Baseball team aims to stay hot at home against Charleston
Entering the weekend having lost two of its prior three games, many thought No. 4 South Carolina would be hard-pressed to beat Georgia in its first conference series of the season.
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Entering the weekend having lost two of its prior three games, many thought No. 4 South Carolina would be hard-pressed to beat Georgia in its first conference series of the season.
That changed in the third game, but it didn't stand in the way of the Gamecocks' series-clinching victory.
After thriving at the plate through much of the first month of the season, No. 4 South Carolina came into Wednesday’s meeting with Wofford with its bats in a cold spell and in the midst of a two-game losing streak. Thanks to a 13-hit performance, however, that cold spell may be coming to an end.
After a two-game hiatus, South Carolina's bats appear to have woken up.
However, this was not the case on Tuesday night, as Carolina fell to the Paladins 4-2 at Fluor Field in Greenville.
It is foolish to single out any one rivalry in collegiate athletics as the best of them all. While I have no reservations about declaring the best rivalry in all of sports (Yankees-Red Sox) or the history of mankind (Capitalists-Communists), I think it's best to classify each major college rivalry on its own merit and not try to compare what is unfit for comparison.
Getting into Ray Tanner’s lineup can be tough, especially when South Carolina’s 15-year coach has as many quality hitters in his dugout as he does this season. Accordingly, when a player gets a start, he’d be wise to produce and earn more at-bats.
As he stepped off the podium following his postgame press conference this past Sunday, Ray Tanner said Steven Neff would likely be the starter for Tuesday’s midweek game against Furman. Tanner stressed South Carolina was going to have to rely on Neff the entire season, and it had to get him pitching well after a rough start.
How the rest of the SEC, plus Clemson, fared this weekend
South Carolina accumulated a 14-0 record in midweek nonconference games in 2010.
So, he prayed.
John Taylor's opportunity was fading.
With the pressure and anticipation for opening day over, USC's baseball team is focusing on its next opponent.
How the rest of the SEC, plus Clemson, fared this weekend
"I enjoyed it. I really did," coach Ray Tanner said. "I thought it was outstanding."
When Adam Westmoreland walked over the first base line and toward the South Carolina dugout, he was reaching the end of a long, hard journey.
Taking the field for the first time as the defending champion, South Carolina kicked off its new season the same way it did last year.
With the talk about BBCOR standards and ball exit speed over the past few weeks, I half-expected to show up to the ballpark and see a bunch of guys hitting with bats that had the composition of a soggy baguette in a defensive-battle bound to end 4-1 or 5-2.
For second baseman Scott Wingo, the feeling of scoring the run that won the College World Series is not one he’ll ever forget.
Like it does in football, the Southeastern Conference has a reputation as the best college baseball league in the nation.