COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies) – Jordan Humphreys helped Columbia snap its four-game slide on Monday night. The right-hander struck out nine over seven innings and the Fireflies downed the BlueClaws, 5-1. Humphreys is now 6-0 in six starts and is the only 6-0 pitcher in all of professional baseball (MLB & MiLB). Humphreys surrendered just one run off two hits in…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (USC SID) – South Carolina women’s golf opened play at the NCAA Columbus Regional Monday, carding a first-round 309 (+21) in windy conditions at the OSU Golf Club. The No. 12 Gamecocks, the third seed in the regional, sit 11 shots off the lead in a tie for sixth through 18 holes of the three-day event. Fourth-ranked Florida holds…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) – Jordan Greene, Grayson Byrd and Kyle Wilkie, the 7-8-9 batters in the lineup, had two hits apiece and combined for five RBIs in No. 7 Clemson’s 9-4 win over Nevada at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Monday afternoon. The Tigers, who won the series 2-1, improved to 36-12, while the Wolf Pack dropped to 15-31. The Tigers…
AP ESPN has reached a multiyear contract extension with sports icon Tim Tebow to continue as a college football analyst on SEC Network’s traveling pre-game show SEC Nation. The Heisman Award and BCS National Championship winning quarterback will also continue his role in ESPN’s College Football Playoff programming, providing personal championship perspective and analysis across networks. In addition, Tebow’s insight…
COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies) – Fireflies starting pitcher Merandy Gonzalez was named South Atlantic League Player of the Month for April, the league announced. The 21-year-old becomes the first Firefly to garner a monthly award. “He’s a great competitor on the mound,” Fireflies manager Jose Leger said. “You can see his focus on the mound every time he goes out there….
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) – The Tigers were ranked No. 7 in the USA Today coaches poll on Monday after splitting two games against Nevada over the weekend. Clemson (35-12, 16-8 ACC) was also ranked No. 8 by D1Baseball, No. 9 by Collegiate Baseball and No. 11 by Baseball America. It marked the 10th week in a row Clemson was ranked…
COLUMBIA, SC – Columbia and Lakewood combined for 20 hits on Sunday, but the Fireflies lost 10-7. Andres Gimenez, Michael Paez and Ali Sanchez all recorded multi-hit games. Gimenez has now reached base safely in his first seven games as a Firefly. Both of Paez’s hits were doubles, his team-leading eighth and ninth on the season. And it was Sanchez’s…
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Dustin Johnson was in the clubhouse, tied for the lead and poised for a chance to join an elite class with a fourth straight PGA Tour victory. Brian Harman was on the last tee, knowing a birdie on the par-5 18th would be enough to win the Wells Fargo Championship. Harman could have drawn it up…
CLEMSON, S.C.(CAC) – Nevada jumped out to a 6-0 lead and held on for a 7-5 victory over No. 6 Clemson to even the three-game series at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Nevada (15-30) scored four runs in the third inning, then it scored a run in the top of the fourth inning to up its lead to 6-0….
BATON ROUGE, LA. – Antoine Duplantis’ one-out RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning lifted 11th ranked LSU to a 7-6 win over 25th ranked South Carolina on Sunday afternoon at Alex Box Stadium in the rubber game of the weekend series. The Gamecocks are 27-19 and 11-13 in the SEC with LSU 32-16 and 15-9 in league…
