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
