Midnight madness is becoming all too common for South Carolina baseball in this SEC tournament — for the second consecutive night, the Gamecocks played into the morning, past 1:30 a.m. central time. This time, however, they lost to Arkansas, 13-8, early Thursday.
After rallying to defeat Missouri on Tuesday, USC (33-23, 17-13) now has one more loss to give in the double-elimination portion of the conference tourney. Coach Mark Kingston's squad will face LSU on Thursday, though that game is scheduled to take place in the early afternoon.
South Carolina struggled from the get-go against the Razorbacks, as freshman starter Logan Chapman struck out the first two batters he faced, but walked the next two, and Arkansas sophomore left fielder Dominic Fletcher launched a 3-1 offering over the right-center field wall to give his team a big early lead.