0 - Cha: Trotter Harlan 2B, BB
King 10, Southern Wesleyan 4 - Sou: Will Pitts 1B, BB, 2 RBI
Lenoir-Rhyne 17, Coker 4 - Cok: Phill Griffor 3-4, 2B, RBI
Newberry 18, Limestone 3 - New: Ben Freeman 2 1B, 2 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI
North Carolina 4, Coastal Carolina 3 - Coa: Dale Thomas 1B, HR
North Georgia 5, Lander 1 - Lan: Walker McDowell 2-4, BB, RS
North Greenville 12, Chowan 4 - Nor: Ethan Stringer 2 2B, SB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Presbyterian 9, Bellarmine 3 - Pre: Eric Toth 3-4, 2B, BB, R, RBI
Reinhardt 6, Columbia International 3 - Col: Ward Hacklen 2-4, RBI
The Citadel 9, Northern Kentucky 5 - Cit: Dylan Costa 4-5, 2B, 3 R
USC Upstate 7, Xavier 6 - Up: Kevin Davis S, 2.1 IP, 3 K
Wingate 14, Anderson 3 - And: Carlos Hernandez 2B, BB, R,  RBI
Winthrop 7, East Tennessee State 6 - Win: Khyree Miller 2B, HR, BB, 2 R
Wofford 4, Pennsylvania 2 - Wof: Brennen Dorighi 2-3, RBI
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