Monday, April 24, 2023

Dissa and data, April 24

* Anderson: The Trojans (24-24) are looking for their first winning season since 2003 ... They have hit 16. triples ... Jordan Montgomery is 4-for-4 with the bases loaded ... J.C. LeGrand has a 14-game hitting streak.

* Benedict: Even after going 0-for-7 in the final two games of the Spring Hill series, Justin Murray is batting .427. That doesn't include Game 1 of a series at Tuskegee, where the box score hasn't been posted.

* Bob Jones: Conley Burk is 8-for-18 over his last six games, raising his batting average to .305. Two of his three home runs and six of his 10 RBI have come during that span.

* Charleston Southern: Jaylin Rae has a seven-game hitting streak and his 11-for-29 in that span. His team-pleading batting average is .379.

* Claflin: Rufus Hurdle Jr. is hitting .429 over a six-game hitting streak.

* Clemson: A 12-game hitting streak has raised Cooper Ingle's batting average to 329 ... Will Taylor has driven in 10 in the last eight games ... Billy Amick's batting average has risen from .345 to .402 during a six-game hitting streak. He is 13-for-24 with 3 homers and 9 RBI during the streak.

* Coastal Carolina is scoring 10.1 runs per game, second best in NCAA Division I ... Caden Bodine is on an eight-game hitting streak.

* Coker: Before going 0-1 for in Game 2 on Sunday, Kody Hanna was 13-for-24 with three doubles, two triples, a homer and 11 RBI in the previous five games.

* College of Charleston: Hitless Sundays snapped Will Baumhofer's hitting streak at nine games and J.T. Marr's hitting streak at eight games ... Trotter Harlan's hitting streak is at six games ... Trey Pooser has allowed one earned run over 18 innings covering his last three appearances ... Ty Good has struck out 16 in his last 13 1/3 innings ... William Privette has a 1.16 ERA with 48 strikeouts in 31 innings.

* Columbia International: Joshua Hernandez has played in 25 of 41 games, but leads the Rams with 41 RBI.

* Erskine's 12 home runs in Saturday's 40-8 win at Southern Wesleyan tied the NCAA Division II record for a game ...The Flying Fleet hit .537 (36 for 67) for the game and .469 (68 for 145) for the series to raise the team batting average from .306 to .321 ... Dale Francis Jr. is 18-for-29 during a seven-game hitting streak, raising his average from .409 to .453 ... Ashby Smith is on a 16-game hitting streak.

* Florence-Darlington Tech has 11 players who have scored 25 or more runs and nine who have scored 20 or more ... Nine Stingers are in double figures in stolen bases.

* Francis Marion: Will Hardee continues to climb in the school record books. He became the school's career leader in walks (119) and is within three hits of the school record of 287. He has reached base in 32 consecutive games. Hardee leads the team with a .365 batting average.

* Lander is hitting .353 during its four-game winning streak.

* Limestone was within one out of qualifying for the South Atlantic Conference Tournament. The Saints had a 10-9 lead with two out in the final inning of the regular-season finale, but Catawba scored three runs to win. That left the Saints in a tie for eighth place (the final tournament spot) with Tusculum, which won two of three against Limestone in the regular season to win the tiebreaker. But coach Brett Harker's second club finished 19-28, far better than the four-win 2022 season ... Davis Turner hit five of his team-leading eight home runs in his final five games.

* Morris: Tijawan Black hit .435 during a seven-game hitting streak before it was snapped in Game 1 of Friday's doubleheader with Bluefield State. He got back on track by 3-for-4 in Game 2.

* Newberry: Braylin Marine has a six-game hitting streak, but his average has dropped to .446 ... After going 4-for-27 in a midweek loss to Mount Olive, the Wolves were 35-for-99 in the weekend series at Lenoir-Rhyne to raise the team average to .329 ... Rhett Jolly was 6-for-14 with 9 RBI in four games last week.

* North Greenville: Reece Fields leads the Crusaders with 68 1/3 innings pitched. That's almost twice as many as the next closest teammate (Brody Fowler, 36 2/3). Fields has won 11 of the team's 40 games, with Fowler second with six ... Monday's win at Catawba marked the third time this season that North Greenville has hit five homers in a game. The nine extra-base hits were second only to the 12 (8 doubles, 4 homers) in a March 28 game with Mars Hill ... Jalen Vasquez is 15-for-37 (.405) during an 11-game hitting streak and has hit six of his eight home runs in the past nine games.

