South Carolina baseball’s postseason outlook entering final week

COLUMBIA – South Carolina desperately wanted a outcome this previous weekend to maintain its postseason hopes alive. 

Whereas these aspirations are slim, the NCAA Event continues to be not 100% out of the query for the Gamecocks (26-23, 12-15 SEC), who received the collection towards Kentucky (27-23, 10-17) at Founders Park.

USC received the primary two video games of the collection. It had a chance to entrench itself within the SEC Event, which begins Might 24 in Hoover, Alabama, however dropped the collection finale to the Wildcats, 7-1, on Sunday.

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The collection win put the Gamecocks fourth within the SEC East at 12-15 in league play. South Carolina is in ninth place for the 12-team SEC Event. It has a good probability to increase its SEC-leading consecutive event look streak to 25, however USC hasn’t but clinched a spot.

Clutch efficiency for Gamecocks

By 26 SEC video games this season, no Gamecocks pitcher had pieced collectively a clear outing.

Noah Corridor (3-4) threw his greatest recreation of his USC profession thus far versus the Wildcats on Saturday afternoon, firing eight scoreless innings. He allowed two hits whereas putting out eight in his first win in 4 weeks.

South Carolina baseball’s resume

After a disastrous 9-6 midweek loss to South Carolina Upstate, USC got here into the weekend 68th in RPI, a quantity far too excessive to garner at-large consideration for the NCAA Event.

Kentucky, 58th in RPI, was a much-needed alternative, and regardless of profitable the collection, the Gamecocks mercilessly dropped one spot to 69th in RPI.

Making the SEC Event area would give South Carolina the chance to enhance its RPI additional with a win or two in Hoover. That is perhaps sufficient to slide into the regionals. 

What’s subsequent for South Carolina baseball?

The Gamecocks will shut out the season with a last midweek recreation at Founders on Tuesday (7 p.m.) towards Charlotte. 

South Carolina’s greatest alternative will probably be at Florida, which is seventeenth in RPI, for the ultimate SEC collection of the season. If USC can win at the least one recreation, it ought to lock up an SEC Event spot and provides its personal RPI a jolt.

Cory Diaz covers the South Carolina Gamecocks for The Greenville Information as a part of the USA TODAY Community. Comply with his work for all issues Gamecocks on Twitter: @CoryDiaz_TGN. Obtained questions concerning South Carolina athletics? Ship them to Cory Diaz at bdiaz@gannett.com.