South Carolina falls to Auburn in series opener

AUBURN – No. 19 Auburn had simply 5 hits on the evening, however three have been house runs and the Tiger pitching workers held the College of South Carolina baseball workforce to 4 hits in a 6-3 win over the Gamecocks Friday evening (April 22) at Plainsman Park.

South Carolina received on the board first within the high of the second as Colin Burgess’ sacrifice fly scored KevIn Madden with an unearned run. Auburn answered with three within the backside of the second, highlighted by a two-run house run from Nate LaRue.

Carolina scored single runs within the third and fourth frames to tie the sport at three. Within the third, Andrew Eyster homered to left middle, his fifth of the season. Then within the fourth, Evan Stone’s sacrifice bunt scored Madden.

John Gilreath had an impressive efficiency on the mound in aid, pitching 5 innings and permitting simply two hits with 5 strikeouts, however the one mistake was within the seventh as Bobby Peirce hit a solo house run to left. Auburn added insurance coverage within the eighth with a Sonny DiChiara two-run house run.

Brett Thomas made the beginning for Carolina, permitting three runs with three strikeouts and two hits in two innings pitched.

POSTGAME NOTES

• Brandt Belk prolonged his hit streak to 24 video games with a single within the sixth inning.

• Carolina performed in Auburn for the primary time because the 2017 season.

• Gilreath pitched 5 innings in his final two outings. He went 5 towards Ole Miss on April 14.

UP NEXT

Carolina and Auburn proceed a three-game set on Saturday afternoon (April 23) at 3 p.m. ET (2 p.m. CT) at Plainsman Park. The sport might be streamed on SEC Community Plus.

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