South Carolina-Texas A&M series: pitchers, lineups, how to watch
No. 8 South Carolina will host No. 2 Texas A&M in a top 10 showdown this weekend at Founders Park:
What: South Carolina (37-11, 16-7) vs. Texas A&M (37-10, 16-8)
When: Game 1 at 7 p.m. Friday; Game 2 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday; Game 3 at 4 p.m. Sunday
Where: Founders Park
Radio: 107.5 FM in the Columbia area
Watch: SEC Network Plus (digital) on Friday. Saturday and Sunday the games will be televised on SEC Network.
PROBABLE PITCHERS
Game 1: USC, Clarke Schmidt (So. RHP 9-1, 2.37 ERA, 83 2/3 IP, 15 BB, 98 Ks vs. A&M, Brigham Hill (So. RHP 5-1, 2.31 ERA, 66 1/3 IP, 14 BB, 65 Ks)
Game 2: USC, Braden Webb (Fr. RHP 9-3, 3.38 ERA, 72 IP, 38 BB, 93 Ks) vs. A&M, Turner Larkins (So. RHP 2-0, 1.69 ERA, 21 1/3 IP, 6 BB, 23 Ks)
Game 3: USC, Adam Hill (Fr. RHP 6-0, 2.83 ERA, 54 IP, 20 BB, 64 Ks vs. A&M, Kyle Simonds (Sr. RHP 8-1, 2.48 ERA, 72 2/3 IP, 20 BB, 55 Ks)
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPS
SOUTH CAROLINA
RF Gene Cone (.354 BA, 11 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 3 HRs, 21 RBIs, .453 OBP)
SS Marcus Mooney (.311 BA, 9 2Bs, 1 HR, 24 RBIs, .412 OBP)
LF Alex Destino (.351 BA, 12 2Bs, 8 HRs, 46 RBIs, .395 OBP)
CF Dom Thompson-Williams (.320 BA, 13 2Bs, 3 3Bs, 4 HRs, 33 RBIs, .419 OBP)
3B Jonah Bride (.267 BA, 9 2Bs, 2 HRs, 21 RBIs, .390 OBP)
DH John Jones (.291 BA, 10 2Bs, 6 HRs, 39 RBIs, .402 OBP)
2B Madison Stokes (.283 BA, 2 2B, 4 RBIs, .333 OBP)
C Chris Cullen (.269 BA, 10 2Bs, 1 HR, 21 RBIs, .346 OBP)
1B LT Tolbert (.213 BA, 5 2Bs, 1 3B, 3 HRs, 22 RBIs, .286 OBP)
TEXAS A&M
LF J.B. Moss (.337 BA, 13 2Bs, 4 3Bs, 5 HRs, 31 RBIs, .427 OBP)
RF Nick Banks (.273 BA, 9 2Bs, 3 3Bs, 6 HRs, 36 RBIs, .355 OBP)
3B Boomer White (.441 BA, 15 2Bs, 3 HRs, 37 RBIs, .511 OBP)
1B Hunter Melton (.353 BA, 11 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 10 HRs, 57 RBIs, .421 OBP)
2B Ryne Birk (.306 BA, 10 2Bs, 4 3Bs, 5 HRs, 33 RBIs, .362 OBP)
C Michael Barash (.306 BA, 5 2Bs, 4 HRs, 29 RBIs, .383 OBP)
DH Joel Davis (.286 BA, 8 2Bs, 3 3Bs, 3 HRs, 18 RBIs, .372 OBP)
CF Nick Choruby (.309 BA, 6 2Bs, 21 RBIs, .369 OBP)
SS Austin Homan (.374 BA, 1 2B, 1 HR, 12 RBIs, .416 OBP)
NOTES
▪ South Carolina leads the overall series 6-1, including a 5-4 win in 2011 at the College World Series as the Gamecocks went on to win the national title.
▪ USC defeated Texas A&M in two out of three games last year at College Station. The two teams combined for 60 runs in the three games.
▪ The Gamecocks are ranked No. 8 by Baseball America and as high as No. 3, while Texas A&M is ranked No. 2 by most outlets, including Baseball America.
▪ USC enters this weekend tied with Florida atop the SEC standings at 16-7. The Aggies are a half-game back at 16-8.
This story was originally published May 12, 2016 at 9:32 PM with the headline "South Carolina-Texas A&M series: pitchers, lineups, how to watch."