Baseball Sweeps Penn Behind Solo Blasts in Eighth

COLUMBIA  – Gavin Casas and Will McGillis hit back-to-back house runs within the backside of the eighth inning to earn a come-from-behind, 6-5 win over Penn to brush the three-game sequence Sunday afternoon (Feb. 26) at Founders Park.

Penn took a 5-4 lead within the prime of the eighth on a solo house run from Cole McGonigal. Carolina answered straight away with the pair of house runs. Braylen Wimmer additionally homered within the sixth and had three hits on the day. Casas drove in a pair and McGillis was 2-for-3 with the RBI.

On the mound, Cade Austin recorded the ultimate out of the eighth to earn the win. Jack Mahoney began for the Gamecocks, putting out 4 and permitting 5 hits and 4 runs with two walks in 5.1 innings. Eli Jerzembeck struck out three in 2.1 innings, permitting one run on 4 hits. Chris Veach got here within the recreation within the ninth and recorded his second save of the weekend, putting out a batter in an inning.

Carolina reached base on the seven hits, seven hit by pitches and 11 walks. The Gamecocks left 19 males on base within the win.

POSTGAME NOTES

• Carolina improves to 8-0 on the season for the second time in three years.
• Carolina now has 26 house runs in eight video games after the three on Sunday.
• The Gamecocks have hit back-to-back house runs thrice this season.
• Wimmer now has hits in all eight video games after his three on Sunday.
• Veach now has six profession saves between Presbyterian and Carolina.

UP NEXT
Carolina concludes its season-opening 9 recreation homestand on Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 28) towards North Carolina A&T. First pitch is about for 4 p.m. The sport will likely be streamed on SEC Community Plus.