PHOTOS: Highlights from South Carolina baseball scrimmages

"The South Carolina baseball team held a series of intrasquad scrimmages in preparation of its upcoming spring season. The Garnet and Black World Series saw the roster split into two teams for a best-of-three series in front of small crowds as the players look towards their season beginning in February. The afternoon scrimmages were held on Nov. 2, 3 and 5 and featured both new and returning players.

The Gamecocks' Garnet team members drench each other in Gatorade following the conclusion of their Garnet and Black scrimmage on Nov. 5, 2022. Garnet won the game 5-1, earning the victory in this year's Garnet and Black World Series.

The Garnet team waits to take the field in its dugout with assistant head coach Monte Lee during their Garnet and Black scrimmage on Nov. 2, 2022. This year's team finished off its past season with a record of 27-28 overall.

Members of the Garnet team stepped up to the plate during an intrasquad scrimmage on Nov. 2, 2022, pitting members of the South Carolina baseball team against each other. The game was the first of three in this year's Garnet and Black World Series.

Senior infielder Braylen Wimmer slides into home plate scoring a run for the Black team during their scrimmage on Nov. 2, 2022. Wimmer played and started in all 55 games for South Carolina last season, making him the only Gamecock to start every game for the 2022 season.

Sophomore catcher/infielder Cole Messina attempts to pick off transfer outfielder Dylan Brewer at first base during an intrasquad scrimmage on Nov. 2, 2022. Messina and the Garnet team went on to win the three game Garnet and Black World Series later in the week.

Freshman pitcher Connor McCreery is greeted by sophomore catcher/infielder Cole Messina during the first game of the 2022 Garnet and Black World Series on Nov. 2, 2022. McCreery's and Messina's Garnet team would go on to win two of the three games.

Sixth-year infielder Will McGillis hits a ball into the outfield during the second inning of the Garnet and Black scrimmage on Nov. 5, 2022. Will McGillis, one of South Carolina's newest transfer portal recruits, aims to earn a starting position for the Gamecocks after starting 58 games last season at Southern Miss.

Senior catcher Jonathan French waits for a pitch in the Garnet and Black scrimmage on Nov. 5, 2022. French joins the Gamecocks from the transfer portal after three years at Clemson.

Senior pitcher Noah Hall pitches on Nov. 5, 2022, in the Gamecocks' Garnet and Black scrimmage. Hall, pitching for the Black team, was selected in the 20th round of the 2022 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers.

Sophomore outfielder Evan Stone rounds third base and slides into home, putting the Garnet team up 2-0 against the Black team on Nov. 5, 2022. Stone scored a total of 16 runs for the Gamecocks in the 2022 season.

Sophomore outfielder Evan Stone hits the ball for the Garnet team and runs to the base on Nov. 5, 2022. Stone received the SEC First-Year Academic Award following his freshman year.

Sophomore outfielder Evan Stone celebrates scoring an early run for the Garnet team on Nov. 5, 2022. Stone participated in 46 games with Gamecocks last season, starting a total of 28 times.

The Garnet team huddles together in the outfield giving brief speeches before its scrimmage against the Black team on Nov. 5, 2022. The South Carolina baseball team held a intrasquad scrimmage in front a small crowd to prepare themselves for its upcoming season.