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The No. 6 Gamecocks will host Charleston Southern at Founders Park Tuesday night. First pitch is at 7 p.m. on SEC Network Plus.
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Ethan Petry sets South Carolina freshman home run record
By Collyn Taylor
Ethan Petry just ticked off the first record of what has been a historic freshman season at South Carolina.
Petry hit home run No. 18 today, which officially sets a new record for home runs by a freshman at South Carolina.
He breaks Justin Smoak’s record of 17, which stood since the 2006 season. Smoak hit 17 over the course of 66 games that year while Petry did it in the Gamecocks’ first 36. He did it off of Devin Futrell, one of the better pitchers in the SEC.
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Petry tied Smoak’s record Friday night against Vanderbilt, crushing a pitch off of Bryce Cunningham in what was a tie game at the time.
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“I mean what else can you say about the kid at this point?” Mark Kingston said after that game. “I’m very happy I get to write his name in the lineup in the three-hole every day. He just keeps doing it.”
It’s the first of potentially many records Petry could break this season, especially when it comes to freshman records at South Carolina.
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He’s on pace to be in contention for the freshman records for hits in a single season, freshman slugging percentage and average adn RBI by a freshman.
“Dude, he’s unreal. I’ve never seen anything like this from anybody. Maybe Ivan Melendez last year but I didn’t see him that long,” Michael Braswell said. “This is ridiculous. He’s batting .440 in the SEC with 17 jacks. That’s unreal. I can’t even explain it.”
