State scoreboard, Wednesday, April 12

Mackenze Gay had one homer and
two RBI prior to Wednesday. (Claflin photo)

Player of the day: Mackenze Gay, Claflin, HR, 2 BB, SB, HBP, 3 R, 4 RBI

Briefly: Claflin snapped a season-opening 31-game losing streak and gave coach Scott Nestor his first victory with a win over Paine at Mirmow Field in Orangeburg. DeShawnte Carraway singled, doubled, walked, scored a run and drove in two for the Panthers, who ended a 33-game streak going back to last season ... Capers Molinaroli singled, doubled and homered as USC Sumter won Game 1 and Brandon Osypczuk homered and drove in four runs in Game 2 as the Fire Ants wrapped up the sweep ... Braylin Marine was 3-for-4 with a triple, a stolen base and three RBI as Newberry pounded Georgia College ... Eli Hopkins had four hits and drove in two runs as Coker got a victory at Barton ... Jalen Vasquez singled, doubled, homered and drove in four runs for North Greenville in a home win over Catawba ... Travis Hammond had four hits and drove in four runs, but Southern Wesleyan snapped an eight-game losing streak, but had to withstand a five-run ninth inning by Limestone, which left the bases loaded ... Hayden Perry had two hits and scored two runs for USC Lancaster ...

Augusta 16, Anderson 1 - And: Brayden Owens 1B, 2B, R

Belmont Abbey 3, USC Aiken 2 - Aik: Justin Byrd 2-4, RBI

Claflin 12, Paine 6 - Cla: Joshua Cooper 3-5, 2B, R, 2 RBI
Coker 13, Barton 7 - Cok: Kody Hanna 3-5, 3B, 3 R, 4 RBI

Columbia International JV 5, Erskine JV 4, Game 1

Erskine JV 10, Columbia International JV 7, Game 2

Newberry 13, Georgia College 2 - New: Jacob LeBron 1B, 3B, BB, R, B, 2 RBI
North Greenville 14, Catawba 2 - Nor: Pat Monteith 3-4, 2B, SB, BB, 3 R, 2 RBI
Southern Wesleyan 12, Limestone 10 - Sou: Josh Long 4-5, 2 R
USC Lancaster 11, Combine Academy 4 - Lan: Eddie Olmeda 1B, 2B, BB, 3 R, RBI

USC Sumter 11, Catawba Valley 5, Game 1 - Sum: Brock Myers 2B, BB, R. 2 RBI

USC Sumter 9, Catawba Valley 3, Game 2 - Sum: Brock Myers 2 H RBI

Moved to Thursday at Allendale

USC Salkehatchie at Gordon, DH

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