*** #6 USC Baseball (14-9/36-11) vs. North Florida (11-13/25-23) Game Thread ***

[kingofnerf]

Carolina hosts North Florida in the midweek for a Tuesday afternoon (May 9) contest at Founders Park. First pitch is set for 4 p.m.

Tuesday’s game will be streamed on SEC Network Plus. All games also 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

SERIES VS. UNF
Carolina has won all four meetings with North Florida, including last year’s 4-2 win over the Ospreys on April 12. Josiah Sightler was a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs scored while Eli Jones struck out three in a 2.2 inning start.

PROBABLE PITCHING ROTATION
South Carolina James Hicks (R-Jr. RHP) 6-1, 3.97 ERA, 45.1 IP, 11 BB, 36 SO
UNF Avery Love (R-So. RHP) 0-2, 9.61 ERA, 34.2 IP, 20 BB, 26 SO

Gamecock RHP James Hicks (34) gets the start against North Florida Tuesday afternoon. (Photo courtesy South Carolina Athletics)

 

[kingofnerf]

Tough 8-5 loss last night.

Box score:

TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	L
UNF	0	0	5	0	2	0	1	0	0		8	14	1	14
USC	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		5	11	2	16

We left 16 runners on base to a team with an RPI of .214.

Scoring summary:

			NORTH FLORIDA	SOUTH CAROLINA
South Carolina	1st	Casas doubled to left center, RBI (1-1 KB); Brewer scored.	0	1
North Florida	3rd	NICHOLS, C. singled up the middle, 2 RBI (0-1 K); LODISE, A. advanced to second; RUNNELS, J. scored; SWEATT, A. scored.	2	1
North Florida	3rd	ESQUIVEL, G. singled to left field, RBI (0-2 FF); NICHOLS, C. advanced to second; LODISE, A. scored.	3	1
North Florida	3rd	LEACH, D. singled to left field, RBI (2-2 BBSS); ESQUIVEL, G. advanced to second; NICHOLS, C. scored.	4	1
North Florida	3rd	CLEMENTS, M. singled to right field, RBI (0-1 K); LEACH, D. advanced to third; ESQUIVEL, G. scored.	5	1
South Carolina	4th	Hornung singled up the middle, RBI (2-2 KFBB); Braswell scored, unearned.	5	2
South Carolina	4th	Stone homered to left field, 2 RBI, unearned (1-1 KB); Hornung scored, unearned.	5	4
North Florida	5th	CLEMENTS, M. singled up the middle, RBI (0-0); LEACH, D. advanced to second; ESQUIVEL, G. scored.	6	4
North Florida	5th	SWEATT, A. grounded out to ss, RBI (1-0 B); BRINLING, A. advanced to second; CLEMENTS, M. advanced to third; LEACH, D. scored, unearned.	7	4
South Carolina	5th	Stone flied out to lf, SF, RBI (1-1 BF); Braswell scored.	7	5
North Florida	7th	BRINLING, A. tripled to right field, RBI (3-2 BKBFFB); BROWN, I. scored.	8	5

 

[kingofnerf]

Our pitching stats:

#	Player	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	WP	BK	HP	BF	2B	3B	HR	XBH	FO	GO	GDP	TP	ST	ERA
34	Hicks		1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	12	3.88
16	Eskew	L 0-1	1.2	6	5	5	0	2	0	0	1	12	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	39	25	8.22
45	Proctor		1.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	24	19	3.32
28	Williamson		1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	25	15	1.8
36	Austin		2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	1	3	2	0	36	25	4.43
40	Sweatt		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	13	2.25
30	Thomas		0.2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	14	7	0
25	Simpson		0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	6	3.86
Team Pitching Totals	9	14	8	7	4	10	2	0	2	49	1	1	0	2	9	8	0	185	122	3.77

I may be wrong, but this seems like the most number of pitchers we have used in a game in a while, even for a mid-week game.

 

[kingofnerf]

Kingston's presser.

View: https://youtu.be/DOnO5gFkpDI