Baseball Starts Homestand Tuesday Afternoon

FOR STARTERS

• Carolina starts a four-game homestand with a Tuesday afternoon (March 17) contest against Charlotte.
• First pitch is set for 4 p.m., which was moved up due to the temperatures in the forecast for Tuesday.
• Tuesday’s game will be streamed on SEC Network Plus.
• Tuesday’s game also will be broadcast on the Gamecock Sports Network presented by Learfield with Derek Scott and Cade Crenshaw on the call. 

BUSINESS LOTS DURING AFTERNOON GAMES Business lot parking passes will be honored in Lot 1 ONLY for the March 17 afternoon baseball games based on availability. The businesses at 405 (Lot 9) and 401 (Lot 10) Huger Street request that you begin parking at 5:30 p.m. on weekdays. Other business lots open at 5 p.m. on weekdays. Parking is allowed in Lot 8 (the Cregger lot) on the Williams St. side for the afternoon early games.

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.

Weekday 4 p.m. Games 
Game time: 4 p.m.
Stadium opens: 3:00 p.m.
Business Lots Open: 5/5:30 p.m.
Lot 1, STDM, HDG PDGL Open: 2 p.m. 

PROBABLE PITCHING ROTATION
Tuesday
South Carolina Connor Chicoli (So. RHP) 1-1, 2.45 ERA, 14.2 IP, 3 BB, 14 SO
Charlotte Chayse Oxborrow (LHP) 1-0, 3.52 ERA, 15.1 IP, 4 BB, 22 SO

PROMOTIONS
Tuesday – Bark in the Park presented by CVETS, Early Bird Special

SCOUTING CHARLOTTE

• The 49ers won 1-of- 3 games in the St. John’s series this past weekend.
• The 49ers won the Sunday game, 10-9, as Charlotte scored twice in the ninth for the come-from-behind victory.
• Todd Hudson leads the 49ers with a .396 batting average while Dawson Bryce has a team-best 20 RBI.
• On the mound, Drew Munn is a perfect 3-0 with a 2.42 ERA while Joseph Taylor has a team-high 30 strikeouts in 20 innings pitched.
• Robert Woodard is in his seventh season as head coach at Charlotte. He guided the 49ers to 36 wins last season.

SERIES VS. CHARLOTTE

• Carolina is 25-11 all-time against Charlotte heading into Tuesday’s game.
• Charlotte has won the last three meetings, winning both games played in the 2023 season.
• The Gamecocks last win against Charlotte occurred on April 9, 2019, in a 5-4 win in Columbia.
• Carolina is 19-3 all-time vs. Charlotte in Columbia.

DOUBLES PARTY

• After 21 games, Carolina has 50 doubles on the season, which is second in the SEC behind Mississippi State’s 52 and is tied for fifth in the country.
• Texas Tech leads Division I baseball with 59 doubles.
• KJ Scobey and Patrick Evans each have nine doubles on the season, which is tied for third in the SEC.

GUNTHER NAMED SEC PITCHER OF THE WEEK

• Junior Josh Gunther was named the SEC Pitcher of the Week on March 2.
• Gunther, who made his first career start, went seven innings and allowed just three with no runs and 10 strikeouts to just one walk in a 7-0 win over No. 15 Clemson.
• Gunther ended five of his seven innings with a strikeout and retired the final six batters of the night.
• Clemson came into the game hitting .332 but Gunther and Alex Valentin combined on Carolina’s second shutout of the season.
• Gunther did not allow a hit or a run in Friday’s game against No. 23 Florida on March 13. He struck out five in his third career start.
• Gunther is a perfect 2-0 on the year with a 3.65 ERA.

AMP’D UP

• Amp Phillips did not allow an earned run in Carolina’s game at No. 23 Florida on Saturday night (March 14).
• Phillips pitched six innings for the Gamecocks and allowed five hits with three strikeouts.
• Phillips has two wins on the season to go along with a 2.62 ERA and a .207 opponent’s batting average.

UP NEXT

• Carolina hosts No. 4 Arkansas in a three-game SEC series this weekend at Founders Park.
• Friday’s game will start at 7 p.m., with Saturday’s game at 4 p.m. Sunday’s game will have a 1:30 p.m. first pitch.
• All three games will be streamed on SEC Network Plus.