State scoreboard, Friday, April 10

Alec Bouchard lowered his ERA to 1.64 in
 his third combined shutout this season (Wofford photo)

Player of the day: Alec Bouchard, Wofford, W, 7 IP, 5 H, 0 R, BB, 12 K

Honorable mention: Amp Phillips, South Carolina, W, 8+ IP, 5 H, 0 R, BB, 10 K

* NCAA Division I: Jackson Moore singled and homered to drive in four runs and Aidan Knaak struck out nine in six innings as Clemson (23-12, 5-8 ACC) topped No. 6 North Carolina (28-6-1, 11-5). Jack Crighton and Nate Savoie also homered for the Tigers. Reliever Hayden Simmerson struck out seven Tar Heels over the final three innings ... Amp Phillips struck out 10 and pitched into the ninth inning as South Carolina (17-19, 4-10 SEC) clinched a series win at Missouri (20-16, 3-11). The game's only run came when Tyler Bak tripled in the fourth inning and later scored on a two-out throwing error ... No. 11 Coastal Carolina (25-8, 12-1 Sun Belt) scored seven runs in the ninth inning to overtake Arkansas State (20-13, 6-7) in a conference series opener. It was the 17th come-from-behind win for the Chanticleers this season ... Alec Bouchard struck out 12 in seven inning as Wofford (23-11, 6-1 SoCon) took Game 1 against The Citadel (16-17, 3-4) ... Brayden Gilley struck out eight in 6 1/3 innings and Winthrop (23-11, 7-0 Big South) stayed unbeaten in the conference in a series opening win at Presbyterian (6-29, 2-8) ... Johnny Sweeney hit a grand slam and five USC Upstate (18-17, 7-6 Big South) pitchers shut down Charleston Southern (20-12, 5-5) in a series opener ... Will Tippett drew a bases-loaded walk in the ninth inning to give College of Charleston (14-19, 6-7 CAA) a come-from-behind win over North Carolina A&T (9-23, 3-10). 

* Conference Carolinas: Connor McKee hit two singles and a pair of home runs as North Greenville (34-7, 21-4) extended its winning streak to nine by outslugging UNC Pembroke (26-12, 16-9) in a series opener ... Francis Marion (32-8, 20-5) had 8 hits, 8 walks and 8 stolen bases to beat Ferrum (16-20, 8-17). Logan Riley collected 2 hits, 2 stolen bases and 3 RBI ... Erskine (21-20, 15-10) broke a tie with four runs in the eighth to take a series opener over Barton (7-26, 5-20). Pierce Radke had four hits and drove in three runs ... Belmont Abbey (29-9, 20-5) drew 10 walks and collected 14 hits to double up Southern Wesleyan (14-27, 8-17). 

* Peach Belt Conference: Chancellor Jennings' three-run homer invoked the run rule as USC Aiken (29-12, 16-7) clinched a series win over Augusta (12-23, 11-12) ... Middle Georgia (14-26, 7-15) scored seven runs in the first inning and nine in the eighth to run-rule Claflin (4-27, 1-21) ... Georgia College (15-21, 9-12) upended Lander (22-17, 15-9) by outhitting the Bearcats 21-2.

* South Atlantic Conference: Anderson (19-20, 7-18) saw a six-run lead evaporate into a one-run deficit before rebounding to beat Coker (10-28, 8-17). Brooks Mauro had four of the Trojans' 16 hits, while Luke Alford drove in six runs for the Cobras, who scored seven runs in the fourth inning ... Wingate (29-11, 19-6) scored three runs in the fourth inning and held on to beat Newberry (23-17, 16-9).

* Other: Stillman (18-13, 12-3 HBCUAC) scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to take Game 1 and used a walk-off run in the nightcap to sweep Voorhees (7-20, 6-9) ... Florida National (22-16, 7-4 Continental Athletics Conference) clinched a series win with a doubleheader sweep of Morris (8-14, 1-3) ... Reinhardt (16-23, 9-10 AAC) scored three runs in the first inning and held Columbia International (15-26, 11-13) to two hits in a series opener ... Baptist University of Florida (14-16-1) jumped on Bob Jones (9-22) for six runs in the first inning of Game 1 en route to a doubleheader sweep ... NAIA No. 2 Georgia Gwinnett (35-4) took command with a six-run fourth in a series opener at Spartanburg Methodist (19-19). 

