Tuesday, April 9, 2024

State scoreboard, Tuesday, April 9

Koby Kropf hit one of the Spartans' four homers
 against No. 2 Clemson. (USC Upstate photo)
Player of the day: Koby Kropf, USC Upstate, 8th-inning, go-ahead grand slam

Honorable mention player of the day
* Connor McCreary, USC, W,  2.1 IP,  5 K
* Brennan Murphy, Francis Marion, CG, one-hitter.

Briefly: Noah Sullivan hit two home runs and USC Upstate scored four runs in the eighth to upend No. 2 Clemson at Doug Kingsmore Stadium ... Dylan Brewer's eighth inning double gave South Carolina the lead and Connor McCreary wrapped up a masterful performance by the Gamecocks' pitching staff in a win over No. 13 North Carolina at Truist Field in Charlotte ... Brennan Murphy pitched a one-hitter as Francis Marion took  a nonconference game at USC Aiken ...  Trotter Harlan homered twice and drove in four runs as College of Charleston got a run-rule win at Charleston Southern ... Connor Droze homered twice and drove in five runs and  Jake Larson struck out 11 in seven innings as Lander shut out Limestone ...  No. 14 Wake Forest built a seven-run lead after two innings and held on the beat No. 20 Coastal Carolina ... Brady Hollingsworth's RBI single capped a five-run sixth inning as Voorhees won the opener of doubleheader with St. Andrews. The Tigers snapped a six-game losing streak and got their 10th victory.  The Tigers had five wins last season. St. Andrews got a split in Game 2 ...  Scott McDonough's grand slam tied the score and Aidan Pridgen homered to put Columbia International ahead in a win over Toccoa Falls ...  Wesley Mann singled and homered to drive in three runs as Anderson topped North Georgia ... Western Carolina had back-to-back four-run innings as put away Presbyterian ... Kobe Miller singled, tripled and walked to extend his on-base streak to 13, but Claflin suffered its 34th consecutive loss ... Eddie Olmeda was 5-for-5 as USC Lancaster beat Whiteville.

Anderson 13, North Georgia 7 - And: Luke Poole 1B, 2B, 3 R, 2 RBI
College of Charleston 12, Charleston Southern 2, 8 innings - Col: Cole Singsank 1B, HR, 5 RBI
Columbia International 10, Toccoa Falls 6 - Col: Scott McDonough 1B, HR, 5 RBI 
Francis Marion 6, USC Aiken 1 - Fra: Caleb Oakley 1B, 2B, RBI
Savannah State 18, Claflin 8, 8 innings - Cla: Chase Thomas 2-3, 3B, BB, R, RBI
Lander 6, Limestone 0 - Lan: Gary Garrett 2-3, BB, SB, R
South Carolina 2, North Carolina 1 - USC: Dylan Brewer 3-4, 2 2B, RBI
USC Lancaster 12, Southeastern 7 - Lan: Eddie Olmeda 5-5, 2B, HR, SB, BB, 3 R, 2 RBI
USC Upstate 9, Clemson 5 - Cle: Jace Rinehart 2-3, 2B, 2 R
Voorhees 10, St. Andrews 9, Game 1 - Voo: Jordyn Hill 3-3, 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI
St. Andrews 5,  Voorhees 2, Game 2 - Voo: Shay Barbosa 1-3, RBI
Wake Forest 12, Coastal Carolina 3 - Coa: Sam Antonacci 2-4, 2B, R, RBI
Western Carolina 9, Presbyterian 5 - PC: Jake Randolph 2-4, HR, 2 RBI

Canceled
Bob Jones at Brevard 
Winthrop at Davidson

Postponed to April 17
North Greenville at Lincoln Memorial

Postponed
Mars Hill at Erskine
(13/1041)

Beyond the border

ACC: No. 19 Florida State pounded No. 24 Florida, 19-4 ... William & Mary upended No. 7 Florida, 4-2 ... No. 11 Virginia beat VCU, 8-4 ... UNCW trimmed N.C. State, 5-4 ... Miami outslugged Florida Atlantic, 14-6; Western Kentucky edged Louisville, 3-2, in 10 innings ... Northeastern beat Boston College, 7-0, in the Beanpot Tournament final ... Kent State edged Pitt, 5-4.

SEC: No. 1 Arkansas topped San Jose State, 5-1 ... No. 3 Texas A&M edged UTSA, 6-5 ... No. 4 Tennessee pounded Alabama A&M, 20-2 ... No. 6 Vanderbilt routed Middle Tennessee State. 14-1 ... Georgia slammed Kennesaw State, 15-5, as Charlie Condon hit his 21st homer ... Samford beat No. 8 Kentucky, 9-7 ... South Alabama downed No. 25 Alabama, 5-4 ... Alabama State upended Auburn, 3-2 ...  SIU Edwardsville nipped Missouri, 5-4.

Elsewhere: No. 9 East Carolina beat Elon, 12-0 ... Kansas edged No. 23 Nebraska, 13-11 ... Sacramento State hammered No. 8 Oregon, 15-8 ... Southern Cal topped No. 12 Cal Irvine, 12-5.

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