Gamecock Baseball Notebook – University of South Carolina Athletics

COLUMBIA – The College of South Carolina baseball staff went 3-1 on the week, defeating North Florida within the midweek earlier than profitable 2-of-3 video games in opposition to No. 25 Ole Miss.

Report: 18-17
SEC: 6-9
House: 15-9
Away: 1-7
Impartial: 2-1
Streak: W2

Final Week:
4/12/22 – North Florida (W, 4-2)
4/14/22 – Ole Miss (L, 1-9)
4/15/22 – Ole Miss (W, 4-2)
4/16/22 – Ole Miss (W, 9-8)

NOTES:
Carolina earned its third sequence win at residence in opposition to a ranked staff, defeating No. 25 Ole Miss on Friday night time and Saturday afternoon, the final recreation in a 9-8 walk-off victory. The Gamecocks now have sequence wins over Texas, Vanderbilt and Ole Miss.
 
Jalen Vasquez was the hero in Saturday’s win as his sacrifice fly scored Talmadge LeCroy for the 9-8 win. It was Vasquez’s second profession RBI and he is now hitting .333 on the season.
 
Josiah Sightler was 8-for-15 with 5 runs scored, three residence runs and 5 RBI within the 4 video games this week. Sightler homered within the 4-2 win over North Florida and his three-run residence run on Friday was the distinction in a 4-2 win over No. 25 Ole Miss. Sightler was the designated hitter on Saturday afternoon after an harm on Friday night time and had two extra-base hits, a double and an eighth-inning residence run, within the 9-8 win over the Rebels. Sightler has upped his batting common to .263 on the season with seven residence runs and 13 RBI.
 
Noah Corridor pitched one other gem in Carolina’s 4-2 win on Friday. He went 7.2 innings and allowed simply six hits and two runs with 5 strikeouts and no walks to earn his second win of the season. He had a season excessive in innings pitched and has walked simply two hitters within the final 21.2 innings pitched.
 
Brandt Belk carries a 22-game hitting streak into Wednesday night time vs. Ole Miss. Belk missed the primary two video games of the week on account of sickness, however got here again and had singles in Friday and Saturday’s wins over the Rebels.
 
Matthew Becker had a pair of saves on the weekend, hanging out three in two innings to lock up the win over North Florida and hanging out three in 1.1 innings on Friday night time in a win over Ole Miss.

Carolina hits the highway for 4 video games this weekend, visiting Winthrop on Wednesday night time at 6 p.m. and travelling to Auburn, Ala., to face Auburn in a three-game sequence beginning Friday night time.

Subsequent Week
4/20/22 – at Winthrop – 6 p.m. (ESPN+)
4/22/22 – at Auburn – 6 p.m. CT (SECN+)
4/23/22 – at Auburn – 2 p.m. CT (SECN+)
4/24/22 – at Auburn – 1 p.m. CT (SECN+)