***2021 Baseball South Carolina (27-17) vs Mississippi State (35-10) Game 3 Thread***

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[COLOR= rgb(153, 0, 0)]2021 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Official Game Thread[/COLOR]​

   South Carolina vs Mississippi State   ​

Founders Park, Columbia, SC​

Sunday May 9, 2021 2:00 PM​

GAME 3​

#19 SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS (27-17, 11-12) VS #4 MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS (35-10, 16-7)
2:00 P.M.  |  COLUMBIA, S.C.  |   FOUNDERS PARK

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COLUMBIA  – Andrew Eyster had a pair of home runs and drove in four but Mississippi State scored its nine runs in the first five innings on its way to a 9-6 win over the University of South Carolina baseball team Saturday afternoon (May 8) at Founders Park. Carolina and Mississippi State will wrap up the three-game series on Sunday afternoon (May 9) with a 2 p.m. first pitch. The game will be televised on SEC Network.

PARKING INFORMATION
For the 2021 season, there will not be shuttles from either the Key Road Gravel Lot or the Colonial Life Arena parking lot. There will be passes at lot 1 available for $10 apiece.
 
Parking Lot Openings
7 p.m. Games - Gates open at 6 p.m., all lots open at 5:30 p.m.
4 p.m. Games - Gates open at 3 p.m., all lots open at 2:30 p.m.
2 p.m. Games - Gates open at 1 p.m., all lots open at 12:30 p.m.

PROBABLE PITCHING ROTATION
Sunday
South Carolina Thomas Farr (R-Jr. RHP) 2-5, 3.67 ERA, 31 BB, 74 SO
Mississippi State Jackson Fristoe (Fr., RHP) 3-3, 4.97 ERA, 27 BB, 61 SO

The Bulldogs put up nine runs with the help of home runs from Rowdy Jordan, Logan Tanner and Luke Hancock. Carolina started to chip away at the Bulldog lead with an Eyster home run in the fourth. Wes Clarke belted his 18th home run of the season in the sixth, a two-run shot. Eyster then came back in the seventh and hit a three-run home run to right, making it 9-6.
 
Colin Burgess had a pair of hits for the Gamecocks while Clarke drove in a pair. Will Sanders took the loss on the mound, allowing four earned runs and six hits with three strikeouts in 2.1 innings of work. The final three Gamecocks that pitched – Wesley Sweatt, Jaret Bennett and Daniel Lloyd – combined to shut out the Bulldogs over the final 3.2 innings.
 
Tanner Allen led MSU with four hits while Tanner added three. Will Bednar struck out 13 in six innings of work to earn the win.

POSTGAME NOTES

• Jaret Bennett made his first appearance as a Gamecock on the mound. He pitched a scoreless eighth inning.
  
• Wes Clarke is now tied with Florida's Jud Fabian for the SEC home run lead with 18.
  
• Eyster had his second multi-home run game against Mississippi State in his career. He had a pair in the 2019 regular-season finale in Starkville.
  

 

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The game is tied 2-2 in the 5th inning. Thomas Farr went the furthest of any of the weekend starters, but only got through 4.0 innings. Brett Kerry is now in the game.

David Mendham has provided the scoring for the Gamecocks, hitting a 2-RBI home run in the bottom 2nd inning. The Bulldogs tied it up with a 2-out sac fly RBI after a lead-off triple in the top 3rd, and then a solo lead-off home run in the top 5th. That home run brought in Kerry from the bullpen......

 

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Solo home run in the top 6th puts the Bulldogs up 3-2.....

 

[gamecock88]

Great day and awesome win.  Bottom of the 9th to send to extras then in the 11th for the win.  

 

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The South Carolina Gamecocks salvage a win out of the series with an extra-inning 4-3 win over Mississippi State Bulldogs.

The Gamecocks needed to first tie the game at 3-3 all, and accomplished that in the bottom of the 9th inning. Colin Burgess and Wes Clarke led off the inning with back-to-back singles. Noah Myers pinch-ran for Burgess, as the Bulldogs went to their bullpen.

After Michael Robinson popped up for the first out, Jeff Heinrich doubled down the right line scoring Myers to tie the game at 3-all.

The game then extended into the 11th inning, where in the bottom 11th the Gamecocks came through. Heinrich continued his heroics with a 1-out single, then David Mendham doubled to left center to drive in Heinrich for the winning run.

Julian Bosnic (3-2) got the win after coming in to pitch the 11th for Brett Kerry. Kerry pitched 6.0 innings allowing only 1 run on 4 hits, with 6 strikeouts and 3 walks. He contained the Bulldog scoring to give his team a chance.