Beyond the border
* ACC: Georgia Tech scored four runs in the eighth to clinch a series win over No. 5 Florida State, 8-3 ... No. 13 Virginia beat Notre Dame, 8-4 ... Virginia Tech edged No. 23 Boston College 9-8 ... N.C. State took Duke, 10-4 ... Cal whipped Pitt, 12-1 ... Stanford blasted Louisville, 12-2 ... Miami beat Wake Forest, 3-1
* ACC standings: Georgia Tech 14-3; North Carolina 11-5; Florida State 9-5; Boston College 9-7; Virginia 9-7;  Miami 7-6; N.C. State 7-6; Wake Forest 8-8; Pitt 6-7;  Duke 7-9; Virginia Tech 7-9; Clemson 5-8; Stanford 5-8; Louisville 5-8; Notre Dame 6-10; California 2-11.

* SEC: No. 18 Texas A&M held off a late comeback by No. 2 Texas, 9-8 ... Tennessee edged No. 8 Mississippi State, 6-5 ... No. 18 Florida whipped No. 4 Georgia, 8-2 ... No. 22 Arkansas topped No. 7 Alabama, 7-5 ... No. 10 Auburn clubbed Kentucky, 12-5 ... No. 13 Oklahoma outlasted Vanderbilt, 13-11 ... No. 25 Ole Miss scored three runs in the eighth to beat No. 24 LSU, 6-3.

* SEC standings: Georgia 10-3; Texas 9-4; Alabama 8-5; Florida 8-5; Texas A&M 8-5; Auburn 7-6; Mississippi State 7-6; Vanderbilt 7-7; Kentucky 6-7;  LSU 6-7; Arkansas 6-7; Ole Miss 6-7; Oklahoma 6-8; Tennessee 5-8; South Carolina 4-10; Missouri 3-11.

* D1Baseball.com Top 25: No. 21 Oregon defeated No. 19 Nebraska, 7-6.

* Elsewhere: Radford was a 7-6 winner over High Point in Big South Conference action ... Emmanuel beat Young Harris, 10-5, to drop the Mountain Lions two games back of North Greenville in the Conference Carolinas standings ... In the CAA, UNCW cooled off Campbell, 5-3 ... Western Carolina won a SoCon showdown over Mercer, 10-6 ... North Georgia clinched at least a share of the Peach Belt Conference regular-season title with a 12-5 win over Columbus State.

Anderson 11, Coker 9 - And: Braeden Harrison 2 HR, 3 BB, 4 RBI
Baptist U. Florida 10, Bob Jones 7, Game 1 - BJU: Henry Rumble 3-4, HR, SB, 2 RBI
Baptist U. Florida 7, Bob Jones 2, Game 2 - BJU: Zay Tyre 2-3, 2B, R
Belmont Abbey 14, Southern Wesleyan 7 - Sou: Ethan Shimmel 1B, 2 2B, SB, 3 RBI

Clemson 9, North Carolina 5 - Cle: Jack Crighton 2 2B, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
Coastal Carolina 10, Arkansas State 3 - Coa: Blake Barthol 3-5, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI

College of Charleston 6, North Carolina A&T 5 - Cha: Reece Holbrook 3-3, 2B, 2 SB, BB, R, 2 RBI

Erskine 15, Barton 11 - Ers: Noah Hill 1B, 2B, HR, BB, 2 R, 4 RBI 

Florida National 10, Morris 5, Game 1 - Mor: D. Powell 3-4, 2B, SB, R, RBI
Florida National 15, Morris 11, Game 2 - Mor: Jamure Manigo 3-4, BB, R, RBI
Francis Marion 9, Ferrum 3 - Fra: Ethan McAnally HR, 4 RBI
Georgia College 9, Lander 3 - Lan: Ryan Hansen HR, 2 RBI

Georgia Gwinnett 12, Spartanburg Methodist 2 - Spa: Blake Exizan 1-4, 2 RBI
Middle Georgia 19, Claflin 4, 8 innings - Cla: Nehemiah Drew 1B, 3 BB, 2 R
North Greenville 12, UNC Pembroke 8 - Nor: Thomas Powell 3-6, HR, 2 R, 4 RBI

Reinhardt 4, Columbia International 1 - Col: Jennings Greene 2B, BB, R

South Carolina 1, Missouri 0 - USC: Tyler Bak 3B,  R

Stillman 4, Voorhees 2, Game 1 - Voo: Jaiden Godette 2-4, RBI
Stillman 5, Voorhees 4, Game 2 - Voo: Daren Drayton 2-3, 2 R
USC Aiken 13, Augusta 2, 7 innings - Aik: Kyle Stock 4.1 IP, H, 0 R, 5K
USC Upstate 9, Charleston Southern 1 - Up: Preston Lucas 1B, HR, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Wingate 4, Newberry 2 - New: Luke Compton 2B, SB, R, RBI

Winthrop 4, Presbyterian 2 - Win: Gabe Natividad 2-4, HBP, 2 R, RBI
Wofford 2, The Citadel 0 - Wof: Hunter Herndon 2-4, RBI
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