By MONTE DUTTON

Fountain Inn (14-1, 8-0) goes for a Region 1-4A sweep of Laurens (4-10, 4-4) on the Fury’s home field after winning, 2-0, in Laurens on Wednesday night.

Collin Wilson and Brayden Passmore combined to stop Laurens on three hits. Wilson struck out 11. Noah Hughes was a hard-luck loser, going the distance and surrendering only two hits and one earned run. Hughes walked four and struck out six.

Logan Martin, William Nunley and Bryson Redd had the Laurens singles.

Clinton (8-2, 0-1) hosts Mid-Carolina (7-5, 1-0) on Friday at 7:30 after the Red Devils fell to the Rebels, 7-5, on Tuesday in Prosperity.

The Red Devils (6-3, 0-1) edged Greenwood, 6-5, in softball. Center fielder Halleigh Luke went 3/4 with a double, scoring three runs. Mid-Carolina, which defeated the Red Devils, 2-1, on Tuesday, visits Clinton on Friday at 7.

Presbyterian (4-22) takes a six-game baseball losing streak into a three-game non-conference series at Samford.

Jonathan Williams and Nick Smith homered, but The Citadel (10-13) overpowered the Blue Hose, 9-4, on Wednesday at Joseph P. Riley Park in Charleston. Williams (0-1), the second of eight PC pitchers, took the loss, allowing five runs in 1-1/3 innings.

First baseman Michael Gibson went 3/4 for the Bulldogs. Ben Brash (3-1), fourth of six Citadel hurlers, earned the win. Neither team committed an error.

PC softball (13-18, 2-1 Big South) visits Radford (11-18, 0-3) for three weekend games.

Laurens Academy (4-3) won its third straight baseball game, powering past High Point Academy, 18-3. Riley Whitaker and Wyatt Little each collected three hits as the Crusaders took ample advantage of seven High Point errors.

Green Upstate defeated Thornwell (4-6), 11-1. Sam Robertson doubled and Jackson Stroud singled for the Saints.

Dixie defeated the Saints’ softball team, 22-1. Lexi Hazel had the only Thornwell (4-3) hit. The Saints had scored at least 19 runs in the three previous games.

Thursday was mainly an organizational day here at the travel trailer. I took some winter clothes to the storage unit, which gave me an excuse to listen to the Red Sox opener in Cincinnati on satellite radio. I sat in the truck having a turkey sub afterward. Furman radio voice Dan Scott, an avid Reds fan, was at Great American Ballpark, where Boston won, 3-0. The Red Sox are tied with the Yankees. Only 161 games remain.

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