Baseball Hosts Presbyterian Tuesday Night

FOR STARTERS

• Carolina ends its four-game homestand on Tuesday night (April 1) as the Gamecocks welcome Presbyterian.
• First pitch is at 7 p.m., at Ray Tanner Field at Founders Park.
• Tuesday’s game will be televised on SEC Network with Roy Philpott and David Dellucci 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.

PARKING INFORMATION

GAME DAY PARKING INFORMATION (including public game day lots (PGDL: $10 per game). All gameday lots are cashless. Please have a debit card or credit card ready for payment upon entry into parking lots.

Weekdays
Game Time: 7 p.m.
Stadium Opens: 5:45 p.m.
Business Lots Open: 5/5:30 p.m.
Lot 1, STDM, HDG PGDL Open: 5 p.m.

PROMOTIONS SCHEDULE
Tuesday – Early Bird Special (Gates open at 5:45 p.m.)

PROBABLE PITCHING ROTATION
Tuesday
South Carolina Tyler Pitzer (So. RHP) 3-0, 3.43 ERA, 21.0 IP, 17 BB, 28 SO
Presbyterian JJ Harrell (Fr. LHP) 0-1, 7.94 ERA, 11.1 IP, 12 BB, 14 SO

SCOUTING PRESBYTERIAN

• The Blue Hose won 2-of-3 games at UNC Asheville this past weekend.
• Trey Fenderson was a perfect 5-for-5 at the plate in PC’s 12-7 win over Asheville in Saturday’s second game of a doubleheader.
• Presbyterian’s signature win was an 11-8 win over Alabama on March 9.
• Fenderson leads the Blue Hose with a .374 batting average while Ryan Ouzts has seven home runs.
• On the mound, Jacob Fields has a team-best five saves to go along with a 2.81 ERA.
• Elton Pollock is in his 21st season as head coach at Presbyterian. He was named the Big South Coach of the Year in 2024.

SERIES VS. PRESBYTERIAN

• Carolina leads the all-time series with Presbyterian 50-21 heading into Tuesday’s game.
• The Gamecocks won last year’s meeting, 19-14, on March 26 as Dalton Reeves drove in six runs with Ethan Petry having five RBI. Kennedy Jones scored five runs in the win.
• Carolina is 42-7 all-time against Presbyterian in Columbia.

HALL OF HITTING

• Junior Nathan Hall continues to lead the Gamecocks at the plate this season.
• Hall has a .378 batting average, good for ninth in the SEC, to go along with four home runs and 24 RBI.
• Hall is slugging at a .559 clip and is reaching base 45.5 percent of the time.
• Hall leads the team with eight steals and has added eight doubles.
• In Sunday’s game against Arkansas, Hall led off the game with a home run and had three hits on the day.
• It was the first time a Gamecock led off a game with a home run since Will McGillis in the 2023 Gainesville Super Regional.
• Hall then had three RBI, including a home run in the first inning, on March 25 against North Carolina.

EVANS REMAINS PERFECT IN 2025

• Junior Jarvis Evans is a perfect 3-0 with a 3.62 ERA and 32 strikeouts in 32.1 innings pitched this season.
• He went six innings in a 4-3 win over the College of Charleston on March 18, striking out five and allowing just one run.
• Evans had a spot start in Sunday’s game against Arkansas, pitching three innings and allowing two runs.
• Evans has the longest outing by innings this season, going seven strong at The Citadel on March 5.
• In the outing vs. Tennessee on March 29, Evans went six solid frames, striking out five and allowing three runs with just one walk.

FOUR HIT CLUB

• Carolina had three hitters with four hits in a game this past weekend against Tennessee (March 28-30).
• On Friday night, both Ethan Petry and Jordan Carrion had four hits against the Volunteers. Carrion was a perfect 4-for-4 on the night.
• Both players tied their career high in hits in a game.
• Then in Saturday’s game, Beau Hollins was a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate.
• Those three join Nathan Hall (vs. Queens) and Will Tippett (vs. Milwaukee) with four-hit games this season.

FROSH AT THE CORNERS

• Freshmen KJ Scobey and Beau Hollins are manning the corners for Carolina this season.
• Scobey had four hits and three runs scored in the series against Oklahoma and added four hits in the Arkansas series.
• Scobey has played in 28 games this season and is hitting .268 with three home runs and 12 RBI. He also has committed just three errors at third base.
• Hollins had four hits in Saturday’s game vs. Tennessee and currently has a .317 batting average with 14 runs scored.
• The duo is joined by fellow freshman Gavin Braland, who caught the final two games of the Tennessee series and had an RBI single on Sunday.