South Carolina vs. Coastal Carolina baseball game preview

Who: No. 8 South Carolina (24-5) vs. Coastal Carolina (20-9)

When: 7 p.m. Tuesday

Where: Founders Park

Watch: SEC Network

Radio: 107.5 FM

Series history: USC is 13-6 all-time against Coastal Carolina, including 9-2 at home. The Gamecocks had won five straight against Coastal before falling 9-8 to the Chanticleers in Conway last year.

Probable pitchers

▪  USC: Junior RHP Taylor Widener (0-1, 4.41 ERA, 16.1 IP, 16 Ks, 18 H, 8 ER)

▪  Coastal Carolina: TBA

South Carolina notes: South Carolina went 1-3 last week with a loss to College of Charleston and 1-2 record against Vanderbilt, but USC is still tied with Florida for the SEC lead at 7-2. ... DC Arendas broke out of his slump by hitting .400 against Vandy with four runs scored, a homer and two RBIs. ... Sophomore Alex Destino will miss Tuesday’s game after crashing into the wall Friday night in Nashville. He was diagnosed with a sprained AC joint. ... Junior Gene Cone has a 14-game hitting streak.

Coastal Carolina notes: The Chanticleers have won seven straight games since starting the season 13-9. ... Coastal owns wins over Virginia, Duke and Wake Forest, and has also already faced NC State and Ole Miss. ... Zach Remillard leads the Chanticleers in hitting with a .400 batting average, eight homers and 26 RBIs. ... Coastal has reached the NCAA Tournament eight of the past nine seasons.

This story was originally published April 4, 2016 at 9:07 PM with the headline "South Carolina vs. Coastal Carolina baseball game preview."