Oct. 24, 2007

Columbia, S.C. – The South Carolina baseball team will wrap up fall practice this weekend with the Garnet & Black World Series at Sarge Frye Field. The three-game intrasquad series begins on Friday night at 6 pm with Saturday and Sunday’s games scheduled for 1:30 pm. All three scrimmages are open to the public.

Captains for the two squads are senior catcher Phil Disher and senior outfielder Harley Lail. Both the Friday and Sunday games will last seven innings with the Saturday contest set for eight innings. Rosters for both teams were decided in a draft with the two players.

GARNET TEAM

Pitchers
#3 Justin Hopper (OF)
#11 Will Casey
#16 Brandon Todd
#19 Sean Wideberg
#29 Nick Godwin
#35 Clay Mitchell
#38 Keegan Linza
#42 Parker Bangs (DH)

Catchers
#7 Richard Royal
#50 Phil Disher

Infielders
#4 James Darnell
#5 Whit Merrifield
#8 Scott Wingo
#40 Jesse Barbaro

Outfielders
#13 Graham Couch
#17 DeAngelo Mack
#22 Jonathan Ratledge

Head Coach – Phil Disher
Assistant Coaches – Jay Brown & Curtis Johnson

BLACK TEAM

Pitchers
#10 Craig Thomas
#26 Will Atwood
#30 Alex Farotto
#31 Heath Hembree
#33 Alex Burrell
#34 Tyler Musselwhite
#45 Evan Goldberg

Catchers
#18 Kyle Enders
#25 Sam Mahoney

Infielders
#2 Andrew Crisp
#12 Justin Smoak
#32 Chris Love
#39 Sean McBride

Outfielders
#14 Ryan Wilkins
#15 Harley Lail
#21 Adam Crisp
#23 Jose Rodriguez

Head Coach – Harley Lail
Assistant Coaches – Mike Cisco & Reese Havens

Starting Pitchers

Friday
Garnet – Parker Bangs
Black – Craig Thomas

Saturday
Garnet – Tyler Musselwhite
Black – Nick Godwin

Sunday
Garnet – Brandon Todd
Black – Will Atwood

South Carolina is one of only two schools in the nation to reach the NCAA Super Regionals in seven of the last eight years (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007). Since the 2000 season, the Gamecocks are the only SEC squad to reach the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament each year and have compiled eight consecutive 40-plus win seasons. The Gamecocks have also put together a 388-155 record in that span, the fourth highest win total in Division I baseball as well as an SEC-best 147-92 in conference match-ups. That list also includes three trips to the College World Series (2002, 2003, 2004), two SEC Championships (2000, 2002) and one SEC Tournament title (2004).