Sunday, March 24, 2024

State scoreboard, Sunday, March 24


Derek Bender's two-run single sparked
a six-run 12th inning in Game 2 for the 
Chanticleers. (Coastal Carolina photo)
Player of the day: Derek Bender, Coastal Carolina, 6-for-11, 2 2B, HR, SB, 5 R, 7 RBI

Briefly: Blake Wright's second grand slam of the series capped No. 4 Clemson's rally from nine runs down as the Tigers completed and ACC series sweep of Florida State ... Freshman Tyler Pitzer took a shutout into the seventh inning of his first career start as South Carolina completed an SEC series sweep of No. 3 Vanderbilt ... Florence-Darlington swpt USC Sumter to remain unbeaten in Region 10 and extend its winning streak to 15 games ... Ben Thornton and Ben Smith gave Anderson two solid starts in its SAC doubleheader sweep at Limestone ... No. 13 Coastal Carolina scored six runs in the 12th inning to salvage the final game of its Sun Belt Conference series after a three-run eighth lifted Appalachian State to a win in the opener of the doubleheader ... Donovan Ford and Luke Compton had two hits in both games of Newberry's SAC sweep of Virginia Wise. The Wolves have won seven straight ... Jaylen Hernandez's home run highlighted a six-run third inning as Winthrop took the rubber game of a Big South series at Gardner-Webb ... Braden Hofmeyer and two relievers combined on an eight-inning shutout as Wofford completed a SoCon sweep of The Citadel ... Jax Cash's first-inning homer in Game 2 started North Greenville toward a Conference Carolinas split at Barton ... Ethan Wilder's three-run triple was part of a five-run seventh inning in Lander's PBC series sweep-clinching win over  NCAA DII No. 15 North Georgia ... A six-run fifth inning in Game 2 allowed USC Lancaster to snap a seven-game losing streak and Spartanburg Methodist's 13-game winning streak ... Game 2 Coker held off a rally by Ohio Dominican to win the rubber game of the series. A day after pitching five shutout innings in relief to get a win, Benjamin Blackwell got the save ...  Longwood avoided a Big South Conference series sweep by Presbyterian with a two-run eighth ... Five pitchers combined for a four-hitter as North Carolina A&T  clinched a Coastal Athletic Association series win over College of Charleston. The Aggies are coached by former Clemson player Ben Hall ...  Radford collected 18 hits to take a series win over Big South preseason favorite USC Upstate ... Chase Gribble doubled, homered and drove in seven runs in Game 2 of a Conference Carolinas doubleheader as Southern Wesleyan broke a 13-game losing streak ...UNC Asheville foiled Charleston Southern's bid for a Big South series sweep ... Young Harris's Conference Carolinas doubleheader sweep extended Francis Marion's losing streak  to seven ... A three-run sixth in Game 2 helped Miles sweep a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader from Benedict ... Augusta's Peach Belt Conference DH sweep extended USC Beaufort's losing streak to 10 ... A six-run seventh inning brought an early end to Columbus State's PBC series-clinching win at USC Aiken ... Gaston College moved to 12-0 in Region 10 and extended USC Salkehatchie's losing streak to 22 games. ... Georgia Southwestern got a third straight PBC run-rule win and extended Claflin's losing streak to 26 games.

