Claflin CLAFLIN 3-10

Lander LANDER 10-6

Claflin CLAFLIN

3-10

Final

Feb. 28, 2026

Lander LANDER

10-6

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Claflin CLAFLIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Lander LANDER	1	2	8	3	1	4	X	19	13	0

W: Califf, Ethan (2-0) L: D. Young (0-2)

Summary
Box Score

Nicholas Winegard

Game Recap: Baseball | 2/28/2026 11:02:00 PM | Turner Kirby - Director of Athletic Communications

No. 26 Lander Dominates Claflin in Series Opener

GREENWOOD — The 26th-ranked Lander baseball team scored in all six offensive innings to cruise to a 19-0, seven-inning victory over Claflin on Saturday afternoon at Dolny Stadium in the opening game of a Peach Belt Conference series.

Sixteen Bearcats recorded at least one at-bat, 10 tallied a hit, 12 scored at least one run and eight different players drove in a run in the balanced offensive effort.

Lander drew 10 walks in the contest, led by Brody Winter, who walked four times without an official at-bat.

Ethan Califf earned his second win of the season, tossing four innings of no-hit baseball to start what became a one-hit shutout. AJ Cammarota, Ethan Barbee and Dawson Siffri combined to finish off the victory.

A bases-loaded walk by Will McClellan opened the scoring in the first inning to give Lander a 1-0 lead. A wild pitch and a sacrifice fly extended the advantage to 3-0 after two innings.

The Bearcats broke the game open in the third, plating eight runs. Ryan Hansen delivered an RBI single before Pip Smalley cleared the bases with a three-run triple to stretch the lead to 7-0. McClellan followed with a two-run single to make it 9-0, and a throwing error allowed two additional runs to score later in the inning.

Another bases-loaded walk and an error added two more runs in the fourth.

Carter McCormick drove in the first run of his career with an RBI in the fifth. A bases-loaded walk, a hit by pitch and a two-run single by Isaac Newman — also the first hit and RBIs of his career — capped the scoring as Lander built its 19-run total.

The Bearcats stranded a pair of Panthers in the seventh to secure the run-rule victory.

The two teams conclude the series Sunday with a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. at Dolny Stadium.

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Score By Innings
		LANDER
*BOT 1st*	W. McClellan walked, RBI; B. Winter advanced to second; P. Smalley advanced to third; Z. Cowart scored.	1
*BOT 2nd*	Z. Cowart advanced to second on a wild pitch; R. Hansen advanced to third on a wild pitch; C. Crews scored on a wild pitch.	2
*BOT 2nd*	P. Smalley flied out to cf, sacrifice fly, RBI; R. Hansen scored.	3
*BOT 3rd*	R. Hansen singled through the left side, advanced to second, RBI; C. Crews advanced to third; C. Backman scored.	4
*BOT 3rd*	P. Smalley tripled to right field, 3 RBI; Z. Cowart scored; R. Hansen scored; C. Crews scored.	7
*BOT 3rd*	W. McClellan singled up the middle, 2 RBI; O. Zohn advanced to third; B. Winter scored; P. Smalley scored.	9
*BOT 3rd*	C. Backman singled to first base, advanced to second on a throwing error by 1b, RBI; J. Cavallaro advanced to second, advanced to third on the error; W. McClellan advanced to third, scored on the error, unearned; O. Zohn scored.	11
*BOT 4th*	B. Winter walked, RBI; P. Smalley advanced to second; Z. Cowart advanced to third; R. Hansen scored, unearned.	12
*BOT 4th*	J. Cavallaro reached first on a throwing error by 3b, advanced to second; B. Winter advanced to third on the error; P. Smalley scored on the error, unearned; Z. Cowart scored on the error, unearned.	14
*BOT 5th*	C. McCormick singled to center field, RBI; J. Metcalf scored.	15
*BOT 6th*	D. Stroud walked, RBI; C. Sweeney advanced to second; J. Metcalf advanced to third; C. McKitrick scored.	16
*BOT 6th*	C. McCormick hit by pitch, RBI; D. Stroud advanced to second; C. Sweeney advanced to third; J. Metcalf scored.	17
*BOT 6th*	I. Newman singled down the rf line, 2 RBI; C. McCormick advanced to third; D. Stroud scored; C. Sweeney scored.	19