SOUTH CAROLINA BASEBALL the VANDERBILT SERIES March 30 - 7:30 P.M
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SOUTH CAROLINA BASEBALL THE VANDERBILT SERIES March 30 - 7:30 p.m. ET; March 31 - 4 p.m. ET; April 1 - 2 p.m. ET Nashville, Tenn. - Hawkins Field South Carolina Baseball Contact: Andrew Kitick (803) 777-5257 - [email protected] www.GamecocksOnline.com - @GamecockBasebll - www.Facebook.com/Gamecocksonline 2012 SOUTH CAROLINA SCHEDULE South Carolina (18-7, 1-5 SEC) at Vanderbilt (10-15, 2-4 SEC) FEBRUARY 17 VMI W, 2-1 LIVE COVERAGE 18 VMI W, 3-2 Radio: Gamecock IMG Network affiliates/Flagship WNKT FM 107.5 “The Game” in Columbia 18 VMI W, 13-1 Andy Demetra and Tommy Moody will call the action. 24 Elon W, 8-1 Television: Saturday - CSS/Time Warner 506 - Matt Stewart and Chip Fridrich 25 Elon W, 3-2 Internet: Live Gametracker at GamecocksOnline.com 26 Elon W, 6-0 Additional coverage on Twitter @GamecockBasebll and Facebook/Gamecocksonline 28 Presbyterian W, 2-1 MARCH 2 vs. Clemson (Charleston) W, 3-2 (11) 3 Clemson W, 9-6 South Carolina Vanderbilt Head Coach: Ray Tanner Head Coach: Tim Corbin 4 at Clemson (ESPN3) L, 6-5 7 UNC Asheville W, 8-1 Associate Head Coach: Chad Holbrook Associate Head Coach: Derek Johnson 9 Princeton W, 2-1 Assistant Head Coach: Jerry Meyers Assistant Coach: Josh Holliday 10 Princeton W, 6-1 Assistant Coach: Sammy Esposito Assistant Coach: Larry Day 11 Princeton W, 3-1 Student Asst. Coach: Drew Meyer 13 Charleston Southern W, 5-2 14 Appalachian State W, 6-4 Overall Record:............................................. 18-7 Overall Record:........................................... 10-15 16 at Kentucky* (CSS) L, 4-3 Southeastern Conference Record: ................. 1-5 Southern Conference Record: ........................ 2-4 17 at Kentucky* L, 4-3 Current Streak: ...............................................W1 Current Streak: ...............................................W3 18 at Kentucky* (FS South) L, 6-3 Last 5 Games: ................................................ 2-3 Last 5 Games: ................................................ 3-2 20 at Furman (SportSouth) W, 8-5 Last 10 Games: .............................................. 4-6 Last 10 Games: .............................................. 5-5 21 Wofford (FS South) L, 5-4 22 Florida* (ESPNU) W, 9-3 PROBABLE PITCHING ROTATION 23 Florida* (CSS) L, 8-2 Date Teams Pitcher 2012 Stats (W-L, ERA, IP, BB, SO) 24 Florida* (CSS) L, 5-4 27 at The Citadel W, 7-3 Friday South Carolina Michael Roth (Sr. LHP) 2-0, 1.28 ERA, 42.1 IP, 10 BB, 41 SO 30 at Vanderbilt* 7:30 p.m. Vanderbilt Kevin Ziomek (So. LHP) 2-3, 3.82 ERA, 33.0 IP, 10 BB, 34 SO 31 at Vanderbilt* (CSS) 4 p.m. APRIL Saturday South Carolina TBA 1 at Vanderbilt* 2 p.m. Vanderbilt Tyler Beede (Fr. RHP) 0-3, 6.46 ERA, 23.2 IP, 6 BB, 26 SO 4 at College of Charleston 6 p.m. 6 Tennessee* 7 p.m. Sunday South Carolina Colby Holmes (Jr. RHP) 3-0, 2.67 ERA, 27.0 IP, 9 BB, 27 SO 7 Tennessee* (ESPNU) 8 p.m. Vanderbilt TBA 8 Tennessee* 1:30 p.m. 10 The Citadel 7 p.m. 11 at Francis Marion 7 p.m. TALE OF THE TAPE SERIES HISTORY 13 Mississippi State* 7 p.m. 14 Mississippi State* 4 p.m. HITTING SC VU Overall: SC leads 47-21 15 Mississippi State* 1:30 p.m. Batting Average .280 .266 17 College of Charleston (FSouth) 7 p.m. Runs