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A mid-week game against the Davidson Wildcats helped Carolina break a five game losing streak, as Logan Chapman gave USC five solid innings on the mound and Justin Row and Hunter Taylor delivered longballs. The Gamecocks scored first as Jonah Bride and Row opened the second inning with back to back singles and Bride eventually scored on a ground out by Riley Hogan, starting at DH in place of the injured Noah Campbell. A double by Row in the fourth brought home LT Tolbert on an error by the Davidson LF as he struggled to field Row's hit. Davidson would tie the game in the top of the fifth, stringing together a pair of runs on a walk, single, RBI ground out and another single and that would close the day for Chapman who allowed three hits and the two runs over his five innings. Homers by Taylor (solo, bottom 5th) and Row (2-run shot, bottom 6th) pushed the lead to 5-2. The Wildcats rallied against freshman John Gilreath, cutting the lead to 5-4, but Eddy Demurias closed things out for his second save with two scoreless innings of relief.
2018-03-27
RunsHitsErrDecisionHome Runs
Davidson492J.LaCagnina (L, 0-2)
South Carolina570L.Chapman (W, 2-0)J.Row (3), H.Taylor (5)

Scoring Plays
InningOutsUSCOppTeamPlayPitcher
2110USCRiley Hogan grounds out to first, Justin Row scoresC.Gordon
4120USCJustin Row doubles to left, LT Tolbert scores on error by LFJ.LaCagnina
5121DAVZach Nussbaum grounds out to 2B, Andrew Born scoresL.Chapman
5222DAVAlex Mardiney singles to right, Max Bazin scoresL.Chapman
5032USCHunter Taylor hits solo homer to leftJ.LaCagnina
6152USCJustin Row homers to left, Jonab Bride scoresP.Bloomberg
8153DAVEric Jones singles to SS, Alex Mardiney scoresE.Demurias
8154DAVWard Coleman singles to center, Brett Centracchio scoresE.Demurias
Davidson Batting PosABRHRBI
Alex MardineyRF5121
Brett CentracchioLF/1B4110
Alec Acosta2B3000
Eric Jones1B/C4011
Ward Coleman3B4011
Andrew BornCF2100
Max BazinSS4120
Evan RobertsDH0000
...Justin LebekPH/DH4010
Zach NussbaumC1001
...Matt FreyPH1000
...Walker ImwalleLF1010


SOUTH CAROLINA Batting PosABRHRBI2B3BHRKBBGIDPHBPSHSBCSGSC
Jacob OlsonRF40000002000000-2.4
Carlos CortesLF40000000000000-2
L.T. TolbertSS211000001010023.5
Jonah Bride3B412000000000004
Justin Row2B3232101010000015
Chris Cullen1B30000002100000-1.9
.....Matt Williams1B000000000000000
Riley HoganDH30010000000000-0.5
Hunter TaylorC311100100000007
Danny BlairCF30000002000000-1.9


Davidson Pitching IPHRERKBB
Connor Gordon3.031020
Jaret LaCagninaL2.122131
Pete Bloomberg0.222201
Andrew Ashur1.000000


SOUTH CAROLINA Pitching IPHRERKBB
Logan ChapmanW5.032262
Carmen Mlodzinski1.210011
Parker Coyne0.100000
John Gilreath0.022200
Eddy DemuriasSV2.030010


SOUTH CAROLINA Fielding
PlayerPosInnPOASTEDPSBACS
Danny BlairCF9.00000
Jonah Bride3B9.01100
Logan ChapmanP5.0110001
Carlos CortesLF9.02000
Parker CoyneP0.1000000
Chris Cullen1B8.09100
Eddy DemuriasP2.0010000
John GilreathP0.0000000
Carmen MlodzinskiP1.2100000
Jacob OlsonRF9.00000
Justin Row2B9.01501
Hunter TaylorC9.0810001
L.T. TolbertSS9.03301
Matt Williams1B1.01001