Baseball Makes Second Trip to Charlotte to Face UNC

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The College of South Carolina baseball workforce makes its second journey to Truist Area, residence of the Triple A Charlotte Knights, for its annual recreation towards North Carolina. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Tuesday’s recreation shall be streamed on SEC Community Plus. All video games additionally shall be broadcast on The Sport 107.5 FM with Derek Scott and Tommy Moody on the decision.

The Gamecocks are coming off profitable 2-of-3 video games at Mississippi State this previous weekend. Braylen Wimmer had a pair of residence runs and 7 RBI within the three video games whereas Dylan Brewer had a .786 on-base share with 5 hits, 5 walks and a hit-by-pitch within the sequence.

SCOUTING NORTH CAROLINA
The Tar Heels received 2-of-3 video games at Notre Dame this previous weekend. North Carolina is led offensively by Jackson Van De Brake’s .362 batting common and Mac Horvath’s 13 residence runs. Preseason All-American Vance Honeycutt has 9 residence runs and 27 RBI. On the mound, the Tar Heels will begin lefty Dalton Pence. He has 14 strikeouts in 10.1 innings pitched.

SERIES VS. NORTH CAROLINA
The Tar Heels have a 64-38-1 sequence benefit on the Gamecocks heading into Tuesday’s recreation, however Carolina received the final contest, 15-2, on April 5, 2022. Braylen Wimmer had three hits whereas Jack Mahoney belted a three-run residence run within the win. On the mound, Eli Jones didn’t enable a run in a two-inning begin.

PROBABLE PITCHING ROTATION
Tuesday
South Carolina Matthew Becker (So. LHP) 2-0, 4.11 ERA, 15.1 IP, 10 BB, 22 SO
North Carolina Dalton Pence (So. LHP) 1-1, 4.35 ERA, 10.1 IP, 6 BB, 14 SO

GAMECOCKS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
The College of South Carolina baseball workforce is ranked in all six main polls after the week of April 3. The Gamecocks are ranked No. 3 within the Collegiate Baseball ballot and No. 6 in every of the 5 different main polls. The Gamecocks have 4 video games this week towards ranked workforce in No. 13 (D1Baseball) North Carolina on Tuesday and No. 1 (consensus) LSU from Thursday-Saturday.

PETRY NAMED SEC CO-FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
College of South Carolina freshman outfielder Ethan Petry was named the Southeastern Convention’s Co-Freshman of the Week, the league workplace introduced this afternoon (Monday, April 3). That is Petry’s third straight Freshman of the Week honor.

Petry had one other stable week on the plate for the Gamecocks, hitting .429 with six runs scored, 5 RBI, a double, a house run and a .714 slugging share. Petry scored three runs, strolling twice within the seven-inning win over The Citadel on Tuesday evening. Petry’s residence run within the fifth inning on Thursday helped the Gamecocks to a 6-4 win. Petry had two hits and scored two runs in that win. On Saturday, Petry was 3-for-6 with an enormous three-run double within the eighth inning to place Carolina up 7-4. He then drove in a run with a single within the ninth, a part of a seven-run inning for the Gamecocks.

RPI WATCH
With 29 video games within the books, it’s time to begin trying on the RPI. The Gamecocks at the moment are fifth in these rankings, considered one of 4 SEC groups within the prime 5. Carolina at the moment is an ideal 18-0 at residence and 7-3 on the highway. Carolina has three-game sequence remaining towards No. 1 Kentucky, No. 3 Arkansas, No. 4 LSU, No. 9 Vanderbilt and No. 13 Florida.

GAMECOCKS IN THE NCAA RANKINGS
The Gamecocks lead the nation with 72 residence runs this season. Gavin Casas is tied for third within the nation with 15 residence runs … USC is fifth within the nation with 284 runs scored … Carolina is third within the nation in drawing walks with 184 and fourth within the nation with 70 hit by pitches … The Gamecocks’ .439 on-base share is seventh within the nation … On the mound, Carolina is fourth in earned-run common at 3.08  … Ethan Petry is eighth in complete bases (89) and tied for eighth in residence runs (13) … The .897 profitable share is tied with Wake Forest for the nation’s greatest..

UP NEXT
Carolina hosts No. 1 LSU on Thursday, April 6 by Saturday, April 8. Thursday and Friday’s video games begin at 7 p.m. with Saturday’s recreation at midday. Saturday’s recreation is televised on SEC Community with Mike Ferrin and Lance Cormier on the decision.