State scoreboard, Friday, March 31

Grant Sherrod broke a 2-2 tie with a two-run
single in the sixth inning. (USC Upstate photo)

Player of the day: Grant Sherrod, USC Upstate, 1B, HR, BB, SB, 3 RBI

Briefly:  Mississippi State  snapped an 18-game SEC losing streak by hitting four home runs to run-rule South Carolina. It was the Gamecocks' first SEC loss of the season ... Wake Forest scored a run in the ninth inning and withstood a late Clemson threat to clinch an  ACC series victory ... Caden Bodine was 5-for-6 with a pair of doubles and scored three runs as Coastal Carolina took the opener of a Sun Belt Conference road series ... Grant Sherrod singled and homered to drive in three runs and Noah Rabon had three hits as USC Upstate improved to 4-0 in Big South Conference play ... Dalton Reeves' two-run double in the eighth inning gave Presbyterian the winning run in the opener of a Big South series ... Dale Francis Jr. singled. homered twice and drove in four runs as Erskine scored nine runs late to win a Conference Carolinas road series opener ... Michael Rodriguez pitched two innings of three-up, three-down relief as North Greenville took Game 1, but Mount Olive ended the Crusaders' 17-game winning streak in the nightcap ... Robbie Jordan allowed one run and struck out six over eight innings as Francis Marion won a series opener over Southern Wesleyan ... Two Delaware pitchers held College of Charleston to four hits to take the opener of a CAA series ... Garrett Staton's grand slam capped a five-run fourth inning as Samford took the opener of a SoCon series with The Citadel ...

Augusta 8, Lander 5, Game 1 - Lan: Connor Droze 1B, HR, 3 RBI

Augusta 12, Lander 7, Game 2 - Lan: Oliver Zohn 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI

Campbell 7, Charleston Southern 2 - Cha: Sam Low 2-3, R

Catawba 8, Anderson 3 - And: Brayden Owens 1B, 2B, R, RBI

Coastal Carolina 16, Georgia State 7 - Coa: Zach Beach 2-4, HR, 4 RBI

Delaware 10, College of Charleston 2 - Cha: Tyler Sorrentino 2-2, BB, R

Erskine 10, UNC Pembroke 3 - Ers: Juan Jaime HR, 4 RBI

Flagler 3, USC Beaufort 1 - Bea: Julian Galassi 2B, R

Francis Marion 3, Southern Wesleyan 1 - Fra: Tanner Wakefield 3-3, 2 SB

Mars Hill 11, Limestone 2 - Lim: Zach O'Malley 1-3, BB, R, RBI

Milligan 11, Bob Jones 0, Game 1 - BJU: Gabriel Swarms 1B, SB

Milligan 14, Bob Jones 0  Game 2 - BJU: Isaiah Brandt 1B, SB

Mississippi State 13, South Carolina 3, 7 innings - USC: Braylen Wimmer 2-3, HR,  2 RBI

North Greenville 3, Mount Olive 1, Game 1 - Nor: John Michael Faile 2B, BB, RBI

Mount Olive 4, North Greenville 1, Game 2 - Nor: Marek Chlup BB, 2 SB, R

Presbyterian 5, UNC Asheville 3 - PC: Tanner Smith W, 3 IP, 0 R 6 K
Samford 6, The Citadel 3 - Cit: Noah Mitchell 3-3, BB. RBI

St. Andrews 12, Columbia International 9, Game 1 - Col: Brandt Miller 5-6, 2B, 2 HR, 3 R, 2 RBI

St. Andrews 13, Columbia International 6, Game 2 - Col: Price Alexander HR, 3 RBI

USC Upstate 7, Winthrop 2 - Up: Reese Dutton 8 IP, 2 R, 9 K

Wake Forest 4, Clemson 3 - Cle: Nick Clayton 4.2 IP, 1 R, 8 K

(21/817)