Gamecock Baseball Notebook

COLUMBIA – The University of South Carolina baseball team won the midweek game against Gardner-Webb and fell twice to Clemson this week.

Record: 8-3
SEC: 0-0
Home: 8-1
Away: 0-1
Neutral: 0-1
Streak: L2

Last Week:
2/27/24 – Gardner-Webb (W, 7-1)
3/2/24 – vs. Clemson (L, 4-5 (12))
3/3/24 – at Clemson (L, 4-5)

NOTES:
Ethan Petry now has five home runs on the season after hitting one each in games against the Tigers. Petry’s ninth-inning two-run home run on Saturday tied the game at four. He then had a ninth-inning home run on Sunday in a 5-4 loss. Petry now has 28 career home runs as a Gamecock.

Gavin Casas belted a three-run home run, part of a seven-run fifth inning in a 7-1 win over Gardner-Webb on Tuesday. It was Casas’ first home run of the season.

Ty Good pitched three scoreless innings on the week, striking out a pair in two innings in the Gardner-Webb win and pitching a scoreless eighth inning with two strikeouts at Clemson on Sunday. Good has 6.2 scoreless innings on the season with six strikeouts.

Dylan Brewer continues to get on base at a 61.7 percent clip, as he reached base three times in all three games this week. Brewer is hitting .500 with 17 hits, 11 walks and a hit by pitch.

Carolina will have five games at Founders Park this week, starting with a Tuesday night game against The Citadel.

Next Week
3/5/24 – The Citadel, 6:30 p.m. (SECN+)
3/6/24 – Davidson, 3 p.m. (SECN+)
3/8/24 – Longwood, 7 p.m. (SECN+)
3/9/24 – Longwood, 4 p.m. (SECN+)
3/10/24 – Longwood, 1:30 p.m. (SECN+)