SOUTH CAROLINA BASEBALL South Carolina Baseball Contact: Kent Reichert - (803) 777-5257 - [email protected] 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA SCHEDULE South Carolina (37-25) at #5 ARKANSAS (43-19) FEBRUARY (6-3) 16 VMI (SECN+) L, 6-7 Dates: Monday, June 11 17 VMI W, 7-2 Times: 6 p.m. CT (7 p.m. ET) 18 VMI W, 9-0 Place: Baum Stadium, Fayetteville, Ark. 20 NORTH FLORIDA W, 5-2 21 WINTHROP (SECN+) W, 15-2 23 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (SECN+) W, 7-0 LIVE COVERAGE 24 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (SECN+) W, 14-2 Radio: Gamecock Radio Network/flagship 107.5 FM “The Game” (Derek Scott, Tommy Moody) 25 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (SECN+) L, 2-4 Broadcast ESPN or ESPN2 (Dave Neal, Ben McDonald, Chris Burke) 27 FURMAN (SECN+) L, 4-6 Internet: Additional coverage on Facebook, Instagram SnapChat & Twitter @GamecockBasebll MARCH (11-8) PROBABLE PITCHING ROTATION 2 #14 CLEMSON (SECN+) W, 3-2 Date Teams Pitcher 2018 Stats (W-L, ERA, IP, BB, SO) 3 vs. #14 Clemson (Flour Field) L, 1-5 Sunday South Carolina TBA 4 at #14 Clemson (ACC Network) L, 7-8 7 NORTH CAROLINA A&T W, 12-2 Arkansas Isaiah Campbell (So. RHP) 4-6 4.17 ERA, 58.1 IP, 26 BB, 60 SO 9 PRINCETON (SECN+) W, 9-2 10 PRINCETON (SECN+) W, 7-3 Probable South Carolina Position Starters 10 PRINCETON (SECN+) W, 6-4 14 HARVARD (SECN+) W, 12-3 Pos. Player ‘18 Stats (BA-HR-RBI) Notes 16 #2 FLORIDA* (SECN+) L, 3-7 C Hunter Taylor (R-R) Sr. .265-9-34 Solo home run in the Sunday win over Arkansas 17 #2 FLORIDA* (SECN+) W, 15-7 18 #2 FLORIDA* (ESPNU) L, 2-3 20 THE CITADEL (SECN+) L, 3-4 1B Matt Williams (L-R) Sr. .219-3-21 Homered with three hits Saturday vs. Ole Miss 23 at Georgia* (SECN+) L, 5-7 24 at Georgia* (SECN+) L, 3-12 2B Justin Row (R-R) Sr. .349-7-25 Homered and drove in two in the win over Arkansas 25 at Georgia* (SECN+) L, 0-3 27 DAVIDSON (SECN+) W, 5-4 SS LT Tolbert (L-R) Jr. .324-8-56 Grand slam in Sunday’s win over Arkansas 29 TENNESSEE* (ESPNU) W, 6-1 30 TENNESSEE* (SEC Network) W, 6-2 31 TENNESSEE* (SEC Network) W, 6-3 3B Jonah Bride (R-R) Sr. .302-4-31 Reached base in 55 of the team’s 62 games APRIL (9-7) LF Carlos Cortes (L-B) So. .269-15-44 Hitting .500 in the NCAA Tournament 3 vs. North Carolina (BB&T Ballpark) (SECN) L, 3-11 6 at #9 Kentucky* (SECN+) L, 1-14 7 at #9 Kentucky* (SEC Network) W, 15-1 CF Danny Blair (L-R) Jr. .220-2-7 Greenville Regional Most Valuable Player 8 at #9 Kentucky* (ESPNU) L, 5-10 10 at The Citadel W, 12-1 RF Jacob Olson (R-R) Jr. .229-10-34 Leads the team with 20 doubles 12 at #3 Arkansas* (SEC Network) W, 3-2 14 at #3 Arkansas* (SECN+) L, 0-2 (7) DH Madison Stokes (R-R) Sr. .330-11-44 Homered in game one vs. Arkansas 14 at #3 Arkansas* (SECN+) L, 0-3 (7) 17 PRESBYTERIAN (SECN+) L, 4-7 (note probable