March 23, 2009
Columbia, S.C. – South Carolina went 3-2 on the week with midweek victories vs. Davidson and Furman and a victory in one of three games vs. LSU in the team’s first SEC home series of the season. South Carolina is 14-6 on the year. The Gamecocks will be back in action beginning Tuesday at College of Charleston with first pitch set for 7 p.m. Carolina then returns home for a Wednesday non-conference tilt vs. Georgia Southern, that first pitch is also 7 p.m. South Carolina heads back on the road this weekend with a three-game series at Kentucky.
South Carolina Baseball Notebook
Record: 14-6
SEC: 2-4
Home: 11-4
Away: 3-2
Last Week: 3-2
3/17/09 – vs. Davidson (W, 6-0)
3/18/09 – at Furman (W, 15-0)
3/20/09 – LSU (W, 7-3)
3/21/09 – LSU (L, 10-3)
3/22/09 – LSU (L, 11-3)
NOTES:
Freshman outfielder Jackie Bradley, Jr. had the top bat this week as he batted 6-for-15 (.500) in the five games … Five of his six hits for the week were extra base hits (three doubles, two homers) … Bradley, Jr. reached base three times with a solo home run in the 7-3 win vs. LSU on Friday night … He also homered in the Wednesday night win at Furman … He is currently on a four-game hitting streak.
Sophomore right-hander Sam Dyson won a pitching duel vs. LSU’s Anthony Ranaudo on Friday night as the Gamecock hurler went seven innings allowing one run on two hits to pick up the victory … He struck out five in the contest … Dyson owns a 3-1 record with a 2.73 ERA in 29.2 innings pitched … He also has 28 strikeouts … Teams are only batting .167 against him.
Senior left-hander Alex Farotto continues to factor in Gamecock victories as his two-inning stint vs. LSU earned him a save … Farotto has factored in a win in all six appearances, sporting a 2-0 record with four saves … He has 19 strikeouts in 13.2 innings, opponents are only batting .114 against him.
Senior infielder Andrew Crisp had his nine-game hitting streak snapped in the Sunday loss vs. LSU … Despite the hitting streak being snapped, Crisp has been among the team’s leaders in hitting with a .312 average (24-for-77) with five HR and 17 RBI … He is also batting .318 in SEC games (7-for-22) with a team-high nine RBI in SEC contests … Crisp became the 22nd player in South Carolina history to record over 200 hits with a single in Wednesday’s game … He now has 204 in his career that puts him at 20th on the All-Time list … Crisp and senior DeAngelo Mack are tied for the team high in multi-hit games with eight.
South Carolina continues to hit home runs as the Gamecocks have now homered in 19 of 20 games this year … The team now owns a total of 37 for the season … South Carolina is hitting .299 (200-for-668) as a team with 142 runs scored, 34 doubles and six triples.
The Gamecocks continued to field well with a .975 fielding percentage and only 19 errors for the season … South Carolina pitchers recorded consecutive shutouts in Tuesday’s win vs. Davidson and Wednesday’s win vs. Furman … The Gamecocks now have five shutouts for the year … South Carolina is 6-0 in games decided by two runs or less … Carolina is also 13-0 on the year when allowing five runs or less by an opponent … The staff owns a 4.86 ERA in 176 innings with 181 strikeouts … Opponents are batting just .232 against the squad.
South Carolina sophomore right-hander Parker Bangs pitched seven scoreless innings in his first career start and combined with freshman reliever Matt Price to hurl a three-hit shutout as South Carolina defeated Davidson 6-0 … In his third appearance on the mound this season, Bangs limited the Wildcats to two hits and two walks while tying a career-high with seven strikeouts … Bangs also helped himself out with the bat as he went 2-for-2 with a RBI at the plate.
South Carolina pounded out a season-high 22 hits and scored in six of nine innings at the plate on its way to a 15-0 victory over Furman on Wednesday evening at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C. … The offense backed up a solid start by Gamecock junior right-hander Blake Cooper, who worked six scoreless innings and combined with four relief pitchers to limit the Paladins to two hits to earn the victory … South Carolina’s 22-hit total ties for the ninth highest total of hits by a Carolina team under head coach Ray Tanner … It is the most hits by the South Carolina since March 23, 2007 when the Gamecocks totaled 25 hits at Mississippi State … 12 different players recorded at least one hit … Nick Ebert continued swinging his hot bat with a 3-for-3 day at the plate with two runs scored and two RBI. … DeAngelo Mack was also 3-for-5 and tied his career-high with four RBI … Scott Wingo tied a career-high in hits as he finished 3-for-5 as well at the plate … Whit Merrifield was 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBI … Carolina out-hit the Paladins 22-2 in the game and finished with a season-high 33 total bases.
South Carolina head coach Ray Tanner will meet up again with one of his former assistant coaches on Tuesday night … College of Charleston head coach Monte Lee served as assistant from 2003-08 at South Carolina before taking over the reins of the Cougar program … This will mark the third time this season Coach Tanner has played against one of his former assistants.
Next Week:
3/24 – at College of Charleston (7 p.m.)
3/25 – vs. Georgia Southern (7 p.m.)
3/27 – at Kentucky (6:30 p.m.)
3/28 – at Kentucky (1 p.m.)
3/29 – at Kentucky (1 p.m.)
All times Eastern
