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Freshman John Gilreath turned in his second straight four inning, scoreless outing, this time as the starter, as USC defeated North Florida 5-2. Gilreath, who skipped his senior season at Rock Hill Northwestern to pitch for USC, allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out four. The Gamecocks got on the board first as Jacob Olson blasted his second homer of the year in the second. LT Tolbert manufactured the second run, as he was hit by a pitch, stole second and scored on a single by Justin Row. UNF rallied, scoring 2 off Sawyer Bridges in the fifth to tie the game, but that would be their final runs of the contest. Carolina scored in each of its final three at-bats on an RBI single by Olson in the 6th, a bases loaded walk to Chris Cullen in the 7th after walks to Noah Campbell and Tolbert and a single by TJ Hopkins. The final run came in the 8th when Campbell tripled and scored on a double by Hopkins. JuCo transfer Eddy Demurias got his first Gamecock save by pitching a scoreless ninth.
2018-02-20
RunsHitsErrDecisionHome Runs
North Florida272M.Vaka (L, 0-1)
South Carolina5101S.Bridges (W, 1-0)J.Olson (2)

Scoring Plays
InningOutsUSCOppTeamPlayPitcher
2110USCJacob Olson homers to leftF.German
4220USCJustin Row singles up the middle, LT Tolbert scoresE.Miller
5221NFLDalton Board singled to right, Mac Wilson scoresS.Bridges
5222NFLJay Prather singles to right, Dalton Board scoresS.Bridges
6132USCJacob Olson singles to right, LT Tolbert scoresM.Vaka
7242USCChris Cullen walks with bases loaded, Noah Campbell scoresC.Bradford
8252USCTJ Hopkins doubles down left field line, Noah Campbell scoresN.Marchese
North Florida Batting PosABRHRBI
Tanner MurphyCF3010
Chris Berry3B4000
Andrew MartinezDH4000
Alex Reynolds1B3000
Wesley WeeksRF3010
Mac Wilson2B4110
Rey GonzalezC4000
Raff LibuanoLF0000
...Dalton BoardLF2121
Jay PratherSS3021


SOUTH CAROLINA Batting PosABRHRBI2B3BHRKBBGIDPHBPSHSBCSGSC
Noah CampbellDH422001011000007.8
T.J. HopkinsCF503110010000116.8
Carlos CortesLF40000001100000-2.2
Jonah Bride3B40000000000000-2
L.T. TolbertSS221000001010104.5
Chris Cullen1B301100001000002
.....Kyle JacobsenPR000000000000000
.....Matt Williams1B000000000000000
Jacob OlsonRF4122001000000010
Justin Row2B301100010001001.8
Hunter TaylorC40000001000000-2.2


North Florida Pitching IPHRERKBB
Frank German2.221141
Eddie Miller2.121110
Cooper Bradford1.011103


SOUTH CAROLINA Pitching IPHRERKBB
John Gilreath4.010041
Sawyer BridgesW2.042101
T.J. Shook1.020010
Eddy DemuriasSV2.000002


SOUTH CAROLINA Fielding
PlayerPosInnPOASTEDPSBACS
Jonah Bride3B9.01301
Sawyer BridgesP2.0010001
Carlos CortesLF9.03000
Chris Cullen1B7.06100
Eddy DemuriasP2.0000000
John GilreathP4.0010000
T.J. HopkinsCF9.02000
Jacob OlsonRF9.02111
Justin Row2B9.04201
T.J. ShookP1.0000000
Hunter TaylorC9.0510001
L.T. TolbertSS9.03200
Matt Williams1B2.01001