Detrimental fielding mistakes overcame solid offense once again for South Carolina's baseball team in their SEC Tournament Semifinal loss to the LSU Tigers.
In a game that was almost a near-repeat of what happened on Thursday night, South Carolina's baseball team saw their offense score a bevy of runs, some promising signs from a couple of pitchers, and were reminded of what is by far their biggest weakness: fielding. One could say that the latter almost single-handily costed the Gamecocks a chance to play for an SEC Tournament Title, even after one of most confusing rulings fans will ever see was made in the 10th inning.
In the first three and a half innings of play, it was all Carolina, who scored eight runs via two different RBI singles, a three-run home run fromRoman Kimball getting through the LSU lineup with his high-riding fastball, and the Gamecocks seemed destined for a chance at Sunday glory in Hoover.Talmadge LeCroy
misplayed a top-spinning grounder which directly led to one run being scored, which was later followed up by a hard-line drive that the Palmetto State native was unable to keep in front of him, leading to two more runs. Overall, the Tigers scored six runs in the half-inning, cutting South Carolina's lead to two and leading to Talmadge being benched for freshman infielderCole MessinaRBI single, but LSU would go on to score three unanswered runs to cut it to one.
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