COLUMBIA, Mo. – The University of South Carolina baseball team plated eight runs in the final three innings of play as the Gamecocks defeated Missouri, 9-4, Sunday, May 5, at Taylor Stadium. The Gamecocks picked up a series win for the first time in Missouri since 2013.
South Carolina’s Ethan Petry celebrates his homerun during Sunday’s game against Missouri.
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Carolina scored the first run on a strikeout-wild pitch in the second, but Missouri responded with four runs in the bottom of the second, two off a Danny Corona home run. Austin Brinling saved a grand slam with a catch over the wall at center to keep it at 4-1.
The score remained at 4-1 until the seventh. Dalton Reeves started the inning with a single home run to right. Ethan Petry then tied it with a two-run home run to straightaway center field. In the eighth, Reeves reached on a bunt single that Blake Jackson scored on a throwing error. Gavin Casas singled home Kennedy Jones to make it 6-4 and Austin Brinling’s sacrifice fly to left gave the Gamecocks a 7-4 lead.
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Cole Messina homered to lead off the ninth. Carolina added insurance with a Talmadge LeCroy RBI single.
Messina and Jackson had three hits apiece to lead the Gamecock offense while Reeves and Casas had two hits.
Connor McCreery earned the win in relief, striking out four in 2.2 innings. Chris Veach picked up his third save with a pair of punchouts in 1.1 innings. Garrett Gainey had five strikeouts in his 3.2 inning performance. The Gamecock staff allowed just four hits in the wi: Carolina visits Rock Hill, SC, for a Tuesday night (May 7) tilt with Winthrop. First pitch is set for 6 pm at Winthrop Ballpark.
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