State scoreboard, Wednesday, May 1

Joe Alegre has allowed a run and fanned six
 in each of his last two starts. (Erskine photo)

Player of the day: Joe Alegre, Erskine, W, 6 IP, 2H, R, 3 BB, 6 K

Briefly: Kennedy Jones hit one of No. 15 South Carolina's four home runs and drove in four runs as the Gamecocks got a run-rule win over East Tennessee State ... Erskine broke open a tight game in the late innings to run-rule Francis Marion in the opening game of the Conference Carolinas Tournament. The Flying Fleet advance to the double-elimination portion of the event, facing top seed North Greenville on Thursday in Gastonia ...Wofford scored two runs in the seventh and Dixon Black's infield single delivered the go-ahead run in the eighth as the Terriers beat Winthrop ... Koby Kropf had four hits and homered for the fourth straight game as USC Upstate roared back from an early two-run deficit to paste Western Carolina ... Newberry scored two first-inning runs, but was shut out the rest of the way and fell to Georgia College in the bottom of the ninth.

Georgia College 3, Newberry 2 - New: Donovan Ford 2-4. SB, R

USC Upstate 13, Western Carolina 7 - Up: Tyler Lang 3-4, R, 3 RBI
South Carolina 15, East Tennessee State 2, 7 innings - USC: Cole Messina 1B, HR, HBP, 2 SB, 3 R, 3 RBI
Wofford 6, Winthrop 5 - Wof: Mike Eggert W, 2 IP 4 K

Conference Carolinas Tournament
Caromont Health Park, Gastonia

Erskine 12, Francis Marion 2, 8 innings - Ers: Jorge Pascual 3-4, 2 2B, 3 R, RBI

Belmont Abbey 8, King 5

(5/1224)

Beyond the border

* ACC: High Point scored the game's first five runs, but 13 Wake Forest rallied for a 15-12 victory ... No. 11 Virginia shut out Navy, 10-0, in seven innings ... No. 12 North Carolina beat William & Mary in seven innings, 19-2 ... Virginia Tech shut out North Carolina A&T, 11-0.

* SEC: No. 2 Arkansas completed a series sweep of Missouri State, 8-5 ... No. 16 Mississippi State scored four runs in the eighth to beat Ole Miss, 5-1, in Pearl in a game that did not count in the SC standings.

* Elsewhere: Georgia State outslugged Mercer, 14-11.