Thursday, April 8, 2010

Gamecocks Win!

The Gamecocks played College of Charleston Wednesday night and won 6-3. That win makes Carolina 23-6 for the season and 7-2 in SEC play
This weekend the Gamecocks head up to Nashville for a three game series against Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt is 23-6 in season play as well and they are 5-4 in the SEC.
Game Times-
Friday 7PM
Saturday 3PM
Sunday 2PM
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Carolina Takes the Series Against Mississippi State

The Gamecocks played Mississippi State this past weekend. In the 3 game series, Carolina won 2 of the 3. Carolina won 10-2 on Friday night making them 21-5 and 6-1 in the SEC. Brady Thomas had two homeruns during the game. Saturday the Gamecocks lost 8-7. Mississippi State had a early lead and the Gamecocks almost came back late but it was to little to late in this game. That made Carolina 21-6 and 6-2 in the SEC. Easter Sunday, the Gamecocks didn't make the mistake of letting Mississippi hang around this time, the Gamecocks won 14-2 to win the SEC series. The Gamecocks are now 22-6 and 7-2 in SEC play.

Tonight the Gamecocks will face College of Charleston at home. The game is scheduled for 7 p.m. and it will be on SportSouth. College of Charleston is 23-7.
After this past weekend the Gamecocks are ranked 8th in Collegiate Baseball, and 11th and 17th in other polls.
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Thursday, April 1, 2010

Gamecocks Back on Track

Carolina beat Citadel 10-1 on Tuesday night. The Gamecocks had 5 home runs during the game! This was always Ray Tanners 600 visctory with the Gamecocks. The Gamecocks are 20-5 overall and 5-1 in the SEC.

Carolina plays Mississippi State at home this weekend. Friday night at 7 PM, Saturday at 4 PM and Sunday at 2 PM.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Auburn Breaks 13 Game Winning Streak

Carolina took to the road this past weekend to face-off against Auburn. Carolina won friday night 11-5. Blake Cooper went for seven innings. That was his forth win of the season. 18-4 and 4-0 in SEC play.

Saturday afternoon the Gamecocks were able to hold off Auburn 2-0. Sam Dyson pitched seven scoreless innings. Sam has won two games this season. 19-4 and 5-0 in SEC play.

Sunday afternoon the Gamecocks were unable to keep the winning streak going. Carolina lost 10-6 making them 19-5 and 5-1 in SEC play.  With this lost came the end of the winning streak the Gamecocks were on.

Catch the Gamecocks in action at home Tuesday night when they play The Citadel at 7 p.m.

Friday, March 26, 2010

Auburn

Catch the Gamecocks on the road against Auburn this weekend. Todays game is at 7:30 PM. Saturdays game is at 1 PM and Sunday's game is at 2 PM. You can watch Saturday's game on ESPN260.com or Time Warner Cable Channel 165 here in Columbia and as always you can listen to the games on the Gamecock Radio Station.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Starting SEC Play Out Strong-Swept Tennessee!

SEC Baseball was in full swing for the Gamecocks this past weekend. They opened up at home against Tennessee. After a close game the Gamecocks were able to pull out the win, 4-2. The Gamecocks are now 14-4 for the season and 1-0 in SEC play.

The Boys played Tennessee Saturday and once again had Tennessee on their tails. Tennessee was able to come back after being down by 5 to tie the game up. Luckily Jeffery Jones bat was on fire, he drove in four runs to help Carolina beat Tennessee 10-7. The Gamecocks were then 15-4 and 2-0 in SEC play!

After two close back to back games on Friday and Saturday the Gamecocks shut out Tennessee 4-0 after a rain delay. The Gamecocks are now on a ten game winning streak. Whit Merrifield and Scott Wingo both hit homeruns Sunday. The Gamecocks finished the weekend 16-4 and 3-0 in SEC play! GO COCKS!

Yesterday the Gamecocks faced off against Georgia Southern. The game went to 13 innings before the 5-5 tie was finally broke when Brandy Thomas hit a double to score three runs, the Gamecocks won 8-5. The Gamecocks are now 17-4 for the season and 3-0 in SEC play. This makes 11 games in a row for the Gamecocks, lets see if they can keep it going when they go to Auburn for more SEC play this weekend. Carolina will be going for their third sweep of the season and second sweep in the SEC!

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Catching up with USC Baseball

Carolina baseball played Clemson March 5-7th. Clemson won of the 3. Series opener the Gamecocks lost 4-3. March 6th the Gamcecocks were able to rally for a 7-5 win against Clemson and the last game of the series at home the Gamecocks were crushed 19-6.

March 9th the Gamecocks played Valparaiso and won 12-4 and on the 10th they won 7-3. Two records were set when Parker Bangs, Matt Price, and Jimmy Raven combined to have eighteen batters strike out. Also Whit Merrifield now has 26 straight games with a hit which is a school record.

March 13th the Gamecocks had a doubleheader against Brown because of a rainout on the 12th, they won both games, 8-4 in the first game and 10-7 in the second game. March 14th the Gamecocks finished the series wtih a 6-5 win in ten innings. This is the second sweep of the year for the Gamecocks.

March 16th they played Furman and won 15-0. March 17th Carolina beat Davidson 8-3.

The Gamecocks are currently 13-4 and will begin SEC play vs. Tennessee on Friday for a three game series at Carolina Stadium. Game times are: Friday 7 p.m. Saturday 4 p.m. and Sunday 1:30 p.m.

Hopefully the Gamecocks are able to stay on a roll and get their third sweep of the season and get SEC play off on a high note

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