2023 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team explained

Mode:baseball
Year:2023
Team:South Carolina Gamecocks
Conference:Southeastern Conference
Division:Eastern Division
Short Conf:SEC
Coachrank:10
Cbrank:14
Record:42–21
Conf Record:16–13
Head Coach:Mark Kingston
Hc Year:6th
Asst Coach1:Monte Lee
Ac1 Year:1st
Asst Coach2:Scott Wingo
Ac2 Year:2nd
Pitch Coach:Justin Parker
Pc Year:2nd
Stadium:Founders Park
Champion:Columbia Regional champions
Bowl:Gainesville Super Regional
Bowl Result:0–2

The 2023 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 2023 season marked the Gamecocks' 130th overall. The Gamecocks played their home games at Founders Park, and were led by sixth year head coach Mark Kingston. The Gamecocks were eliminated 0-2 from the Gainesville Super Regional, and finished the season ranked 13th in the final D1Baseball rankings.

Previous season

See main article: 2022 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team.

The Gamecocks finished 27–28, 13–17 in the SEC

Personnel

Coaching staff

2023 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaching staff
  • Mark Kingston – Head Coach – 5th year
  • Monte Lee – Assistant Coach – 1st year
  • Scott Wingo – Assistant Coach – 2nd year
  • Justin Parker – Pitching Coach – 2nd year
  • Mike Current – Player Development – 6th year
  • Ryan West – Director of Operations – 1st year
  • Alek Boychuck – Student Assistant Coach – 3rd year
[1]

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters[2]
Name Position
Carson Hornung Designated hitter
Braylen Wimmer Shortstop
Caleb Denny Left field
Cole Messina Catcher
Talmadge LeCroy Third base
Gavin Casas First base
Will McGillis Second base
Dylan Brewer Right field
Evan Stone Center field

