State scoreboard, Saturday, Feb. 3

Dutch Fork High product Blake Martin had
two hits in each game of a doubleheader
 sweep. (Spartanburg Methodist photo)

Player of the day: Blake Martin, Spartanburg Methodist, 4-for-7, 2B, BB, 2 R, 4 RBI

Game of the day
Southern Wesleyan 5, Lee 4, 12 innings, Game 1
Back when both schools were in the NAIA, they met 27 times as Southern States Athletic Conference rivals, with Lee win 21 times.

The series was renewed in Cleveland, Tenn., this weekend after an 11-year hiatus, and while Southern Wesleyan went 1-2, that win was worth noting.

Lee scored single runs in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings, but the Warriors answered with a run each time. Matthew Batts had a leadoff triple in the sixth, but he was still at third when the inning ended.

A caught stealing nipped a possible Warriors rally in the eighth, and the teams went to extra innings.

Lee ran itself out of an inning, too. The first two Flames in the 10th were hit by pitches, but the lead runner was thrown out trying to steal third with one out. A single and another hit-by-pitch loaded the bases, but Warriors catcher Tyler Jackson threw out Brandon Daniels trying to score on an errant pitch by Christopher Hund to end the inning.

Cam Mitchem was hit by a pitch to lead off the SWU 12th. A walk and a single loaded the bases. With one out, Jason Culley hit a grounder to shortstop. The Flames got a force out, but were unable to complete an inning-ending double play as Mitchem scored.

Hund retired Lee in order in the bottom of the inning to close out the game.

The Flames scored 10 runs in the first two innings of the nightcap to win 12-2 - the most lopsided Lee win in the all-time series.

Southern scoop: Mitchem was 3-for-9 for the weekend, hitting a homer and driving in five ... The Warriors open their home schedule with a 4 p.m. game Tuesday against Anderson at Dr. C. Keith Connor Field. 

Honorable mention game of the day
USC Union 12, Roane State 11, 5 innings, darkness, Game 2 -  Tyler Strickland's single provided the fourth lead change of the game and gave USC Union a darkness-shortened walk-off victory and doubleheader split in Jonesville. Roane State won the opener, 9-8, by holding off a late Bantams comeback.

Elsewhere:  Brooks Mauro's three-run double capped a four-run sixth inning in Game 1 and Blake Martin drove in four runs in the second game of Spartanburg Methodist's sweep of Paul D. Camp ... Anderson pitchers took a two-hit shutout into the ninth en route to a win in Game 1, while host USC Beaufort scored six runs in the middle innings to take the nightcap and the series ... Zack Summerville had three hits and drove in the go-ahead run with an eighth-inning sacrifice fly as Francis Marion clinched a series win over NCAA DII No. 12 Newberry ... Connor Droze's two-run double in the sixth put Lander ahead to stay as it completed a series win Erskine ... Southern Wesleyan wriggled out of a couple of jams, then won Game 1 at Lee with an RBI fielder's choice in the 12th inning ... Zander Buchan, who transferred to Chipola from South Carolina after the fall semester, hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning to beat Florence-Darlington Tech and State College of Florida added the Stingers another loss later in the day at a junior college tournament in Florida ... Cale Wagoner went five shutout innings to pace Limestone to a Game 2 win after Chowan scored an unearned run in the bottom of the ninth of Game 1 ... David Lewis doubled twice and tripled to drive in six runs against Palm Beach Atlantic as North Greenville bounced back from a loss to Lynn earlier in the day ... USC Lancaster  scored five runs in the top of the eighth but Catawba Valley scored four in the bottom of the inning and held on in Game 1, then completed the sweep with a three-run sixth in the finale ... A five-run fifth inning helped Belmont Abbey complete a twinbill sweep and a series win over Coker ... Ethan Breslin pitched a no-hitter in Game 1 of East Georgia's sweep of USC Sumter ... UNC Pembroke rallied twice to clinch a a series win at USC Aiken ... Pikeville completed a series sweep at Voorhees with a pair of 9-2 victories ... Columbia International's four-run ninth in Game 1 forced extra innings, but the Rams would up losing a pair to Point.

