COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – The University of South Carolina Athletics Department is excited to announce the drive to fund the first endowed scholarship for a men’s basketball student-athlete in honor of Sindarius Thornwell. Once fully endowed, the scholarship will be awarded annually to a men’s basketball student-athlete who exemplifies the competitive edge and effort that Thornwell put forth during…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) – Graduate righthander Tyler Jackson tossed a two-hit shutout to lead No. 15 Clemson to a 6-0 victory over Vanderbilt in the Clemson Regional at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Sunday night. The Tigers, who forced a winner-take-all game on Monday, improved to 42-20, while the Commodores fell to 35-23-1. Jackson (9-1) earned the win by allowing just…
HAGERSTOWN, MD (Fireflies PR) – Michael Paez notched the first four-hit game of the season for a Firefly and led Columbia to a 5-3 win over the Suns at Municipal Stadium. The Fireflies split a competitive four-game series with Hagerstown; the four tilts were decided by five total runs. There was no offense until the fourth inning. Two Fireflies runners…
Courtesy: AP KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Roberto Perez and Daniel Robertson helped the Indians batter Royals pitcher Eric Skoglund before a long rain delay washed out both starters, and Cleveland went on to beat Kansas City 8-0 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep. Perez and Robertson ripped two-run doubles off Skoglund (1-1) in the second inning before rain…
TORONTO (AP) — Justin Smoak hit a tying two-run homer off Luis Severino in the sixth inning, Josh Donaldson homered against Tyler Clippard in the eighth and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to beat the New York Yankees 3-2 on Sunday for a four-game split. Matt Holliday hit an RBI double in the fourth off Marcus Stroman and a run-scoring…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) – Vanderbilt totaled 16 hits, including eight doubles, to defeat No. 15 Clemson 9-4 in the Clemson Regional at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Saturday night. The Commodores, who improved to 2-0 in the regional, upped their season record to 35-22-1, while the Tigers fell to 40-20. It was the fourth all-time meeting between the two teams and first…
HAGERSTOWN, MD (Fireflies PR) – The Fireflies belted two home runs in a 4-3 loss to the Suns on Saturday night in front of 6,351 fans at Municipal Stadium. Columbia has five homers in the first three games of this series. Andres Gimenez launched a two-run blast with two outs in the third frame – the second homer of the…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jason Hammel had been having trouble attacking the strike zone this season, the constant nibbling at the corners leading to an abundance of walks and nearly as many runs. The Royals’ right-hander certainly attacked the zone on Saturday. Got after the Cleveland Indians, too. After serving up a pair of homers in the second inning,…
TORONTO (AP) — Home runs have been coming in bunches for the New York Yankees in recent games, and they got a bunch more Saturday. Brett Gardner, Matt Holliday, Starlin Castro and Didi Gregorius all hit solo homers in the eighth inning, leading Jordan Montgomery and Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays 7-0. The Yankees tied the franchise record with…
SAVANNAH, GA. — Last season, the Blowfish spoiled the Banana’s inaugural home opener at Grayson Stadium. Tonight Savannah took their frustrations and an 0-2 start out on the Blowfish in a huge seventh inning explosion. Lexington County fell on the road to the Bananas by the final of 11-2 and dropped their third straight game to begin the 2017 season….
