ROME, GA (Fireflies) — The Fireflies snapped their three-game losing streak in impressive fashion on Memorial Day, coming back to defeat the Rome Braves, 5-1. Columbia scored five runs in the top of the seventh to pull ahead and never looked back. Luis Ortega’s three-run home run off of Josh Graham was the highlight of the frame. Starter Andrew Church…
BALTIMORE (AP) — Xander Bogaerts did the damage early, extending his hitting streak to 23 games and driving in two runs. From there, Boston used the long ball to pull away from the Baltimore Orioles in a matchup between the top two teams in the AL East. Jackie Bradley put the first-place Red Sox ahead for good with a sixth-inning…
Columbia Fireflies (25-25) at Rome Braves (20-30) RHP Andrew Church (1-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Oriel Caicedo (1-0, 3.16) Monday, May 30, 2016 — State Mutual Stadium (Rome, GA) — First Pitch 6:00 p.m. — Game 51 LISTEN: WGCV 620 AM, 105.1 & 96.3 FM / ColumbiaFireflies.com / TuneIn Radio App ABOUT LAST GAME: Columbia dropped the series finale to…
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Click the video to watch Chad Holbrook’s comments ahead of Carolina’s matchup with Rhode Island in the Columbia regional of the NCAA Baseball Tournament Friday. Categories: Local Sports, Sports, USC Gamecocks
Columbia, S.C. (USC SID) — The field and times have been set for the 2016 NCAA Baseball Regional in Columbia, S.C. at Founders Park. South Carolina (42-15) is the No. 1 seed and will face the No. 4 seed Rhode Island (30-25). The No. 2 seed UNC Wilmington (39-17) will face No. 3 seed Duke (33-22) The NCAA Regional will…
LEXINGTON, S.C. (Blowfish) — After missing the entire 2016 season for the South Carolina Gamecocks due to Tommy John surgery, pitcher Wil Crowe will make his first start since 2015 on the home opener for the Lexington County Blowfish. The 2014 Freshman All-American will take to the bump for the first time since an elbow injury that sidelined the Sevierville,…
Columbia, S.C. (USC SID) — South Carolina has been selected as one of the 16 regional host institutions for the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship as announced by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee on Sunday evening. By virtue of being awarded a regional, South Carolina has been selected as an at-large to the 64-team field of the NCAA…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — 2016 ACC Tournament Champion Clemson was one of 16 sites selected to host an NCAA Regional for the 70th-annual Division I Baseball Championship, it was announced Sunday night by the NCAA. The regional will begin at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Friday. The Tigers will be one of four teams to play in the double-elimination tourney, as…
Martin Truex Jr poses with the trophy after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Sunday, May 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Matthew Bishop) CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. didn’t avoid ladders or black cats, never worried about cracking mirrors or stepping on cracks. He knew his bad luck on the Sprint…
EUGENE, Ore. (USC SID) — The University of South Carolina Men’s Golf team qualified for the fourth round at the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship as they finished the opening 54-hole portion of the event in 12th place with a team score of 865 (+25). The Gamecocks shot a score of 293 (+13) in the third round and made…
