Baseball Drops Doubleheader at Auburn

AUBURN – The University of South Carolina baseball team fell in both ends of a doubleheader to No. 8 Auburn Friday (May 9) at Plainsman Park. The Gamecocks lost game one, 11-10, on a walk-off squeeze bunt and lost 11-3 in the second game.

In game one, Auburn jumped out to a 2-0 lead on Eric Guevara’s fifth home run of the season. Beau Hollins answered with a solo home run in the top of the second. Ike Irish brought in Auburn’s third run of the day with an RBI single up the middle, but the Gamecocks responded in the third on Henry Kaczmar’s single that scored KJ Scobey.

Auburn scored four runs in the fourth, capped by a three-run Chris Rembert home run. Jordan Carrion’s groundout scored Jase Woita, who doubled to lead off the frame, making it 7-3 in the fourth. Evan Stone’s RBI double plated Hollins to make it a three-run game. Scobey followed with a single to right to score Stone.

Scobey’s three-run home run in the sixth gave Carolina an 8-7 lead. Auburn scored three runs in the sixth, but Kaczmar cut the lead to 10-9 with a solo home run in the eighth. The Gamecocks tied the game in the ninth as Stone’s sacrifice fly scored pinch runner Cayden Gaskin. Guevara’s squeeze bunt in the bottom of the ninth gave the Tigers the walk-off win.

Hollins was 4-for-5 in the game, while Scobey was 3-for-4 with four RBI. Jase Woita and Kaczmar also had three hits apiece. The loss went to Ashton Crowther, who allowed an unearned run in three innings of work.

In game two, Woita’s double scored Blake Jackson in the top of the first to give the Gamecocks a 1-0 lead. Stone then had a two-run home run to right center, his fourth of the year, to give Carolina a 3-0 lead. Auburn answered with a two-spot in the bottom of the second, then scored four runs in the fifth, highlighted by a Cooper McMurray three-run home run.

The Tigers added a run in the sixth and one in the seventh on a Lucas Steele home run. Auburn ended the scoring with three runs in the bottom of the eighth.

Carrion had two hits to lead Carolina’s offense in game two, while Stone had two RBI. Dylan Eskew took the loss, allowing six runs in four-plus innings of work.

POSTGAME NOTES

• Carolina had 24 hits on the day.
• The Gamecocks had five home runs in the Auburn series.
• Woita was 5-for-12 with three extra-base hits in the Auburn series.

UP NEXT
Carolina opens the first of four home games in the final week of the regular season on Tuesday night (May 13) against Winthrop. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m., and the game will be streamed on SEC Network Plus.