South Carolina-Arkansas baseball series: How to watch, game details
South Carolina (17-2) opens SEC play this weekend against Arkansas (13-3). Here is a capsule look at the series:
▪ What: South Carolina vs. Arkansas
▪ When: Game 1 at 7:30 p.m. Friday; Game 2 at 4 p.m. Saturday; Game 3 at 1:30 p.m. Sunday
▪ Where: Founders Park
▪ Radio: 1320 AM Friday and 107.5 FM Saturday and Sunday
▪ Watch: SEC Network Plus (digital), as well as Bases Loaded coverage on SEC Network Friday.
PROBABLE PITCHERS
▪ Game 1: USC, Clarke Schmidt (So. RHP 4-0, 0.32 ERA, 28 1/3 IP, 5 BB, 32 Ks vs. Ark, Dominic Taccolini (Jr. RHP 3-0, 2.16 ERA, 25 IP, 5 BB, 23 Ks)
▪ Game 2: USC, Braden Webb (Fr. RHP 3-1, 1.80 ERA, 20 IP, 13 BB, 21 Ks) vs. Ark., TBA
▪ Game 3: USC, Adam Hill (Fr. RHP 4-0, 0.47 ERA, 19 1/3 IP, 3 BB, 32 Ks vs. Ark., Keaton McKinney (So. RHP 0-0, 6.46 ERA, 15 1/3 IP, 9 BB, 4 Ks)
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPS
SOUTH CAROLINA
CF Gene Cone (.295 BA, 2 2Bs, 7 RBIs, .377 OBP)
1B LT Tolbert (.269 BA, 4 2Bs, 1 HR, 9 RBIs, .324 OBP)
DH John Jones (.406 BA, 3 2Bs, 4 HRs, 23 RBIs, .518 OBP)
LF Alex Destino (.351 BA, 3 2B, 4 HRs, 20 RBIs, .405 OBP)
RF Dom Thompson-Williams (.406 BA, 6 2Bs, 4 HRs, 15 RBIs, .518 OBP)
C Chris Cullen (.362 BA, 3 2Bs, 10 RBIs, .358 OBP)
3B Jonah Bride (.277 BA, 3 2Bs, 8 RBIs, .424 OBP)
RF TJ Hopkins (.324 BA, 1 2B, 1 HR, 10 RBIs, .395 OBP)
2B DC Arendas (.256 BA, 3 2Bs, 6 RBIs, .412 OBP)
SS Marcus Mooney (.351 BA, 5 2Bs, 1 HR, 11 RBIs, .471 OBP)
ARKANSAS
LF Eric Cole (.255 BA, 1 2B, 4 RBIs, .361 OBP)
CF Jake Arledge (.326 BA, 3 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 2 HRs, 7 RBIs, .515 OBP)
1B Clark Eagan (.333 BA, 4 2Bs, 1 3B, 2 HRs, 17 RBIs, .424 OBP)
DH Luke Bonfield (.349 BA, 5 2Bs, 2 HRs, 15 RBIs, .453 OBP)
3B Carson Shaddy (.391 BA, 1 2B, 2 HRs, 11 RBIs, .419 OBP)
2B Rick Nomura (.304 BA, 3 2Bs, 1 3B, 3 HRs, 13 RBIs, .438 OBP)
RF Chad Spanberger (.138 BA, 2 2Bs, 2 HRs, 5 RBIs, .219 OBP)
SS Michael Bernal (.258 BA, 5 2Bs, 4 HRs, 18 RBIs, .329 OBP)
C Tucker Pennell (.298 BA, 6 2Bs, 1 HR, 5 RBIs, .377 OBP)
SERIES NOTES
▪ South Carolina leads the SEC in pitching with a 1.97 ERA.
▪ Arkansas leads the conference in home runs with 23, three more than the next closest team.
▪ Arkansas leads the all-time series 37-28 and took two of three the last time the two teams met in 2014.