*** #6 USC Baseball (9-1/28-3) vs. #1 LSU (6-4/25-5) Double-header Game Thread ***

[kingofnerf]

Due to the forecasted all-day rain on Saturday, the University of South Carolina baseball team and LSU will play a doubleheader on Friday, April 7, beginning at 12 p.m. There will be two nine-inning games to wrap up the three-game series with an hour break between games.

TICKET INFORMATION: Ticket holders who have Friday, April 7 SERIES GM2 reserved tickets will be able to sit in their seats for the 12:00pm game until the game concludes and then move to the Corner Pantry Berm/SRO areas.

Ticket holders who have Saturday, April 8 SERIES GM3 reserved tickets can come in for the 12 p.m. game and go to the Corner Pantry Berm/SRO areas and then move into their seats when the second game begins.

Game 1
TV: SEC Network+
Radio: 107.5 The Game
Live Stats: StatBroadcast

PROBABLE PITCHING ROTATION GAME 1
South Carolina Jack Mahoney (Jr. RHP) 3-0, 2.72 ERA, 36.1 IP, 9 BB, 38 SO
LSU Ty Floyd (Jr. RHP) 5-0, 2.87 ERA, 31.1 IP, 10 BB, 36 SO

Game 2
TV: SEC Network
Radio: 107.5 The Game
Live Stats: StatBroadcast

PROBABLE PITCHING ROTATION GAME 2
South Carolina TBA
LSU Christian Little (Jr. RHP) 2-1, 3.79 ERA, 19.0 IP, 8 BB, 28 SO

Baseball to Play Doubleheader Tomorrow Afternoon

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[kingofnerf]

Gamecock shortstop Braylen Wimmer (3) homers to left field to put Carolina up 3-1 over LSU in the 3rd inning of Game 1 Thursday night. (Photo courtesy South Carolina Athletics)

Gamecock fans celebrate another run scored in the 13-5 victory over #1 LSU Thursday night. (Photo courtesy South Carolina Athletics)

 

[kingofnerf]

Yardcocks lose a heartbreaker 8-7 in Game 2 against LSU Friday afternoon. This was the Gamecocks' first loss at Founders Park this season.

Box score:

	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	5TH	6TH	7TH	8TH	9TH	R	H	E
LSU	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	1	8	7	2
South Carolina	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	7	7	0

Scoring summary:

			LSU	SOUTH CAROLINA
South Carolina	2nd	Casas hit by pitch, RBI (0-1 K); Stone advanced to second; Hornung advanced to third; LeCroy scored.	0	1
South Carolina	2nd	Petry hit by pitch, RBI (1-1 BK); Casas advanced to second; Stone advanced to third; Hornung scored.	0	2
South Carolina	2nd	Messina doubled to right field, 2 RBI (0-2 KS); Petry advanced to third, out at home rf to 2b to c; Casas scored; Stone scored.	0	4
LSU	4th	White homered to right field, RBI (0-0).	1	4
LSU	4th	Thompson homered to left field, 2 RBI (0-0); Jones scored.	3	4
South Carolina	5th	LeCroy singled to left center, RBI (0-0); Brewer advanced to second; Messina advanced to third; Petry scored.	3	5
South Carolina	5th	Hornung walked, RBI (3-2 SBSBBB); LeCroy advanced to second; Brewer advanced to third; Messina scored.	3	6
South Carolina	5th	Braswell grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (0-1 K); Hornung out on the play; LeCroy advanced to third; Brewer scored.	3	7
LSU	8th	Dugas homered to left field, 4 RBI (0-0); Jobert scored; Thompson scored; Beloso scored.	7	7
LSU	9th	Beloso singled up the middle, RBI (2-0 BB); Crews scored.	8	7

 

[kingofnerf]

Gamecock RHP Chris Veach (37) on the mound in Game 1 of Friday's double-header against LSU. Veach threw three scoreless innings while striking out five. (Photo courtesy South Carolina Athletics)

Gamecock catcher Cole Messina (19) doubles to right field, scoring Gavin Casas and Evan Stone to put Carolina up 4-0 in the second inning of Game 1 against LSU Friday afternoon. (Photo courtesy South Carolina Athletics)

 

[kingofnerf]

The final game of the LSU series has been officially cancelled due to rain.

Baseball’s Series Finale vs. LSU Cancelled Due to Rain

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