South Carolina-Alabama series: pitchers, lineups, how to watch
No. 10 South Carolina will travel to Alabama to face the Crimson Tide in a three-game series beginning on Thursday:
What: South Carolina (39-13, 17-9) vs. Alabama (31-21, 15-12)
When: Game 1 at 8 p.m. Thursday; Game 2 at 8 p.m. Friday; Game 3 at 3 p.m. Saturday
Where: Sewell-Thomas Stadium (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Radio: 107.5 FM
Watch: SEC Network Plus (digital)
PROBABLE PITCHERS
Game 1: USC, Clarke Schmidt (So. RHP 9-2, 2.46 ERA, 91 1/3 IP, 17 BB, 102 Ks vs. Bama, Geoffrey Bramblett (Jr. RHP 5-3, 2.71 ERA, 79 2/3 IP, 28 BB, 67 Ks)
Game 2: USC, Braden Webb (Fr. RHP 9-4, 3.48 ERA, 77 2/3 IP, 40 BB, 100 Ks) vs. Bama, Jake Walters (So. RHP 5-3, 2.03 ERA, 75 1/3 IP, 29 BB, 76 Ks)
Game 3: USC, Adam Hill (Fr. RHP 6-0, 3.18 ERA, 56 2/3 IP, 22 BB, 66 Ks vs. Bama - TBA
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPS
SOUTH CAROLINA
RF Gene Cone (.359 BA, 11 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 3 HRs, 21 RBIs, .471 OBP)
SS Marcus Mooney (.313 BA, 9 2Bs, 1 HR, 25 RBIs, .417 OBP)
LF Alex Destino (.341 BA, 12 2Bs, 8 HRs, 49 RBIs, .391 OBP)
CF Dom Thompson-Williams (.326 BA, 14 2Bs, 3 3Bs, 6 HRs, 36 RBIs, .429 OBP)
3B Jonah Bride (.280 BA, 11 2Bs, 2 HRs, 26 RBIs, .401 OBP)
DH Madison Stokes (.254 BA, 2 2Bs, 1 HR, 6 RBIs, .303 OBP)
C Chris Cullen (.260 BA, 10 2Bs, 1 HR, 21 RBIs, .351 OBP)
2B DC Arendas (.216 BA, 4 2Bs, 3 HRs, 19 RBIs, .328 OBP)
1B LT Tolbert (.215 BA, 5 2Bs, 1 3B, 3 HRs, 24 RBIs, .288 OBP)
ALABAMA
LF Keith Holcombe (.302 BA, 1 2B, 1 3B, 8 RBIs, .434 OBP)
2B Cobie Vance (.274 BA, 7 2Bs, 2 HRs, 21 RBIs, .357 OBP)
CF Georgie Salem (.246 BA, 8 2Bs, 4 HRs, 21 RBIs, .335 OBP)
RF Chandler Taylor (.264 BA, 5 2Bs, 3 3Bs, 8 HRs, 29 RBIs, .402 OBP)
C Will Haynie (.226 BA, 5 2Bs, 9 HRs, 23 RBIs, .298 OBP)
1B Cody Henry (.234 BA, 16 2Bs 20 RBIs, .337 OBP)
3B Chance Vincent (.292 BA, 7 2Bs, 1 3B, 28 RBIs, .341 OBP)
DH Sam Finnerty (.150 BA, 2 2Bs, 2 RBIs, .244 OBP)
SS Daniel Cucjen (.237 BA, 1 2B, 1 HR, 7 RBIs, .290 OBP)
NOTES
▪ South Carolina leads the overall series 31-26 and has won five of six games dating back to 2012. All six of those games were played in Columbia.
▪ Alabama has won six of its past seven games entering this weekend, including a sweep at Arkansas last weekend.
▪ Alabama has already earned series wins over top 10 teams LSU and Ole Miss this season.
Matt Connolly