#6 USC Baseball (14-9/36-12) @ #3 Arkansas (17-7/36-12) Series Thread ***

[kingofnerf]

Carolina plays its final SEC road series this weekend as the Gamecocks travel to Fayetteville for three games against Arkansas. The series starts Friday night (May 12) at 7:30 p.m. EDT (6:30 p.m. CDT). The series continues Saturday night (May 13) at 7 p.m. EDT (6 p.m. CDT) and concludes Sunday afternoon (May 14) at 3 p.m. EDT (2 p.m. CDT).

All three games 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. ARKANSAS
Arkansas leads the overall series with the Gamecocks, 43-34. The last meeting between the two teams took place in Columbia as the Razorbacks won 2-of-3 games. Carolina won the middle game, 6-2, as Brady Allen had two hits and Andrew Peters struck out three in three scoreless innings of relief.

PROBABLE PITCHING ROTATION
Friday
South Carolina Eli Jones (So. RHP) 4-2, 3.38 ERA, 37.1 IP, 10 BB, 42 SO
Arkansas Hagen Smith (So. LHP) 7-1, 2.56 ERA, 52.2 IP, 32 BB, 79 SO
Saturday
South Carolina TBA
Arkansas TBA
Sunday
South Carolina Matthew Becker (So. LHP) 4-1, 4.46 ERA, 38.1 IP, 21 BB, 54 SO
Arkansas TBA

Baseball Travels to Arkansas for Final SEC Road Series

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(Photo courtesy South Carolina Athletics)

 

[kingofnerf]

Hogs defeat the Cocks 4-1 in Game 1.

Box score:

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

Scoring summary:

			SOUTH CAROLINA	ARKANSAS
Arkansas	3rd	Diggs singled to right field, RBI (1-2 KBS); Josenberger advanced to third; Holt scored.	0	1
South Carolina	6th	Wimmer singled to center field, RBI (0-1 S); Messina advanced to third; Braswell scored.	1	1
Arkansas	6th	Cali grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (1-2 BKFF); McLaughlin out on the play; Bohrofen scored.	1	2
Arkansas	7th	Diggs singled to right field, 2 RBI (1-0 B); Josenberger advanced to third; Bolton scored; Holt scored.	1	4

 

[kingofnerf]

Gamecock RHP Eli Jones (14) on the mound against Arkansas Friday night. Jones allowed four hits and two runs with two walks and the 10 strikeouts in five-plus innings. His previous career high in strikeouts was six. (Photo courtesy South Carolina Athletics)

 

[kingofnerf]

Carolina and Arkansas continue the three-game set Saturday night at 7:00 pm EST.

The game will be streamed on SEC Network Plus.

 

[GamecockSkip]

Oh!!! The humanity.

 

[kingofnerf]

Cocks get a great 3-1 win over #3 Arkansas.

Box score:

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

Scoring summary:

			SOUTH CAROLINA	ARKANSAS
South Carolina	4th	Casas singled through the right side, RBI (0-0); Messina advanced to third; Petry scored.	1	0
South Carolina	4th	Wimmer singled to center field, RBI (0-2 FF); Casas advanced to second; Messina scored.	2	0
South Carolina	4th	Stone singled through the left side, RBI (0-1 K); Wimmer advanced to second; Casas scored.	3	0
Arkansas	8th	Bohrofen singled to right field, RBI (0-0); Josenberger scored.	3	1

 

[kingofnerf]

Gamecock RHP Jack Mahoney (23) on the mound against #3 Arkansas Saturday afternoon. Mahoney struck out six in seven scoreless innings. The junior threw 90 pitches, allowing just five hits with a pair of walks in picking up his fifth win of the year. (Photo courtesy South Carolina Athletics)

 

[kingofnerf]

Carolina and Arkansas conclude the three-game series on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. EST. The game will be streamed on SEC Network Plus.

 

[kingofnerf]

Tough 5-1 loss that allowed Arkansas to take the series.

Box score:

TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	L
USC	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	0	4
ARK	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	X		5	10	0	5

Scoring summary:

			SOUTH CAROLINA	ARKANSAS
South Carolina	3rd	Tippett homered to left field, RBI (1-1 BK).	1	0
Arkansas	3rd	Bolton doubled to right center, RBI (3-2 KBKFBB); Holt scored.	1	1
Arkansas	5th	Rowland singled to center field, 2 RBI (2-2 KBFB); Holt scored; Cali scored.	1	3
Arkansas	6th	Cali singled to right field, RBI (0-0); Slavens scored.	1	4
Arkansas	8th	McLaughlin homered to right center, RBI (0-2 KFFFFFF).	1	5

 

[kingofnerf]

Carolina will play its final mid-week game of the regular season on Tuesday night against Charlotte.