Gamecocks Set To Return Home For Campbell
April 17, 2018
No. 12 South Carolina vs. Campbell
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — No. 12 South Carolina softball returns home for a 6:00 PM ET first pitch against Campbell on SEC Network Plus this Wednesday at Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field. The game is the start of four-straight games at home for the Gamecocks.
Where to Park
Fans are encouraged to park in the Heyward Street Parking Garage for all home games this season.
The upcoming week
The Gamecocks (No. 12/12) return home for four-straight games starting with Campbell at 6:00 PM ET on Wednesday night. Carolina is a perfect 12-0 all-time against Campbell.
Carolina comes into the week with an impressive 34-10 record, including an 8-7 mark in SEC play. Carolina earned win No. 34 on the year last Wednesday with a commanding 7-0 win over Winthrop. Dixie Raley led the way in the circle while a pair of early home runs paced the Carolina offense.
Carolina is set to be on TV for the 26th time this season with the Campbell game.
South Carolina’s opponents for the week came in with a combined 45-44 record. The three- game series against Missouri this weekend will be the first time all season the Gamecocks haven’t faced a ranked opponent in conference play. Carolina is two for two thus far in SEC home series and one for three on the road with three left.
The 2018 season… It’s been a real hit!
Carolina hasn’t been afraid to get hit by pitches this season, posting an SEC-best 61 thus far through 44 games. The next closest? Mississippi State at 40.
Jana Johns has led the way in the hit by pitch race with a team-best 19 thus far.
With 19, Johns has more hit by pitches by herself than two SEC teams and is tied with another.
In the national standings, the Gamecocks are very well represented as well. Johns checks in at No. 5 in the hit by pitches per game, while Kenzi Maguire is at 29 and Kennedy Clark is at 108. In the SEC, they check in a No. 1, 2 and 6 (in that same order).
What a year… Some big points
Carolina has achieved some major highpoints just 44 games into the 2018 season. The first came early in the year, when the Gamecocks posted a 17-game winning streak, marking the longest streak of its kind since 1997.
With the 17-game victory streak, Carolina got off to its best 20-game start in program history with 19 wins. Nine of those wins came at home at Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field.
Home sweet home
Home is where the heart is, and it’s also where plenty of success has been found for the Gamecocks with an 18-1 record thus far.
Carolina is batting .296 in home games, outscoring opponents 103-38 (+65) in 19 games. The Gamecocks pitching staff has produced with a 1.84 ERA with 89 strikeouts and just 40 walks.
Carolina history lesson… Let’s talk about the SEC
Since moving away from the divisional format in 2014, Carolina’s best finish has been 8th in 2014. The Gamecocks finished that season 11-13 in conference play and 36-22 overall. (Gamecocks currently sit in 6th).
Carolina has taken three conference series over ranked opponents this season, marking the first time ever in the SEC era the Gamecocks have done so.
Runs! Runs! Runs!
Carolina hasn’t been hurting in offense this season, as that side of the ball has outscored opponents 219-90 (+120) through 44 games. A deeper look into that, on average the Gamecocks are outscoring teams 5.97-1.88 thus far.
Where there are runs, there must be hits. Carolina batters have out-hit opponents 289-216 thus far, average about four more hits a game then their opposing batters.