* Presbyterian: Brody Fahr is on a nine-game hitting streak, going 17-for-36 (.472) to raise his season total to a team-high .342 ... Dalton Reeves is 11-for-24 (.458) during a six-game hitting streak, with eight of his team-leading 29 RBI coming during it.

* Southern Wesleyan is batting .355 over its last five games, but is 1-4 because Warriors pitchers have allowed a .367 opponents batting average and 97 runs (84 earned) for an 18.00 ERA in that period ... Cam Mitchem had a seven-game hitting streak snapped in the series finale with Erskine.

* South Carolina: The Gamecocks' 92 home runs as a team are three behind national leader Florida Gulf Coast's 95 ... USC does not have a midweek game this week because of exams ... Pitchers are striking out 10.39 batters per nine innings. All 12 pitchers with six or more innings are averaging a strikeout per inning or better ... In 17 SEC games, freshman Ethan Petry is hitting .446 with 13 homers, 39 RBI, a 1.092 slugging percentage and .519 on-base percentage. Overall, he is batting .427 with 20 homers and 64 RBI. The latter two are school freshman records with 15 games left in the regular season.

* Spartanburg Methodist is 21-10 at home this season, but 5-8-1 away and 1-1 at neutral sites ... Ryan Williamson has a five-game hitting streak, going 7-for-15. He hit his first home run of the season in Game 2 on Sunday ... Pioneers pitchers are striking out 10.36 pitchers per nine innings.

* The Citadel has been shut out in three of its last four games after not being shut out in its first 33 games ... Cameron Reeves' ERA is at a season-low 2.51 after allowing one runs in eight innings on Sunday.

* USC Aiken: Jacob Fletcher has pitched at least five innings in all 12 starts this season. Opponents are batting .220 against him.

* USC Beaufort: Brian Meyer has hit safely in 12 of 13 games and 15 of 17. He is hitting .348 ... The Sand Sharks have been outscored 158-56 during their 13-game losing streak, with 15 of the 56 runs coming in one game.

* USC Lancaster has won seven of 10 games since snapping a seven-game losing streak ... Bryson Suber hit his seventh and eighth homers of the season on Sunday. He has drawn seven walks in his last five games ... Joe Sperry has hit safely in the last 18 games for which there are stats on the Region 10 Website ... Jannuel Wispi is 11-for-20 (.450) with 2 homers and 8 RBI over his last seven games.

* USC Salkehatchie has raised its team batting average to .205 .. Opponents have scored 10 runs or more in 28 of 43 games ... The Indians have hit eight home runs. Seven individuals in Region 10 have that many or more.

* USC Sumter: Wyatt Dodgens (2.44), Jeremiah Locklear  (2.68) and Nick Petit (2.86) rank 2nd, 3rd and 4th in ERA in Region 10 ... Brandon Osypczuk has an eight-game hitting streak, during which time he  has driven in 16 runs.

* USC Union: Trent Turner has hit 11 home runs, including seven since April 13 ... Brayden Corn did not play in either game against USC Lancaster on Sunday, keeping a 10-game hitting streak intact.

* USC Upstate: David Pereira went 8-for-11 in the weekend sweep of Radford. He scored five runs and drove in five ... Reese Dutton has gone at least five innings in all 10 starts this season. He has struck out 70 in 60 innings ... Henry Proger didn't allow a hit until the seventh inning and struck out nine in his start against Radford.

* Voorhees
has lost 12 games and tied one since its last win March 21 against Claflin. The Tigers' next action at a home doubleheader with Morris on Saturday.

* Winthrop: McKinley Erves is batting .381 during his five-game hitting streak. He has hit safely in 17 of his last 21 games ... The final two wins over UNC Asheville were walk-off one-run wins. The Eagles are 6-3 in one-run games this season.

* Wofford: Cameron Gill had six consecutive two-hit games before going hitless in the finale game of the Samford series. Trey Yunger is 15-for-33 (.454) over his last eight games, even with an 0-for-4 outing at Winthrop included ... The Terriers are hitting .328 and have a 29-10 record despite being outhomered 56-41.  ... Gunnar Johnson had 4 homers and 22 RBI in 12 SoCon games. He has 6 homers and 26 RBI overall.

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