Game 3: South Carolina 4, LSU 0 | FINAL | South Carolina Takes Series 2-1 |

#12 South Carolina Gamecocks (33-12, 13-8 SEC) at #2 LSU Fighting Tigers (39-6, 16-5 SEC)

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Box Score___R___H___E__LOB
USC________4___7___0____8
LSU________0___6___1____6

LSU Pitching:
L- Kurt McCune 2.2 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
Nate Fury 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Brent Bonvillain 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Nick Rumbelow 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Joey Bourgeois 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Chris Cotton 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
TEAM: 9.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 3 K


South Carolina - Fr. LHP Jack Wynkoop(5-2, 3.12 ERA)


LSU Lineup:
1) Sean McMullen 1 for 4
2) Jared Foster 1 for 3, BB
3) Alex Bregman 0 for 4
4) Mason Katz 1 for 4, 2B
5) Raph Rhymes 1 for 4
6) Christian Ibarra 0 for 4, GIDP
7) Ty Ross 0 for 3
8) JaCoby Jones 1 for 3
9) Andrew Stevenson 0 for 1, K
--Chris Chinea 0 for 1
----Mark Laird 1 for 1
TEAM: 6 for 32 (.188), 2B, BB, K


Top 1
Saiko popped out foul to 1st (1 out)
Vergason tripled to right
Pankake grounded out to 3rd (2 outs)
Dantzler doubled to right, Vergason scored; 1-0 USC
Schrock singled to right, Dantzler scored; 2-0 USC
Greiner singled to center, Schrock to 2nd
Costen walked, Schrock to 3rd, Greiner to 2nd
Bright grounded out to 3rd (3 outs)
2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB; South Carolina 2, LSU coming to bat

Bot 1
McMullen flied out to left (1 out)
Foster singled to right
Bregman flied out to center (2 outs)
Katz grounded into a fielder's choice to short, Foster out at 2nd (3 outs)
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB; 2-0 South Carolina after 1

Top 2
English walked
Saiko singled to left, English to 3rd
Vergason sacrifice flied out to right, English scored; 3-0 USC (1 out)
Pankake flied out to center (2 outs)
Dantzler popped out to 3rd (3 outs)
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB; 3-0 South Carolina after 1.5

Bot 2
Rhymes singled to center (1 out)
Ibarra grounded into 4-6-3 double play, Rhymes out at 2nd (2 outs)
Ross popped out to 2nd (3 outs)
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB; 3-0 South Carolina after 2

Top 3
Schrock singled to center
Greiner flied out to right (1 out)
Costen grounded out to 3rd, Schrock to 2nd (2 outs)
LSU pitching change from Kurt McCune to Nate Fury
Bright grounded out to 3rd (3 outs)
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB; 3-0 South Carolina after 2.5

Bot 3
Jones flied out to left (1 out)
Stevenson struck out swinging (2 outs)
McMullen doubled to right center
Foster popped out foul to 1st (3 outs)
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB; 3-0 South Carolina after 3

Top 4
LSU pitching change from Nate Fury to Brent Bonvillain
English bunted out to the pitcher (1 out)
Saiko walked
Vergason flied out to center (2 outs)
Pankake flied out to center (3 outs)
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB; 3-0 South Carolina after 3.5

Bot 4
Bregman grounded out to 2nd (1 out)
Katz flied out to center (2 outs)
Rhymes grounded out to the pitcher (3 outs)
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB; 3-0 South Carolina after 4

Top 5
Dantzler singled to center
Schrock grounded out to 1st, Dantzler to 2nd (1 out)
Greiner grounded out to 2nd, Dantzler to 3rd (2 outs)
Costen struck out swinging (3 outs)
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB; 3-0 South Carolina after 4.5

Bot 5
Ibarra grounded out to short (1 out)
Ross popped out to 1st (2 outs)
Jones singled to center
Chinea popped out to short (3 outs)
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB; 3-0 South Carolina after 5

Top 6
Bright grounded out to 3rd (1 out)
English struck out swinging (2 outs)
Saiko grounded out to short (3 outs)
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB; 3-0 South Carolina after 5.5

Bot 6
McMullen popped out to 1st (1 out)
Foster flied out foul to left (2 outs)
Bregman grounded out to 2nd (3 outs)
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB; 3-0 South Carolina after 6

Top 7
Vergason flied out to center (1 out)
Pankake flied out to right (2 outs)
Danztler grounded out to 2nd (3 outs)
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB; 3-0 South Carolina at the stretch

Bot 7
Katz doubled to left
Rhymes grounded out to short (1 out)
Ibarra flied out to left (2 outs)
Ross flied out to center (3 outs)
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB; 3-0 South Carolina after 7

Top 8
LSU pitching change from Brent Bonvillain to Nick Rumbelow
Schrock walked
Schrock caught stealing 2nd (1 out)
Greiner flied out to right (2 outs)
Costen struck out swinging (3 outs)
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB; 3-0 South Carolina after 7.5

Bot 8
USC pitching change from Wynkoop to Adam Westmoreland
Jones flied out to deep right (1 out)
Laird singled to left
McMullen flied out to center (2 outs)
Foster walked, Laird to 2nd
USC pitching change from Westmoreland Tyler Webb
Bregman flied out to center (3 outs)
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB; 3-0 South Carolina after 8

Top 9
LSU pitching change from Nick Rumbelow to Joey Bourgeois
Sullivan walked
English sacrifice bunts to 1st, reached on an error by Katz, Sullivan to 2nd
Saiko sacrifice bunted to 3rd, Sullivan to 3rd, English to 2nd (1 out)
LSU pitching change from Joey Bourgeois to Chris Cotton
Vergason sacrifice flied to right, Sullivan scored, English to 3rd; 4-0 USC (1 out)
Pankake struck out swinging (3 outs)
1 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB; 4-0 South Carolina after 8.5

Bot 9
Katz grounded out to 3rd (1 out)
Rhymes flied out to center (2 outs)
Ibarra flied out to right (3 outs)
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB; 4-0 Final - South Carolina wins. USC wins series 2-1.