Photos: South Carolina dominates Clemson, wins series
South Carolina is on a heater.
The Gamecocks capped a near-perfect weekend with a 7-1 win over Clemson Sunday afternoon to clinch the series and win their 11th game in 12 tries.
GamecockCentral was on hand and capturing the big win. Check out over 60 photos from the game from Caroline Barry.
South Carolina powers past Clemson, clinches series
Talmadge LeCroy rounded third, the smile never wavering from his face.
The echoes of Sandstorm were still blaring as he skipped toward home, celebrating the second of back-to-back homers, flexing somewhat toward the South Carolina dugout.
“It felt great,” LeCroy said.
The in-state kid delivered one of the bigger swings in the game, capping a three-run fourth that paced the Gamecocks to a series-clinching 7-1 win over Clemson Sunday afternoon at Founders Park.
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For LeCroy, that was his second of two big hits over the last two games and a rubber stamp on a power-happy day for the Gamecocks headlined by two Gavin Casas homers.
The win marks the first time since 2012 South Carolina lost the first game to Clemson and came back to win the series. It’s also the first time since the 2011-12 academic year South Carolina beat its rival in football, baseball and both men’s and women’s basketball.
Friday night was the first bit of adversity we had to handle this year. We had a couple of close games. But for the most part that was the first bit of adversity, we had to handle. The way we talked in the dugout after the game was perfect. We said it was one of those games, come out ready to go tomorrow,” Mark Kingston said.
“It’s big. I’m glad our fans are able to celebrate this. They’ve had a chance to celebrate a lot of success recently athletically and I’m happy we can be another part of that.”
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And the Gamecocks (11-1) did it on the backs of their big bats, slugging their way to the rivalry series win.
South Carolina jumped on Clemson early, putting up runs in four of the first five innings with five of the team’s first six hits going for extra bases.
After a Cole Messina RBI single in the first, Gavin Casas launched a first-pitch homer to left field and would do it again in the fourth inning.
With a runner at first, Casas connected, sending a ball into orbit with a 407-foot, behemoth two-run shot.
Cass is now hitting .308 on the year with seven of his 12 hits homers.
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“It’s been great. He’s a kid that loves the game of baseball. He comes from a big-time baseball family and it’s great to see him have this kind of success. He’s worked hard for it,” Kingston said.
“It was a bit of a leap of faith when you take a player who had been at another program and didn’t have a whole lot of experience or success. But we did our homework. We were aware of his background and what he might be able to do with a change of scenery. We’re happy we added him.”
