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South Carolina baseball beats Charleston Southern, 5-3

The Gamecocks lost their SEC Tournament opener Tuesday against Florida, 11-3 to finish the 2025 season 28-29.
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The Gamecocks lost their SEC Tournament opener Tuesday against Florida, 11-3 to finish the 2025 season 28-29.
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Updated: 11:43 PM EDT Apr 29, 2025
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South Carolina baseball beats Charleston Southern, 5-3
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Updated: 11:43 PM EDT Apr 29, 2025
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(Gamecocks Online) The University of South Carolina baseball team scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh innings and received quality starting pitching from Jarvis Evans Jr., in a 5-3 win over Charleston Southern Tuesday night (April 29) at Ray Tanner Field at Founders Park.The Gamecocks struck first in the bottom of the second as Beau Hollins scored on a wild pitch. The score remained at 1-0 until the seventh. Gavin Braland led off the inning with a single to left. He moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. Carolina loaded the bases on a Henry Kaczmar hit by pitch and a KJ Scobey walk. Kennedy Jones walked to bring in a run and Evan Stone singled up the middle to plate two. Pinch runner Blake Jackson scored the inning’s final run on a failed pickoff.Charleston Southern put up two runs in the eighth and one in the ninth, but Brendan Sweeney got a flyout to end it, picking up his sixth save of the season.Evans pitched 5.2 innings, allowing just two hits with no runs, three walks and a strikeout. Caleb Jones and Ryder Garino both got the Gamecocks to the dugout with traffic on the base. Jones got a fielder’s choice to end the sixth and Garino had a strikeout and flyout to end the eighth.Kaczmar had two hits to lead Carolina’s offense while Stone drove in two.POSTGAME NOTES Carolina improved to 12-1 in the midweek, with the only loss coming to No. 4 North Carolina. Evans picked up his fourth win of the season, tied for the team lead. Carolina played without Nathan Hall and Ethan Petry in the lineup.UP NEXTCarolina starts a three-game series against Florida on Friday night (May 2) at 7 p.m. at Ray Tanner Field at Founders Park. The game will be streamed on SEC Network Plus.

(Gamecocks Online) The University of South Carolina baseball team scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh innings and received quality starting pitching from Jarvis Evans Jr., in a 5-3 win over Charleston Southern Tuesday night (April 29) at Ray Tanner Field at Founders Park.

The Gamecocks struck first in the bottom of the second as Beau Hollins scored on a wild pitch. The score remained at 1-0 until the seventh. Gavin Braland led off the inning with a single to left. He moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. Carolina loaded the bases on a Henry Kaczmar hit by pitch and a KJ Scobey walk. Kennedy Jones walked to bring in a run and Evan Stone singled up the middle to plate two. Pinch runner Blake Jackson scored the inning’s final run on a failed pickoff.

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Charleston Southern put up two runs in the eighth and one in the ninth, but Brendan Sweeney got a flyout to end it, picking up his sixth save of the season.

Evans pitched 5.2 innings, allowing just two hits with no runs, three walks and a strikeout. Caleb Jones and Ryder Garino both got the Gamecocks to the dugout with traffic on the base. Jones got a fielder’s choice to end the sixth and Garino had a strikeout and flyout to end the eighth.

Kaczmar had two hits to lead Carolina’s offense while Stone drove in two.

POSTGAME NOTES

  • Carolina improved to 12-1 in the midweek, with the only loss coming to No. 4 North Carolina.
  • Evans picked up his fourth win of the season, tied for the team lead.
  • Carolina played without Nathan Hall and Ethan Petry in the lineup.

UP NEXT
Carolina starts a three-game series against Florida on Friday night (May 2) at 7 p.m. at Ray Tanner Field at Founders Park. The game will be streamed on SEC Network Plus.