South Carolina plays LSU in the SEC Baseball Tournament on Saturday. Here is everything you need to watch and listen to the game, plus the start time, pitching, weather, and odds.
Last updated Saturday, May 25 at 7 a.m.
South Carolina-LSU: The Basics
- Date/Time: Saturday, May 25 @ 1 p.m. ET
- Place: Hoover, Alabama – Hoover Met Stadium
- Television: SEC Network with Tom Hart, Kyle Peterson, Chris Burke, Kris Budden
- Streaming video: WatchESPN (verified TV provider required)
- Radio: Gamecock Radio Network with Derek Scott, Stuart Lake; pregame at 12:45 p.m.
- Streaming audio: Learfield and the South Carolina Gamecocks app (Apple, Google)
- Weather: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
- Odds: LSU is a moneyline favorite of -174 (average of sportsbooks)
South Carolina-LSU: Probably starting pitchers
- South Carolina: Roman Kimball (R-So. RHP) 2-2, 5.86 ERA, 27.2 IP, 30 BB, 40 SO
- LSU: Javen Coleman (R-Jr. LHP) 3-1, 4.84 ERA, 22.1 IP, 17 BB, 24 SO
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How we got here, what’s next
LSU is the No. 11 seed. The Tigers beat No. 6 seed Georgia 9-1 Tuesday, No. 3 seed Kentucky 11-0 (8 innings) Wednesday, and South Carolina 11-10 Thursday. LSU did not play Friday.
South Carolina is the No. 10 seed. The Gamecocks beat No. 7 seed Alabama 10-5 on Tuesday, beat No. 2 seed Arkansas 6-5 on Wednesday, lost to No. 11 seed LSU 11-10 on Thursday, and beat No. 3 seed Kentucky 6-5 Friday.
The winner advances to play in the championship game on Sunday at 3 p.m. The loser goes home.
South Carolina SEC Tournament History
- Carolina is 33-54 all-time in SEC Tournament play.
- The Gamecocks won the event in 2004, winning four games, including a 3-2 win over Vanderbilt in the tournament final.
- Carolina went 1-2 in last year’s tournament, defeating Georgia 9-0 before falling to LSU (10-3) and Texas A&M (5-0).
(Info from USC Media Relations)
Gamecock Radio Network: Affiliates for SEC baseball series
- Allendale, 93.5 FM, WDOG
- Camden, 98.7 FM, WCAM
- Camden, 1590 AM, WCAM
- Charleston, 98.9 FM, WTMZ
- Chesterfield, 107.3 FM, WVSZ
- Columbia, 107.5 FM, WNKT (flagship station)
- Florence, 96.3 FM, WOLH
- Florence, 1230 AM, WOLH
- Greenville, 104.9 FM, WROO
- Greenville, 1440 AM, WGVL
- Myrtle Beach, 100.3 FM, WSEA
- Rock Hill/Lancaster, 107.1 FM, WRHM
- Spartanburg, 98.3 FM, WSPG
- Spartanburg, 1400 AM, WSPG
- Waynesboro, 92.9 FM, WYBO
Recap of Friday’s South Carolina-Kentucky game
By Jack Veltri
At this point in the week, South Carolina’s bullpen is depleted. Then again, so is everyone else’s. That’s what comes with playing so many games in so many days in the SEC Tournament.
But on a day where the Gamecocks were going to have to throw some lesser-used arms, they stepped up to the challenge. South Carolina’s bullpen worked around three defensive errors to pick up a 6-5 win over Kentucky on Friday.
The Gamecocks (36-22, 16-18 SEC) will advance to the SEC semifinals to face LSU for the second time in three days on Saturday.
Dylan Eskew got the start on the mound and gave up a two-run double in the second. But his defense didn’t do him many favors as Parker Noland committed the first error of the day on a routine ground ball to second.
Fortunately, his offense didn’t take long to pick him up. In the bottom half of the second, Gavin Casas connected for a three-run homer, his second of the week, to give the Gamecocks the lead.
Sticking to his usual plan, Mark Kingston dove into what was left of his bullpen to try and get the final 21 outs of the game. And he started with Tyler Dean, who hadn’t pitched since May 9. But this is what he would have to do with limited resources.
Dean did what he could in 1.2 innings of work, striking out one and walking two. However, the defense made two more errors in the fourth to give Kentucky the lead back. With two outs in the inning, the Gamecocks turned to another reliever who hadn’t thrown yet, Parker Marlatt.
The last time Marlatt pitched, he gave up a grand slam to Tennessee in what was only a one-run game last weekend. But he seemingly put that behind him and looked much more like himself out there.
He would give South Carolina one of the best outings of the week, tossing 3.1 hitless innings. He struck out five without a walk on 43 pitches, which was a new season-high for him.
Because of Marlatt, the offense was able to go out and do some work against Kentucky’s bullpen. In the fifth, Will Tippett connected for a solo homer to tie the game. Then with two outs, the Gamecocks drew three walks and took two hit by pitches to take a 6-4 lead.
Just when it looked like Marlatt’s day might be over, he came back out for the eighth. And this decision proved to backfire. The right-hander, who ended up throwing 57 pitches, was able to get one more strikeout on the day. But he gave up a pair of hits to cut the lead to one.
Matthew Becker came in to a big jam with a runner on second and one out. But on his fourth pitch, Nolan McCarthy lined out to Ethan Petry who proceeded to throw to second for an inning-ending double play.
In the ninth, Becker retired the side in order and struck out two to seal the deal.
Up next: South Carolina will face LSU with a trip to the championship game on the line. First pitch on Saturday is at 1 p.m. on SEC Network.
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