South Carolina-Kentucky series: pitchers, lineups, how to watch
No. 6 South Carolina will travel to Lexington this weekend to face Kentucky as the Gamecocks try to stay atop the SEC standings:
What: South Carolina (35-9, 15-5) vs. Kentucky (27-18, 11-10)
When: Game 1 at 6:30 p.m. Friday; Game 2 at 6:30 p.m. Saturday; Game 3 at 3 p.m. Sunday
Where: Cliff Hagan Stadium (Lexington, Ky.)
Radio: 107.5 FM in the Columbia area
Watch: SEC Network Plus (digital) on Friday and Saturday. Sunday’s game will be televised on ESPNU.
PROBABLE PITCHERS
Game 1: USC, Clarke Schmidt (So. RHP 8-1, 1.99 ERA, 77 IP, 14 BB, 91 Ks vs. UK, Zack Brown (Jr. RHP 2-8, 5.45 ERA, 66 IP, 25 BB, 49 Ks)
Game 2: USC, Braden Webb (Fr. RHP 9-2, 3.05 ERA, 65 IP, 36 BB, 83 Ks) vs. UK, Dustin Beggs (Sr. RHP 7-1, 2.79 ERA, 77 1/3 IP, 13 BB, 63 Ks)
Game 3: USC, Adam Hill (Fr. RHP 6-0, 2.57 ERA, 49 IP, 17 BB, 58 Ks vs. UK, Kyle Cody (Sr. RHP 5-2, 4.06 ERA, 62 IP, 25 BB, 55 Ks)
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPS
SOUTH CAROLINA
RF Gene Cone (.379 BA, 11 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 3 HRs, 20 RBIs, .480 OBP)
3B Jonah Bride (.268 BA, 7 2Bs, 1 HR, 18 RBIs, .391 OBP)
LF Alex Destino (.344 BA, 10 2Bs, 5 HRs, 40 RBIs, .386 OBP)
DH John Jones (.309 BA, 10 2Bs, 6 HRs, 39 RBIs, .416 OBP)
CF Dom Thompson-Williams (.323 BA, 13 2Bs, 3 3Bs, 4 HRs, 32 RBIs, .427 OBP)
2B Madison Stokes (.273 BA, 1 2B, 3 RBIs, .294 OBP)
C Chris Cullen (.266 BA, 9 2Bs, 1 HR, 21 RBIs, .339 OBP)
1B LT Tolbert (.226 BA, 5 2Bs, 1 3B, 2 HRs, 20 RBIs, .297 OBP)
SS Marcus Mooney (.308 BA, 8 2Bs, 1 HR, 23 RBIs, .413 OBP)
KENTUCKY
1B Evan White (.358 BA, 12 2Bs, 3 3Bs, 3 HRs, 34 RBIs, .403 OBP)
LF Zach Reks (.330 BA, 5 2Bs, 2 HRs, 15 RBIs, .418 OBP)
DH Gunnar McNeill (.278 BA, 7 2Bs, 5 HRs, 35 RBIs, .325 OBP)
3B JaVon Shelby (.233 BA, 11 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 10 HRs, 29 RBIs, .376 OBP)
RF Dorian Hairston (.279 BA, 2 2Bs, 4 HRs, 12 RBIs, .367 OBP)
2B Luke Becker (.261 BA, 7 2Bs, 1 HR, 12 RBIs, .358 OBP)
CF Tristan Pompey (.232 BA, 7 2Bs, 1 3B, 4 HRs, 24 RBIs, .331 OBP)
SS Riley Mahan (.296 BA, 9 2Bs, 3 3Bs, 4 HRs, 27 RBIs, .337 OBP)
RF Ryan Olenek (.293 BA, 1 2Bs, 1 HR, 10 RBIs, .326 OBP)
NOTES
▪ South Carolina leads the overall series with Kentucky 48-34, but the Wildcats have won seven of the past nine games in Lexington. USC’s last series win at Kentucky came in 2009.
▪ Kentucky has lost its last three SEC series, losing two of three games to Vanderbilt, Arkansas and Auburn.
▪ The Wildcats have a series win over No. 1 Florida, taking two of three from the Gators in Lexington.
▪ The Kentucky Derby is also taking place this weekend nearby in Louisville.
This story was originally published May 5, 2016 at 9:46 PM.