State scoreboard, Saturday, April 29

John Michael Faile passed former Erskine
star Bryan Fogle to become the NCAA
 Division II  career RBI king. (NGU photo)

Player of the day: John Michael Faile, North Greenville. 5-for-8, 2B, 3 HR, 9 RBI

Briefly:  John Michael Faile became NCAA Division II's all-time RBI leader and joined Pat Monteith in hitting three home runs in North Greenville's sweep of Southern Wesleyan. Faile hit a two-run homer in the opener to give him 310 RBI, one more than Erskine's Bryan Fogle. Faile added two homers and seven RBI in the nightcap, giving him 317 for his career. He has 73 career home runs, two behind the listed record of 75 by Haydn McGeary of Colorado Mesa. The Crusaders have won seven straight games. Chance Fogel had two singles, a triple and a homer to drive in six runs for Southern Wesleyan in Game 2 ... Caden Grice pitched a career-high eight innings and struck out a career-best nine as Clemson took the rubber game of an ACC series at Boston College. He also drove in two runs for the Tigers (28-17, 11-10 ACC) ... Auburn scored six runs in the first two innings and clinched a series win over South Carolina ...  Nick Lucky's grand slam highlighted a seven-run seventh inning as Coastal Carolina evened its series at Louisiana and snapped a three-game losing streak ... Lucas Martino's two-run homer in the eighth wiped out a 6-5 USC Aiken lead and Lander clinched a Peach Belt Conference series win with its seventh straight victory ... Daniel Gernon's 10th-inning homer capped USC Upstate's rally from a 7-1 deficit and evened its home series with Presbyterian. Joel Dragoo had three hits for the Blue Hose ... Elon scored four runs in the ninth to take the completion of Friday's suspended game at College of Charleston, but the Cougars bounced back with a shutout win in the nightcap ... Wake Forest hit five home runs to put Wofford away after falling behind 4-3 ... Voorhees closed out its season with a win over Morris behind an eight-strikeout complete game by Xander Casarez. The Tigers snapped an 11-game losing streak and a 13-game winless streak (there was a tie) ... Owen Taylor and Rom Kellis homered for Florence-Darlington Tech in Game 1 and Hunter Bryson drove in four runs in Game 2 ...  N.C. State used an early five-run inning to coast past The Citadel ... Tariq Bacon doubled and homered as Erskine won Game 1, but Thomas Collins' three-run homer was enough for Emmanuel to take the nightcap ... Isaiah Canty was 4-for-7 with a double, 2 homers and 6 RBI as Benedict split a doubleheader  ...  Augusta scored a run in the bottom of the eighth of Game 2 to complete a series sweep, earn a spot in the Peach Belt Conference Tournament and send USC Beaufort to its 16th consecutive loss  in its season finale ...

SAC Tournament
* Newberry 6, Lenoir-Rhyne 1 - Bennett Roemer pitched the Wolves' second complete game in as many days to move Newberry into the championship round of the Newberry bracket. The Wolves scored three runs in both the first and second innings. Lenoir-Rhyne beat Carson-Newman in an elimination game to get a rematch with Newberry. 

* Anderson eliminated - Anderson survived one elimination game in the Wingate bracket before being eliminated by the host Bulldogs.

Auburn 9, South Carolina 3 - USC: Cole Messina 2B, HR, 4 RBI
Augusta 17, USC Beaufort 4, 7 innings, Game 1 - Bea: Brian Meyer HR, 2 RBI
Augusta 6, USC Beaufort 5, Game 2 - Bea: Julio Galassi 2B, HR, 2 R

Clemson 6, Boston College 3 - Cle: Billy Amick 3-4, 2 RBI
Coastal Carolina 13, Louisiana 5 - Coa: Blake Barthol 1B, HR, 4 RBI

Elon 5, College of Charleston 3, completion of Friday game - Cha: Trotter Harlan, BB, HR, 2 RBI
College of Charleston 12, Elon 0 - Cha: Trey Pooser W, 6 IP, 6 K

Erskine 7, Emmanuel 4, Game 1 - Ers: Dale Francis Jr. 3-5, 3 RBI 

Emmanuel 3, Erskine 2, Game 2 - Ers: Dalton Boyd 2B, RBI

Florence-Darlington Tech 12, USC Salkehatchie 2, 5 innings Game 1 - Flo: Rom Kellis 1B, HR, 3 RBI

Florence-Darlington 13, USC Salkehatchie 1, 5 innings, Game 2 - Flo: Will Dorrell 2-3, Hr., 3 RBI
Kentucky State 12, Benedict 8, Game 1 - Ben: Taj Bates grand slam

Benedict 14, Kentucky State 10, Game 2 - Ben: Isaiah Canty 1B, 2 HR, 4 RBI 

Lander 10, USC Aiken 6 - Lan: Will McClellan 2B, HR, 4 RBI

N.C. State 12, The Citadel 3 - Cit: Travis Lott 3-4, HR

North Georgia 16, Claflin 3 - Cla: D'Avion Sumpter 2-3, BB, 2 R
North Greenville 15, Southern Wesleyan 0, 7 innings, Game 1 - Nor: Landon Shaw 3-3, HR

North Greenville 19, Southern Wesleyan 12, Game 2 - Nor: Bryce Roddey 1B, 2B, 2 BB, 3 RBI

USC Upstate 9, Presbyterian 7, 10 innings - Up: Chase Matheny 4 IP, 6 K

Voorhees 12, Morris 2, 8 innings - Voo: Isaiah Palmer 1B, 3B,  BB, 2 R, 3 RBI

Wake Forest 18, Wofford 5 - Wof: Ryan Galanie HR, 2 RBI

Canceled

Mid-Atlantic Christian at Bob Jones

SAC Tournament

Smith Road Complex, Newberry

Newberry 6, Lenoir-Rhyne 1 - New: Kade Faircloth 2-4, 2 RBI

Carson-Newman 8, Tusculum 3, Tusculum eliminated

Lenoir-Rhyne 7, Carson-Newman 4, CN eliminated

Ron Christopher Stadium, Wingate, N.C.
Lincoln Memorial 2, Wingate 1

Anderson 7, Catawba 3, Catawba eliminated - And: Nick Miller S, 3 IP

Wingate 14, Anderson 5, Anderson eliminated - And: Luke Poole 3-4, R
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