Keep Swinging Smoak and big game looms...

Justin Smoak currently has a hitting streak of 23 games. Wow!

Smoak, who's raised his average from .295 to .337 in the streak that includes nine multi-hit games, is now two games shy of the school record set in 1976 by catcher Greg Keatley.

He leads USC in homers (14) and RBI (50). He also has 34 walks to 25 strikeouts with an on-base percentage of .451. Not too shabby...

We here at LOHD hopes he keeps hitting especially tonight...USC faces Clemson again.

USC is ranked No. 5 in the coaches' poll, No. 9 by Baseball America and No. 10 by Collegiate Baseball. USC (32-10) won the first game of this year's series, 12-0, March 3 at Clemson and both games in Columbia, 3-2 and 4-2. Tigers recently lost to Elon...yes I said they lost to Elon...13-12.

Last time USC swept the series - in 2000 the Gamecocks won both games in a weather-shortened series, but in 1985 Carolina won all six games.