South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Mark Kingston disputes a name in opposition to the Alabama Crimson Tide throughout their sport at Founders Park in Columbia, SC, Saturday, April 30, 2022.
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The South Carolina baseball staff dropped its closing street collection of the season to Florida, dropping to the Gators 8-0 on Friday night time after dropping Game 1 on Thursday.
Mark Kingston’s Gamecocks already got here into the weekend exterior of the NCAA event image and didn’t do themselves any favors. USC (26-27, 12-17 SEC) ranked No. 76 within the RPI earlier than Saturday’s sport, effectively exterior of the sector of 64, and now the staff is under .500 on the season and is 3-14 in street video games.
But the Gamecocks did qualify for the SEC event, which incorporates the 12 high groups within the 14-team SEC convention when it comes to profitable share. To earn a regional berth, USC will greater than seemingly must win the Hoover, Alabama event title outright. Under Kingston, the Gamecocks have gone 1-4 within the SEC event.
Both Missouri and Mississippi State didn’t qualify for the SEC event. The Gamecocks mission because the No. 10 seed, above Alabama and Kentucky, each groups USC received collection in opposition to and maintain the tiebreaker for.
The Gamecocks fell to Florida 14-5 on Thursday and couldn’t discover any success offensively on Friday. The Gators tagged USC starter Noah Hall for 3 runs Friday, chasing him after three innings, whereas scoring three extra runs in opposition to reliever Cam Tringali.
At the tip of the fifth, Kingston received ejected from the sport for arguing with the umpire, presumably in an try to fireside up his staff.
Next USC baseball sport
Who: South Carolina at Florida
When: 2 p.m. Saturday
Where: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida
Watch: SEC Network Plus
This story was initially printed May 20, 2022 10:34 PM.
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