Scored 127 133 Last 3 Years: SC leads 7-4 20 at Auburn* 7 p.m. 21 at Auburn* (SportSouth) 4 p.m. Hits 233 216 22 at Auburn* 2 p.m. Doubles 37 38 Date Winner Score Site 26 Alabama* (ESPNU) 7:30 p.m. Triples 6 8 5/1/2009 SC 8-5 Columbia 27 Alabama* 7 p.m. Home Runs 17 9 5/2/09 SC 14-5 Columbia 28 Alabama* 1:30 p.m. Runs Batted In 115 119 5/3/09 SC 11-3 Columbia MAY Slugging Percentage .401 .366 5/21/09 VU 5-4 Hoover 2 Davidson (FS South) 7 p.m. Walks 99 93 4/9/10 SC 3-2 Nashville 4 at Arkansas* (ESPNU) 8 p.m. Hit by Pitch 13 40 4/10/10 VU 8-2 Nashville 5 at Arkansas* (ESPN2) 1 p.m. Strikeouts 166 174 4/11/10 SC 2-0 Nashville 6 at Arkansas* 2:05 p.m. 9 Furman (FS South) 7 p.m. On Base Percentage .362 .365 4/15/11 SC 3-1 Columbia 11 at Georgia* 7 p.m. Stolen Bases/Attempts 11-21 18-26 4/16/11 VU 6-4 Columbia 12 at Georgia* (CSS) 1 p.m. 4/17/11 SC 5-3 Columbia 13 at Georgia* 2 p.m. PITCHING 5/26/11 VU 7-2 Hoover 15 USC Upstate (FS South) 7 p.m. Earned Run Average 2.75 4.65 17 LSU* (FS South) 7 p.m. Innings Pitched 225.2 215.0 18 LSU*. 7 p.m. Hits Allowed 156 213 19 LSU* 1:30 p.m. Runs Allowed 75 137 DID YOU KNOW?? 22-27 SEC Baseball Tournament TBA Earned Runs Allowed 69 111 JUNE 1-4 NCAA Regionals TBA Walks 78 91 Junior first baseman Christian Walker is one 8-11 NCAA Super Regionals TBA Strikeouts 237 183 hit shy of becoming the 25th player in school 15-25/26 College World Series TBA Opposing Batting Average .190 .260 history to record 200 or more career hits. 12 players on that list have been coached by All times Eastern. Dates and times subject to change FIELDING Ray Tanner. * denotes SEC game Fielding Percentage .980 .954 2 NCAA Championships, 3 SEC Championships, 5 SEC East Titles, 27 NCAA Appearances 2 www.GamecocksOnline.com SOUTH CAROLINA QUICK FACTS Probable South Carolina Position Starters GENERAL INFORMATION Pos. Player ‘12 Stats (BA-HR-RBI) Notes Location ........................................................Columbia, S.C. C Grayson Greiner (R-R) Fr. .227-2-12 Has allowed just five stolen bases on the year Enrollment.................................................................. 29,957 or Dante Rosenberg (R-R) Jr. .219-0-5 Two hits and a RBI in the 6-1 win over Princeton Founded ........................................................................ 1801 1B Christian Walker (R-R) Jr. .311-3-23 Among SEC leaders in RBI (23) and walks (15) University President .................................Dr. Harris Pastides Athletics Director.................................................Eric Hyman 2B Erik Payne (R-R) So. .308-2-10 Leads the Gamecocks in SEC games in hitting, .364 avg. Faculty Representative................................Dr. Zach Kelehear or Connor Bright (R-R) Fr. .216-0-5 1-for-3 with two RBI in 8-1 win over UNC Asheville Conference ........................................................Southeastern Nickname ............................................................Gamecocks SS Joey Pankake (R-R) Fr. .354-1-8 Hitting .353 (6-for-17) in SEC games Colors ............................................................Garnet & Black or Connor Bright (R-R) Fr. .216-0-5 1-for-3 with two RBI in 8-1 win over UNC Asheville Mascot ........................................................................ Cocky 3B LB Dantzler (L-R) Jr. .226-4-16 Solo home run in 5-4 loss to Florida/leads team in homers TEAM INFORMATION Head Coach..........................................................Ray Tanner LF Tanner English (R-R) Fr. .309-0-6 One of three players to have started in all 25 games Alma Mater.................................................... NC State, 1980 or TJ Costen (R-R) Fr. .292-1-2 2-for-5 with a run in 8-5 win over Furman Record at South Carolina .....707-303 (.700) (16th year) Career Record ..................1,102-476-3 (.698) (25th year) CF Evan Marzilli (L-L) Jr. .340-1-12 Has reached base in all 25 games this year Associate Head Coach................................... Chad Holbrook RF Adam Matthews (R-R) Sr. .222-2-7 Key two-run homer in 9-3 win vs. Florida Assistant Head Coach .......................................Jerry Meyers or Sean Sullivan (R-R) Jr. .188-0-1 Two sacrifice bunts and key catch in 3-1 win vs. Princeton Assistant Coach ..........................................Sammy Esposito or Tanner English (R-R) Fr. .309-0-6 One of three players to have started in all 25 games Undergraduate Assistant Coach ......................... Drew Meyer Administrative Assistant ......................................Kristi Davis DH TBA Director of Operations .........................................Kyle Lipsey Strength & Conditioning Coach .....................Billy Anderson (note probable lineup comes from SID) Associate Athletics Trainer .......................... Brainard Cooper Academic Advisor ....................................... Steve Bondurant QUICK HITS 2011 SEASON IN REVIEW/2012 OUTLOOK 2011 Overall Record.....................................................55-14 2011 SEC Record/Finish ............22-8/T1st East/T1st Overall FOR STARTERS 2011 Postseason Finish ..........NCAA Champions CWS (5-0) South Carolina (18-7, 1-5 SEC) is back in conference action this weekend with a three-game series at Vander- Starters Returning/Lost ....................................................4/6 bilt (10-15, 2-4 SEC). First pitch on Friday night is scheduled for 7:30 pm ET. Saturday’s game will start at 4 p.m. ET Pitchers Returning/Lost....................................................9/7 and will be televised live on CSS as well as Time Warner Cable channel 506 in South Carolina and North Carolina. Letterwinners Returning/Lost .......................................18/16 Sunday’s game is a 2 p.m. ET start. All three games can also be heard on the Gamecock Radio Network from IMG College. South Carolina is ranked No. 10 in this week’s ESPN/USA Today coaches’ poll, No. 11 in the Baseball PROGRAM HISTORY America Top 25 and No. 14 in Collegiate Baseball’s Top 30. First Year of Baseball..................................................... 1892 First Year in SEC ........................................................... 1992 VANDERBILT SERIES All-Time Record ............................................2,319-1,407-17 South Carolina leads the all-time series history vs. Vanderbilt with 47-21 record including a pair of wins last All-Time SEC Record ...............................................324-248 season in a three-game series in Columbia. Vanderbilt would win the fourth game of the seaosn between the two SEC Championships ............................3 (2000, 2002, 2011) teams in Hoover, Ala.