Gamecocks win midweek against NC A&T

COLUMBIA – The University of South Carolina baseball team notched six runs in its first three innings and a top 15 hit of the season in a 9-4 win over North Carolina A&T Wednesday night (May 4) at Founders. Park.

Carolina won three in the first as Josiah Sightler made her ninth home mark of the season with two passes. Hits by Andrew Eyster, Braylen Wimmer and Michael Braswell plated two more runs in the frame. On the third turn, Wimmer drove on the second with a single swing to the left. A sacrificial Braswell fly and Colin Burgess double from the left sent the Gamecocks 6-0.

Evan Stone doubled the lead at Burgess in the fifth inning to make it 7-0 Carolina. North Carolina A&T scored in the sixth and third in the seventh, but the Gamecocks responded with a pair at the bottom of the seventh table as Wimmer scored on a pass and Burgess scored for the fourth time this season.

Eli Jones got his first career win, going three out of 3.2 innings without a goal. Aidan Hunter threw 2.2 innings, beating a hitter while Cam Tringali and Cade Austin both beat one side in their innings.

Burgess and Wimmer have three hits each while Stone, Sightler and Eyster have a pair of hits.

NOTES POSTGAME

• Carolina has 29 hits in the last two games.
• Sightler currently leads the team with nine home runs from his solo in the first game.
• Carolina had seven basic hits (five doubles, two home runs).
• Gamecocks are 12-19 on disc with two passes.

NEXT

Carolina travels to Bryan-College Station, Texas, for a three-game series at 13 Texas A&M. The series begins Friday night (May 6) at 7:30 p.m. Eastern (6:30 p.m. Central).