South Carolina scored more runs in one game against Xavier than they did in three games against Clemson, but the Gamecocks also scored less than half the number of runs the Musketeers did, losing 15-7 on Tuesday night.
USC got on the board first, taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning after Brandt Belk walked, advanced on a balk, and scored on a double by Braylen Wimmer. Xavier tied things up and took the lead in the next inning, courtesy of a Garrett Schultz double and a groundout from Alex Helmin that made it 2-1. The lead changed again in the bottom of the second, though, as the Cocks got that second run back and added a third, thanks to a solo shot by Kevin Madden and a fly out from Wimmer that scored Carson Hornung, who had singled, making it a 3-2 game.