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| Cole Messina was walked three times, but made JMU pay for not doing it a fourth time in the ninth inning. (USC photo) |
NCAA Tournament
Clemson Regional
* Clemson 4, High Point 3 - Tristan Bissetta's one-out single to right field scored Blake Wright in the bottom of the ninth as the Tigers completed their 25th come-from-behind win of the season.
* Clemson 4, High Point 3 - Tristan Bissetta's one-out single to right field scored Blake Wright in the bottom of the ninth as the Tigers completed their 25th come-from-behind win of the season.
The Tigers (42-14) meet Coastal Carolina at 5 p.m. Saturday while High Point will face Vandetbilt ion an elimination game.
Wright doubled down the right-field line to open the ninth. Cam Cannarella was intentionally walked. After Jimmy Obertop struck out, Bissetta delivered the game-winner.
Cannarella's third-inning single gave the Tigers 1-0 lead, but the Panthers scored two in the fourth. Jared Purify's fourth-inning squeeze bunt scored Bissetta to tie the score at 2-2.
After High Point scored a runs in the sixth, Purify singled in Jack Crighton in the bottom of the inning to tie the score.
Bissetta, Crighton and Jacob Jarrell had two hits apiece for Clemson.
High Point starter Gus Hughes struck out seven in seven innings.
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* Coastal Carolina 13, Vanderbilt 3 - The Chanticleers scored five runs in the second inning, three in the fourth and five in the seventh to drub the Commodores in the opening game of the regional at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
The Chanticleers (35-23) will play Clemson at 5 p.m. Saturday while Vanderbilt (38-22) meets High Point at noon in elimination game.
Sam Antonacci reached base four times, including on a home run, and scored three times. Caden Bodine had three hits and drove in two runs, Zack Beach had two hits and three RBI and Derek Bender drove in three runs.
Riley Eikoff pitched the first six innings for Coastal, allowing a run on four hits and three walks.
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Raleigh Regional
* South Carolina 8, James Madison 7, 10 innings - Cole Messina's two-out home run in the ninth tied the score and Will Tippett's sacrifice fly in the 10th delivered the winner as the Gamecocks overcame more shaky defense to win a first-round game.
* South Carolina 8, James Madison 7, 10 innings - Cole Messina's two-out home run in the ninth tied the score and Will Tippett's sacrifice fly in the 10th delivered the winner as the Gamecocks overcame more shaky defense to win a first-round game.
Carolina (37-23) plays No. 11 N.C. State Saturday at 6 p.m. The Wolfpack beat Bryant, 9-2. James Madison plays Bryant in an elimination game.
USC was called for four errors - another one or two could have been called - and made some little league-style mistakes against the Dukes as it never led until the end.
The Gamecocks twice fell behind by three runs. The first time, they tied the score in the fifth on a solo home by Tippett and a two-shot by Blake Jackson.
However, the Dukes scored three runs in the sixth to go up 7-4. Kennedy Jones homered to get USC within two runs, but still trailed entering the bottom of the ninth. Austin Brinling singled to lead off, but Petry grounded into a double play. Down 1-2 in the count, Jackson was hit by a pitch.
Messina had been walked three times - twice intentionally - earlier in the game, but JMU opted not to to do so again and bring the potential winning run to the play. Messina made the Dukes pay, cranking a first-pitch homer to left to force extra innings.
After Chris Veach retired the Dukes in order in the top of the 10th, Jones drew a leadoff walk. With one out, Talmadge LeCroy bunted in front of the mound. The throw to first was wild, sending runners to second and third. Tippett followed with a flyout to center to score pinch-runner Dylan Brewer.
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Chapel Hill Regional
* LSU 4, Wofford 3 - Steven Milam's second home run of the game gave the Tigers their only lead of the game and a walk-off win over the Terriers.
The Terriers (41-19) will play Long Island in an elimination game on Saturday. LSU (41-21) meets North Carolina, when scored six ruins in the ninth to top LIU, win, 11-8.
Wofford scored two runs in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Tyler Hare and a single by Andrew Mannelly.
Terriers starter Branton Little pitched five shutout innings.
Milam got LSU on the board in the seventh with his first homer, but Jack Renwick restored the two-run Wofford margin with a homer in the eighth.
Jared Jones and Michael Braswell homered in the LSU eighth inning to tie the score.
