South-Carolina
Late Power Lifts Baseball Past Winthrop
ROCK HILL – A trio of residence runs within the high of the seventh broke a 1-all impasse and gave the College of South Carolina baseball group a 6-1 win over Winthrop Wednesday evening (Might 3) at Winthrop Ballpark.
Winthrop was seeking to take a 2-1 lead within the backside of the sixth however Caleb Denny and Jonathan French linked on a throw to the plate to get Jonathan Strauss on the plate. French then hit the primary pitch within the high of the seventh out to left for his second residence run of the yr. Two batters later, Will Tippett hit his second residence run in as many video games to make it 3-1 Gamecocks. Ethan Petry then belted his 21st of the season, a two-run blast to left, for a 5-1 lead.
Dylan Brewer added insurance coverage within the eighth with an infield single that scored a run.
Cole Messina opened the scoring within the high of the second together with his 15th residence run of the yr, a solo shot to left.
Nick Proctor earned the win in reduction, his fourth of the season. He struck out three in 1.1 innings of labor. Eli Jerzembeck pitched three hitless innings whereas Austin Williamson struck out three in two innings.
Michael Braswell led Carolina with two hits whereas Petry drove in a pair.
POSTGAME NOTES
- Petry is now one residence away from tying the SEC freshman file of twenty-two, set by Vanderbilt’s Pedro Alvarez.
- Brewer prolonged his reached base streak to 18 video games.
- Carolina lowered its ERA to three.49 after tonight’s sport.
- The Gamecocks swept the two-game midweek sequence over Winthrop. Carolina beat the Eagles 19-3 in February.
UP NEXT
Carolina heads to Lexington, Ky., for a three-game SEC sequence at Kentucky. The sequence begins Friday evening (Might 5) at 6:30 p.m. at Kentucky Proud Park. The sport will probably be streamed on SEC Community Plus.