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Gamecocks: Back-to-Back Champs!!!

In the second matchup between the Gameocks and Gators, South Carolina sent their trusty starter, Michael Roth to the hill to face off against Karsten Whitson. Flordia gets two on in the first, but leaves them on base. In the bottom of the inning, leadoff man Scott Wingo is hit by a pitch. Jackie Bradley, Jr. strikes out and Chrisitan Walker grounds into a double play to end the inning.

Peter Mooney leads of the third with a double. Mooney and Marzilli are on the corners when Wingo hits a sacrifice fly and scores Mooney. Bradley gets walked and Walker gets a RBI when Nolan Fontana can’t field his hit. Brady Thomas joins the RBI parade and beats out the throw to first. Adrian Morales hits the ball to the pitcher for the last out.

Gators catcher Mike Zunino gets them on the scoreboard with a solo home run in the fourth. In the next inning, the Gamecocks turn their ninth double play of the College World Series. In the bottom of the fifth, Wingo, Walker and Thomas are on base when Morales is walked. Whitson is replaced by Tommy Toledo. Toledo strikes out  Jake Williams  to escape the inning.  Whitson lasted 4 2/3 innings and had four strikeouts. He gave up two walks, four hits and one earned run.

Mooney homered in the sixth. Robert Beary flies out. Toledo is replaced by Brian Johnson. Marzilli hits a double. Wingo flies out to center and Bradley is fanned with no more damage done. John Taylor relieves Roth in the seventh after Tucker advances Zunino. In 7 2/3 innings of work, Roth gave up five hits, two walks, two earned runs while striking out six Gators. After it is announced that Tyler Thompson will pinch hit for Pigott, Matt Price is brought in to face him. Price fans Thompson.

Beary singles to start off the bottom of the eighth. Marzilli lays down a sacrifice bunt. Beary advances on a wild pitch to Wingo. Wingo hits a single, scoring Beary. Bradley bounces one back to Steven Rodriguez, who boots the ball and still throws out Bradley. However, this allows Wingo to advance. Walker is intentionally walked and Thomas is replaced by Adam Matthews at the plate. Greg Larson is brought in to face Matthews. Matthews is out at first to end the inning.

With the Gators down to their final three outs, Johnson flies to center. Jeff Moyer replaces Ramjit at the plate and doesn’t get on base. Ben McMahan flies out to Bradley and the Gamecocks win by a final of 5-2.

Price earns his 20th save of the season. Scott Wingo is named Most Outstanding Player. Michael Roth has the second lowest ERA (1.17) in College World Series history.

The Gamecocks are the first undefeated tournament team since Miami in 2001. They also have the distinction of being the last champions crowned at Rosenblatt and the first champions to christen TD Ameritrade Park.

Enjoy “Wingo and His Yard Cocks” by pdmusic.

Gamecocks:Back to the finals!

The Gamecocks faced a familiar team for game 3. The team they beat in game 2, the Virginia Cavaliers, was their opponent. The pitching matchup of South Carolina’s Michael Roth vs. Virginia’s Danny Hultzen was billed a great pitching matchup. And it was for three innings.

Virginia’s Steven Proscia scored the first run in the top of the 2nd. Roth had gone 38 1/3 innings without surrendering an earned run. Hultzen pitched under the weather, but no one could tell as he struck out eight of nine Gamecocks before leaving at the end of the 3rd inning.

Lucky for the Gamecocks. The Cavs brought in LHP Kyle Crockett. He gave up a double to Christian Walker, followed by a single by Jackie Bradley, Jr. Adrian Morales was hit by a pitch and loaded the bases with one out. Brady Thomas scored two runs with a double. Morales was later thrown out at home.

Crockett lasts four innings and is replaced by Branden Kline. Roth leaves at the end of seven and John Taylor is called on to pitch. Taylor allows a double and Matt Price gets the call from the bullpen. John Hicks reaches on an E6 and the game is now tied 2-2. The Gamecocks turn a double play to get out of the inning.

The Gamecocks threated in the bottom of the eigth. Evan Marzilli hits a sac fly to get the runner to 2nd. Scott Wingo is hit by a pitch. The bases are loaded with one out when both Bradley and Morales are struck out.

Still tied in the ninth, both teams leave runners on. In the top of the tenth, John Barr steals a base. Hicks is intentionally walked with one out. Proscia gets walked as well (not intentionally).  The Cavs fail to score. Two Gamecocks are stranded in the bottom of the tenth. Virginia has runners on second and third with one out in the 12th. Jared King is intentionally walked. The Gamecocks turn yet another double play to get out of trouble. By this point, Price has thrown 81 pitches.

Cavaliers load the bags with no outs. Chris Taylor strikes out. The Gamecocks turn a double play in back to back innings to get out ouf trouble. Price left the game in after the 13th inning. He gave up seven hits, no earned runs, five walks and fanned five in 5 2/3 innings. He threw a total of 95 pitches.

Kline pitched five innings, also not giving up any runs. He had four walks, seven K’s and threw 107 pitches. Cody Winiarski replaced Kline and gave up a single to Thomas. Thomas is replaced by a pinch runner, Adam Matthews. Peter Mooney reachers on an error. Robert Beary bunts and Winiarski overshoots third base and Matthews scores the winning run. The Gamecocks win 3-2 in 13 innings.

With the defeat, the Cavaliers are eliminated. The win is the Gamecocks 14th consecutive NCAA win, a new record. It is also their nine straight CWS victory.

The Gamecocks face the Florida Gators in a best of three series starting on Monday for the CWS title.