Baseball Faces NC State Saturday Night

FOR STARTERS

• South Carolina will face host NC State in a Raleigh Regional winner’s bracket game Saturday night (June 1) at Doak Field on NC State’s campus.
• First pitch is set for 6 p.m.
• The game will be televised on ESPN+ with Dani Wexelman and Roddy Jones on the call.
• Friday’s game also will be on the Gamecock Sports Network presented by Learfield with Derek Scott and Stuart Lake on the call.

JMU RECAP

• Will Tippett’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th inning gave Carolina an 8-7 win over James Madison on Friday afternoon.
• Cole Messina hit a two-out, two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth, his 21st of the season, to tie the game at seven.
• Chris Veach struck out four in 4.2 innings of relief and now has 11 strikeouts in 11.2 innings pitched in the postseason (SEC and NCAA Tournaments).
• Messina was joined by Tippett, Blake Jackson and Kennedy Jones in the home run count on Friday.
• Carolina won its first game of 2024 when trailing after eight innings.

PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP
South Carolina Garrett Gainey (Sr. LHP) 1-4, 3.75 ERA, 48.0 IP, 9 BB, 64 SO
NC State Dominic Fritton (So. LHP) 3-5, 7.00 ERA, 63.0 IP, 39 BB, 64 SO