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.