STARKVILLE – Cole Messina broke a 3-all tie with a two-run house run because the College of South Carolina baseball workforce moved to 7-0 within the SEC for the primary time in program historical past with a 6-4 win over Mississippi State Thursday night time (March 30) at Dudy Noble Area.

Messina’s two-run house run within the seventh broke up the impasse. Carolina tacked on an insurance coverage run within the ninth on Dylan Brewer’s RBI single. Mississippi State scored a run within the ninth, however an enormous 4-3 double play and a strikeout from Cade Austin ended the competition.

Brewer’s RBI double within the fourth tied the sport at one. Then within the fifth, Ethan Petry’s solo house run to left made it 2-1 Gamecocks. Michael Braswell drove within the second run of the inning with a double to proper. The Bulldogs re-tied the sport at three within the backside of the fifth, however Messina gave Carolina the lead for good together with his tenth house run of the 12 months.

On the mound, James Hicks earned the win, putting out a pair in two innings. Eli Jones earned the beginning, permitting three hits and a run with two strikeouts in 4 innings. Chris Veach threw two scoreless innings and Austin picked up his first save of the season.

Brewer had three hits within the win, whereas Petry, Messina and Braswell had two hits apiece.

POSTGAME NOTES

• Carolina remains to be on tempo with the 1975 workforce for greatest begin after 27 video games (25-2).
• Petry hit his thirteenth house run of the season. The Gamecocks now have 68 house runs on the 12 months.
• Jones made his first profession SEC begin and now has an ERA of 1.85.
• Carolina has received two straight video games towards Mississippi State in Starkville. Carolina received the final sport of the sequence in 2019.

UP NEXT

Carolina and Mississippi State proceed the three-game sequence Friday night time (March 31) at 7 p.m. EDT (6 pm CDT) at Dudy Noble Area. The sport will likely be streamed on SEC Community Plus.