State scoreboard, Sunday, June 2

Jacob Hinderleider was 8-for-15 as
the Tigers grabbed their first regional
title since 2010. (Clemson photo)

Player of the day: Jacob Hinderleider 3-5,. 2B, BB, R, 3 RBI

NCAA Clemson Regional

* Clemson 12, Coastal Carolina 5 - A six-run eighth inning made for a lot less tension for Tigers fans in the ninth as No. 3 Clemson won its first NCAA Regional Championship since 2010.

The Tigers (44-14) will play host to the winner of the Stillwater Regional (Oklahoma State or Florida) next weekend in a best-of-three super regional series to determine one spot in the College World Series.

The loss ended the coaching career of Coastal's Gary Gilmore, who is retiring after this season. He took the Chants to one College World Series title.

Clemson scored early and took a 6-2 lead into the eighth. But Caden Bodine hit a two-run homer and Derek Bender followed with a solo shot to cut the margin to one.

Cam Cannarella led off the Clemson eighth with a homer and the Tigers added five more runs to salt the game away. Jack Crighton singled in a run and Alden Mathes and Jacob Hinderleider had two-run doubles.

Austin Gordon retired all four batters he faced to get the save.

Hinderleider had three hits for Clemson, while Mathes, Cannarella, Crighton and Blake Wright had two apiece.

Bodine, Zack Beach and Sam Antonacci had two hits apiece for Coastal.

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* Coastal Carolina 6, High Point 5 -  Earlier Sunday, Caden Bodine's seventh-inning homer erased a short-lived Panthers lead and the Chanticleers held on to advance to Sunday night's regional championship round with Clemson.

Derek Bender gave Coastal a 3-0 lead in the first inning. High Point scored single runs in the second and sixth innings, with the Chanticleers getting a run back in the sixth.

The Panthers scored three runs in the top of the seventh to go up 5-4.

Graham Brown singled to lead off the Coastal seventh and Bodine followed with his decisive blast.

High Point got two runners on in the ninth, but Bryce Shaffer came in to get the final out on a fielder's choice.

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NCAA Raleigh Regional
* James Madison 2, South Carolina 0 -  Mike Mancini homered in the first and eighth innings and South Carolina's offense botched the few scoring opportunities it had as the Gamecocks were eliminated.

The Dukes' Donovan Burke struck out seven in 6 2/3 innings of relief to lift James Madison into a game against N.C. State later Sunday.

Gamecocks starter Dylan Eskew allowed Mancini's first homer, but pitched well otherwise.

Meanwhile, a pair of double plays ended a couple of USC threats and poor execution sank another pair.

Talmadge LeCroy led off the USC fifth with a single. Will Tippett bunted in front of the plate and was hit by the throw to first, apparently putting runners on the corners. Instead, a video review resulted in Tippett being called out for running in fair territory, sending LeCroy back to first. Austin Brinling singled, but the next two batters were retired.

Ethan Petry, serving as designated hitter after missing Saturday's game with a hand injury, led off the Carolina sixth with a double and took third on a wild pitch. A groundout and two strikeouts later, Petry was still on third base.

Mancini's second homer, against reliever Tyler Pitzer, capped the scoring.

Dylan Brewer was hit by a pitch to open the ninth, but video review overturned the call and he was ruled out for leaning into the pitch. Two more outs ended USC's season at 37-25.
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N.C. State 5, James Madison 3 - Mike Mancini hit his third and fourth solo homers of the day for JMU, but the No. 11 Wolfpack held on to advance to the super regionals.

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Chapel Hill Regional

* LSU 13, Wofford 6 - The Terriers scored five runs in the first inning before LSU's persistent offensive chipped away, then pulled away in an elimination game.

Wofford (42-20) chased LSU starter Nate Ackenhausen in the first inning, getting five runs on four hits. Jack Renwick's two-run double capped the uprising. 

LSU scored two runs in the second and one in the fourth before Dixon Black's sacrifice fly scored Wofford's sixth run.

