Clinton wins first baseball state title since 1961

Red Devils pull off a sweep of Hanahan with a 5-4 win in game two

Mike Duprez | May 27, 2023

Justin Copeland raced from first to home on a fielder’s choice and throwing error in the bottom of the sixth inning as Clinton scored a 5-4 win over Hanahan to sweep their 3-A state championship series.

The Red Devils (26-3) won their first state championship in 62 years.

Hanahan had battled back from a 4-0 deficit.

Carson Glenn earned a save by hurling a scoreless seventh inning. He recorded a strikeout and got a fielder’s choice grounder to end the game.

Glenn’s grandfather, Billy Glenn, played for the 1961 state championship team.

Game 1 was a 17-3 rout for the Red Devils as Zane McLendon smashed a grand slam and Zach Fortman added a solo home run.

Caleb Taylor had a three-run double for Clinton. Wil Stewart contributed a two-run single.

Wilson Wages belted a two-run homer in the fourth inning and Harrison Moore had a sacrifice fly.

Hanahan concluded its season with a 20-10 record.

Published May 27, 2023

MIKE DUPREZ

Mike Duprez became a freelance sports journalist for Scorebooklive.com several months after retiring from the newspaper business. A native of Oakland, California, Duprez moved around as a child due to his father’s service in the United States Marine Corps. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981. Duprez, who lives in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, had 30 years of experience in newspapers as well as other endeavors before retiring at the end of 2021. He covers stories in both North Carolina and South Carolina for Scorebooklive.com.