The University of Kentucky baseball team held South Carolina to two hits on Friday. It proved to be one too many.
South Carolina pinch hitter T.J. Hopkins hit a go-ahead, three-run home run off Kentucky closer Logan Salow to send the Gamecocks to a 3-1 victory over Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference Tournament on Friday.
No. 3 seed Kentucky (39-20) was eliminated from the tournament in Hoover, Ala., and its chances at a national seed — and possibly hosting a super regional — were put in jeopardy.
The NCAA Tournament gets underway next Friday.
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