Widener ready to start
By Marion McCurry | Feb. 17, 2016Taylor Widener holds both himself and his teammates to a high standard this year as the Gamecocks look to bounce back from a rough 2015 season.
Taylor Widener holds both himself and his teammates to a high standard this year as the Gamecocks look to bounce back from a rough 2015 season.
Growing up, the Home Run Derby was a fun event to watch with my family. I was amazed by the players and wanted to be one of the kids chasing the balls.
Multiple Gamecocks are spending the summer playing in summer leagues across the country. Some players have stayed local and are teammates, while others have ventured far away.
As a child, I fell in love with the game of baseball. I participated in my city's recreation league every year, forced friends and family to play catch at every opportunity and followed MLB religiously.
UPDATE: The Washington Nationals drafted junior Max Schrock with their 13th round pick.
Check out how South Carolina's softball, baseball, men's and women's tennis, and women's golf did with the end of their seasons.
No. 1 LSU turned up the pressure on the Gamecocks Saturday night, as they got up early and never looked back in an 8-1 Tiger victory.
LSU proved themselves the No. 1 seed in the nation as they took a lengthy win against South Carolina for the second game of the weekend series.
Alex Destino and South Carolina baseball brought the hammer down on USC Upstate Tuesday night.
Aggies Walk-Off Over Gamecocks South Carolina (29-22) had a win snatched away in the 9th inning, as they fell to No. 2 Texas A&M (42-8). The loss means the Gamecocks will have to wait for the rubber match Sunday to try for a series victory, which they haven’t done since sweeping Kentucky in mid-March.
Gamecocks Hold on to Defeat Terriers In a game started by sophomore lefthander Josh Reagan, South Carolina (28-21) got just enough out of its offense to defeat Wofford (33-17) to beat an in-state team for the first time in nearly a month.
For the second straight game, the South Carolina offense struggled to do much of anything on Sunday as the Gamecocks lost 3-0 in the series finale against Auburn.
In desperate need of another victory against a quality opponent, South Carolina let one get away from itself as the Gamecocks lost 6-2 to Auburn despite a stellar performance by sophomore pitcher Taylor Widener.
South Carolina head coach Chad Holbrook doesn’t want to think about what this season would be like if it wasn’t for senior first baseman Kyle Martin and junior Jack Wynkoop.
Coming off a surprising series win against No. 4 Vanderbilt, South Carolina looked to keep the momentum in a midweek game against Furman in Greenville Tuesday.
The past few weeks have been a tumultuous period for the South Carolina baseball team.
Taking two out of three games from a talented Vanderbilt team will have that type of effect on a locker room that had been filled with gloom and self-loathe in the past few weeks.