Crucial USC Baseball Series Begins Today

South Carolina (30-18) returns to action this weekend on the road vs. Tennessee (21-27). The SEC series begins on Friday night with first pitch scheduled for 7 p.m.

South Carolina leads the all-time series 38-32 including two wins last year in the final three games played at Sarge Frye Field in Columbia.

Carolina sits in third place in the Eastern Division and seventh place overall with a 12-12 conference record. Carolina needs to win and I feel strongly that they need to win 2 out of 3 this weekend. To strengthen their chances in making the postseason.

Key stats via USCsports ---

• South Carolina is hitting .307 as a team on the year (514-for-1674) with 82 HR and 333 RBI.
• The team is fielding .973 (1273 putouts, 485 assists, 48 errors).
• The pitching staff owns a 5.15 team ERA. 378 strikeouts in 424.1 innings.
• Opponents are only batting .261 against the squad, second lowest opponents average in the SEC.
• Carolina continues to be strong in the early innings, outscoring opponents 110-48 in the first two innings on the year.
• South Carolina is 28-3 in games when it out-hits the opponent.
• Carolina is also 27-10 when hitting at least one home run.
• The Gamecocks also have a record of 19-6 when scoring in the first inning.
• South Carolina has homered in 35 of 48 games this year with a total of 82.
• Carolina is 27-10 when hitting at least one home run in a game.