Infield banking on a healthy Schrock
By Dalton Abel | Feb. 12, 2015The Gamecock infield may have lost three-year starting third baseman Joey Pankake to the MLB, but they hope to replace his offensive production with a healthy Max Schrock.
The Gamecock infield may have lost three-year starting third baseman Joey Pankake to the MLB, but they hope to replace his offensive production with a healthy Max Schrock.
After receiving over 1,000 submissions for the "Name our Team" contest, Columbia Pro Ball hosted a forum to discuss the name gracing the front of the team's jersey in 2016.
With Tuesday marking the first day of postseason play in Major League Baseball, it is time to look back on former Gamecocks who made an impact in the MLB this season.
Columbia is no stranger to sports. Anyone who's tried to get around town on gameday can tell you that.
Jason Freier, CEO of Hardball Capital, the owners of the Columbia team, said that the company will let the people of Columbia pick the team's name.
Position players Tanner English, Grayson Greiner and Joey Pankake have seemingly picked up right where they left off with the Gamecocks, now taking their hacks for separate professional clubs.
Everybody and their mother knows the history. Back-to-back national champions in 2010 and 2011. Making it back to the title game in 2012, but falling to Arizona.
South Carolina’s roller-coaster ride of a season came to an unexpected halt Sunday night after its second loss to Maryland in as many days trounced them from the regional tournament.
Regional host South Carolina used a dominant pitching performance from freshman Wil Crowe Sunday afternoon to keep its postseason hopes alive in a 9-0 throttling of Campbell.
In Friday’s tilt against Campbell, if there was one thing the Gamecocks had, it was starting pitching. Friday starter Jordan Montgomery pitched into the ninth inning, and seemed to control every aspect of the ball game.
Just one outing after being ripped to the tune of four earned runs over three and 2/3 innings by Mississippi State, junior Jordan Montgomery bounced back in a big way, earning a win in a 5-2 victory over Campbell Friday night.
After winning Friday’s opener and dropping game two Saturday, the South Carolina baseball team (34-11, 12-9 SEC) took a 9-3 win over Alabama to clinch the series.
It was a low-scoring affair Saturday afternoon at Carolina Stadium, as the Gamecocks would only score one run in a 2-1 loss to Alabama.
Before the South Carolina baseball team kicked off its three-game set against Alabama, head coach Chad Holbrook called it the “biggest series of the year.”
Head baseball coach Chad Holbrook doesn’t think this weekend’s series against Alabama will make or break the Gamecocks’ chances of earning a national seed in the NCAA tournament.
The South Carolina baseball team took its time getting on the board Wednesday, falling into an early deficit against USC Upstate, but the Gamecock bats would come alive in due time to secure a 6-1 victory over the Spartans.
After two weeks of turmoil in the South Carolina baseball team was ended with a series victory at Auburn, the arrow was seemingly pointing up for the Gamecocks when they took on Davidson Tuesday night.