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Cody Morris gave a strong performance on the mound and three solo home runs helped USC claim the series with Tennessee and break a 10-series losing streak. Morris and Vol starter Garrett Stallings kept both teams scoreless through three but Carlos Cortes got things going with a solo home run with two outs in the fourth, one of his three hits on the day. Center fielder Danny Blair opened the fifth with his first homer of the year to extend the lead to 2-0. UT's Jay Charleston doubled in the sixth and scored on a ground out to cut it to 2-1 but Morris struck out Benito Santiago and then got a fly out to escape without further damage. Singles by Justin Row, Riley Hogan and Carlos Cortes scored another run, with Row scoring on Cortes' hit, followed by Hogan scoring on a wild pitch to push the lead to 4-1. A home run by Jacob Olson and an RBI double from Matt Williams gave the Gamecocks a comfortable 6-1 lead and they coasted from there, claiming a 6-2 win.
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RunsHitsErrDecisionHome Runs
Tennessee270G.Stallings (L, 4-2)
South Carolina6121C.Morris (W, 5-2)J.Olson (8), C.Cortes (6), D.Blair (1)

Scoring Plays
InningOutsUSCOppTeamPlayPitcher
4210USCCarlos Cortes homers to rightG.Stallings
5020USCDanny Blair homers to rightG.Stallings
6021UTNAndre Lipcius grounds out to first, Justin Ammons scoresC.Morris
6131USCCarlos Cortes singles to right, Justin Row scoresJ.Stallings
6241USCRiley Hogan scores on wild pitchG.Stallings
7051USCJacob Olson homers down left field lineW.Heflin
7261USCMatt Williams doubles to right center, LT Tolbert scoresW.Heflin
8062UTNJay Charleston grounds out SS to 2B, Justin Ammons scores on throwing error by 2BE.Demurias
Tennessee Batting PosABRHRBI
Justin AmmonsRF3220
Jay Charleston2B3020
Andre LipciusSS4001
Benito SantiagoC4000
Brodie LeftridgeCF4000
Pete Derkay1B4010
Evan RussellDH4010
Brandon TrammellLF3000
Brandon Chinea3B3010


SOUTH CAROLINA Batting PosABRHRBI2B3BHRKBBGIDPHBPSHSBCSGSC
Jacob OlsonRF/2B411100130000005.9
L.T. TolbertSS412000000000004
Jonah Bride3B402000010000002.8
Matt Williams1B401110000000002.5
Justin Row2B311000001000002
.....Kyle JacobsenRF000000000000000
Riley HoganDH411000010000001.3
Carlos CortesLF4132001000001112.5
Hunter TaylorC40000002000000-2.4
Danny BlairCF311100100000007


Tennessee Pitching IPHRERKBB
Garrett StallingsL6.084441
Will Heflin0.232210
Donovan Benoit1.110020


SOUTH CAROLINA Pitching IPHRERKBB
Cody MorrisW6.041151
John Gilreath0.120010
Parker Coyne0.211001
Eddy Demurias2.000020


SOUTH CAROLINA Fielding
PlayerPosInnPOASTEDPSBACS
Jonah Bride3B9.01000
Carlos CortesLF9.04000
Parker CoyneP0.2000001
Eddy DemuriasP2.0000000
John GilreathP0.1000000
Kyle JacobsenRF1.00000
Cody MorrisP6.0100000
Jacob OlsonRF8.01000
Jacob Olson2B1.00000
Justin Row2B8.04010
Hunter TaylorC9.0810001
L.T. TolbertSS9.01501
Matt Williams1B9.04101