SOUTH CAROLINA 8 VANDERBILT 3

Nashville, Tenn. - Christian Walker tallied his first two-homer game of his Gamecock career, senior left-hander Michael Roth allowed just three runs in six-plus innings of work to improve to 3-0 and junior right-hander Matt Price pitched three hitless innings of relief for his first save of the year as 10th ranked South Carolina defeated Vanderbilt 8-3 in the series opener at Hawkins Field. South Carolina improves to 19-7 and 2-5 in the SEC while Vanderbilt drops to 10-16 and 2-5 in league play. Friday's game was played in front of a season-high 2,525 fans at Vanderbilt.

Walker now leads the Gamecocks with five homers for the season. He was 2-for-3 with three runs scored and three RBI for the evening. Tanner English was 2-for-5 with a run scored as well. Brison Celek drove in a pair of runs.

CLEMSON 3 MIAMI 1

Clemson, SC - Relievers Matt Campbell and Scott Firth combined to allow only one hit, no runs, and no walks with nine strikeouts in the final 5.2 innings pitched to lead Clemson to a 3-1 victory over #7 Miami (FL) at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Friday night. The Tigers, who took a 1-0 lead in the series, improved to 13-12 overall and 4-6 in the ACC. The Hurricanes fell to 20-6 overall and 7-3 in ACC play. It was the first meeting between the two since 2009.

The Tigers scored a run in the first inning, then Miami tied the score with a run in the second inning. The two teams were both scoreless during the next three frames until the sixth inning, when Clemson scored the game's final two runs. Meanwhile, Campbell and Firth limited a Hurricane squad that entered the game with a .300 batting average to only one hit in the final six innings.

Campbell (1-2) established career highs for innings pitched (4.0) and strikeouts (7) to earn the win. He gave up just one hit, no runs, and no walks. Firth recorded his first career save by tossing 1.2 perfect innings with two strikeouts. Kevin Brady, Campbell, and Firth combined for 13 strikeouts and did not allow a Hurricane leadoff batter of an inning to reach base.

COASTAL CAROLINA 4 RADFORD 2

RADFORD, Va. - In a game featuring two marquee pitchers, it was Coastal Carolina's Alex Buccilli who stole the headlines, hitting two home runs, as the 25th-ranked Chanticleers opened Big South play with a 4-2 win at Radford Friday evening. Coastal, who has not lost a league opener since 2003, improves to 17-7, 1-0, while the Highlanders drop to 14-12, 3-1.

The game featured two of the top pitchers in the Big South as Coastal's Josh Conway (3-1) was the coaches' pick for the preseason Pitcher of the Year with Radford's Eddie Butler (2-2) being the runner-up for the honor. Conway and Butler were also ranked first and second, respectively, by Baseball America as the top pro prospects in the league.

However, Buccilli, a walk-on who has solidified the designated hitter role for this team, opened the scoring in the first with a two-out, solo home run over the right field fence. The blast was the first by Buccilli as a Chanticleer. He then gave Coastal some breathing room in the ninth with a second solo home run to provide the eventual 4-2 final.