State scoreboard, Sunday, April 28

Dylan Eskew (above) and Connor McCreery
combined to shut out Kentucky for the
first time this season. (USC photo)

Player of the day: Dylan Eskew, USC,  W, 6 1/3 IP, 5 H, BB, 2 K

Briefly: Kennedy Jones drove in four runs as No. 24 South Carolina got a run-rule victory over No. 4 Kentucky to get an SEC series win ... No. 5 Clemson got a run-rule win over Louisville in the rubber game of their ACC series and officially clinched a spot in the conference tournament ... Presbyterian scored the game's final three runs to take the rubber game of a Big South Conference series with USC Upstate, knocking the Spartans out of first place ... College of Charleston scored four runs in the fifth and four in the sixth, then withstood a Campbell rally to take the rubber game of a Coastal Athletic Association series ... USC Aiken clinched a spot in the Peach Belt Conference Tournament with a win over USC Beaufort ... Chris Manriquez singled in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth as regular-season champion Lander completed its Peach Belt Conference schedule with a win ... USC Sumter scored 25 runs in sweeping a doubleheader from Rays Blue Claws ... Troy used a nine-run sixth inning to run-rule No. 13 Coastal Carolina for a Sun Belt Conference series sweep and send the Chanticleers to their fifth straight loss ... Drew Needham hit three homers as Western Carolina took the rubber game of its Southern Conference series at Wofford ... A six-run seventh inning allowed East Tennessee State to run-rule The Citadel and complete a Southern Conference series sweep.

Clemson 17, Louisville 7, 7 innings - Cle: Jacob Hinderleider 3-4, 6 RBI
College of Charleston 12, Campbell 8 - Cha: Kevin Madden 3-5, 2 2B, R, 2 RBI
East Tennessee State 13, The Citadel 3, 7 innings - Cit: Sawyer Reeves 1B, HR, BB

Lander 10, Georgia Southwestern 9 - Lan: Ethan Wilder 4-5, 2 HR, 3 R, 5 RBI

Presbyterian 10, USC Upstate 8 - PC: Jay Wetherington 3-4, 2 2B, 3 RBI
South Carolina 10, Kentucky 0, 7 innings - USC: Cole Messina 2B, 2 BB, 2 R
Troy 15, Coastal Carolina 3, 7 innings - Coa: Anthony Galason 2B, R

USC Aiken 5, USC Beaufort 3 - Aik: Kaden Usry 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI
USC Sumter 12, Rays Blue Claws 1, 5 innings, Game 1 - Sum: Jarian Pinckney 2-2, HR, BB, SB, 3 R

USC Sumter 13, Rays Blue Claws 4, Game 2 - Sum: J.T. Popick 1B, HR, 3 SB, 5 RBI
Western Carolina 8, Wofford 5 - Wof: Daniel Jackson HR, 2 BB, 2 RBI

(11/1216)

Beyond the border

* ACC: Notre Dame got a series win over No. 8 Notre Dame, 8-7 ... No. 6 Duke salvaged the series finale from No. 10 Florida State, 16-4 ... Virginia Tech edged Np. 15 North Carolina, 4-3 ... Georgia Tech hammered Miami, 17-1 ... Pitt edged Bryant, 11-8 ... No. 21 N.C. State completed a sweep of Ball State, 11-3.

* SEC: Mississippi State scored two runs in the ninth to take a series win over No. 11 Vanderbilt, 8-7 ... Auburn salvaged the finale of its series with LSU, 7-5.

* Elsewhere: No. 7 East Carolina dumped Memphis, 8-3 ... No. 17 Louisiana took the rubber game of a Sun Belt Conference series with Southern Miss, 13-7 ... Texas swept No. 18 Oklahoma, 8-6 and 12-10. Game 2 was called in the seventh because of lightning ... No. 12 UC Irvine beat UC Riverside, 12-3 ... Washington edged No. 16 Arizona, 9-8, in 13 innings ... No. 22 Oregon won at No. 9 Oregon State, 7-1 ... No. 25 Indiana State beat Southern Illinois, 7-2.