South Carolina vs. Sacred Heart baseball series: Times, TV, pitching, weather, odds, live updates
South Carolina and Sacred Heart play a three-game series this weekend to open the 2025 baseball season. Here is everything you need to watch and listen to the games, plus start times, pitching, weather, odds, and live updates.
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South Carolina vs. Sacred Heart live updates
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South Carolina-Sacred Heart Game 1
- Date/Time: Friday, Feb. 14 @ 4 p.m. (stadium opens @ 3 p.m.)
- Traditional TV: None
- Streaming video: SEC Network Plus (verified TV provider required) with Dave Weinstein, Grayson Greiner
- Radio: Gamecock Radio Network with Derek Scott, Stuart Lake; pregame at 3:45 p.m.
- Streaming audio: Learfield and the South Carolina Gamecocks app (Apple, Google)
- Weather: Sunny, with a high near 55. East wind around 8 mph.
- Odds: Have not been posted
- Sacred Heart: Joey Trombley (So. RHP) 3-2, 4.28 ERA, 61.0 IP, 25 BB, 39 SO
- South Carolina: Dylan Eskew (R-Sr. RHP) 3-5, 4.60 ERA, 62.2 IP, 26 BB, 40 SO
- Promotion: Free rally towels to the first 1,000 fans
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South Carolina-Sacred Heart Game 2
- Date/Time: Saturday, Feb. 15 @ 2 p.m. (stadium opens @ 1 p.m.)
- Traditional TV: None
- Streaming video: SEC Network Plus (verified TV provider required) with Dave Weinstein, Grayson Greiner
- Radio: Gamecock Radio Network with Cade Crenshaw, Stuart Lake; pregame at 1:45 p.m.
- Streaming audio: Learfield and the South Carolina Gamecocks app (Apple, Google)
- Weather: Showers. Rain, mainly before 2 p.m. High near 53. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
- Odds: Have not been posted
- Sacred Heart: Elijah Foster (So. RHP) 5-1, 4.53 ERA, 59.2 IP, 48 BB, 80 SO
- South Carolina: Matthew Becker (Sr. LHP) 5-3, 6.60 ERA, 43.2 IP, 18 BB, 60 SO
- Promotion: Field Dedication Ceremony at 1:30 p.m., Ray Tanner Field Koozie to the first 5,000 fans, Ray Tanner Commemorative Card to the first 2,500 fans
South Carolina-Sacred Heart Game 3
- Date/Time: Sunday, Feb. 16 @ 12 p.m. (stadium opens @ 11 a.m.)
- Traditional TV: None
- Streaming video: SEC Network Plus (verified TV provider required) with Dave Weinstein, Grayson Greiner
- Radio: Gamecock Radio Network with Derek Scott, Stuart Lake; pregame at 11:45 a.m.
- Streaming audio: Learfield and the South Carolina Gamecocks app (Apple, Google)
- Weather: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1 p.m., then a chance of showers. High near 70. South wind 16 to 18 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
- Odds: Have not been posted
- Sacred Heart: Starting pitcher TBA
- South Carolina: Jake McCoy (So. LHP) 1-0, 7.88 ERA, 16.0 IP, 15 BB, 20 SO
- Promotion: Complimentary tickets to Junior Gamecock Club members
Scouting Sacred Heart
- The Pioneers are coming off a 2024 season that saw SHU win the NEC regular season title with a 25-8 conference mark. Sacred Heart was 35-23 overall and went 2-2 in the NEC Tournament.
- Tim McGuire returns to the Pioneers lineup after hitting .326 with 12 doubles and 37 RBI in 2024.
- In fact, all three Pioneer position players that hit over .300 last year are back in 2025 (Zack Kovalchik, .326; Alex Ungar .314).
- On the mound, Joey Trombley had three wins and a .428 ERA in 13 starts. Elijah Foster struck out 80 batters in 59.2 innings and Owen MacDonnell had a team-best nine saves in 2024.
- Pat Egan is in his third season as head coach at Sacred Heart. He was named the NEC Coach of the Year in 2024 and joined SHU after four years as an assistant at Quinnipiac.
(Info from USC Media Relations)
South Carolina-Sacred Heart series
- South Carolina and Sacred Heart will meet for the first time on the diamond this weekend.
- The Gamecocks are a perfect 7-0 against teams from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Carolina is 3-0 vs. both Niagara and Rider and 1-0 vs. Manhattan.
- Sacred Heart is playing in the MAAC this season after competing in the Northeast Conference since 1999.
(Info from USC Media Relations)
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
