USC-UGA baseball preview: TV info, pitchers, lineups
No. 5 South Carolina is looking to bounce back from its blowout loss to North Carolina when it faces Georgia in Athens this weekend.
What: South Carolina (28-6, 10-2) vs. Georgia (18-16, 4-8)
When: Game 1 at 7 p.m. Friday; Game 2 at 6 p.m. Saturday; Game 3 at 1: p.m. Sunday
Where: Foley Field (Athens, Ga.)
Radio: 107.5 FM in the Columbia area
Watch: No TV, but all three games are available through SEC Network Plus (Digital)
PROBABLE PITCHERS
Game 1: USC, Clarke Schmidt (So. RHP 7-1, 1.77 ERA, 56 IP, 10 BB, 70 Ks) vs. Georgia, Robert Tyler (Jr. RHP 3-2, 2.78 ERA, 45 1/3 IP, 23 BB, 57 Ks)
Game 2: USC, Braden Webb (Fr. RHP 7-1, 2.17 ERA, 49 2/3 IP, 24 BB, 63 Ks) vs. Georgia, Connor Jones (Jr. LHP 4-2, 5.73 ERA, 37 2/3 IP, 23 BB, 38 Ks)
Game 3: USC, Adam Hill (Fr. RHP 5-0, 2.87 ERA, 37 2/3 IP, 13 BB, 47 Ks) vs. Georgia, TBA
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPS
SOUTH CAROLINA
RF Gene Cone (.324 BA, 5 2Bs, 1 HR, 9 RBIs, .427 OBP)
3B Jonah Bride (.263 BA, 4 2Bs, 1 HR, 16 RBIs, .407 OBP)
LF Alex Destino (.356 BA, 7 2Bs, 4 HRs, 27 RBIs, .397 OBP)
CF Dom Thompson-Williams (.344 BA, 8 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 4 HRs, 28 RBIs, .447 OBP)
C John Jones (.331 BA, 8 2Bs, 6 HRs, 34 RBIs, .432 OBP)
DH Madison Stokes (.267 BA, 1 RBI, .267 OBP)
1B LT Tolbert (.236 BA, 5 2Bs, 1 3B, 2 HRs, 19 RBIs, .312 OBP)
2B DC Arendas (.239 BA, 4 2Bs, 2 HRs, 12 RBIs, .346 OBP)
SS Marcus Mooney (.306 BA, 8 2Bs, 1 HR, 18 RBIs, .397 OBP)
GEORGIA
RF Skyler Weber (.318 BA, 6 2Bs, 1 HR, 19 RBIs, .346 OBP)
CF Stephen Wrenn (.269 BA, 2 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 2 HRs, 16 RBIs, .355 OBP)
1B Trevor Kieboom (.291 BA, 1 2B, 1 HR, 6 RBIs, .426 OBP)
LF Keegan McGovern (.275 BA, 7 2Bs, 5 HRs, 25 RBIs, .422 OBP)
C Michael Curry (.259 BA, 3 2Bs, 5 HRs, 16 RBIs, .320 OBP)
DH Daniel Nichols (.245 BA, 3 2Bs, 4 HRs, 13 RBIs, .380 OBP)
2B LJ Talley (.225 BA, 6 2Bs, 1 HR, 17 RBIs, .333 OBP)
3B Mitchell Webb (.222 BA, 5 2Bs, 1 3B, 1 HR, 12 RBIs, .307 OBP)
SS Nick King (.271 BA, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 10 RBIs, .307 OBP)
SERIES NOTES
▪ South Carolina leads the all-time series 63-53, but the Bulldogs took two out of three games last year in Columbia.
▪ USC leadoff man Gene Cone is in the midst of a 20-game hitting streak. Left fielder Alex Destino had his 21-game hitting streak ended Wednesday against North Carolina.
▪ Georgia’s Friday starter Robert Tyler has 57 strikeouts in 45 1/3 innings pitched and is considered one of the top prospects for the 2016 MLB draft.
This story was originally published April 15, 2016 at 12:09 AM with the headline "USC-UGA baseball preview: TV info, pitchers, lineups."