South Carolina hosted the Bulldogs from the West and swept the series 3 games to none. Breaking it Down…Friday might have been the turning point for the season. Michael Roth began the game incredibly well and didn’t allow a hit until the fifth inning.  While he did that, the offense built a three run lead.  […]

Mississippi State visits The Ray this weekend for a three game series.  The Bulldogs won their first conference series this past weekend against Vanderbilt.  That series win improved their conference record to 5-7, the same as South Carolina’s. Pitching:  The strength of the Bulldogs team is their pitching staff.  Their Friday night starter, Chris Stratton, […]

South Carolina took 2 of 3 from Tennessee over the weekend at The Ray. Breaking it Down…Friday night’s game was a seesaw affair.  Tennessee struck first in the top of the third.  Two doubles led to a one run lead.  South Carolina took the lead 2-1 in the bottom of the fifth thanks to a […]

The Volunteers come to Columbia for a three game series this weekend. First pitches are at 7:00pm Friday, 8:00pm Saturday and 1:30pm on Sunday. Tennessee managed to lure Daver Serrano away from Cal State Fullerton in the off season.  They started the season 7-0, then cooled off some, but appear to be gaingin some steam again.  They […]

Here is another round of our “Great Debate” series and this one is centered on Eric Hyman. Topic concerns Hyman’s stance as the best AD at USC.  Here is our thoughts…. From the General:Last Tuesday, Kansas State’s Frank Martin was announced as the next basketball coach at South Carolina.  At the same time, Eric Hyman […]

South Carolina traveled to Nashville to play Vanderbilt and won the series two games to one. Breaking it Down…On Friday night the offense started the series off right.  In the top of the first inning, Christian Walker hit a solo home run.  In the top of the third, the offense blew the game open.  Two […]

Last year Vanderbilt finished in a three way tie atop the SEC with Florida and South Carolina.  Not surprisingly Vanderbilt went on to be one of the last 4 teams playing in Omaha.  The expectations were the success would continue this year.  That hasn’t quite happened. Vanderbilt opened the season away against a very good […]

South Carolina beat Florida in the opening game 9-3 and then lost the next two 8-2 and 5-4. Breaking it Down…Michael Roth and Hudson Randall took the hill on Thursday night for a showcase of two of the best pitchers in college baseball for a national audience on ESPNU.  When they each left the game, […]

Here is another Gamecocks Great Debate. The topic this week is “should Price and Koumas excahnge roles?” Below are the thoughts from the LOHD crew with respect to the question. Please post your comments in regard to this question in the comments section.General Matt Price elected to come back to school this year after he […]

South Carolina hosts the consensus number 1 team in the nation, the Florida Gators.  Florida is, to put it simply, the most complete college baseball team I have seen. Batting:  Florida returns the SEC Player of the year, Mike Zunino  He is batting .402 this year with 7 home runs and 25 RBIs.  He is […]

South Carolina went to Kentucky to begin SEC play.  The Gamecocks were swept 3 games to none by scores of 3-4, 3-4 and 3-6. On Friday Carolina took the lead 3-0, but a combination of walks and and timely hitting led to two runs in the bottom of the 7th.  The Gamecocks got out of […]

South Carolina was the winningest SEC baseball team from 2001-2010.  Then in 2011 they had a pretty successful year, too.  During the same time period (’01-’10) Kentucky was the worst SEC baseball team.  The Wildcats finished the decade a full 64 games behind South Carolina, and 17 games behind 11th place Mississippi State.  Last year […]

South Carolina hosted Elon over the weekend and swept the series 3 games to none by scores of 8-1, 3-2 and 6-0. Breaking it Down…On Friday night, Michael Roth dominated the Phoenix the whole game.  In seven innings, he didn’t allow a run or hit and struck out 7.  Nolan Belcher continued the no-hitter through […]

The Elon Phoenix visit Carolina Stadium this weekend.  Last year they won the Southern Conference regular season championship, and this year they have started out their season 4-0.  Like many Southern Conference teams they don’t have many big name players, but they do have a well coached team who knows how to play baseball. Offensively, […]