USC-Tennessee baseball series: How to watch, projected lineups

No. 8 South Carolina is set to host Tennessee this weekend looking to remain in first place in the SEC.

What: South Carolina (25-5, 7-2) vs. Tennessee (18-11, 3-6)

When: Game 1 at 7 p.m. Friday; Game 2 at 4 p.m. Saturday; Game 3 at 1:30 p.m. Sunday

Where: Founders Park

Radio: 107.5 FM in the Columbia area

Watch: SEC Network Plus (Digital)

PROBABLE PITCHERS

Game 1: USC, Clarke Schmidt (So. RHP 6-1, 1.80 ERA, 50 IP, 7 BB, 60 Ks vs. Tennessee, Aaron Soto (So. LHP 3-0, 3.38 ERA, 21 1/3 IP, 6 BB, 14 Ks)

Game 2: USC, Braden Webb (Fr. RHP 6-1, 1.70 ERA, 42 1/3 IP, 22 BB, 53 Ks) vs. Tennessee, Zach Warren (So. LHP 4-2, 2.98 ERA, 42 1/3 IP, 13 BB, 40 Ks)

Game 3: USC, Adam Hill (Fr. RHP 5-0, 2.51 ERA, 32 1/3 IP, 12 BB, 46 Ks vs. Tennessee, Andy Cox (Sr. LHP 2-3, 7.07 ERA, 35 2/3, 27 BB, 35 Ks)

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPS

SOUTH CAROLINA

CF Gene Cone (.326 BA, 5 2Bs, 1 HR, 9 RBIs, .421 OBP)

1B LT Tolbert (.243 BA, 5 2Bs, 1 HR, 15 RBIs, .315 OBP)

DH John Jones (.360 BA, 7 2Bs, 6 HRs, 33 RBIs, .464 OBP)

3B Madison Stokes (.200 BA, .200 OBP)

LF Dom Thompson-Williams (.351 BA, 7 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 4 HRs, 27 RBIs, .449 OBP)

C Chris Cullen (.273 BA, 6 2Bs, 16 RBIs, .341 OBP)

RF TJ Hopkins (.306 BA, 2 2Bs, 1 HR, 11 RBIs, .379 OBP)

2B DC Arendas (.256 BA, 4 2Bs, 2 HRs, 12 RBIs, .354 OBP)

SS Marcus Mooney (.305 BA, 7 2Bs, 1 HR, 15 RBIs, .402 OBP)

TENNESSEE

RF Benito Santiago (.391 BA, 4 2Bs, 1 3B, 9 RBIs, .425 OBP)

CF Chris Hall (.356 BA, 5 2Bs, 1 3B, 13 RBIs, .488 OBP)

3B Nick Senzel (.392 BA, 15 2Bs, 4 HRs, 40 RBIs, .511 OBP)

LF Vincent Jackson (.343 BA, 4 2Bs, 1 3B, 6 HRs, 36 RBIs, .429 OBP)

1B Jordan Rodgers (.313 BA, 7 2Bs, 5 3Bs, 4 HRs, 48 RBIs, .351 OBP)

DH Leno Ramirez (.339 BA, 9 2Bs, 15 RBIs, .400 OBP)

C Tyler Schultz (.200 BA, 6 RBIs, .263 OBP)

SS Max Bartlett (.202 BA, 7 2Bs, 6 RBIs, .304 OBP)

2B Derek Lance (.337 BA, 3 2Bs, 1 3B, 10 RBIs, .384 OBP)

SERIES NOTES

▪ The Gamecocks lead the all-time series 55-36.

▪ Tennessee won the series when the two teams met last year in Knoxville, Tenn.

▪ Carolina swept the Volunteers two years ago when the teams played in Columbia.

This story was originally published April 7, 2016 at 4:50 PM with the headline "USC-Tennessee baseball series: How to watch, projected lineups."