South Carolina Gamecocks

March 2, 2009

Game Notes in PDF Format

Columbia, S.C. - The South Carolina baseball team has returned to the Top 25 as the Gamecocks come in at No. 18 in this week's latest NCAA Division I poll by Collegiate Baseball. Carolina is 4-0 on the year after earning a 3-1 victory at Clemson on Saturday afternoon.

South Carolina (4-0) kicks off a seven-game homestand on Tuesday afternoon with a non-conference tilt vs. Georgia State (6-1). First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. at Caroilna Stadium. The Gamecocks will also host Charleston Southern in midweek action on Wednesday night with that contest scheduled for 7 p.m.

Carolina has not met Georgia State in baseball since the 1998 season when the Gamecocks swept the Panthers in a two-game series. South Carolina defeated the Panthers 12-6 on Mar. 24 and 15-0 on Mar. 25. Game time was changed for Tuesday's conteset due to forecasted cold temperatures in the evening in Columbia, S.C.

South Carolina's Wednesday night game with Charleston Southern will reunite head coach Ray Tanner with one of his former assistants. Charleston Southern head coach Stuart Lake served as an assistant for Tanner from 1999-02 at Carolina. He is in his first year as head coach for the Buccaneers. Carolina is 65-11 all-time vs. the Buccaneers with a 6-3 win on Mar. 21, 2006, the last contest vs. CSU.

Midweek Pitching Rotations

Game 1 - Pitcher - 09 Stats
SC Blake Cooper (RHP, So.) 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 6.0 IP, 0 BB, 7 K
GSU Will Palmer (LHP, Sr.) 1-1, 3.72 ERA, 9.2 IP, 2 BB, 4 K

Game 2 - Pitcher - 09 Stats
SC Jay Brown (RHP, Sr.) First appearance of the season
CSU TBA

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's
NCAA Div. I Poll
(As of March 2, 2009)
Rank School (Record)		Points	Previous
1. Louisiana St. (7-0)		496		1
2. Georgia (8-0)		494		3
3. North Carolina (7-1)		493		2
4. Texas (9-0)			490		8
5. Arizona St. (8-1)		484		4
6. Florida St. (6-1)		481		5
7. Rice (5-2)			478		10
8. Texas A&M (7-2)		477		6
9. Georgia Tech. (6-1)		475		9
10. Miami, Fla. (6-1)		473		14
11. Texas Christian (5-1)	469		16
12. Cal. St. Fullerton (5-2)	466		17
13. Oklahoma St. (6-1)		465		11
14. Baylor (6-2)		462		13
15. U.C. Irvine (5-2)		459		15
16. Coastal Carolina (6-1)	455		18
17. Cal Poly SLO (6-1)		452		-
18. South Carolina (4-0)	449		-
19. Clemson (4-1)		448		25
20. Florida (5-3)		445		12
21. Mississippi (3-3)		437		22
22. Pepperdine (5-2)		435		23
23. Lamar (9-1)			432		-
24. East Carolina (5-1)		431		-
25. Ohio St. (7-0)		430		30
26. Mississippi St. (8-1)	428		-
27. Oklahoma (7-3)		427		20
28. Michigan (7-2)		426		28
29. Kentucky (4-2)		425		29
30. San Diego (6-3)		420		27