Baseball . May 7, 2026

Senior Day Highlights Baseball's Series vs. Alabama

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FOR STARTERS

Carolina starts its final homestand of the season this weekend as the Gamecocks welcome Alabama to Founders Park for a three-game series.
Friday’s game will start at 5:30 p.m., with Saturday’s game starting at 1 p.m. Sunday’s game will have a 1:30 p.m. first pitch.
Friday and Saturday’s games will be televised on SEC Network with Lowell Galindo and Gregg Olson on the call.
Sunday’s game will be streamed on SEC Network Plus.
All three games 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: 5:30 p.m.
Stadium Opens: 4:30 p.m.
Business Lots Open: 3:30/4 p.m.
Lot 1, STDM, HDG PGDL Open: 4:30 p.m.

Saturday
Game Time: 1 p.m.
Stadium Opens: 12 p.m.
Business Lots Open: 11/11:30 a.m.
Lot 1, STDM, HDG PGDL Open: 12 p.m.

Sunday
Game Time: 1:30 p.m.
Stadium Opens: 12:30 p.m.
Business Lots Open: 11:30/12 p.m.
Lot 1, STDM, HDG PGDL Open: 12:30 p.m.

PROBABLE PITCHING ROTATION
Friday
South Carolina Amp Phillips (Jr. RHP) 3-6, 3.69 ERA, 61.0 IP, 31 BB, 66 SO
Alabama Tyler Fay (R-Jr. RHP) 7-3, 4.79 ERA, 71.1 IP, 17 BB, 78 SO

Saturday
South Carolina Brandon Stone (Jr. RHP) 5-3, 3.94 ERA, 59.1 IP, 15 BB, 53 SO
Alabama Zane Adams (Jr. LHP) 5-3, 3.72 ERA, 65.1 IP, 20 BB, 69 SO

Sunday
South Carolina TBA
Alabama Myles Upchurch (Fr. RHP) 6-3, 3.66 ERA, 51.2 IP, 33 BB, 57 SO

PROMOTIONS
Friday – T-Shirt Giveaway
Saturday – Senior Day
Sunday – Clear Bag Giveaway

SCOUTING ALABAMA

The Crimson Tide are coming off a 6-1 loss to Troy on Tuesday night.
Eric Hines had two hits to lead Alabama’s offense.
Alabama’s last SEC series was a three-game sweep of Vanderbilt, which included a walk-off home run by John Lemm in the series opener.
Brady Neal has a team best .346 batting average with seven home runs while Justin Lebron has 12 home runs and 36 stolen bases on the season.
On the mound, Tyler Fay has a 7-3 record with 78 strikeouts in 71.1 innings pitched.
Rob Vaughn is in his third season at Alabama. He has guided the Crimson Tide to regional appearances in his first two seasons.

SERIES VS. ALABAMA

Carolina holds a 42-32 all-time series advantage on Alabama heading into Friday’s game.
The two teams last played in 2024 with both teams winning a pair of games.
Carolina won the series finale in Tuscaloosa, 9-8, and won 10-5 in the opening round of the SEC Tournament highlighted by three hits and three RBI from Cole Messina.
The last meeting in Columbia occurred in 2022 with the Gamecocks sweeping the Crimson Tide. Andrew Eyster had six RBI in the 11-5 series finale win.
Carolina is 24-9 all-time vs. Alabama in Columbia.

SENIOR DAY HIGHLIGHTS ALABAMA SERIES

Carolina will honor five senior student athletes and seven senior support staff before Saturday’s game with Alabama.
Seniors Talmadge LeCroy, Ethan Lizama, Jake Randolph, Logan Sutter and Luke Yuhasz will be honored on the field starting at 12:30 p.m.
The five will be joined by support staffers Zach Manning, Zane Catoe, Ben Moseley, Mike White, Will Mann, Allison Maloney and Lauren Wise.

BULLPEN SHOWS UP BIG IN SERIES WIN

Carolina’s bullpen had a big hand in the series win over Kentucky.
Cooper Parks pitched 3.2 innings of relief on Friday, striking out three and allowing just one hit.
Parker Marlatt earned his first save of the season on Friday, pitching a scoreless ninth.
Zach Russell pitched both Friday and Saturday. Combined, he threw 2.1 innings with two hits and no runs allowed.
Logan Prisco struck out a pair in 1.2 scoreless innings on Saturday.

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