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NCAA Tournament
Clemson Regional
Doug Kingsmore Stadium, Clemson
Coastal Carolina 13, Vanderbilt 3 - Coa: Caden Bodine 3-5, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI
Clemson 4, High Point 3 - Cle: Tristan Smith 5.1 IP, 1 ER, 9 K
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Raleigh Regional
Doak Field at Dail Park, Raleigh, N.C.
South Carolina 8, James Madison 7, 10 innings - USC: Kennedy Jones 3-4, HR
N.C. State 9, Bryant 2
N.C. State 9, Bryant 2
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Chapel Hill Regional
Cary Boshamer Stadium, Chapel Hill, N.C.
LSU 4, Wofford 3 - Wof: Brice Martinez 3-4, 2B
North Carolina 11, Long Island 8
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Beyond the border
* ACC: VCU, coached by upstate native and former Clemson player Bradley LeCroy, beat No. 19 Wake Forest, 1-0, in the Greenville (NC) Regional ... Gavin Gallaher's walk-off grand gives No. 6 North Carolina an 11-8 win over Long Island. LIU had scored four in the top of the ninth to take an 8-5 lead ... Alex Marakewicz had four hits - three of them doubles - as No. 11 N.C. State beat Bryant, 9-2 ... No. 9 Florida State topped Stetson, 7-2, in the Tallahassee Regional ... No. 18 Virginia won the opener of its home regional over Penn, 4-2 ... UConn handcuffed No 12. Duke, 4-1 in the Norman Regional ... UNCW scored four runs in the second in a 9-0 shutout of Georgia Tech in the Athens Regional ... ACC teams went 5-3 on Day 1.
* SEC: Clemson transfer Billy Amick hit a three-run homer as No. 1 Tennessee beat Northern Kentucky, 9-3, in the Knoxville Regional ... No. 2 Kentucky scored the first eight runs and held off Western Michigan, 10-8, in the Lexington Regional. The Broncos had the bases loaded when the game ended ... Charlie Condon hit his 36th homer, but No. 10 Georgia needed a run in the bottom of the eighth to top Army, 8-7. Greenville High grad Braden Golinski had two hits and scored a run for the Black Knights ... No. 4 Texas A&M opened play in its regional with an 8-0 win over Grambling ... Florida outlasted Nebraska, 5-2, in the Stillwater Regional ... No. 5 Arkansas pulled away to beat Southeast Missouri State, 17-9, in the Fayetteville Regional ... Dakota Jordan broke a 1-for-26 slump with a three-run homer in the 10th as No. 17 Mississippi State walked off St. John's, 5-2, at the Charlottesville Regional ... UCF scored a run in the ninth to beat Alabama, 8-7, in the Tallahassee Regional ... SEC teams went 9-2 on Day 1.
* Elsewhere: Indiana dumped No. 23 Southern Mississippi, 10-4, in the Knoxville Regional ... Evansville upended No. 14 East Carolina, 4-1, in the Greenville (N.C.) Regional ... Former Clemson star Randy Mazey's West Virginia team topped No. 25 Dallas Baptist, 4-1, in the Tucson Regional ... No. 21 UC Irvine surrendered three runs in the top of the ninth, but scored two in the bottom of the inning to beat Nicholls, 13-12, in the Corvallis Regional ... Texas pounded No. 22 Louisiana, 12-5, in the College Station Regional ... Illinois upended No. 20 Indiana State, 4-1, in the Lexington Regional ... Grand Canyon beat No. 15 Arizona. 9-4, in the Tucson Regional ... No. 7 Oregon State beat No. 21 UC Irvine, 5-3, in the Corvallis Regional ... Oregon beat No. 13 UC Santa Barbara. 2-1 ... Brunswick (NC) Community College, coached by former Clemson player Robbie Allen, beat East Central Mississippi, 2-1, to advance to Saturday's championship game of the NJCAA Division II World Series in Enid, Okla. The Dolphins will play LSU Eunice, which beat St. John's River State, 6-5. St. John's score two runs in the top of the ninth, but LSU rallied for three in the bottom of the inning, with the winning run coming on a wild pitch ... Hope International won the NAIA World Series, beating Tennessee Wesleyan, 14-6 in the final ... Blinn beat Georgia Highlands, 15-10, to advance to Saturday's NJCAA Division I World Series title game against Northwest Florida State ... Birmingham Southern, which ceased operations as a school earlier in the day, lost to Salve Regina, 7-5, in the NCAA Division III World Series. It plays an elimination game on Saturday.
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