South Carolina baseball certainly welcomed former coach Chad Holbrook back to Columbia on Wednesday — it just wasn't the way they wanted.
Holbrook's new team, College of Charleston, got out in front of the Gamecocks early and never looked back at Spirit Communications Park, crushing them 9-0.
USC (28-20, 13-11 SEC) managed just one hit against the Cougars (34-16, 14-7 CAA), who, without a weekend series coming up, threw junior ace Evan Sisk. Sisk dominated, lasting seven innings and surrendering just one hit and two walks.
The same could not be said for Carolina's pitching, led by freshman starter Carmen Mlodzinski, who went down on the second pitch of the game, as Charleston junior second baseman Dupree Hart launched a 1-0 offering to the berm in left field.