Anderson 7, USC Beaufort 5, Game 1 - And: Kye Andress 4-5, 3 2B, 2 R, RBI

USC Beaufort 6, Anderson 4, Game 2 - Bea: Hunter Miller 2-4, R, RBI

Belmont Abbey 2, Coker 1, Game 1 - Cok: Jacob Hardy 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R

Belmont Abbey 9, Coker 7, Game 2 - Cok: Cameron Ferrell 3-5, 2 R
Catawba Valley 11, USC Lancaster 9, Game 1 - Lan: Eddie Olmeda 2B, SB, BB, R, 3 RBI

Catawba Valley 4, USC Lancaster 2, Game 2 - Lan: Hunter Lancaster 1B, 2 RBI
Chowan 1, Limestone 0, Game 1 - Lim: Perry Dyer, 2B
Limestone 6, Chowan 2, Game 2 - Lim: Davis Turner 2-4, 2 RBI
East Georgia 10, USC Sumter 0, Game 1 - Sum: 0 hits

East Georgia 7, USC Sumter 6, 12 innings, Game 2 - Sum: J.T. Popick 3-6, 2 RBI
Francis Marion 7, Newberry 6 - Fra: Zack Summerville 3-4, 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI

Lander 13, Erskine 8 - Lan: Taichi Nakao, 3-4, 2B, BB, 2 SB, 2 R, RBI

Lynn 3, North Greenville 2 - Nor: Bryce Roddey 1B, 2B, RBI
North Greenville 18, Palm Beach Atlantic 10 - Nor: Landon Shaw 3-3, 2B, 2 BB, SB, 2 R, 3 RBI

Pikeville 9, Voorhees 2, Game 1 - Voo: Raekwon Wedderburn 2-4

Pikeville 9, Voorhees 2 Game 2 - Voo: Isaiah Palmer H, R, RBI
Point 11, Columbia International 9, 10 innings, Game 1 - Col: David Mora 2-3, 2 BB, 2 RBI

Point 9, Columbia International 2, Game 2 - Col: Emmanuel Maldonado 2-3, RBI
Roane State 9, USC Union 8, Game 1 - Uni: Michael Adams 1B, 2B, BB, SB, 3 R

USC Union 12, Roane State 11, 5 innings, darkness, Game 2 - Uni: Brayden Corn 3-4, HR, SB, 3 R, 3 RBI
Southern Wesleyan 5, Lee 4, 12 innings, Game 1 - Sou: Cam Mitchem 1B, HBP, R, 2 RBI

Lee 12, Southern Wesleyan 2, Game 2 - Sou: Marty Grisso 1-3, R, RBI
Spartanburg Methodist 6, Paul D. Camp 5, Game 1 - Spa: Greyson Wild W, 3 IP, 0 R, 4 K
Spartanburg 13, Paul D. Camp 3, 5 innings, Game 2 - Spa: Ethan Wilson 3-4, 2B, R RBI

UNC Pembroke 8, USC Aiken 6 - Aik: Jack Hobson HR, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI

Panama City Beach (Fla.) JUCO Classic
Chipola 2, Florence-Darlington Tech 1 - Flo: Josh Campos 2-3
State College of Florida 7, Florence-Darlington Tech 1 - Flo: Ethan Plyler 4-4, 2B

Dyersburg 7, Andrew 2
Florida Southwestern 8, Andrew 6

Gulf Coast 5, St. John's River 0

Gulf Coast 4, Northwestern Florida 3
McLennan 5, Chattahoochee Valley 3
Meridian 12, McLennan 2
Meridian 13, Miami Dade 6
Miami Dade 9, Chattahoochee Valley 7
Northwest Florida 5, Wabash Valley 1
Pearl River 7, Dyersburg State 0
Pearl River 6, Florida Southwestern 3

St. John's River 5, Wabash Valley 1
Wallace-Dothan 7, State College of Florida 1

Wallace-Dothan 5, Chipola 3

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