Baseball Faces Winthrop, Presbyterian in Midweek Contests

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The University of South Carolina baseball team hosts a pair of games in the first midweek action of the 2020 season. The Gamecocks will face Winthrop Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 18) and Presbyterian Wednesday afternoon (Feb. 19). Both of those games are weather permitting and will start at 4 p.m. Both games will be streamed on SEC Network Plus with Burch Antley and Kip Bouknight on the call. Both games also will be broadcast on The Game 107.5 FM with Drew Meyer and Tommy Moody on the call. Carolina opened the 2020 season with a three-game sweep of Holy Cross, earning the first opening weekend sweep since 2016.
 
PARKING INFORMATION
For the fourth straight season, shuttle parking for the University of South Carolina baseball season will be operational at the Key Road Gravel Lot (1105 Key Road) and in Lot B of the Colonial Life Arena parking lot. Shuttles will begin running two hours prior to game time.
 
We strongly recommend that fans use the baseball shuttle from Key Road to Founders Park over the CLA shuttle for the convenience, spacious parking (650 spaces) and less congestion than at the arena. Please remember that at the arena, shuttle parking will be limited to 50 spaces because of the student demand for parking in this area. There is a high student demand Monday through Thursday that lasts until 7 p.m. because of classes. Lots A and B are also reserved for men’s and women’s basketball parking on Feb. 22.
 
For GPS purposes, the address for the Key Road Gravel Lot is 1105 Key Road, Columbia, SC 29201.
 
BUSINESS LOTS DURING AFTERNOON GAMES 
Business lot parking passes will be honored in Lot 1 ONLY for the Feb. 18, 19, 21 and 25 afternoon baseball games based on availability. The businesses at 405 (Lot 9) and 401 (Lot 10) Huger Street request that you begin parking at 5:30 p.m. on weekdays. Other business lots open at 5 p.m. on weekdays. Parking is allowed in Lot 8 (the Cregger lot) on the Williams St. side for the afternoon early games.
 
GAME DAY PARKING INFORMATION (including public game day lots (PGDL: $10/$5 per game))
Weekday 4 p.m. Games (Feb. 18, 19, 21, 25)
Game time: 4 p.m.
Stadium opens: 2:30 p.m.
Business Lots Open: 5/5:30 p.m.
Lot 1, STDM, HDG PDGL Open: 1 p.m.
Bus Shuttle for Patrons: 2 p.m.

Weekdays (Feb. 28 and After)
Game Time: 7 p.m.
Stadium Opens: 5:30 p.m.
Business Lots Open: 5/5:30 p.m.
Lot 1, STDM, HDG PGDL Open: 4 p.m.
Bus Shuttle for Patrons: 5 p.m.
 
Saturday
Game Time: 2 p.m.
Stadium Opens: 12:30 p.m.
Business Lots Open: 11 a.m.
Lot 1, STDM, HDG PGDL Open: 11 a.m.
Bus Shuttle for Patrons: 12 p.m.

Sunday
Game Time: 1:30 p.m.
Stadium Opens: 12 p.m.
Business Lots Open: 10 a.m.
Lot 1, STDM, HDG PGDL Open: 10 a.m.
Bus Shuttle for Patrons: 11 a.m.
 
PROBABLE PITCHING ROTATION
Tuesday
South Carolina Thomas Farr (Jr. RHP) 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 BB, 0 SO
Winthrop Macklin Ohs (Jr. RHP) 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 BB, 0 SO
 
Wednesday
South Carolina Andrew Peters (Jr. RHP) 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 BB, 0 SO
Presbyterian TBD
  
SCOUTING WINTHROP
The Eagles opened the season with a three-game sweep of Maine in Rock Hill, winning by scores of 3-1, 9-4 and 13-4. Dillon Morton got off to a hot start, hitting .556 (5-for-9) with a pair of doubles and two RBI. Scout McFalls had three doubles on the weekend and C.J. Conrad drove in five against the Black Bears. On the mound, Thad Harris allowed just two hits and a run with eight strikeouts in earned the Opening Day win. The Eagles plan to start junior righty Macklin Ohs on Tuesday. He was 0-3 with a 9.82 ERA last season.
 
SCOUTING PRESBYTERIAN
The Blue Hose were swept by Eastern Kentucky this past weekend, falling by scores of 10-9, 6-4 and 10-4 in seven innings. Jimmy Marcelli went 5-for-12 with a double on opening weekend while Landon Shaw drove in four runs. On the mound, Eric Miles struck out eight in seven innings of work in a no-decision.
 
GAMECOCKS OPEN 2020 WITH SWEEP OF HOLY CROSS
Carolina opened the season with a three-game sweep of Holy Cross, its first opening weekend sweep by the Gamecocks since 2016. The Gamecocks opened the season with a 10-0 win on Friday, its first shutout win on Opening Day since 2009. Carolina’s three staters (Carmen Mlodzinski, Brett Kerry and Brannon Jordan) struck out 24 batters while walking only one while the Gamecocks score 11 runs in the first inning in its first two games.

PITCHING SHINES ON OPENING WEEKEND
Carolina pitching struck out 31 batters in 23 innings on the weekend with the three starting pitchers striking out 24 while walking just one. Mlodzinski went seven innings, tying a career high, allowing six hits and no runs while striking out three and walking one. Kerry pitched five innings, striking out 12 and allowing five hits and three runs with no walks. Jordan allowed just two hits in a rain-shortened five-inning start, striking out nine with no walks in the 5-0 win.

BOWEN GOES YARD IN FIRST AT-BAT
Bryant Bowen hit a three-run home run in his first at-bat as a Gamecock in the bottom of the first inning of the 10-0 win over the Crusaders. The Southern Miss transfer became the second player in as many years to go yard in his first Carolina at-bat, joining Brady Allen, who did the trick in 2019 against Liberty.
 
GAMECOCKS ARE THIEVES ON THE BASES
The Gamecocks were 11-for-12 on the basepaths in the Holy Cross series, led by Noah Campbell’s five stolen bases. Campbell had three stolen bases in the season opener, the most by a Gamecock since Dom Thompson-Williams in 2016. Anthony Amicangelo and Braylen Wimmer had a pair of stolen bases apiece.
 
UP NEXT
The Gamecocks host Northwestern for a three-game series on Feb. 21-23 at Founders Park. Friday’s game starts at 4 p.m. with Saturday and Sunday’s contests at 2 and 1:30 p.m., respectively.