South Carolina vs. Tennessee baseball series: Times, TV, pitching, weather, odds, injuries, live updates

South Carolina and Tennessee meet in Columbia, S.C., for a three-game SEC baseball series Friday through Sunday. Here’s everything you need to know, including how to watch, start times, pitching matchups, weather forecasts, betting odds, injuries, and live updates.

Entering the series, South Carolina is 17-9 overall and 1-5 in the SEC, while Tennessee is 23-2 overall and 5-1 in the SEC.

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South Carolina vs. Tennessee live updates

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South Carolina vs. Tennessee Game 1

• Where: Founders Park, Columbia, S.C.
• When: Friday, March 28, at 7 p.m. EDT
• Traditional TV: None
• Streaming video: SEC Network Plus (verified TV provider required)
• Radio: Gamecock Sports Network, on 98.5 FM in Columbia, with Derek Scott (play-by-play) and Stuart Lake (analyst); the pregame show begins at 6:45 p.m.; see below for a list of network affiliates
• Streaming audio: Learfield and the South Carolina Gamecocks app (Apple, Google)
• Weather: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81 and a low around 58; calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon
• Odds: As of Thurdsay at 8:20 p.m., betting information has been posted
• Tennessee: Liam Doyle (Jr. LHP) 3-1, 2.03 ERA, 31.0 IP, 11 BB, 62 SO
• South Carolina: Jake McCoy (So. LHP) 2-2, 6.57 ERA, 24.2 IP, 12 BB, 45 SO

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South Carolina vs. Tennessee Game 2

• Where: Founders Park, Columbia, S.C.
• When: Saturday, March 29, at 4 p.m. EDT
• Traditional TV: None
• Streaming video: SEC Network Plus (verified TV provider required)
• Radio: Gamecock Sports Network, on 107.5 The Game in Columbia, with Derek Scott (play-by-play) and Stuart Lake (analyst); the pregame show begins at 3:45 p.m.; see below for a list of network affiliates
• Streaming audio: Learfield and the South Carolina Gamecocks app (Apple, Google)
• Weather: Partly sunny, with a high near 80; calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the morning
• Odds: Betting info has not been posted
• Tennessee: Marcus Phillips (Jr. RHP) 2-0, 1.47 ERA, 30.2 IP, 9 BB, 35 SO
• South Carolina: Jarvis Evans Jr. (Jr. LHP) 3-0, 3.42 ERA, 26.1 IP, 6 BB, 27 SO

South Carolina vs. Tennessee Game 3

• When: Founders Park, Columbia, S.C.
• Where: Sunday, March 30, at 5 p.m. ET
• Traditional TV: SEC Network, with Tom Hart and Chris Burke on the call
• Streaming video: It can be streamed on espn.com (verified TV provider required)
• Radio: Gamecock Sports Network, on 107.5 The Game in Columbia, with Derek Scott (play-by-play) and Stuart Lake (analyst); the pregame show begins at 4:45 p.m.; see below for a list of network affiliates
• Streaming audio: Learfield and the South Carolina Gamecocks app (Apple, Google)
• Weather: A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2 p.m.; mostly cloudy, with a high near 79; chance of precipitation is 60%; new rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms
• Odds: Betting info has not been posted
• Tennessee: TBA
• South Carolina: TBA

Injury report: South Carolina vs. Tennessee

During the offseason, the SEC approved a policy that mandates availability reports for conference games for football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, and baseball. For baseball, reports are submitted the night before games and updated on game day.

Here are the players listed on Thursday’s night report:

Tennessee

• RHP #33 AJ Russell – Out
• INF #45 Alberto Osuna – Out
• INF #6 Gavin Kilen – Questionable

South Carolina

• C #5 Talmadge LeCroy – Probable
• INF #8 Nolan Nawrocki – Out
• RHP #16 Dylan Eskew – Out
• RHP #18 Eli Jerzembeck – Out
• RHP #39 Riley Goodman – Out

Scouting Tennessee (from USC)

• The Volunteers are coming off a 14-3 win over Queens on Tuesday night. Blake Grimmer had five RBI in the win.
• Gavin Kilen leads Tennessee and is second in the SEC with a .431 batting average and has a team-best 10 home runs.
• On the mound, Marcus Phillips is 2-0 with a 1.47 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 30.2 innings pitched.
• Tony Vitello is in his eighth season as head coach at Tennessee. He guided the Volunteers to a 2024 national championship.

South Carolina vs. Tennessee series (from USC)

• Carolina leads the all-time series with Tennessee, 67-48, heading into Friday’s game.
• Tennessee won all three games between the two teams last season in Knoxville.
• In the last meeting at Founders Park, the Gamecocks won the middle game of the three-game series, 6-1, in seven innings in 2023. Braylen Wimmer had two hits, and Jack Mahoney struck out nine in the win.
• The last time the Gamecocks faced the number-one team in the country was last year’s Tennessee series on May 16-18, 2024.

Gamecock Radio Network: Baseball affiliates

• 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
• 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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