State scoreboard, Wednesday, March 15

Jonathan Strauss raised his batting average
89 points to .303 on Wednesday. (Winthrop photo)

Player of the day: Jonathan Strauss, Winthrop 4-5, 2 2B, 2 R, 4 RBI

Briefly: Rhett Jolly drove in three runs - including two on an eighth-inning single to break a a tie - as Newberry snapped USC Aiken's winning streak at eight and extended its own streak to seven ... Winthrop's Josh Bookbinder pitched 2 2/3 shutout innings of relief and his teammates scored the game's final 12 runs to get a series split with Cincinnati ... Chandler Tuopo had three hits, including a two-run single in the fifth inning to give Charleston Southern the lead as the Buccaneers completed a sweep of Kansas ... Edwin Olmeda had three hits and drove in three runs for USC Lancaster ... Tanner Wakefiueld homered and singled to drive in three runs as Francis Marion completed a season sweep of Claflin (0-18). Panthers opponents had scored in double figures in 10 consecutive games ... A seven-run second put Duke in control and the Blue Devils coasted over Presbyterian at Fluor Field in Greenville ...

Augusta 8, Coker 4 - Cok: Nick Leonard 1B, HR, SB, 2 R, 2 RBI

Charleston Southern 12, Kansas 4 - Cha: Connor Aldrich 3-3, R

Cleveland CC 12, Florence-Darlington Tech 8 - Flo: Kristian Amaro 2-3, R, 3 RBI

Duke 15, Presbyterian 2 - PC: Jack Gorman 2-2, 2B, 2 BB
East Georgia 7, Erskine JV 6, Game 1

Erskine JV 8, East Georgia 6, Game 2

Francis Marion 6, Claflin 1 - Fra: Kollin Crepeau 3-4, 2B, 2 R
Newberry 8, USC Aiken 4 - New - Gunnar Erickson 2.2 IP, 5 K
USC Lancaster 19, Surry 3 - Lan: Bryson Suber 2-2, 3 R, 2 RBI, BB

Winthrop 13, Cincinnati 3 - Win: Ty Hooks 1B, 2B, BB, 3 R, 2 RBI

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