Dantzler, Webb, Westmoreland chosen by Blue Jays, Yankees, Marlins As South Carolina’s season came to an end in Chapel Hill, three Gamecocks were chosen to continue their baseball careers in the big leagues. Tyler Webb, L.B.
It’s been a roller coaster homecoming for Gamecock second baseman Max Schrock. A native of Chapel Hill, N.C., Schrock has shone and struggled in his return to his hometown to play against UNC for a place in the College World Series.
Redshirt senior has faced injury, bad play from teammates For Nolan Belcher, it was a familiar experience. Once again, the senior pitcher got little help in a start and wound up without the result he had hoped for, as the Gamecocks dropped a 6-5 decision to North Carolina on Saturday afternoon.
Of their opponents, the Gamecocks may have their most complex relationship with the Tar Heels.
In their regional opener on Friday night, the Gamecocks made things exciting. South Carolina allowed Saint Louis to erase a three-run deficit and tie the game in the eighth inning before pulling away. Facing a confident Liberty squad in the winners’ bracket, the Gamecocks wasted no time draining the suspense out of the contest.
South Carolina fought off a pesky Saint Louis team and pulled out a 7-3 victory Friday night at Carolina Stadium to move into the winner’s bracket avoid an elimination matchup with the Tigers. South Carolina’s bats jumped on Saint Louis early, as the Gamecocks scored in the first, second and fourth innings to open up a 3-0 lead.
USC’s board of trustees approved a $4.965 million project May 28 intended to mitigate the settlement of dirt near Carolina Stadium’s left field that has caused cracking in sidewalks and the stadium’s facade. The high price tag comes from the amount of engineering work the project requires, which USC spokesman Wes Hickman said is “pretty significant.”
Michael Roth serves as an example of what a college baseball career can do to develop a prospective Major Leaguer and the rapid path it can carve through the Minors.
For coach Chad Holbrook, tonight’s baseball game against Gardner-Webb is practically a homecoming.
No. 21 South Carolina (28-10, 8-7 SEC) will start the second half of its SEC season this weekend when it takes on No. 25 Kentucky (24-12, 7-8 SEC).
After Joey Pankake hit a walk-off home run that lifted South Carolina to a 6-5 win over The Citadel Tuesday night, coach Chad Holbrook said the sophomore is a gifted player only scratching the surface of his potential.
The sophomore shortstop lifted the second pitch he saw in the bottom of the ninth for a home run, giving South Carolina a 6-5 victory over The Citadel.
South Carolina clawed its way to a 9-5 victory over Charleston Southern Tuesday night after tough early innings, earning its fifth consecutive win.
Despite an offensive explosion in the first inning of Friday’s 6-4 win over Texas A&M, coach Chad Holbrook was far from complimentary about South Carolina’s performance on the day.
Before South Carolina hosted Texas A&M, coach Chad Holbrook said the team had to dig itself out of a hole it created by getting swept at home by Arkansas last weekend.
The USC baseball team has a sign hanging in its clubhouse that reads, “A man knows not his own strength until he has met adversity.” Coach Chad Holbrook told reporters Wednesday that now is the ideal time for his players to read that sign. After being swept by the Razorbacks in a home series last weekend, the Gamecocks will look to bounce back in a three-game series against the Aggies, which begins Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Carolina Stadium.
The Gamecocks were dominated by Arkansas’ pitchers in all three weekend games.