State scoreboard, Tuesday, March 24

Darin Horn recorded six of his nine outs
via strikeout. (Coastal Carolina photo)

Player of the day: Darin Horn, Coastal Carolina, W, 3 IP, H, BB, 6 K. 

* Briefly: No. 15 Coastal Carolina (17-7) scored five runs in the seventh, took the lead with two in the eighth and added an insurance run in the ninth to hand Clemson (18-8) its fourth straight loss. Darin Horn pitched the final three innings for Coastal, striking out six. The Tigers, who led 8-3 after six innings, committed three errors, walked six batters and hit six more. During the Chants' seventh-inning uprising. Clemson first baseman Jack Crighton got entangled with an umpire while trying to catch what would have been an inning-ending out. Instead, the ball fell in and two runs scored. Jacob Jarrell and Ty Dalley homered for the Tigers. Clemson coach Erik Bakich said infielder Jarren Purify will miss "weeks" with a hand fracture suffered at Notre Dame. jay Dillard played second base against Coastal. Also, Coastal Carolina's Trace Mason will miss several weeks with a hand injury ... Daniel Hussey had three hits and drove in five runs as Francis Marion (25-6) rallied to top NCAA Division II No. 1 Catawba (23-6) at Kannapolis ... Newberry (19-12) scored five runs in the first and added three in the third to snap No. 6 North Greenville's (25-7) six-game winning streak. Jake McGlynn pitched five innings of shutout relief for the Wolves ... No. 13 North Carolina (21-4-1) took the lead on a two-run first-inning homer by Gavin Gallaher and put the game away with a walk-fueled six-run seventh to beat South Carolina (13-13) at Truist Field in Charlotte. Beau Hollins and Jake Randolph had two hits apiece for the Gamecocks ... Blake Grimmer's two-out homer gave No. 21 Tennessee (18-7) a walk-off win over USC Upstate (12-14). The Spartans scored a run without a hit in the first inning and Trey Bentley's RBI double tied the score in the ninth ... Evan Vandebosch struck out six in four shutout innings as Winthrop (18-7) dominated Davidson (10-12). The Eagles have won three straight and eight of nine ... Charleston Southern (17-7) scored nine runs in the first inning and cruised past struggling Georgia Southern (6-18) ... Neil Stam pitched six innings of shutout relief as Lander (17-14) pounded Mars Hill (13-16-1). Mars Hill scored all its runs in the eighth inning ... Erskine (14-19) hit 7 home runs and 6 doubles as it whipped Augusta (15-15). The Flying Fleet scored 15 runs in the seventh inning ... Jamure Manigo had three hits as Morris (4-11) rallied from an early deficit to top Voorhees (4-16) at Riley Park ... Southern Wesleyan (10-22) scored four runs in the top of the first and was never headed in a win at Anderson (17-14). Perry Dyer was 4-for-4 with three doubles for the Warriors ... Tennessee Wesleyan (25-9) scored two runs in the seventh on Ethan Wright's homer to break a tie and went on to beat Spartanburg Methodist (16-14) ... Truett McConnell (11-18) overcame a three-run deficit to beat Bob Jones (7-14) and stretch its winning streak to four.

Beyond the border
* ACC:  Campbell whipped No. 14 N.C. State, 7-2 ... No. 16 Virginia pounded Maryland, 16-6 ... Duke slipped past East Carolina, 9-8 ... Boston College edged Northeastern, 3-2 ... Pitt spanked Kent State, 13-4 ... No. 23 Notre Dame blasted Western Michigan, 14-3 ... Miami handled Florida Atlanta, 10-6 ... Wake Forest beat Elon, 11-1 ... Western Kentucky turned back Louisville, 10-5.

* SEC: Houston scored two runs in the eighth to beat No. 2 Texas, 9-7. The Longhorns once led 7-0 ... Kennesaw State won at No. 7 Georgia, 10-7 ... No. 6 Mississippi State shut out No. 11 Southern Miss, 12-0 ... Florida shut out No. 10 Florida State, 5-0 ... No. 5. Auburn blanked South Alabama, 10-0 ... No. 25 Texas A&M trimmed Houston Christian, 5-1 ... No. 4 Arkansas ripped Central Arkansas, 15-12 ... Memphis surprised No. 18 Ole Miss, 6-2 ... No. 19 Kentucky trounced Murray State, 14-4 ... Alabama downed Austin Peay, 6-2 ... Missouri beat Illinois, 5-1 ... Vanderbilt blitzed Tennessee Tech, 15-5 ... LSU beat Louisiana Tech, 15-5, in 8 innings.

* D1Baseball.com top 25: No. 16 Oregon State blasted No. 12 Southern Cal, 12-4 ... No. 17 West Virginia blanked state rival Marshall, 3-0.

* Elsewhere: UNC Asheville doubled up Western Carolina, 8-4 ... UNC Greensboro nipped Liberty, 7-6 ... High Point stopped Appalachian State, 3-2 ...Emmanuel doubled up North Georgia, 8-4 ... UNC Pembroke clipped Wingate, 10-9 ... Former Clemson player Ben Hall's North Carolina A&T squad topped Gardner-Webb, 10-6.

Charleston Southern 14, Gardner-Webb 8 - Cha: Blake Edgmon 1B, HR, 2 R, 5 RBI

Coastal Carolina 11, Clemson 9 - Coa: Rex Watson 1B, HR, HBP, 2 R, 3 RBI
Erskine 29, Augusta 11, 8 innings - Ers: Brock Donnelly 2 HR, 4 RBI

Francis Marion 14, Catawba 10 - Fra: Zander Buchan 2-3, 2B, 3 RBI
Lander 14, Mars Hill 8 - Lan: Pip Smalley 3-4, 2B, BB, 2 R, 4 RBI
Morris 14, Voorhees 4, 7 innings - Mor: Jamure Manigo 3-5, 2B

Newberry 8, North Greenville 2 - New: Chandler Mims 1B, 2B, 2 RBI
North Carolina 9, South Carolina 1 - USC: Logan Prisco 4.1 IP, H, R, BB, 5 K

Southern Wesleyan 9, Anderson 5 - Sou: Nolan Evatt 3-5, SB, 2 R, RBI

Tennessee 4, USC Upstate 2 - Up: Trey Bentley 1B, 2B, RBI

Tennessee Wesleyan 7, Spartanburg Methodist 4 - Spa: Miles Corcoran 3 IP, H, 0 R, 4 K
Truett McConnell 12, Bob Jones 6 - BJU: Jacob Highsmith 2B, BB, R, 2 RBI

Winthrop 11, Davidson 1 - Win: Alan Benhardt 1B, 2 BB, 2 SB, 2 ER, 3 RBI

Canceled

Claflin at Savannah State
(13/763)