Five Home Runs, Solid Pitching Helps Gamecock Baseball Sweep Florida
Brady Allen homered twice, and the trio of Will Sanders, Julian Bosnic and Brett Kerry combined to strike out 14 in an 8-5 win over No. 5 Florida Sunday afternoon
Brady Allen homered twice, and the trio of Will Sanders, Julian Bosnic and Brett Kerry combined to strike out 14 in an 8-5 win over No. 5 Florida Sunday afternoon
It’s the third time in the past four women’s NCAA Tournaments that the Gamecocks have at least reached the regional finals.
He will not hire an agent, giving him the option to return to South Carolina next season.
Texas A&M (22-5, 3-2 SEC) held the Gamecocks to three hits while a quartet of Carolina errors contributed to the 10 Aggie runs.
Nick Hoffmann (3-0) earned the win by pitching the first complete game by a Tiger since 2017. The freshman allowed six hits, two runs and no walks with seven strikeouts on 111 pitches.
Brannon Jordan did not allow an earned run and only had one walk, which was intentional, in the seven frames to improve to 2-2 on the year.
The Gamecocks scored two runs with two outs in the bottom of the 14th inning to beat No. 5 Florida 9-8 at Founders Park.
Carolina held a 3-2 lead heading to the bottom of the fourth, but the Aggies scored four unanswered runs over the next two frames to secure the victory.
The Tigers, who took a 1-0 lead in the series, improved to 10-9 overall and 4-6 in the ACC. The Eagles dropped to 12-8 overall and 3-7 in ACC play.
Multiple sources indicated to ABC Columbia on Friday morning that there’s still been no decision made on the future of Frank Martin at South Carolina, though USC’s administration could be quite divided on the issue.