South Carolina baseball’s pitching woes remain as daunting as ever, and the Gamecocks remain winless in the SEC, as Tennessee thumped coach Mark Kingston’s club 15-5 on Friday night.
With several key pitchers dealing with injuries, USC (15-7, 0-4 SEC) used just three pitchers Friday, freshman starter Wesley Sweatt and sophomores John Gilreath and Parker Coyne. Both Sweatt and Gilreath labored heavily on the road, but Kingston, likely reluctant to empty his already thin bullpen in the series opener, left them on the mound to work through trouble.
Sweatt, who lasted 3 1/3 innings, and Gilreath, who went 3 2/3, combined to give up the 16 hits and 12 earned runs, both the most South Carolina has given up all season.