Schedule and results

2023 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball game log
Regular season (19–1)
February (9–0)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
February 17
  1. 23
Founders Park
Columbia, SC 		20–3 Hicks (1–0)Keevan (0–1) None SECN+ 7,215 1–0
February 18UMass Lowell
  1. 23
Founders Park 17–1 Hall (1–0) Foley (0–1) None SECN+ 7,323 2–0
February 19UMass Lowell
  1. 23
Founders Park 12–1 Mahoney (1–0)Draper (0–1) None SECN+ 6,372 3–0
February 21
  1. 23
Founders Park 19–3 Jones (1–0) Hopkins (0–1) None SECN+ 6,014 4–0
February 22
  1. 23
Founders Park 12–0 Hicks (2–0) Maidhof (0–1) None SECN+ 5,944 5–0
February 24
  1. 23
Founders Park 7–4 Sanders (1–0) Coady (0–1) Veach (1) SECN+ 7,105 6–0
February 25Penn
  1. 23
Founders Park 1–0 Hall (2–0) Zaffiro (0–1) Becker (1) SECN+ 7,057 7–0
February 26Penn
  1. 23
Founders Park 6–5 Austin (1–0) Ozmer (0–1) Veach (2) SECN+ 6442 8–0
February 28
  1. 23
Founders Park 11–3 Jones (2–0)Killpatrick (0–2) None SECN+ 5,956 9–0
March (10–1)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
March 3
  1. 23
Doug Kingsmore Stadium
Clemson, SC 		2–5 Lindley (1–1) Sanders (1–1) None ACCNX 5,456 9–1
March 4vs. Clemson
  1. 23
Fluor Field
Greenville, SC 		11–9 Becker (1–0) Dill (1–1) None SECN+ 7,215 10–1
March 5Clemson
  1. 23
Founders Park 7–1 Hicks (2–0) Barlow (1–1) None SECN+ 8,242 11–1
March 7
  1. 20
Founders Park 8–1 Jones (3–0) Cummisky (1–1) None SECN+ 6,034 12–1
March 8at
  1. 20
Fluor Field
Greenville, SC 		8–1 Proctor (1–0) Curtis (2–1) None ESPN+ 3,725 13–1
March 10
  1. 20
Founders Park 20–37 Sanders (2–1) Lipthratt, L (1–1) None SECN+ 5,861 14–1
March 11Bethune–Cookman
  1. 20
Founders Park 8–5 Hall (3–0) Santos (2–1) Hicks (1) SECN+ 5,828 15–1
March 12Bethune–Cookman
  1. 20
Founders Park 10–3 Mahoney (2–0) Gaviria (2–1) None SECN+ 6,211 16–1
March 14
  1. 16
Founders Park 5–0 Jones (4–0) Mueller (1–1) None SECN+ 6,211 17–1
March 17
  1. 16
Foley Field
Athens, Georgia 		5–4 Veach (1–0) Hoskins (1–1) Hicks (2) SECN+ 3,712 18–1 1–0
March 18at Georgia
  1. 16
Foley Field 12–27 Hall (4–0) Sullivan (3–1) None SECN+ 3,215 19–1 2–0
March 19at Georgia
  1. 16
Foley Field 12–17 Mahoney (3–0) Goldstein (0–1) None SECN+ 3,167 20–1 3–0
March 21
  1. 11
Truist Field
Charlotte, NC 		2–6 Kramer (1–2) Jerzembeck (0–1) None ESPN+ 2,161 20–2
March 24
  1. 11
Founders Park 9–8 Williamson (1–0) Franklin (4–1) None SECN+ 8,242 21–2 4–0
March 25
  1. 22 Missouri
  1. 11
Founders Park 8–1 Hall (5–0) Lohse (0–2) None SECN+ 8,242 22–2 5–0
March 26
  1. 22 Missouri
  1. 11
Founders Park 5–412 Becker (2–0) Wilmsmeyer (0–1) None SECN+ 7,019 23–2 6–0
March 28at The Citadel
  1. 9
Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park
Charleston, SC 		13–27 Zedalis (1–0) Paulsen (0–2) None SECN+ 6,307 24–2
March 30
  1. 9
Dudy Noble Field
Starkville, MS 		6–4 Hicks (4–0) Holcombe (1–1) Austin (1) SECN+ 9,854 25–2 7–0
March 31at Mississippi State
  1. 9
Dudy Noble Field 3–13 Gartman (2–2) Hall (5–1) None SECN+ 10,385 25–3 7–1
April
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
April 1at Mississippi State
  1. 9
Dudy Noble Field 14–5 Hicks (5–0) Hunt (0–1) None SECN+ 12,357 26–3 8–1
April 4
  1. 6
Truist Field
Charlotte, NC 		5–0 Proctor (2–0) Poston (2–1) None SECN+ 6,277 27–3
April 6
  1. 1 LSU
  1. 6
Founders Park 14–5 Hicks (6–0) Skenes (5–1) None SECN+ 8,242 28–3 9–1
April 7
  1. 1 LSU
  1. 6
Founders Park 7–8 Guidry (2–0) Jones (4–1) None SECN+ 8,242 28–4 9–2
April 8
  1. 1 LSU
  1. 6
Founders Park cancelled – rain SECN
April 11USC Upstate
  1. 6
Founders Park 7–2 Becker (3–0)Costa, C. (0–1) None SECN+ 6,640 29–4
April 14
  1. 6
Hawkins Field
Nashville, TN 		14–6 Sanders (3–1) Cunningham (1–1) None SECN+ 3,802 30–4 10–2
April 15at #4 Vanderbilt
  1. 6
Hawkins Field 5–8 Reilly (2–1) Mahoney (3–1) None SECN+ 3,802 30–5 10–3
April 16at #4 Vanderbilt
  1. 6
Hawkins Field 4–6 Ginther (2–0) Jones (4–2) None SECN+ 3,802 30–6 10–4
April 18
  1. 6
Founders Park 10–4 Proctor (3-0) Olsen, E. (1–2) None SECN+ 6,420 31–6
April 20
  1. 6
Founders Park 13–37 Sanders (4–1) Sproat (5–2) None ESPNU 8,242 32–6 11–4
April 21
  1. 3 Florida
  1. 6
Founders Park 5–2 Mahoney (4–1) Waldrep (6–2) Veach (3) SECN+ 8,242 33–6 12–4
April 22
  1. 3 Florida
  1. 6
