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For the second time in the weekend series and the third time in their last four SEC games, Carolina rallied from a deficit of at least four runs to beat a national top 20 team. In this game USC starter Cody Morris gave up four runs in the second inning and clearly wasn't himself as Vanderbilt jumped out to a 4-0 lead. Even as the Gamecocks tried to chip away at the lead - Jonah Bride had a two-run homer in the third - relievers Eddy Demurias and Sawyer Bridges struggled to keep Vandy off the board as the Commodores pushed their lead to 5-2 and then 6-3. The Carolina bats came to the rescue in the seventh, scoring three runs to tie the game at six. Bride had a sacrifice fly to bring home TJ Hopkins for the first run, Justin Row had an RBI single and a double by Madison Stokes brought in the sixth run. Vandy then matched those three runs in the bottom of the seventh, putting USC right back in a hole. Unfaze, Carolina scored three more in the eighth as Noah Campbell walked and Hunter Taylor singled, setting the stage for the suddenly red-hot Carlos Cortes. The Miami native launched a homer to right to tie the game. Graham Lawson came on in relief in the bottom of the 8th and became the first USC pitcher to have success, getting a fly out and two strikeouts. Jacob Olson opened the 9th by getting hit by a pitch, then stole second and moved to third on a failed pickoff attempt. Hunter Taylor's deep fly to center scored Olson with the go-ahead run and Lawson shut the door in the bottom of the 9th for a 10-9 victory.
2018-04-29
RunsHitsErrDecisionHome Runs
South Carolina10131G.Lawson (W, 1-1)C.Cortes (12), J.Bride (3), M.Stokes (8)
Vanderbilt9 10 1C.Day (L, 1-1)

Scoring Plays
InningOutsUSCOppTeamPlayPitcher
SOUTH CAROLINA Batting PosABRHRBI2B3BHRKBBGIDPHBPSHSBCSGSC
T.J. HopkinsCF612000010000002.8
Carlos CortesLF421300111000009.3
L.T. TolbertSS421000011000002.3
Jonah Bride3B3123001010000011.5
Justin Row2B502110000000004.5
Madison Stokes1B5122101100000010.3
.....Matt Williams1B000000000000000
Jacob OlsonRF410000000010100
Noah CampbellDH411000031000000.9
Hunter TaylorC312100011000005.3


Vanderbilt Batting PosABRHRBI
Austin MartinLF3010
Ethan Paul2B4000
Phillip ClarkeC4110
Pat DeMarcoRF5231
Ty DuvallDH5110
Connor KaiserSS4100
Alonzo JonesCF2311
Harrison Ray3B5124
Julian Infante1B3012


SOUTH CAROLINA Pitching IPHRERKBB
Cody Morris2.024401
Eddy Demurias4.053323
Sawyer Bridges0.222202
Parker Coyne0.110000
John Gilreath0.000000
Graham LawsonW2.000030


Vanderbilt Pitching IPHRERKBB
Mason Hickman6.073341
Reid Schaller1.033312
Aaron Brown0.223302
Jake Eder0.010000
Chandler DayL1.101030


SOUTH CAROLINA Fielding
PlayerPosInnPOASTEDPSBACS
Jonah Bride3B9.01200
Sawyer BridgesP0.2000010
Carlos CortesLF9.03100
Parker CoyneP0.1000000
Eddy DemuriasP4.0000020
John GilreathP0.0000000
T.J. HopkinsCF9.04000
Graham LawsonP2.0010000
Cody MorrisP2.0000021
Jacob OlsonRF9.00000
Justin Row2B9.01300
Madison Stokes1B8.07000
Hunter TaylorC9.0611051
L.T. TolbertSS9.04200
Matt Williams1B1.01000