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In the most disappointing loss of the season to date, Carolina dropped a mid week game that saw the Gamecocks get only five hits off a beleaguered Citadel staff that had an ERA of almost six. The Citadel manufactured a run in the game's opening inning with a bunt followed by an RBI groundout. Carolina matched the run on a pair of walks to Noah Campbell and TJ Hopkins and Campbell would score on an error by the shortstop. A sac fly by Campbell in the second scored Carlos Cortes and put Carolina in the lead, but some sloppy defense would cause that lead to slip away in the fifth. A home run by Cortes to lead on the seventh tied the game back at 3 and it looked like USC might take the lead in the eighth when Madison Stokes led off the inning with a triple. Unfortunately the Carolina bats failed and Stokes was still standing at third when the inning ended. The Citadel's Ben Peden then led off the ninth with a homer off Parker Coyne to go up 4-3. Cortes led off the bottom of the ninth with a walk, but USC went quietly after that with two strikeouts and a pop out.
2018-03-20
RunsHitsErrDecisionHome Runs
The Citadel481J.Buster (W, 3-1)
South Carolina350P.Coyne (L, 1-1)C.Cortes (4)

Scoring Plays
InningOutsUSCOppTeamPlayPitcher
1101CITTaylor Cothran grounds out to pitcher, Jeffery Brown scoresL.Chapman
1111USCLT Tolbert grounds to short, Noah Campbell scores on throwing errorT.Byelick
2121USCNoah Campbell flies out to left, Carlos Cortes scoresT.Byelick
5122CITJeffery Brown singles to first, J.D. Davis scoresT.Shook
5223CITBryce Leasure singles through left side, Ben Peden scoresT.Shook
7033USCCarlos Cortes homers to rightW.Pillsbury
9034CITBen Peden homers to rightP.Coyne
The Citadel Batting PosABRHRBI
Jeffery BrownCF4121
Jonathan SaboSS4000
Bryce LeasureC3021
Taylor CothranRF4001
Ryan McCarthyDH4000
Andrew JudkinsLF4010
J.D. Davis2B2100
Ben Peden1B4231
Brooks O'Brien3B2000


SOUTH CAROLINA Batting PosABRHRBI2B3BHRKBBGIDPHBPSHSBCSGSC
Noah CampbellDH310100021000000.1
T.J. HopkinsCF10000000100000-0.5
.....Danny BlairCF201010010000002.3
.....Justin RowPH10000000000000-0.5
Madison StokesSS301001011000003.8
L.T. Tolbert2B40000000000000-2
Jonah Bride3B20000001200000-1.2
Matt Williams1B40000001000000-2.2
Jacob OlsonRF40000000000000-2
Carlos CortesLF3221101010000011.5
Hunter TaylorC401000010000000.3


The Citadel Pitching IPHRERKBB
Thomas Byelick4.232114
Will Pillsbury1.211110
Jordan BusterW2.210052


SOUTH CAROLINA Pitching IPHRERKBB
Logan Chapman4.012224
T.J. Shook1.031100
Carmen Mlodzinski2.030000
Parker CoyneL2.011130


SOUTH CAROLINA Fielding
PlayerPosInnPOASTEDPSBACS
Danny BlairCF7.01000
Jonah Bride3B9.01200
Logan ChapmanP4.0110010
Carlos CortesLF9.02000
Parker CoyneP2.0000000
T.J. HopkinsCF2.01000
Carmen MlodzinskiP2.0000010
Jacob OlsonRF9.00000
T.J. ShookP1.0000000
Madison StokesSS9.04501
Hunter TaylorC9.0500020
L.T. Tolbert2B9.01200
Matt Williams1B9.011200