April 6, 2015
South Carolina-Appalachian State Game Notes 
COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina (21-11) returns home for a two-game homestand at Carolina Stadium beginning on Tuesday night hosting Appalachian State (10-23). First pitch is set for 7 p.m. with the game broadcast on SEC Network Plus and on the Gamecock IMG Network including flagship station, 107.5 FM, “The Game.”
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TO BE HONORED BEFORE TUESDAY’S BASEBALL GAME
The South Carolina women’s basketball team will be honored on Tuesday evening prior to the Gamecock baseball game versus Appalachian State. Gamecock fans will join the team in celebrating the historic 2014-15 season, including the regular-season and SEC Tournament championships and advancing to the NCAA Final Four. Head coach Dawn Staley and team members will be honored on the field, beginning at approximately 6:30 p.m.
Parking for Tuesday’s baseball game is available in the Capital City Baseball Stadium parking lot and the Colonial Life Arena Lot B with shuttles to Carolina Stadium. The shuttles begin two hours prior to first pitch and cost $3. Parking near the baseball stadium is available for $5 or $10.
Women’s basketball season ticket holders should check their email later Monday afternoon for a special offer for Tuesday’s celebration.
LIVE COVERAGE
Radio: Gamecock Radio Network/flagship 107.5 FM “The Game”(Andy Demetra & Tommy Moody)
Broadcast: SEC Network Plus (Derek Scott & Trey Dyson)
Internet: Additional coverage on Twitter @GamecockBasebll
South Carolina vs. Appalachian State
Carolina Stadium
Tuesday April 7 (7 p.m. ET)
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PROBABLE PITCHING ROTATION
Tuesday
South Carolina – Reed Scott (So. RHP) 0-1, 2.67 ERA, 27.0 IP, 13 BB, 17 SO
Appalachian State – Sean Mason (So. RHP) 0-1, 9.45 ERA, 13.1 IP, 17 BB, 12 SO
SERIES HISTORY
South Carolina leads 10-1
DID YOU KNOW??
Kyle Martin leads the SEC with a .733 slugging percentage and a .526 on-base percentage in 12 league games.
RANKINGS
South Carolina is ranked by four publications. The Gamecocks are No. 20 by the NCBWA, No. 21 by Perfect Game and in the USA Today Coaches Poll and No. 26 by Collegiate Baseball.
K-MART
Senior first baseman Kyle Martin continues to perform at a high level. Martin was 4-for-10 in the MSU series with three runs scored and four RBI for the Gamecocks. Martin was 1-for-3 with two walks, a run scored and three RBI in the 13-7 win at Mississippi State. Martin is hitting .379 (44-for-116) with six homers, eight doubles, 29 runs scored and 33 RBI. He has 20 walks to 11 strikeouts with a .469 on-base percentage and a .621 slugging percentage. He is tied for second in the SEC in RBI, tied for seventh in homers and ninth in batting average, slugging percentage and on-base percentage also. Martin is hitting .422 in SEC games with a .733 slugging percentage and a .526 on-base percentage in 12 league games. His 14 RBI in SEC game as well as his slugging percentage and on-base percentage is best in the SEC in SEC games.
MURRAY IN RELIEF
Freshman right-hander Brandon Murray picked up his fourth win of the year and is now 4-0 on the season with three wins in SEC play as he pitched 5.2 innings of relief allowing just two runs on four hits in the 13-7 victory at Mississippi State. Murray’s 5-2 innings marked the longest outing of his Gamecock career. For the season, Murray is 4-0 with a 1.71 ERA in 10 relief appearances with a save. He has 11 strikeouts to four walks and opponents batting .181 against him.
MAX IT OUT
Junior infielder Max Schrock had a career day for the Gamecocks going 5-for-6 with a homer, two RBI and two runs scored in the 13-7 win at Mississippi State. Schrock also was busy in the field with eight assists, which is a season-high by a Gamecock player in a game this year as well. Schrock hit .571 for the series and raised his season batting average to .287 (33-for-115) with four homers, six doubles, 26 RBI and 27 runs scored. He has 24 walks to 10 strikeouts with a .401 on-base percentage and a. 461 slugging mark. Schrock is hitting .308 (16-for-52) in league games with 13 RBI as well.
Schrock has driven in 13 runs in conference play, that is tied for second-highest in the SEC.
CONE LEADS IT OFF
Sophomore outfielder Gene Cone scored four runs in the 13-7 win at Mississippi State on Saturday. The four runs is an individual high by a Gamecock player in a game this season. Cone is hitting .288 (34-for-118) for the year with a .421 on-base percentage and a team-high 30 runs scored on the year. Cone has started all 32 games in center field for the Gamecocks.
Cone tied a school record for putouts by an outfielder in a game with nine on March 24 at Coastal Carolina.
IN THE CROWE’S NEST
Sophomore right-hander Wil Crowe is among league leaders in strikeouts with 56 in 47.0 innings, that is tied for fourth highest in the conference. Crowe is 3-3 with a 4.02 ERA. His 47.0 innings are tied for 14th highest in the conference.
Crowe earned SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week honors as announced by the league office on March 16 after a win vs. Kentucky. Crowe was phenomenal allowing just one run, unearned, on one hit with three walks and 10 strikeouts in seven innings of work in the 10-1 victory vs. Kentucky. His 10 strikeouts tied a career-high. Crowe allowed just a single in the first inning to the Wildcats, who came into Columbia this weekend riding an 11-game winning streak and hitting .312 at the plate.
