Baseball Falls to the College of Charleston Tuesday Night
May 9, 2018
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The University of South Carolina baseball team had just one hit on the night and the College of Charleston led from the first batter of the game in a 9-0 win over the Gamecocks Tuesday night (May 9) at Spirit Communications Park, home of the Columbia Fireflies.
Dupree Hart opened the game with a solo home run in the first. The Cougars made it 2-0 in the third as Hart brought in Tommy Richter with a single.
Charleston scored four runs in the fourth frame, highlighted by a two-run single from Bradley Dixon. The Cougars added three in the fifth on four hits with Richter bringing in the final run on a single to left.
Justin Row had the lone hit for Carolina. Evan Sisk went seven innings, striking out five while Justin Baker came in for the final two frames with three strikeouts. Carmen Mlodzinski took the loss for the Gamecocks. He allowed five runs and seven hits but struck out six in 3.1 innings. John Gilreath struck out three and did not allow a hit in 2.1 innings of relief while Hunter Lomas had a pair of punchouts in the ninth inning.
GAMECHANGER
The Gamecocks had just one hit on the night, while the College of Charleston had 15 on its way to a win.
KEY STAT
The Cougars had eight hits in the fourth and fifth frames, scoring seven runs in those two innings.
NOTABLE
- The game was played at Spirit Communications Park, home of the Columbia Fireflies. A portion of all ticket sales went to the Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital.
- Carolina was shut out for the fourth time this season.
- Eight of Charleston’s nine starters had a hit in tonight’s game.
- Carolina’s pitching staff struck out 12 Cougars, with Carmen Mlodzinski putting up six punchouts in 3.1 innings.
- The attendance was 5,867 at Spirit Communications Park.
UP NEXT
South Carolina will open a three-game series against Missouri this Friday (May 11) at Founders Park. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m.