Founders Park 7–5 Becker (4–0) Caglianone (4–2) Veach (4) SECN+ 8,242 34–6 13–4
April 28
  1. 3
Founders Park 3–8 Vail, T. (4–1) Sanders (4–2) None SECN+ 8,242 34–7 13–5
April 29Auburn
  1. 3
Founders Park 5–9 Copeland, K. (3–1) Mahoney (4–2) None SECN+ 8,242 33–8 13–6
April 30Auburn
  1. 3
Founders Park 8–7 Veach (2–0) Horne, T. (0–1) Proctor (1)ESPN2 7,254 35–8 14–6
May
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
May 3at Winthrop
  1. 3
Winthrop Ballpark
Rock Hill, SC 		6–1 Proctor (4–0) Bookbinder (5–1) None ESPN+ 1,836 36–8
May 5
  1. 3
Kentucky Proud Park
Lexington, KY 		3–7 T. Smith (4–1) Sanders (4–3) M. Moore (4) SECN+ 2,710 36–9 14–7
May 6at Kentucky
  1. 3
Kentucky Proud Park 7–14 A Strickland (3–0) Hicks (6–1) None SECN+ 2,602 36–10 14–8
May 7at Kentucky
  1. 3
Kentucky Proud Park 2–9 Z. Lee (4–2) Becker (4–1) None SECN 3,563 36–11 14–9
May 9
  1. 6
Founders Park 5–8 Roca, T. (1–4) Eskew (0–1) Ohme, W. (1) SECN+ 5,872 36–12
May 12
  1. 6
Baum–Walker Stadium
Fayetteville, AR		1–4 Wood (2–0) Jones (4–3) None SECN+ 10,218 36–13 14–10
May 13at #3 Arkansas
  1. 6
Baum–Walker Stadium 3–1 Mahoney (5–2) McEntire (6–3) Veach (5) SECN+ 10,432 37–13 15–10
May 14at #3 Arkansas
  1. 6
Baum–Walker Stadium 1–5 Hollan (7–2) Becker (4–2) None SECN+ 9,981 37–14 15–11
May 16Charlotte
  1. 13
Founders Park 9–11 Gillentine (1–1) Veach (2–1) Michelson (6) SECN+ 6,115 37–15
May 18
  1. 13
Founders Park 0–5 Lindsey, A. (2–2) Jones (4–4) None SECN+ 7,815 37–16 15–12
May 19
  1. 18 Tennessee
  1. 13
Founders Park 6–17 Mahoney (6–2) Dollander (6–6) None SECN+ 8,242 38–16 16–12
May 20
  1. 18 Tennessee
  1. 13
Founders Park 1–127 Beam, D. (7–4) Becker (4–3) None SECN 6,784 38–17 16–13
Postseason
DateOpponentSeedSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordSECT Record
May 23 v. No. 11 (SEC) Georgia No. 6 (SEC) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Hoover, AL		9–0 Hicks (7–1) Woods (3–3) Austin (2) SEC Network 5,510 39–17 1–0
May 24 v. #5 / 3 (SEC) LSU No. 6 (SEC) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium 3–10 Hurd (5–2) Jones (4–5) Ackenhausen (2) SEC Network 7,825 39–18 1–1
May 25 v. No. 10 (SEC) No. 6 (SEC) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium 0–5 Lamkin (3–3) Mahoney (6–3) Dillard (2) SEC Network 8,120 39–19 1–2
DateOpponentSeedSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
June 2 v. NCAA #15 / No. 1 Founders Park 19–1 Hicks (8–1) Neuman (6–3) None ESPN+ 8,094 40–19 1–0
June 3 v.
  1. 15 / No. 1
Founders Park 6–3 Mahoney (7–3) Willadsen (5–5) Veach (6) ESPN+ 7,115 41–19 2–0
June 4 v.
  1. 15 / No. 1
Founders Park 16–7 Proctor (5–0) Cummings, T. (6–3) Sanders (1) ESPN+ 7,019 42–19 3–0
DateOpponentSeedSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
June 9 v. #2 Florida NCAA #15 Condron Ballpark
Gainesville, FL 		4–5 Sproat (8–3) Sanders (4–4) Neely (13) ESPN2 8,439 42–20 3–1
June 10 v. #2 Florida NCAA #15 Condron Ballpark 0–4 Waldrep (9–3) Mahoney (7–4) None ESPN2 8,851 42–21 3–2
Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Canceled
Bold = South Carolina team member
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.[3]

Regular season

February

UMass–Lowell (Opening day)

South Carolina opened its season with a 20–3 win over Umass Lowell, 8 Gamecocks had hits and Braylen Wimmer had 5 hits and 1 HR, Will McGillis hit 2 HR's, Cole Messina had a HR and drove in 3. Will Sanders struck out 3 and only allowed 3 hits. James Hicks picked up the win pitching two scoreless innings and striking out 2.[4]

South Carolina would go on to win the next two games and sweep UMass-Lowell 17–1, and then 12–1

Winthrop

Queens

PennSouth Carolina swept Penn 7–4, 1–0, 6–5

March

vs. Clemson (Greenville)

Clemson

at USC Upstate (Greenville)

Bethune–Cookman

at Georgia

at Georgia

Rankings

See also: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Coaches. February 22, 2023.
  2. Web site: Baseball vs UMass Lowell 2/17/23 box score. February 28, 2023.
  3. News: Baseball Finalizes 2023 Schedule with Non-Conference Slate. University of South Carolina Department of Athletics. December 6, 2022.
  4. Web site: Baseball Scores 20 in Season-Opening Win over UMass Lowell. March 18, 2023.

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