South Carolina-Tennessee series: Times, TV, pitching, weather, odds

South Carolina travels to Tennessee for an important three-game SEC series Thursday-Saturday. Here is everything you need to watch and listen to the games, plus start times, pitching, weather, and odds.

Last updated Saturday, May 18 at 8:25 a.m.

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South Carolina-Tennessee Game 1

• Date/Time: Thursday, May 16 @ 6:30 p.m.
• Television: None
• Streaming video: SEC Network Plus with Andy Brock, Caylan Arnold (verified TV provider required)
• Radio: Gamecock Radio Network with Derek Scott, Stuart Lake; pregame at 6:15 p.m.
• Streaming audio: Learfield and the South Carolina Gamecocks app (Apple, Google)
• Weather: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind.
• Odds: South Carolina is a monyeline underdog of +185 (average odds of sportsbooks)

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South Carolina-Tennessee Game 2

• Date/Time: Friday, May 17 @ 6:30 p.m.
• Television: None
• Streaming video: SEC Network Plus with Andy Brock, Cody Hawn (verified TV provider required)
• Radio: Gamecock Radio Network with Derek Scott, Stuart Lake; pregame at 6:15 p.m.
• Streaming audio: Learfield and the South Carolina Gamecocks app (Apple, Google)
• Weather: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8 p.m., then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8-10 p.m., then a chance of showers after 10 p.m. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Odds: South Carolina is a monyeline underdog of +172 (average odds of sportsbooks)

South Carolina-Tennessee Game 3

• Date/Time: Saturday, May 18 @ 1 p.m.
• Television: None
• Streaming video: SEC Network Plus with Andy Brock, Cody Hawn (verified TV provider required)
• Radio: Gamecock Radio Network with Derek Scott, Stuart Lake; pregame at 12:45 p.m.
• Streaming audio: Learfield and the South Carolina Gamecocks app (Apple, Google)
• Weather: Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5 p.m. High near 78. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
• Odds: South Carolina is a monyeline underdog of +170 (average odds of sportsbooks)

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South Carolina-Tennessee: Probable starting pitchers

Thursday

• South Carolina: Ty Good (RHP) 5-1, 3.21 ERA, 47.2 IP, 21 BB, 63 SO
• Tennessee: Chris Stamos (LHP) 3-0, 3.33 ERA, 24.1 IP, 12 BB, 27 SO

Friday

• South Carolina: Garrett Gainey (LHP) 0-2, 3.05 ERA, 38.1 IP, 6 BB, 56 SO
• Tennessee: Drew Beam (RHP) 7-2, 3.75 ERA, 74.1 IP, 17 BB, 67 SO

Saturday

• South Carolina: TBA
• Tennessee: Zander Sechrist (LHP) 1-1, 4.57 ERA, 43.1 IP, 10 BB, 48 SO

Scouting Tennesee

• Tennessee is coming off a 10-0, 7-inning win over Belmont on Tuesday night. Hunter Ensley and Colby Backus combined for five RBI on the night while Christian Moore hit his 24th home run of the season.
• Moore leads the Volunteers with a .377 batting average while Blake Burke has a .368 average with 22 doubles and 15 home runs.
• Drew Beam has seven wins on the mound and 67 strikeouts in 74.1 innings pitched.
• Tennessee is a game back of Kentucky in the SEC East standings heading into the final week of conference play. Kentucky hosts Vanderbilt starting Thursday night.
• Tony Vitello is in his seventh season as the head coach at Tennessee. He has led UT to a pair of College World Series appearances and was the 2022 National Coach of the Year by Perfect Game.
  (Info from USC Media Relations)

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South Carolina-Tennessee series

• Carolina leads the all-time series with Tennessee, 67-45, heading into this weekend.
• The Gamecocks are 24-25 all-time in games in Knoxville.
• Carolina won the middle game of last year’s series in Columbia, 6-1, as Braylen Wimmer homered and Talmadge LeCroy drove in a pair of runs.
  (Info from USC Media Relations)

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Gamecock Radio Network: Affiliates for SEC baseball series

• Allendale, 93.5 FM, WDOG
• Camden, 98.7 FM, WCAM
• Camden, 1590 AM, WCAM
• Charleston, 98.9 FM, WTMZ
• Chesterfield, 107.3 FM, WVSZ
• Columbia, 107.5 FM, WNKT (flagship station)
• Florence, 96.3 FM, WOLH
• Florence, 1230 AM, WOLH
• Greenville, 104.9 FM, WROO
• Greenville, 1440 AM, WGVL
• Myrtle Beach, 100.3 FM, WSEA
• Rock Hill/Lancaster, 107.1 FM, WRHM
• Spartanburg, 98.3 FM, WSPG
• Spartanburg, 1400 AM, WSPG
• Waynesboro, 92.9 FM, WYBO

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