Baseball Faces LSU in SEC Tournament Winner's Bracket Game

FOR STARTERS

• South Carolina continues postseason play Thursday afternoon (May 23) with the 2024 SEC Tournament in Hoover, Ala.
• Carolina, the 10 seed, will face No. 11 seed LSU Thursday at 4:30 p.m. CDT (5:30 p.m. EDT).
• The game will be televised on SEC Network with Tom Hart and Kyle Peterson on the call.
• Tuesday’s game also will be on the Gamecock Sports Network presented by Learfield with Derek Scott and Stuart Lake on the call.

ARKANSAS RECAP

• Cole Messina drove in five runs and had two homers, including a two-run shot in the ninth in a 6-5 win over Arkansas.
• Garrett Gainey earned the win in relief, striking out three and getting the final out on a fly ball to center with the tying run on third base.
• With the win, Carolina is 2-0 in the SEC Tournament for the first time since 2004.
• Ty Good struck out three in 2.2 innings of relief.
• Blake Jackson scored three runs and had a big hit-by-pitch before Messina’s ninth-inning home run.

PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP
South Carolina Tyler Pitzer (Fr. RHP) 4-1, 4.66 ERA, 38.2 IP, 20 BB, 53 SO
LSU Thatcher Hurd (Jr. RHP) 2-4, 6.49 ERA, 34.2 IP, 21 BB, 43 SO