*** #3 USC Baseball (13-5/34-7) vs. Auburn (8-11/24-17) Game 2 Thread ***

[kingofnerf]

Carolina and Auburn resume the three-game series Saturday afternoon (April 29) at 4 p.m. The game will be streamed on SEC Network Plus.

The game will be broadcast on the Gamecocks Sports Network from Learfield with Derek Scott and Tommy Moody on the call.

TV: SEC Network+
Radio: 107.5 The Game
Live Stats: StatBroadcast

PROBABLE PITCHING ROTATION
South Carolina Jack Mahoney (Jr. RHP) 4-1, 3.26 ERA, 49.2 IP, 15 BB, 52 SO
Auburn Christian Herberholz (R-Jr. RHP) 0-3, 4.95 ERA, 36.1 IP, 16 BB, 31 SO

 

[kingofnerf]

Gamecock catcher Cole Messina (19) makes contact against in Game 1 against Auburn Friday night. Messina singled through the left side to score Braylen Wimmer to cut Auburn's to 6-2 in the 5th inning. (Photo courtesy South Carolina Athletics)

Gamecock third baseman Michael Braswell (7) makes a defensive throw against Auburn Friday night. (Photo courtesy South Carolina Athletics)

 

[kingofnerf]

Auburn takes the series with a decisive 9-5 win in Game 2 on Saturday.

Box score:

	TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	L
AUB	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		9	12	0	5
USC	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0		5	6	1	6

Scoring summary:

			AUBURN	SOUTH CAROLINA
Auburn	1st	Foster, C. singled to left field, 2 RBI, advanced to second on a throwing error by lf (1-2 FBS); Ware, B. advanced to second, advanced to third on the error; McMurray, C. scored; Stanfield, C scored.	2	0
Auburn	1st	Howell, K. singled through the right side, 2 RBI (0-1 K); Foster, C. scored, unearned; Ware, B. scored.	4	0
Auburn	2nd	LaRue, N. homered to center field, RBI (3-1 BBKB).	5	0
Auburn	2nd	Peirce, B. homered to left field, RBI (0-2 KS).	6	0
South Carolina	2nd	French doubled to left field, RBI (0-0); Denny advanced to third; Braswell scored.	6	1
Auburn	5th	McMurray, C. homered to center field, 2 RBI (1-1 BK); Irish, I. scored.	8	1
South Carolina	5th	Messina doubled to left center, 2 RBI (2-2 BBFF); Brewer scored; Hornung scored.	8	3
South Carolina	7th	Messina homered to center field, 2 RBI (2-0 BB); Petry scored.	8	5
Auburn	9th	McMurray, C. homered to center field, RBI (2-0 BB).	9	5

 

[kingofnerf]

Gamecock RHP Jack Mahoney (23) on the mound against Auburn Saturday afternoon. Mahoney earned the loss, allowing five earned runs on six hits with three strikeouts in 3.1 innings pitched. (Photo courtesy South Carolina Athletics)

Gamecock catcher Jonathan French (26) makes contact at the plate against Auburn Saturday afternoon. French doubled to left field, driving in Dylan Brewer to cut the Auburn lead to 6-1 in the 2nd inning. (Photo courtesy South Carolina Athletics)

 

[GamecockSkip]

Pitching has not been solid since the layoff. Hopefully it will improve today and next week.

 

[kingofnerf]

Pitching has not been solid since the layoff. Hopefully it will improve today and next week.

Matthew Becker tends to energize the team.

I want to see our hitters open up the can on the Tiggers today and break that losing streak that's been around since 2019.

Auburn's been in the post-season the last three years with the same coach; we haven't. Start with breaking the losing streak and go from there.