State scoreboard, Sunday, March 17

Chad Born's three-run 13th-inning double
delivered a Sun Belt Conference series-clinching
win for the Chants.  (Coastal Carolina photo)

Player of the day: Chad Born, Coastal Carolina, 2B, 3 RBI 

Game of the day

Coastal Carolina 11, James Madison 10, 13 innings
Chad Born entered the 13th inning of the Sun Belt Conference series finale without a hit in 2024 after hitting .297 as a regular last season.

His two-out, three-run double to left-center capped the Chanticleers' fourth comeback of the game and delivered a series-clinching victory over James Madison in the late-afternoon sunshine at Springs Brooks Stadium.

Coastal rallied from two runs down twice to tie the Dukes at 3-3 in the fourth, but James Madison built a 6-3 lead entering the ninth. Derek Bender had a sacrifice fly and Caden Bodine laced a two-run single to tie the score and force extra innings.

Jason Schiavone staked JMU to an 8-6 lead in the top of the 11th, but a bases-loaded hit batsman  and a sacrifice fly by Zach Beach tied the score.

JMU went up by two runs in the 13th, setting the stage for Born's heroics.

Sam Antonacci led off the Chants' 13th with a single and went to second on Blake Barthol's walk.  Graham Brown sacrificed the runners over, and Bodine followed with a lineup. Beach was intentionally walked, and Born sent the fans home happy by slamming a 3-2 pitch into the gap, clearing the bases.

Coastal Carolina, which had a 15-game winning streak snapped on Saturday, improved to 17-3 and 2-1 in the Sun Belt.

Honorable mention game of the day
* Clemson 8, Duke 6, 10 innings - The 10th-ranked Tigers were held to one hit until the eighth inning, but got 10th-inning homers from Jimmy Obertop and Jacob Hinderleider to beat No. 6 Duke and take the rubber their opening ACC series. Clemson right fielder Alden Mathes and second baseman Jarren Purify made a perfect play and relay on a double into the right field corner to throw out a Duke runner trying to score the potential winning run at home to end the ninth, setting up extra innings.

* Benedict 6, Kentucky State 4, 10 innings - Taj Bates' two-run homer - his fourth hit of the game - gave the Tigers a walk-off win in the deciding game of their Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory

Elsewhere: USC Upstate completed a Big South series sweep and extended its winning streak to eight with a run-rule win over Gardner-Webb ... South Carolina used a pair of three-run innings to salvage an SEC series finale at Ole Miss ...  Connor Campbell pitched five shutout innings as College of Charleston built a big lead and took the deciding game of a series with Wofford ... Schley Gordy and Ethan Wilson had three hits and three apiece as Spartanburg Methodist extended its winning streak to nine with a sweep of  USC Salkehatchie. The Pioneers and Gaston College are tied atop the Region 10 standings with 8-0 league records ... The Citadel rallied twice - taking the lead for good on Travis Elliott's three-run homer - and completed a sweep of UMass to extend its winning streak to five ... Owen Sarna gave up two earned runs in six innings as Winthrop took the rubber game of its Big South series with Longwood ... Benjamin Blackwell pitched five shutout innings to preserve Coker's win over Virginia Wise in a South Atlantic Conference series finale ... Newberry used two hit batsmen, a wild pitch and two sacrifice flies in a ninth-inning rally to complete a SAC series sweep at Anderson ...  Tyler Strickland's third  hit of the game gave USC Union an eighth-inning walk-off win over USC Sumter for a split of their Region 10 doubleheader. Israel May had a single and two doubles as the Fire Ants won the opener ... High Point took the finale of its Big South Series at Charleston Southern when it scored two runs in the 11th ... Four pitchers combined for a no-hitter as Augusta handed Claflin its 22nd consecutive loss ... Columbus State scored all 10 runs in the first inning and salvaged the finale of a Peach Belt Conference series with Lander ... Joe Sperry hit three home runs, but USC Lancaster was swept by Gaston College ... George Washington held Presbyterian scoreless until the ninth as it completed a series sweep ... Emmanuel scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth of Game 2 to complete a Conference Carolinas doubleheader and series sweep against Southern Wesleyan ... Flagler scored the go-ahead run in the eighth to complete a Peach Belt Conference sweep and send USC Aiken to its ninth straight loss ... Barton completed a series sweep of Francis Marion with a pair of wins on Sunday ... North Georgia completed a three-game sweep of USC Beaufort ... Bluefield State beat Morris twice to complete a three-game sweep.

