COLLEGE BASEBALL - Gamecocks defeat Tigers 5-4 for 8th straight win.

Game 2 of series set for 1 p.m. Saturday in Greenville

Thomas Grant Jr.
chroniclesports@yahoo.com
Posted 3/2/19

CLEMSON, S.C. - The University of South Carolina baseball team used a pair of second-inning home run and another outstanding performance from freshman Brett Kerry to open the 3-game series against …

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COLLEGE BASEBALL - Gamecocks defeat Tigers 5-4 for 8th straight win.

Game 2 of series set for 1 p.m. Saturday in Greenville

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CLEMSON, S.C. - The University of South Carolina baseball team used a pair of second-inning home run and another outstanding performance from freshman Brett Kerry to open the 3-game series against Clemson with a 5-4 win Friday night at Doug Kingsmore Stadium, picking up its 8th straight victory.

In a battle of two of the top 3 home run hitting teams in the country, the pair did not disappoint early. Grayson Byrd's 2-run home run in the first put the Tigers up, but South Carolina responded with 5 runs in the second.

Andrew Eyster belted his 2nd home run of the second, a 2-run shot to right center field. TJ Hopkins then made it 5-2 with a 3-run home run to left center.

The Tigers scored a run in the third on Michael Green's RBI single, but Carolina reliever Wesley Sweatt got out of further trouble by rolling a 5-3 double play with runners on first and second and one out. Clemson then scored a run in the fourth on a sacrifice fly from Sam Hall.

Kerry came in with 2 outs in the sixth and allowed just 2 hits while striking out 7 batters. He did not allow a run or walk and now has 18 strikeouts in 9.1 innings pitched.

The win went to Wesley Sweatt, who allowed three hits and a run with a strikeout in 1.2 innings of work.Eyster had three hits to lead Carolina's offense. Hopkins added a pair of hits and 3 RBI while Chris Cullen had 2 hits in the win.

The two teams resume the series at 1 p.m. Saturday at Fluor Field in Greenville.

Brett, Kerry, Sweatt

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