USC falls 4-2 in finale vs. Arkansas

From staff reports

Arkansas swept its three-game weekend series vs. South Carolina with a 4-2 win Sunday.

James Darnell hit his 16th home run for the Gamecocks (34-18, 13-14) in the loss.

Sophomore Dallas Keuchel had a career-high 10 strikeouts for the Razorbacks (31-20, 13-13).

USC plays its final four regular season games at home, starting Tuesday night vs. The Citadel, then beginning a three-game series vs. Tennessee on Thursday night.

South Carolina (34-18, 13-14 SEC)
Player ....................... AB R H RBI
Reese Havens ss.......... 3 0 1 0
Whit Merrifield cf....... 4 0 2 0
Justin Smoak 1b.......... 3 1 1 0
James Darnell 3b......... 4 1 1 2
Phil Disher dh........... 4 0 0 0
Andrew Crisp lf.......... 4 0 0 0
Harley Lail rf........... 4 0 0 0
Kyle Enders c............ 3 0 0 0
Scott Wingo 2b........... 3 0 1 0
Blake Cooper p........... 0 0 0 0
Alex Farotto p.......... 0 0 0 0
Mike Cisco p............ 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 32 2 6 2

Arkansas (31-20, 13-13 SEC)
Player AB R H RBI
Chase Leavitt rf......... 3 1 1 0
Ben Tschepikow 2b........ 3 1 1 0
Logan Forsythe 3b........ 3 1 0 0
Casey Coon lf............ 4 0 1 1
Brett Eibner pr/cf...... 0 0 0 0
Andy Wilkins 1b.......... 3 1 1 2
Tim Smalling ss.......... 4 0 0 0
Jeff Nutt c.............. 2 0 0 0
Aaron Murphree dh........ 3 0 1 1
Sean Jones cf/lf......... 3 0 1 0
Dallas Keuchel p......... 0 0 0 0
Mike Bolsinger p........ 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 28 4 6 4

Score by Innings ....................... R H E
South Carolina...... 000 000 002 - 2 6 0
Arkansas............ 012 000 01X - 4 6 1

E - Smalling. DP - SC 1; AR 2. LOB - SC 5; AR 5. 2B - Wingo; Tschepikow; Wilkins. HR - Darnell. HBP - Leavitt; Nutt. SH - Tschepikow. SB - Crisp, D.. CS - Tschepikow.

South Carolina .............. IP H R ER BB SO
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Blake Cooper........ 7.1 6 4 4 2 3
Alex Farotto........ 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Cisco.......... 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Arkansas ........... IP H R ER BB SO
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Dallas Keuchel...... 8.0 5 1 1 2 10
Mike Bolsinger...... 1.0 1 1 1 0 1

Win - Keuchel (4-2). Loss - Cooper (5-5). Save - None. HBP - by Cooper (Leavitt); by Cooper (Nutt). Pitches/strikes: Cooper 112/70; Farotto 6/3; Cisco 4/3; Keuchel 120/77; Bolsinger 19/12. Umpires - HP: Randy Watkins 1B: Donald Gilmore 3B: Mark Chapman Start: 12:05 pm Time: 2:22 Attendance: 7,294 Actual Attendance 5,067. Keuchel faced 1 batter in the 9th.