Anderson 5, Limestone 3, Game 1 - And: Gray Wells 3-3, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
Anderson 6, Limestone 3, Game 2 - And: Carlos Hernandez 2-3, HBP, R RBI
Appalachian State 9, Coastal Carolina 8, Game 1 - Coa: Graham Brown 2-4, BB, 3 RBI
Coastal Carolina 17, Appalachian State 11, 12 innings - Coa: Zack Beach 2B, HR, 3 RBI
Augusta 6, USC Beaufort 2, Game 1 - Bea: Julian Galassi 1B, 2B, SB, R
Augusta 6, USC Beaufort 1, Game 2 - Bea: Sebastian Biggs 2B
Barton 2, North Greenville 1, Game 1 - Nor: Brent Stukes 3 IP, 4 K
North Greenville 7, Barton 2, Game 2 - Nor: Bryce Roddey 2-4, R, RBI
Clemson 14, Florida State 12 - Cle: Andrew Ciufo 3-4, 2 R, BB, 3 RBI
Coker 6, Ohio Dominican 5 - Cok: Gabriel Santiago 2-3, 2B, R, RBI
Columbus State 12, USC Aiken 1,7 innings - Aik: Capers Molinaroli 3-4, RBI
Florence-Darlington Tech 6, USC Sumter 4, Game 1 - Flo: Bryce Coulter 2-3, 3B, 2 R, RBI
King 6, Southern Wesleyan 3, Game 1 - Sou: Griffin Pickhardt 2B, BB, RBI
Southern Wesleyan 12, King 2, Game 2 - Sou: Christopher Hund CG, 7 IP, 2 R, 6 K
Lander 5, North Georgia 3 - Lan: Bennett Sloper W, 3.1 IP, 0 ER, 2 K
Longwood 4, Presbyterian 3 - PC: Joel Dragoo 1B, HR, SB, 2 RBI
Miles 12, Benedict 2, 8 innings, Game 1 - Ben: Jamell Mitchell Jr. 1B, BB, R
Miles 6, Benedict 5, Game 2 - Ben: Kent Johnson 2B, 2 RBI
Newberry 5, Virginia Wise 3, Game 1 - New: Hunter French W, 7 IP, 0 R
Newberry 9, Virginia Wise 1, Game 2 - New: Bryson Nuckols 2-3, R
North Carolina A&T 18,. College of Charleston 4 - Cha: Brent Gibbs 1B, 2 RBI
Radford 12, USC Upstate 3 - Up: Jace Rinehart HR, 2 RBI
South Carolina 10, Vanderbilt 2 - USC: Dylan Brewer 1B, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
Spartanburg Methodist 6, USC Lancaster 5, Game 1 - Spa: Matt Layton 3-4, R, 2 RBI
USC Lancaster 11, Spartanburg Methodist 5, Game 2 - Lan: Joe Sperry HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
UNC Asheville 5, Charleston Southern 3 - Cha: Peter Werth 2-3, BB, R
Winthrop 9, Gardner-Webb 4 - Win: Caleb Jones W, 4 IP, 0 R, 5 K
Wofford 10, The Citadel 0, 8 innings - Wof: David Wiley 3-4, 3B, SB, R, 3 RBI
Young Harris 3, Francis Marion 1, Game 1 - Fra: Noah Stout 1B, HR
Young Harris 6, Francis Marion 3, Game 2 - Fra: Peyton Wilson 2-3, 2 RBI
(34/805)

Beyond the border

ACC: No. 20 North Carolina beat Georgia Tech, 9-2, to complete a series sweep as Mauldin High grad Alberto Osuna got the Tar Heels going with a two-run double in the first inning ... No. 9 Duke salvaged its series finale with N.C. State, 9-8 ... No. 19 Virginia Tech's 12-6 win over Boston College completed a series sweep ... An 8-2 win over Pitt gave No. 14 Virginia a series sweep ... Miami salvaged the finale of a series at Notre Dame, 12-10, in 10 innings.

SEC: Georgia finished off a series sweep of No. 11 Alabama 10-5 ... S.C. native and Clemson transfer Billy Amick doubled, homered  and drove in five runs as No. 8 Tennessee took the rubber game of its series with Ole Miss, 15-4 ... No. 6 Florida took  a series at No. 5 LSU with a 12-2 win ... Kentucky's 7-6 win at Missouri gave it a series victory.

Elsewhere: Delaware's 8-5 win over No. 22 Campbell gave the Blue Hens the series ... Sam Houston edged No. 15 Dallas Baptist, 6-5 ... Oklahoma State beat No. 18 TCU again, 6-3 ... Cal Poly beat No. 25 Cal Santa Barbara, 6-3 ... Samford scored three runs in the bottom the ninth for a 5-4 and SoCon series sweep of VMI ... UNC Greensboro took the deciding game of a SoCon series with Mercer, 13-3, in seven innings ... A run in the 12th gave East Tennessee State a 9-8 win over Western Carolina and a SoCon series victory.

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