Baseball Wraps Up Homestand Tuesday Night vs. CofC

FOR STARTERS

• Carolina wraps up its five-game homestand on Tuesday night (April 7) as the Gamecocks host the College of Charleston at Founders Park.
• First pitch for Tuesday’s game is set for 6:30 p.m.
• 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.

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.

Weeknights
Game Time: 6:30 p.m.
Stadium Opens: 5:30 p.m.
Business Lots Open: 4:30/5 p.m.
Lot 1, STDM, HDG PGDL Open: 5:30 p.m.

PROBABLE PITCHING ROTATION
Tuesday
South Carolina Logan Prisco (So. LHP) 0-0, 2.04 ERA, 17.2 IP, 9 BB, 20 SO
CofC Austin Wiegandt (Fr. RHP) 1-1, 2.63 ERA, 13.2 IP, 5 BB, 11 SO

PROMOTIONS
Tuesday – Early Bird Special

SCOUTING COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON

• The Cougars are coming off winning the series finale against High Point on Saturday.
• Alex LeCoste had the walk-off single in the 6-5 win for the Cougars.
• Dylan Johnson leads the Cougars with a .343 batting average and 11 doubles.
• On the mound, Alex Lyon is 2-1 with a 3.93 ERA out of the bullpen for CofC.
• Chad Holbrook is in his ninth season at Charleston. He was the CAA Coach of the Year in both 2022 and 2024.

SERIES VS. COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON

• Carolina holds a 51-9 series advantage on the College of Charleston heading into Tuesday’s game.
• In last year’s meeting at Segra Park, the Gamecocks came away with a 4-3 win on March 18.
• Evan Stone had a pair of hits and Carolina’s pitching staff struck out 12 in the win.
• Carolina is 40-6 all-time against CofC at home.

PITCHING SOLID IN TEXAS SERIES

• The Gamecock pitching staff combined for a 2.33 ERA and 33 strikeouts in 27 innings pitched in the three-game series against No. 2 Texas.
• In the 9-1 win over the Longhorns on Thursday, Alex Valentin, Zach Russell and Alex Philpott combined to strike out 12 and allow just six hits with only three walks.
• Brandon Stone pitched seven innings of relief in Friday’s game, allowing just two runs while striking out six.
• Cooper Parks pitched in two of the games and had five strikeouts in 3.1 innings pitched.
• Amp Phillips had eight strikeouts in 4.2 innings, allowing just one earned run.

TEXAS SERIES NOTES

• The Gamecocks had five home runs in the three games, two from Talmadge LeCroy.
• Will Craddock was 4-for-9 in the series with a double and a home run.
• Patrick Evans had three hits, a triple and a home run in the 9-1 win on Thursday.
• Carolina outscored Texas in the three-game set, 13-10.

STONE’S LIKE A ROCK

• Junior Brandon Stone earned his third win of the season in a 9-4 victory over Arkansas on March 22.
• Stone struck out five in 5.1 innings pitched, allowing five hits and two runs.
• Stone pitched seven innings of relief against Texas on April 3. He allowed just two runs while striking out six Longhorns in a no-decision.
• Stone is now 3-1 on the year with a 3.11 ERA and 36 strikeouts in 37.2 innings pitched.
• Stone now has five career wins in Columbia with 82 strikeouts at Carolina. 

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 then went seven strong innings against Arkansas on March 21, striking out six and allowing one run on three hits.
• Phillips struck out a season high nine batters in six innings of work at Georgia on March 28.
• Phillips has two wins on the season to go along with a 2.59 ERA and a .189 opponent’s batting average.

UP NEXT

• Carolina travels to Columbia, Mo., for a three-game series at Missouri.
• This is a Thursday-Saturday series, with Thursday’s game on ESPNU with Victor Rojas and Mike Rooney on the call.
• Thursday’s game starts at 8 p.m. EDT (7 p.m. CDT) with Friday’s game at 7 p.m. EDT (6 p.m. CDT). Saturday’s series finale starts at 3 p.m. EDT (2 p.m. CDT).