View attachment 827[COLOR= rgb(153, 0, 0)]2021 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Official Game Thread[/COLOR]
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[COLOR= rgb(153, 0, 0)] South Carolina[/COLOR] [COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 0)]vs[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(153, 0, 0)] [/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(204, 0, 0)]Alabama[/COLOR]
[SIZE= 24px]2021 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT[/SIZE]
[SIZE= 18px]Tuesday May 25, 2021 2:00 PM Hoover, AL[/SIZE]
[SIZE= 22px]First Round[/SIZE]
[SIZE= 16px]#7 SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS (33-20, 16-14) VS #10 ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (29-22, 12-17 )[/SIZE]
[SIZE= 18px]2:00 P.M. | HOOVER, AL | HOOVER METROPOLITAN STADIUM[/SIZE]
SERIES HISTORY | WATCH:
| LISTEN: 107.5 The Game | Live StatsCOLUMBIA, S.C. -- The South Carolina Gamecocks prepare to travel to Hoover Alabama to participate in the 2021 Southeastern Conference Tournament. The Gamecocks will face the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2nd game of the first round at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium - the game's first pitch is scheduled at 1:00 PM CT (2:00 PM ET) and will be televised on the SEC Network with Tom Hart, Ben McDonald and Chris Burke on the call. The game will also be on the Gamecock Radio Network with Derek Scott and Tommy Moody calling the action. The Gamecocks are coming off of a close series loss to 4th-ranked Tennessee in Founders Park: after splitting the two first games of the series, they fell 5-4 in the deciding game with a man in scoring position and only 1 out in the bottom 9th inning.
PROBABLE PITCHING ROTATION
Tuesday
South Carolina CJ Weins (Jr. RHP) 1-0, 1.93 ERA, 9 BB, 11 SO
Alabama Tyler Ras (Jr., RHP) 6-4, 5.42 ERA, 20 BB, 53 SO
SETTING THE SEC TOURNAMENT STAGE
South Carolina comes into the tournament as the 4th ranked team out of the SEC Eastern Division and the 7th Seed overall, while Alabama is the 5th ranked team in the Western Division, and the 10th overall Seed. The winner of this game will face the #2 Seed Tennessee Volunteers in Wednesday's 2nd Rounds. The Vols received a first Round bye. In order to reach the SEC Championship Game, the Gamecocks would have to play six games in as many days, and win the first five.
SCOUTING ALABAMA
The Crimson Tide were swept by Mississippi State this past weekend, and are 1-7 in losing their past 3 SEC series to the Bulldogs as well as LSU and Vanderbilt. They had one game versus Vanderbilt cancelled due to inclement weather. Alabama is led by Sam Praytor with 13 home runs and 44 RBI, while Zane Denton leads the team with a .317 batting average. Dylan Smith (1-7, 4.04 ERA) leads the Tide with 14 starts, 82.1 innings pitched and 100 strikeouts, while Tyler Ras (6-4, 5.42 ERA) leads the team in wins. Chase Lee (6-0, 1.38 ERA) is tied with Ras in wins and leads the Tide with 7 saves.
SERIES VS. ALABAMA
Carolina holds a 35-27 series advantage on Alabama heading into the tournament. The Gamecocks have won 16 of the last 22 games against the Tide, with the last win the sole one of their last series in Tuscaloosa 5-4 in 2019 in extra innings to prevent the sweep. In that game, TJ Hopkins would score the go-ahead run in the top 12th inning on a wild pitch. Brett Kerry would get the win after pitching the final 5.2 innings of scoreless baseball, with 4 strikeouts and only 1 walk.
The Gamecocks and Crimson Tide have faced each other three times in the SEC Tournament, with the Tide having the 2 to 1 edge. One of those wins was in the Championship Game in 2002 that the Tide won 6-2. The other 2 SECT games were both opening round games - in 2003, the Tide would upset the #2 Seed Gamecocks 9-7, then in 2009 the #5 Seed Gamecocks would win 9-5 in 11 innings over the #4 Seeded Tide.
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