USC-Florida baseball preview: how to watch, pitchers, lineups
No. 6 South Carolina will host No. 1 Florida this weekend in its toughest test to date.
What: South Carolina (33-8, 14-4) vs. Florida (36-6, 13-5)
When: Game 1 at 7 p.m. Friday; Game 2 at 7 p.m. Saturday; Game 3 at 1:30 p.m. Sunday
Where: Founders Park
Radio: 107.5 FM in the Columbia area
Watch: Friday- SEC Network Friday; Saturday/Sunday- SEC Network Plus (Digital)
PROBABLE PITCHERS
Game 1: USC, Clarke Schmidt (So. RHP 8-1, 2.04 ERA, 70 2/3 IP, 12 BB, 85 Ks) vs. Florida, Logan Shore (Jr. RHP 8-0, 2.14 ERA, 63 IP, 9 BB, 63 Ks)
Game 2: USC, Braden Webb (Fr. RHP 8-2, 3.28 ERA, 57 2/3 IP, 33 BB, 76 Ks) vs. Florida, A.J. Puk (Jr. LHP 2-2, 3.07 ERA, 41 IP, 16 BB, 55 Ks)
Game 3: USC, Adam Hill (Fr. RHP 6-0, 2.57 ERA, 49 IP, 17 BB, 58 Ks) vs. Florida, Alex Faedo (So. RHP 8-1, 3.32 ERA, 59 2/3 IP, 12 BB, 81 Ks)
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPS
SOUTH CAROLINA
RF Gene Cone (.377 BA, 9 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 2 HRs, 18 RBIs, .475 OBP)
CF TJ Hopkins (.352 BA, 4 2Bs, 1 HR, 19 RBIs, .429 OBP)
C John Jones (.316 BA, 10 2Bs, 6 HRs, 39 RBIs, .420 OBP)
DH Alex Destino (.354 BA, 10 2Bs, 4 HRs, 38 RBIs, .390 OBP)
LF Dom Thompson-Williams (.329 BA, 12 2Bs, 3 3Bs, 4 HRs, 32 RBIs, .439 OBP)
3B Jonah Bride (.281 BA, 6 2Bs, 1 HR, 18 RBIs, .409 OBP)
2B Madison Stokes (.280 BA, 1 RBI, .280 OBP)
1B LT Tolbert (.226 BA, 5 2Bs, 1 3B, 2 HRs, 19 RBIs, .296 OBP)
SS Marcus Mooney (.304 BA, 8 2Bs, 1 HR, 22 RBIs, .407 OBP)
FLORIDA
SS Dalton Guthrie (.345 BA, 11 2Bs, 1 HR, 17 RBIs, .397 OBP)
2B Deacon Liput (.299 BA, 10 2Bs, 3 3Bs, 2 HRs, 22 RBIs, .390 OBP)
DH JJ Schwarz (.298 BA, 8 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 4 HRs, 37 RBIs, .427 OBP)
1B Peter Alonso (.347 BA, 11 2Bs, 9 HRs, 41 RBIs, .452 OBP)
CF Buddy Reed (.297 BA, 7 2Bs, 4 3Bs, 3 HRs, 25 RBIs, .401 OBP)
3B Jonathan India (.323 BA, 10 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 1 HR, 27 RBIs, .382 OBP)
LF Nelson Maldonado (.232 BA, 4 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 5 HRs, 17 RBIs, .348 OBP)
C Mike Rivera (.264 BA, 6 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 6 HRs, 38 RBIs, .360 OBP)
RF Ryan Larson (.200 BA, 2 2Bs, 6 RBIs, .313 OBP)
SERIES NOTES
▪ South Carolina leads the overall series 43-41, but Florida has won nine of the past 10 games between the two teams dating back to 2013.
▪ Florida is ranked No. 1 in every poll, while South Carolina is ranked as high as No. 2.
▪ Four pitchers in the SEC have eight wins and all four will pitch in the series: Clarke Schmidt, Braden Webb, Logan Shore and Alex Faedo.
This story was originally published April 28, 2016 at 9:43 PM with the headline "USC-Florida baseball preview: how to watch, pitchers, lineups."