The Tiger tied the score in the fifth, then scored two runs in the seventh, three in the eighth and two in the ninth for the final margin.

Josh Pearson had two doubles and a home to rive in four runs for LSU. USC transfer Michael Braswell had four hits and scored three times.

Marshall Toole, Brice Martinez and Andrew Mannelly had two hit apiece for Wofford.

The Terriers were outhit 21-4 over the final eight innings.

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* LSU 8, North Carolina 4 - A four-run fourth inning put the 24th-ranked Tigers in command and they held on to force a Monday game against the No. 6 Tar Heels. UNC had the bases loaded whern the game ended on a flyout to deep left field.

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Clemson Regional

Doug Kingsmore Stadium, Clemson

Coastal Carolina 6, High Point 5 - Coa: Oliver Ellison 4.2 IP, R, 2 K 

Clemson 12, Coastal Carolina 5 - Cle: Alden Mathes 2-4, 3B, BB, HBP, 3 R, 3 RBI

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Raleigh Regional

Doak Field at Dail Park, Raleigh, N.C.

James Madison 2, South Carolina 0 - USC: Dylan Eskew L, 5.1 IP, R, 2 BB, 2 K

N.C. State 5, James Madison 3

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Chapel Hill Regional

Cary Boshamer Stadium, Chapel Hill, N.C.
LSU 13, Wofford 6 - Wof: Andrew Mannelly 2-3, R, RBI

LSU 8, North Carolina 4

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Beyond the border

* ACC: Drew  Burress homered again as Georgia Tech beat UNCW, 3-1, to reach the title round of the Athens Regional ... No. 8 Oklahoma eliminated No., 12 Duke, 4-3 ... No. 18 Virginia clinched a trip to the Super Regional with a 9-2 win over No. 17 Mississippi State ... No. 9 Florida State scored nine runs in the fifth inning as it beat UCF, 12-4, to advance to the super regionals ... ACC teams were 5-3 on Sunday.

* SEC: No. 1 Tennessee advanced to the super regional with a 12-3 win over No. 22 Southern Mississippi ... No. 2 Kentucky shut out Indiana State, 5-0, to advance to the super regional ... No. 10 Georgia tied the game in the ninth and scored three runs in the 10th to beat Georgia Tech, 8-6, and win the Athens Regional ... No. 4 Texas A&M earned a super regional bid with a 9-4 win over No. 22 Louisiana ... Taylors resident David Mershon singled twice, homered and scored three runs as No. 17 Mississippi State beat St. John's, 13-5, to reach the Charlottesville Regional final ... Southeast Missouri eliminated No. 5 Arkansas from the Fayetteville Regional, 6-3 ... Florida beat Nebraska, 17-10 to reach the finals of the Stillwater Regional, then ... forced a Monday game with a 5-2 win over Oklahoma State... SEC teams were 9-3 on Sunday.

* Elsewhere: No. 20 Indiana State eliminated Illinois, 13-2, to advance to the regional final against Kentucky. Former USC player Vytas Valincius had a hit and scored a run for the Fighting Illini ... No. 23 Southern Mississippi beat Indiana, 15-3, to reach the regional final in Knoxville ... No., 14 East Carolina eliminated VCU, 10-7. The Rams are coached by Upstate and former Clemson player and coach Bradley LeCroy. ECU then beat Evansville, 19-6, to force another game on Monday ... No. 22 Louisiana eliminated Texas, 10-2, in the College Station Regional ... Kansas State ewon the Fayetteville Regional, 7-2 over Southeast Missouri State ... Grand Canyon beat No. 25 Dallas Baptist, 12-10, in the Tucson Regional, but lost to West Virginia, 10-6, in the championship game ... In the NCAA Division II World Series, Catawba was held to four hits in losing to Southern New Hampshire, 7-0 ... After extending its life with a walk-off homer on Saturday, Birmingham Southern's final team lost its final game on a walk-off-homer, 11-10, to Wisconsin Whitewater in the NCAA Division III World Series.