USC-Missouri baseball preview: how to watch, pitchers, lineups
No. 8 South Carolina will try to bounce back from dropping a series with Georgia when the Gamecocks host Missouri this weekend at Founders Park.
What: South Carolina (30-8, 11-4) vs. Missouri (20-18, 4-11)
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: No TV, but all three games are available through SEC Network Plus (Digital)
PROBABLE PITCHERS
Game 1: USC, Clarke Schmidt (So. RHP 8-1, 1.66 ERA, 65 IP, 10 BB, 80 Ks) vs. Missouri, Reggie McClain (Sr. RHP 3-2, 3.92 ERA, 64 1/3 IP, 55 BB, 54 Ks)
Game 2: USC, Braden Webb (Fr. RHP 7-2, 3.46 ERA, 52 IP, 27 BB, 66 Ks) vs. Missouri, Tanner Houck (So. RHP 4-3, 3.22 ERA, 64 1/3 IP, 18 BB, 70 Ks)
Game 3: USC, Adam Hill (Fr. RHP 5-0, 2.95 ERA, 42 2/3 IP, 16 BB, 50 Ks) vs. Missouri, Michael Plassmeyer (Fr. LHP 3-3, 4.91 ERA, 36 2/3 IP, 7 BB, 22 Ks)
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPS
SOUTH CAROLINA
RF Gene Cone (.331 BA, 5 2Bs, 1 3B, 2 HRs, 12 RBIs, .438 OBP)
CF TJ Hopkins (.333 BA, 4 2Bs, 1 HR, 16 RBIs, .418 OBP)
C John Jones (.315 BA, 9 2Bs, 6 HRs, 37 RBIs, .420 OBP)
DH Alex Destino (.344 BA, 8 2Bs, 4 HRs, 32 RBIs, .383 OBP)
LF Dom Thompson-Williams (.346 BA, 11 2Bs, 3 3Bs, 4 HRs, 31 RBIs, .458 OBP)
3B Jonah Bride (.261 BA, 5 2Bs, 1 HR, 17 RBIs, .399 OBP)
1B LT Tolbert (.232 BA, 5 2Bs, 1 3B, 2 HRs, 19 RBIs, .305 OBP)
2B DC Arendas (.218 BA, 4 2Bs, 2 HRs, 14 RBIs, .316 OBP)
SS Marcus Mooney (.314 BA, 8 2Bs, 1 HR, 21 RBIs, .403 OBP)
MISSOURI
DH Connor Brumfield (.248 BA, 4 2Bs, 16 RBIs, .393 OBP)
CF Jake Ring (.326 BA, 7 2Bs, 3 3Bs, 1 HR, 17 RBIs, .453 OBP)
SS Ryan Howard (.264 BA, 8 2Bs, 1 3B, 3 HRs, 18 RBIs, .360 OBP)
1B Zach Lavy (.338 BA, 15 2Bs, 7 3Bs, 3 HRs, 34 RBIs, .400 OBP)
LF Trey Harris (.238 BA, 9 2Bs, 1 3B, 1 HR, 28 RBIs, .333 OBP)
3B Brian Sharp (.250 BA, 1 2Bs, 13 RBIs, .385 OBP)
RF Kirby McGuire (.224 BA, 4 2Bs, 2 HRs, 8 RBIs, .297 OBP)
2B Ian Nelson (.216 BA, 5 2Bs, 8 RBIs, .356 OBP)
C Brett Bond (.220 BA, 3 2Bs, 1 3B, 6 HRs, 24 RBIs, .340 OBP)
SERIES NOTES
▪ South Carolina leads the overall series 6-4 dating back to 2013… Missouri won three of four games last season, including a 5-1 win in the SEC tournament to end the Gamecocks year… USC is 3-0 at Founders Park against the Tigers.
▪ Saturday will be the official dedication of Founders Park with a pregame ceremony with AD Ray Tanner and Founders President & CEO Bruce Brumfield to be held before the game.
▪ South Carolina’s first two starters on the weekend, Clarke Schmidt and Braden Webb, were named to the Golden Spikes Award Watch List earlier this week.
This story was originally published April 21, 2016 at 9:34 PM with the headline "USC-Missouri baseball preview: how to watch, pitchers, lineups."