No. 6 South Carolina vs. North Florida game recap: Gamecocks lose to Ospreys 8-5

In a recreation that featured an prolonged pause as a consequence of dangerous climate, No. 6 South Carolina once more couldn’t come by when it mattered most on offense, falling to North Florida 8-5 on Tuesday night time.

The Gamecocks acquired on the board early, taking a 1-0 lead within the first after Dylan Brewer took a leadoff stroll and scored on a double by Gavin Casas. That rating held till the third, when the Ospreys ended the shutout and went up 5-1 courtesy of bases-loaded singles from Cherokee Nichols, Gabriel Esquivel, Dallen Leach, and Matthew Clements.

USC acquired a number of runs again within the subsequent inning. Michael Braswell reached on an error to start out issues off, and later got here house on a base hit by Carson Hornung to make the rating 5-2, then Evan Stone went yard with two outs to make it a 5-4 recreation. UNF tacked on two extra runs within the prime of the fifth, because of a single from Clements and an Aidan Sweatt groundout, pushing their result in 7-4. The Cocks’ last run got here within the backside of the inning, when Braswell walked to steer off and later got here house on a fly out by Stone, making the rating 7-5. The Ospreys scored the ultimate run of the sport on a triple by Austin Brinling within the seventh. Carolina had probabilities to tie or take the lead within the seventh and eighth innings, however stranded the bases loaded each instances.

Gamecocks starter James Hicks pitched one inning and didn’t permit any hits or runs. He additionally walked one batter and struck one out. Dylan Eskew, Nick Proctor, Austin Williamson, Cade Austin, Wesley Sweatt, Brett Thomas, and Sam Simpson mixed to go the remainder of the best way for USC, and Eskew took the loss, making him 0-1. North Florida starter Avery Love labored 3.2 innings and gave up 4 hits and 4 runs. He additionally issued three walks and struck out 4 batters. Reliever Tony Roca acquired the win and is now 1-4, whereas reliever Will Ohme earned the save, his first.

Casas, Hornung and Ethan Petry every had two hits to tempo the Cocks on the plate, whereas Stone recorded three RBI. Six completely different Ospreys gamers had two hits apiece, and Nichols and Clements tallied two RBI every.

South Carolina is now 35-12 general, whereas UNF is 26-23 on the season. The Gamecocks will probably be again in motion on Friday, after they open up a collection on the street towards No. 3 Arkansas. First pitch is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.