State scoreboard, Tuesday, April 2

Tyler Bak almost doubled his season
RBI total (8) in Tuesday's rout of
 Charleston Southern. (Wofford photo)

Player of the day: Tyler Bak, Wofford, 3-3, 2, BB, HBP, SB, 7 RBI

Briefly: A pair of five-run innings helped Clemson coast past USC Upstate at Fluor Field in a game halted after seven innings because of the run rule. Cam Cannarella and Alden Mathes drove in three runs apiece ... Erskine wiped out a 12-run deficit with 13 consecutive runs, but Lander scored three runs in the top of the ninth to survive the slugfest. Dale Francis Jr. had two homers and drove in six for the Flying Fleet ... College of Charleston extended its winning streak to four with a run-rule win over Georgia Southern as Cole Mathis homered and drove in four runs ... Wofford molded 22 hits, 10 walks and 7 hit batsmen into a run-rule win at Charleston Southern. The 29 runs tied the school single-game record set earlier this season against Fordham ... Six North Greenville batters got two hits apiece as the Crusaders whipped Newberry at the Smith Road Complex ... Georgia Tech tied Presbyterian with three runs in the ninth and won the game in the 10th on a squeeze bunt to snap a six-game losing streak ... Harrison Wilson's two-run single capped a three-run first inning and Winthrop held on to beat The Citadel ... Jac Croom's eighth-inning triple lifted UNCW over No. 20 Coastal Carolina ... Jennings Greene and Collin Greer drove in four runs apiece as Columbia International got a run-rule victory over Voorhees ... Ethan Wilson had two homers and Game 1 and finished with six RBI and Spartanburg Methodist's pitchers allowed three hits over 10 innings in a pair of run-rule wins over the Columbia International JV ... An eight-run second inning gave Francis Marion the edge as it ended its 11-game losing streak and extended Claflin's to 30. It was Art Inabinet's 700th win as Patriots coach ... Truett McConnell scored four runs in the eighth and five in the ninth to overtake Bob Jones ... Southern Wesleyan's ninth-inning rally fell short at Shorter ... UNC Pembroke held Coker scoreless until Luke Alford's ninth-inning homer and beat the Cobras ... Belmont Abbey jumped ahead early in both games of a doubleheader sweep at Limestone ... Anderson fell to Mars Hill ...

Belmont Abbey 7, Limestone 4, Game 1 - Lim: Winston Parke 2-4, R

Belmont Abbey 10, Limestone 8, Game 2 - Lim: Perry Dyer 3-4, 2B, 3 R

Clemson 11, USC Upstate 1, 7 innings - Cle: Billy Barlow W, 5 IP, R, 5 K

College of Charleston 13, Georgia Southern 3, 8 innings - Cha: Dariyan Pendergrass 4-4, 2B, SB, 3 R

Columbia International 13, Voorhees 2, 7 innings - Col: David Mora 3-3, BB, RBI

Francis Marion 18, Claflin 8, 8 innings - Fra: Tanner Cannon 2 2B, BB, R, 4 RBI
Georgia Tech 9, Presbyterian 8, 10 innings - PC: Jay Wetherington 3-5, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI

Lander 22, Erskine 20 - Lan: Chandler Moeller 2B, 2 HR, 3 R, 2 RBI

Mars Hill 5, Anderson 1 - And: Carson Molinaroli 1B, 2B

North Greenville 11, Newberry 2 - Nor; Kaleb Hall 2-4 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI
Shorter 6, Southern Wesleyan 5 - Sou: Cam Mitchem 1B, HR, 2 RBI
Spartanburg Methodist 12, Columbia International JV 1, 5 innings. Game 1 - Spa: Schley Gordy 1B, 2B, HR, 2 R

Spartanburg Methodist 19, Columbia International JV 0, 5 innings, Game 2 - Spa: Patrick Daniels 1B, 2B, R, 2 RBI 

Truett McConnell 11, Bob Jones 8 - BJU: Evan Walker 1B, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI

UNC Pembroke 4, Coker 1 - Cok: Ick Cirino 2-4, BB

UNCW 6, Coastal Carolina 4 - Coa: San Antonacci 3-4, 2 R
Winthrop 4, The Citadel 3 - Win: Alan Benhardt 3-4, R

Wofford 29, Charleston Southern 7, 7 innings - Wof: Marshall Toole 1B, 3B, HR, 3 R, 3 RBI

(18/937)

Beyond the border

ACC: No. 9 Duke topped Liberty, 9-4 ...No. 12 East Carolina topped No. 19 N.C. State, 9-4 ... No. 14 Florida State survived a test from Jacksonville, 5-3 ...No. 15 Virginia shut out Old Dominion ... No. 21 Wake Forest handled UNCG, 9-2 ... Harvard pasted Boston College, 17-9 ... Florida Atlantic shut out Miami, 3-0.

SEC: No. 1 Arkansas whipped Arkansas State, 13-0 ... No. 3 Texas A&M smashed Texas State. 12-2; No. 6 Florida escaped with a 10-7 win over Florida A&M ...No. 23 Mississippi State scored four runs in the ninth and had the potential tying run at third, but lost to Central Arkansas, 7-6 ... Georgia whipped Georgia State, 10-1 ... Memphis pulled away from Ole Miss, 9-4 ... Missouri beat Tennessee Martin, 13-3.