Baseball Faces LSU in SEC Tournament Semifinal

FOR STARTERS

• South Carolina continues postseason play Saturday afternoon (May 25) with the 2024 SEC Tournament in Hoover, Ala.
• Carolina, the 10 seed, will face No. 11 seed LSU Saturday at 12 p.m. CDT (1 p.m. EDT).
• The game will be televised on SEC Network with Tom Hart, Kyle Peterson, Chris Burke and Kris Budden 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.

KENTUCKY RECAP

• Gavin Casas’ three-run home run and a three-run fifth guided Carolina to a 6-5 win over Kentucky on Friday.
• Will Tippett hit a home run to lead off the fifth.
• Parker Marlatt struck out six in 3.2 innings of work to earn the win.
• Matthew Becker picked up his first save of the season with a pair of strikeouts in 1.2 innings.
• Ethan Petry was 2-for-4 and had the start to a double play to end Kentucky’s top of the eighth.

PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP
South Carolina Roman Kimball (R-So. RHP) 2-2, 5.86 ERA, 27.2 IP, 30 BB, 40 SO
LSU Javen Coleman (R-Jr. LHP) 3-1, 4.84 ERA, 22.1 IP, 17 BB, 24 SO