South Carolina continues to move up national polls, surges into top 10
South Carolina continues its red-hot start to the season. And national outlets are rewarding them in the national polls.
The Gamecocks surged into the top 10 in both national polls this week, the highest they’ve been all season.
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D1Baseball ranks South Carolina No. 9 nationally, up two spots from last week. The Gamecocks entered the week No. 11 in the rankings and deservedly moved up after a 3-1 week. It’s the first time since 2017 South Carolina’s been in the top 10 at D1.
Baseball America, after ranking the Gamecocks No. 14 last week, moved them up four spots to No. 10 this week.
South Carolina also checks in at No. 5 in the RPI with a 8-1 record in Quad I, 0-1 Quad II record and a combined 15-0 record in the final two quadrants.
The Gamecocks are coming off yet another sweep this season, taking all three in their home SEC opener against No. 22/18 Missouri with two coming on walk-offs.
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South Carolina stormed back Friday night in a 9-8 win over the Tigers. The Gamecocks plated four in the ninth thanks to a two-run single from Caleb Denny. Jonathan French picked up a game-tying base hit then Michael Braswell delivered a walk-off single and error.
The Gamecocks also swept a doubleheader Saturday with a dominating 8-1 win to clinch the series. Noah Hall headlined that with a dominant seven-inning performance and an offense that hit homer after homer.
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Game 3 was arguably the most drama-filled, a 5-4 win in 12 innings. South Carolina got a game-tying, two-run homer from Ethan Petry in the eighth inning and used three shutout innings from Matthew Becker to set up the walk-off hit.
Petry ended the game with a bases-loaded single in the 12th to win it, continuing his push as one of the best freshmen in the country.
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“I’m very proud of that group in that locker room. They played their asses off all day,” Mark Kingston said Saturday. “That second game could have gone either way a couple of times and could have gotten away from us. We just kept fighting. Really proud of that group. A lot of heart in that locker room.”
The lone loss this week came with the Gamecocks dropping a 6-2 contest Tuesday night against Charlotte at Truist Field in Charlotte.
South Carolina did lose Will McGillis for at least 4-6 weeks. The grad transfer a broken bone in his arm after getting hit by a pitch.