Augusta 17, Claflin 2, 7 innings - Cla: Jemal Scarborough BB, R, RBI
Barton 4, Francis Marion 2, Game 1 - Fra: Zack Summerville 1B, 2 HR

Barton 7, Francis Marion 2, Game 2 - Fra: Noah Stout 3-4, HR, BB
Benedict 6, Kentucky State 4, 10 innings - Ben: Oziel Azcona-Gomez, HR
Bluefield State 6, Morris 2, Game 1 - Mor: Jayden Earle 2-3, 2 RBI

Bluefield State 11, Morris 6, Game 2 - Mor: Daniel Roberts 1B, HR, 2 BB, 4 RBI

Clemson 8, Duke 6, 10 innings - Cle: Aidan Knaak 6.1 IP, 1 ER, 9 K

Coastal Carolina 11, James Madison 10, 13 innings - Coa: Sam Antonacci 3-6, 2B, 2 R, RBI
Coker 5, Virginia Wise 3 - Cok: Gabriel Santiago 3-5, 2B, R, 2 RBI
College of Charleston 11, Wofford 7 - Cha: Trotter Harlan 2-3, BB, HBP, R, 3 RBI

Columbus State 10, Lander 3 - Lan: Taichi Nakao HR, BB, 2 RBI

Emmanuel 9, Southern Wesleyan 7, Game 1 - Sou: Gage Shaver 2-4, SB, 2 R, RBI

Emmanuel 5, Southern Wesleyan 4, Game 2 - Sou: Marty Grisso 4-5, R
Flagler 5, USC Aiken 4 - Aik: Capers Molinaroli 2-4, BB, RBI
Gaston College 7, USC Lancaster 6, Game 1 - Lan: Walker Sowell 2-2, HR, BB, 2 RBI
Gaston College 21, USC Lancaster 10, 5 innings, Game 2 - Lan: Cody Wilson 3-3, 2 R, RBI
George Washington 11, Presbyterian 1 - PC: Jackson Hugus 1-3, RBI

High Point 12, Charleston Southern 10, 11 innings - Cha: Cade Conway 4-6, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI

Newberry 12, Anderson 10 - New: Donovan Ford 3-4, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
North Georgia 6, USC Beaufort 2 - Bea: Nikko Andre 2B, 2 RBI
South Carolina 6, Ole Miss 2 - USC: Matthew LeCroy 3-5, 2B, 3 R, 2 RBI

Spartanburg Methodist 12, USC Salkehatchie 0, Game 1 - Spa: Trip Brown, CG, 2 H, 9 K
Spartanburg Methodist 12, USC Salkehatchie 3, Game 2 - Spa: Elliott Sanders, 3-4, 3B, 2 RBI

The Citadel 12, UMass 7 - Cit: Wells Sykes 1B, 2B, 3B, 2 R, RBI
USC Sumter 8, USC Union 1 - Sum: Niko Laing 2-3, 3 RBI

USC Union 6, USC Sumter 5, 8 innings, Game 2 - Uni: Tyler Strickland 3-4, HR, 4 RBI
USC Upstate 20, Gardner-Webb 2, 7 innings - Up: Troy Hamilton 3-3, BB, SB, 2 R, 3 RBI
Winthrop 9, Longwood 5 - Win: Chancellor Jennings 3-4, 2B, 2 R, RBI
(28/704)

Beyond the border

ACC: Georgia Tech completed a sweep of No. 13. N.C. State, 15-5, as Wofford transfer Trey Yunger had four hits, including two homers; No. 15 North Carolina salvaged the finale at Miami, 18-6; Virginia Tech dumped Louisville, 8-1; Boston College beat Pitt, 7-3; No. 17 Virginia got a series win over Wake Forest with an 11-10 walk-off in 10 innings; Unbeaten Florida State beat Notre Dame, 4-3.

SEC: No. 8 Florida got a series win over No. 4 Texas A&M, 4-2; No. 14 Alabama nipped No. 6 Tennessee, 7-6, to take the series; Mississippi State got a run-rule win to take the series over No. 2 LSU, 15-5; No. 9 Vanderbilt completed a sweep of No. 18 Auburn, 9-6; Kentucky completed a sweep of Georgia with a 12-2 run-rule win; No Arkansas completed a sweep of Missouri, 9-1.

Elsewhere: Utah beat No. 3 Oregon State, 14-11 ... Oklahoma completed a weekend sweep of No. 12 TCU, 9-4 ... UC Davis beat No. 12 UC Irvine, 22-10 ... Baylor beat No. 24 Texas Tech, 5-1.