The South Carolina baseball program announced Tuesday that sophomore pitcher Wil Crowe will miss the remainder of the 2015 season due to a torn UCL to his right elbow, an MRI revealed.
A surgery date has not been set for Crowe.
Crowe, a Sevierville, Tennessee native, has been the Gamecocks’ Friday night starting pitcher for most of the season, and his three wins are tied for the third-most on the team.
Crowe enjoyed early success but had struggled recently, posting an 11.77 ERA in the last three outings.
The 6-foot-2-inch, 240-pound right-hander surrendered seven earned runs over 4.1 innings of work against Florida this past Friday in what would turn out to be his last appearance of the year.
Crowe finishes the year with a 3-4 record, a 4.91 ERA and 59 strikeouts.
Due the nature and timing of the injury, it’s likely that Crowe could definitely miss the 2016 season as well.
Out of high school, Crowe was drafted in the 31st round of the 2013 MLB Draft by the Cleveland Indians before deciding to play at the collegiate level with South Carolina.
Following his junior season, Crowe will once again be eligible to leave college for the League.
As a freshman in 2014, Crowe earned All-America honors from Baseball America as he started 15 games while going 8-3 with a 2.75 ERA.
The announcement of Crowe’s season-ending injury comes at an already tough time for the Gamecocks, as South Carolina has lost nine of its last 12 SEC games.
With the injury, it’s expected that junior Jack Wynkoop will become South Carolina’s No. 1 ace, a role he held at the beginning of the season.
South Carolina begins a three-game series against No. 5 Vanderbilt on Thursday.