COLUMBIA – The College of South Carolina baseball group bashed 5 dwelling runs, two off the bat of freshman Ethan Petry, and the Gamecock pitching workers had 9 strikeouts with only one stroll in a 19-3 win over Winthrop Wednesday afternoon (Feb. 21) at Founders Park.

Petry was 3-for-4 with three runs scored and 4 RBI within the win. Cole Messina belted Carolina’s second grand slam of the season and had three hits and 4 RBI. Braylen Wimmer and Caleb Denny had a house run and three RBI apiece and Evan Stone was 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored.

Carolina scored three runs within the second as Will McGillis scored a run on a fielder’s alternative and Stone’s single plated two. The Gamecocks scored 14 runs within the center innings, together with Messina’s grand slam within the fifth and Petry’s homers within the fourth and sixth frames.

Freshman Eli Jerzembeck made his first look on the mound, permitting 4 hits and a run with 4 strikeouts in 4 innings of labor. Eli Jones earned the win, additionally putting out 4 in 2.2 innings. Nick Proctor and Zach Zedalis didn’t permit successful within the last 2.1 innings.

POSTGAME NOTES

• Carolina scored double digit runs in 4 straight contests to open the season for the primary time since 1987.
• The final time the Gamecocks scored double digits in 4 straight contests was March 26-April 1, 2006.
• Caleb Denny now has a 32-game on-base streak courting again from his time at Oral Roberts.
• Zach Zedalis made his debut on the mound for the Gamecocks.
• David Cromer collected his first hit and RBI within the seventh inning.
• Jonathan French had two hits, together with an RBI double, within the win.
• Winthrop beginning pitcher Brody Hopkins is the youthful brother of former Gamecock TJ Hopkins.

UP NEXT

Carolina continues its season-opening 9 sport homestand on Wednesday afternoon (Feb. 22) in opposition to Queens. First pitch is about for 4 p.m. The sport can be streamed on SEC Community Plus.