lineup comes from SID) 20 #19 LSU* (SECN+) W, 11-0 21 #19 LSU* (SECN+) W, 11-4 Game Notes 22 #19 LSU* (SECN+) W, 8-6 - South Carolina forced a deciding third game of the Fayetteville Regional after defeating No. 5 Arkansas, 8-5, on 24 at Furman (Flour Field) W, 10-2 Sunday afternoon. The Gamecocks scored five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, highlighted by LT Tolbert’s 27 at #17 Vanderbilt* (SECN+) W, 8-7 28 at #17 Vanderbilt* (SECN+) L, 1-8 grand slam. 29 at #17 Vanderbilt* (SECN+) W, 10-9 - Carolina has three grand slams this season, two of them coming off the bat of Tolbert. Both of his grand slams have been against Arkansas. He also had a grand slam against the Razorbacks in the SEC Tournament on May 23. MAY (6-4) - Cody Morris picked up his ninth win of the season on Sunday, striking out four in five innings of work. Morris is 4 #4 OLE MISS* (SECN+) W, 13-5 5 #4 OLE MISS* (SECN+) W, 11-6 3-0 with a 0.68 ERA and 28 strikeouts in 26.1 innings pitched in his last four starts. 6 #4 OLE MISS* (SEC Network) L, 5-6 (10) - Carolina will play a deciding third game of a Super Regional for the seventh time in program history. The Game- 9 Coll. of Charleston (Spirit Comm. Park) L, 0-9 cocks are 1-5 in game three, defeating Miami (Fla.) 6-4 in the 2002 Columbia Super Regional. 11 MISSOURI* (SECN+) L, 3-5 - This will be the first game three of a Super Regional for the Gamecocks since 2013, when Carolina fell to North 12 MISSOURI* (SECN+) W, 6-3 13 MISSOURI* (SECN+) W, 1-0 Carolina 5-4 in the third game in Chapel Hill. 17 at Texas A&M* (SECN+) L, 3-6 - Saywer Bridges earned his fifth save of the season in Sunday’s win, pitching a career high 3.1 innings and striking 18 at Texas A&M* (SECN+) W, 5-3 out four Razorbacks. On the season, Bridges is 2-1 with a 1.35 ERA. 19 at Texas A&M* (SEC Network) W, 10-1 - The Gamecocks have yet to announce a starting pitcher. Carolina will choose from a pair of freshmen - Logan 22 vs. Missouri (SEC Network) W, 4-2 23 vs. #8 Arkansas (SEC Network) L, 8-13 Chpaman and Carmen Mlodzinski. Mlodzinski earned the win in the championship game of the Greenville Regional 24 vs. LSU (SEC Network) L, 4-6 (12) against UNC Wilmington. Chapman made the start against Arkansas on April 12, striking out a pair in four innings in a no-decision, a game Carolina went on to win 3-2. JUNE (4-1) - Arkansas will go with redshirt sophomore Isaiah Campbell on the mound. Campbell allowed only two hits and 1 vs. Ohio State (ESPN2) (Greenville, N.C.) W, 8-3 2 at No. 12 East Carolina (ESPN3) W, 4-2 struck out a batter in earning a win on April 14 against the Gamecocks. 4 vs. UNC Wilmington (Greenville, N.C.) W, 8-4 9 at No. 5 Arkansas (ESPN2) L, 3-9 10 at No. 5 Arkansas (ESPN) W, 8-5 11 at No. 5 Arkansas (ESPN) 7 p.m. 16-27 College World Series (Omaha, Neb.) TBA.