State scoreboard, Tuesday, March 19

Dale Francis Jr. raised his batting average
41 points on Tuesday. (Erskine photo)

Player of the day: Dale Francis Jr., Erskine, 6-6, 2 2B, HR, 3 R, 4 RBI

Briefly: Blake Wright was 4-for-4, scored three runs and drove in three as No. 4 Clemson coasted past Winthrop ... Cole Messina had three doubles and a massive homer over the Fluor Field's mini Green Monster as South Carolina snapped USC Upstate's eight-game winning streak ... Cole Singsank homered for the fifth time in seven games and College of Charleston topped Georgia Southern in a meeting of former Southern Conference rivals ... Anderson scored six runs in the sixth to overtake Southern Wesleyan in a meeting of teams toting seven-game losing streaks ... Dale Francis Jr. went 6-for-6 as Erskine built an eight-run lead and held off a Limestone comeback ... Newberry fell behind by eight runs after four innings but scored the game's final 15 runs to roll over Augusta ... Devin Mitchell had four hits - including two doubles and a homer - as Florence-Darlington Tech wiped out an early four-run deficit to push its winning streak to 13 games ... N.C. State scored four runs in the seventh and answered a three-run eighth inning by No. 13 Coastal Carolina with a run in the bottom of the inning for a one-run victory ...  A pair of four-run innings put Barton to the road to a win at Coker ... No. 22 Campbell hit Charleston Southern with a five-run first inning and never looked back in taking a run-rule win ... Corey Collins hit three of Georgia's seven homers as the Bulldogs took a run-rule win over Wofford ... Francis Marion's early three-run lead didn't hold up as visiting Wingate took a run-rule win ... Emmanuel scored two runs in the ninth to force extra innings and went on to extend USC Aiken's losing streak to 10 games in 13 innings ... Six players had multiple RBI as UNC Pembroke handed USC Beaufort its eight consecutive loss.

Anderson 11, Southern Wesleyan 8 - And: Gray Wells 3-3, 3B, 2 BB, 2 R, 4 RBI

Barton 10, Coker 3: Cok: Gabriel Santiago 1-2, BB, SB, R

Campbell 15, Charleston Southern 2, 7 innings - Cha: B.J. Banyon 2B, SB, 2 RBI

Clemson 13, Winthrop 3 - Cle: Will Taylor 2-4, BB, 2 SB, R, 4 RBI

College of Charleston 8, Georgia Southern 6 - Cha: Dylan Johnson 3-4, 2 RBI
Emmanuel 7, USC Aiken 5, 13 innings - Aik: Doom Dennis 3-4, HR, BB, 2 RBI

Erskine 12, Limestone 10 - Ers: Jude Littrell 1B, HR, 4 RBI

Florence-Darlington Tech 12, Brunswick CC 7 -  Flo: Mac James 1B, 2B, R, 3 RBI

Georgia 18, Wofford 6, 8 innings - Wof: Brice Martinez 3-5, 2B, R, RBI

N.C. State 9, Coastal Carolina 8 - Coa: Graham Brown: 1st-inning grand slam

Newberry 15, Augusta 9 - New: Henry Gibson 3-5, BB, 2B, 3 R, 4 RBI

South Carolina 14, USC Upstate 8 - USC: Blake Jackson 2-5, HR, BB, SB, 3 R, 3 RBI

UNC Pembroke 19, USC Beaufort 7 - Bea: Sebastian Biggs 1B, 2B, R, 2 RBI

Wingate 17, Francis Marion 3, 7 innings - Fra: Noah Stout 2B, R, 2 RBI

Canceled
Southeastern CC at USC Lancaster, DH

(14/724)

Beyond the border

ACC: No. 9 Duke hammered Towson, 12-2; No. 12 Florida State edged Stetson, 1-0, to move to 19-0;  No. 14 Virginia beat Georgetown, 15-6; No. 19 Virginia Tech whipped East Tennessee State, 14-4; No. 16 Wake Forest topped High Point, 7-3; No. 20 North Carolina blanked UNCW, 11-0;  Georgia Tech won at Georgia State, 6-4; Pitt outlasted Kent State, 12-8, Boston College downed Northeastern, 10-6, Louisville drubbed Bellarmine, 11-1; Miami slipped past Florida International, 4-3, and Notre Dame outslugged Western Michigan, 16-11. 

SEC: No. 3 Vanderbilt trimmed Nashville rival Belmont, 3-1; No. 5 LSU run-ruled Louisiana Tech, 11-1; Jacksonville upended No. 6 Florida, 7-6; No. 8 Tennessee whipped Xavier, 10-2; T.J. McCants hit three homers as No. 15 Alabama drilled Alabama State, 15-9;  No. 17 Mississippi State clubbed Memphis, 17-9; No. 23 Auburn nipped South Alabama, 2-1; Kentucky outscored Evansville, 11-3; Ole Miss topped Southern Miss, 8-3 and Kansas beat Missouri, 4-3, in 10 innings at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City.

Elsewhere: No. 10 East Carolina downed Elon, 10-1; No. 15 Dallas Baptist shut out No. 17 Oklahoma, 6-0, and Davidson dumped Charlotte, 9-3;