#8 South Carolina scored seven runs in the seventh and eighth innings on the way to a 9-3 victory over #1 Florida on Thursday night in the series opener at Carolina Stadium in front of a sellout crowd of 8,242 fans. Carolina improves to 17-5 and 1-3 in the SEC while Florida drops to 20-2 and 3-1 in league play.
Nearly 100 fans came to see the team off Thursday as the Gamecocks headed to California to take on Stanford in the round of 16. Tim Hill has the story from the Thursday ABC Columbia News at Six.
Former Gamecock pitcher Bill Camp is better known at Carolina Stadium these days as “The Candy Man.” Rob Brennan has the story from the Wednesday ABC Columbia News at Six.
Mac Doyle hit two home runs including a two-run homer in the eighth inning that tied the game and Konstantine Diamaduros had a RBI single in the 11th inning as Wofford defeated sixth ranked South Carolina 5-4 on Wednesday night at Carolina Stadium. Wofford improves to 9-12 while South Carolina drops to 16-5 on the year.
Mike Dunster’s three hits and three RBIs in his first start of the season and freshman righthander Daniel Gossett’s 10 strikeouts propelled Clemson to a 4-2 win over Elon in front of 2,319 fans at Fluor Field on Wednesday. The Tigers, who won both games of the two-game series, won their fifth game in a row and improved to 11-8 in 2012. The Phoenix fell to 12-10 on the season.
Former Gamecock pitcher Bill Camp is better known at Carolina Stadium these days as “The Candy Man.” Rob Brennan has the story from the Wednesday ABC Columbia News at Six.
There will be a team send-off on Thursday for the Gamecock women’s basketball team. USC will play Stanford in the Sweet 16 Saturday night at 11:30pm (est) on ESPN 2.
Joey Pankake went 5-for-6 with a pair of RBI and Evan Marzilli added four hits including a three-run homer as sixth ranked South Carolina snapped a three-game losing streak with an 8-5 win over Furman on Tuesday night at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C. The win marked head coach Ray Tanner’s 1,100th career win in his 25th year as a head coach in Division I baseball.
Steve Wilkerson went 4-for-4 at the plate and three Tiger pitchers combined to allow only two runs and one walk with 11 strikeouts in Clemson’s 6-2 win over Elon at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Tuesday night. The Tigers, who took a 1-0 lead in the two-game series, improved to 10-8 on the season. The Phoenix dropped to 12-9.
NASCAR’s chief appellate officer has overturned the six-race suspension of five-time championship winning crew chief Chad Knaus. Chief appellate officer John Middlebrook ruled Tuesday that Knaus and car chief Ron Malec, who also was suspended six races, instead will be on probation through May 9.