Crowe is the first Gamecock this season to earn a conference weekly honor. The league office twice recognized him in 2014, once as SEC Pitcher of the Week and once as SEC Freshman of the Week.
CALDWELL A HIT
Senior outfielder Elliott Caldwell leads the Gamecocks at the plate with a .380 average (41-for-108) with 19 runs scored and 21 RBI. He has a .461 on-base percentage and a .537 slugging mark. Caldwell hit .500 (6-for-12) in the Mississippi State series with two runs scored and three RBI. Caldwell was 2-for-4 with two RBI in the 13-7 win vs. the Bulldogs. He also had two triples on the week and leads the Gamecocks with four for the season, tied for third highest in the conference. Caldwell owns a team-high 14 multi-hit games.
Caldwell hit .357 (5-for-14) in the Missouri series with a pair of RBI. He was 2-for-5 with a RBI on Saturday and on Sunday vs. the Tigers. Caldwell also made ESPN’s SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays on Saturday with the No. 8 play of the day with a diving catch in left field.
Caldwell hit .636 (7-for-11) in the Kentucky series with four runs scored, a triple, two homers and four RBI. Caldwell went 2-for-4 in the 10-1 win, followed that up going 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a two-run homer in the 4-3 victory over the Wildcats and went 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI including a game-tying homer in the bottom of the ninth inning in Sunday’s 6-4 10-inning win. Caldwell’s homer on Saturday was the first of his career in a Gamecock uniform.
JACK OF ALL TRADES
Junior left-hander Jack Wynkoop suffered a loss despite keeping the Gamecocks in it on Friday in a 7-5 loss at Mississippi State. Wynkoop allowed seven runs, one earned, on 14 hits in 6.1 innings with a walk and four strikeouts. For the season, Wynkoop is 4-3 with a 2.19 ERA in 53.1 innings with seven walks and 45 strikeouts. Opponents are hitting .259 against him. Wynkoop ranks fourth in the SEC in innings pitched, sixth in earned run average and tied for 12th in strikeouts.
Wynkoop earned the Tom Price Award as Gamecock MVP of the Clemson series. Wynkoop worked six-plus innings and allowed just one run in the 4-1 victory vs. the Tigers.
Wynkoop is in the weekend rotation for a third straight year. He has made 34 starts in his career, that is second-highest among all returning SEC pitchers.
DC DELIVERS
Junior infielder DC Arendas drove in a season-high three runs in the 13-7 win at Mississippi State. Arendas also hit his first homer in Friday’s 7-5 loss. For the season he is batting .235 (16-for-68) with a .442 on-base percentage.
A CLOSER LOOK AT WIDENER
Sophomore right-hander Taylor Widener pitched a perfect ninth inning to earn a save on Tuesday at The Citadel and followed that up with one inning of work with just one hit and one unearned run allowed in the 13-7 win at Mississippi State. Widener is 1-2 with a 3.24 ERA in 16.2 innings with 25 strikeouts to nine walks. His seven saves tie him for second in the SEC.
MINCEY MAKES HIS MARK
Senior right-hander Cody Mincey pitched a career-high four scoreless innings of relief and struck out a career-high seven batters to earn a win in the 2-0 victory at The Citadel last Tuesday. Mincey has 13 strikeouts in 13.0 innings pitched with eight relief appearances. Opponents are hitting .233 against him. He had 0.1 scoreless innings in the 7-5 loss on Friday vs. MSU.
KEY HITS FROM KOCH
Sophomore catcher Logan Koch went 2-for-3 vs. Mississippi State in the 7-5 loss and followed that up with a double and a run scored in the 13-7 win at MSU. Koch hit a game-winning two-run homer in Friday’s 2-0 win over Miami and followed that up with a two-run single with the bases loaded in a 7-0 win. Koch hit .375 (3-for-8) in the Miami series.
GREAT SCOTT
Sophomore right-hander Reed Scott tied a career-high with seven innings pitched in a 4-3 loss vs. Georgia. The start was only Scott’s third of the season. He allowed four runs, two earned, on seven hits with three walks and six strikeouts. Scott is 0-1 with a 2.67 ERA in 27.0 innings with 13 walks to 17 strikeouts.
STOKES HAS SUCCESS
Freshman infielder Madison Stokes was 1-for-2 with a RBI in the 2-0 win at The Citadel and 2-for-5 with a run scored in the 13-7 win at Mississippi State.
ON THE MOUND
For the season, South Carolina pitchers own a team ERA of 3.06. The Gamecocks have allowed 127 runs, 99 earned, on 253 hits in 291.0 innings with 119 walks to 272 strikeouts. Opponents are batting .236 against the Gamecocks. South Carolina’s ERA ranks fifth-best in the SEC with batters struck out fifth-best as well.
AT THE PLATE & ON THE FIELD
South Carolina is hitting .262 (277-for-1058) as a team with 187 runs scored, a .358 on-base percentage and a .377 slugging mark. The Gamecocks are fielding .969 for the year.
SUPERLATIVES
South Carolina is 20-3 on the year when allowing five runs or less. South Carolina is 19-3 on the year with a lead entering the seventh innings. The Gamecocks are 17-3 when allowing less than 10 hits, 9-3 when recording double-digit hits and 14-1 when out-hitting its opponent. South Carolina is 11-8 in games decided by three runs or less.
