The Gamecocks didn’t exactly light up the scoreboard, but they got all the offense they needed in the first three innings Saturday evening to hold off Princeton for a 6-4 win, clinching USC’s first series sweep of 2018.
After four straight games of at least seven runs and nine hits, South Carolina (11-5) got off to a quick start, scoring three in the first off a home run from junior second baseman LT Tolbert, then one apiece in the second and third with RBIs from senior shortstop Madison Stokes and Carlos Cortes.
Head coach Mark Kingston had spent all week playing coy about who he would pick to start Game 3 of the series, suggesting he might have a “trick up our sleeve,” but his eventual choice, junior righty Eddy Demurias, was a preseason contender for the rotation before being named the team’s closer.