South Carolina Gamecocks
Head Coach: Ray Tanner
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GAMECOCKS WIN BACK 2 BACK WORLD SERIES!
OMAHA, Neb. -- The South Carolina Gamecocks rode the stellar pitching of Michael
Roth to defeat the Florida Gators, 5-2, and sweep the best-of-three College
World Series Championship Series Tuesday night at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha in
front of an announced crowd of 26,721. The win gave the Gamecocks back-to-back
National Championships in Division I College Baseball.
The Gamecocks (55-14) broke out in front in the bottom of the third inning when
they sent eight men to the plate, scoring three times off Florida starter
Karsten Whitson (8-1). Peter Mooney led off the frame with a double down the
left field line and advanced to third on Robert Beary's sacrifice bunt. After
Evan Marzilli walked, Scott Wingo lofted a sacrifice fly to right, scoring
Mooney with the game's first run. After Jackie Bradley Jr. walked, Christian
Walker's bouncer to short eluded Nolan Fontana and rolled into centerfield for
an error, allowing Marzilli to score and sending Bradley to third. Brady Thomas
chopped an infield single over the pitcher's mound, scoring Bradley Jr. and
putting Carolina on top 3-0.
Florida (53-19) answered with a single run in the top of the fourth. Mike Zunino
led off the inning with a home run over the left field wall. The solo blast was
his team-leading 19th round tripper and just the third home run allowed by Roth
all season. Zunino had three of the Gators' six hits on the night.
The Gators had chances to get closer when they put their first two batters on
base in both the fifth and sixth innings, but Roth was able to work his way out
the jams unscathed.
South Carolina got an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth when Mooney
crushed a 3-1 offering from reliever Tommy Toledo into the Gator bullpen beyond
the right field wall for his fourth home run of the season, giving the Gamecocks
a 4-1 advantage. Mooney's round tripper was the only home run hit by the
Gamecocks in their five-game stay in Omaha.
Florida cut the deficit to 4-2 with a run in the top of the eighth. Zunino
doubled to center off Roth and scored on John Adams' two-out single off reliever
John Taylor, but Matt Price caught pinch-hitter Tyler Thompson looking to end
the uprising.
Carolina came right back with one of its own in the bottom of the frame. Beary
singled to center, moved to second on Marzilli's sacrifice bunt, advanced to
third on a wild pitch and scored on Wingo's bouncer to right over the pulled-in
infield.
Roth (14-3) was lifted after 7.2 innings of work. The junior southpaw allowed
just five hits and two runs with two walks and six strikeouts. He threw 127
pitches, 77 for strikes. In 38.1 innings of work over the past two years at the
College World Series, Roth has posted a 1.17 ERA, second-best all-time. Price
worked the final 1.1 innings for his 20th save of the season.
The Gamecocks, who entered the tournament as the number four national seed, have
now established NCAA records with 16 consecutive postseason wins and 11
consecutive wins in the College World Series. While in Omaha, South Carolina
defeated Texas A&M, number one seed Virginia twice, and number two seed
Florida twice without a loss.
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2011 SCHEDULE Overall Conf. Home Away Neutral |
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| Date | Opponent / Event | Location | Time / Result |
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| 02/18/11 | vs. Santa Clara | Columbia, S.C. | W, 12-5 |
| 02/19/11 | vs. Santa Clara | Columbia, S.C. | W, 2-1 |
| 02/20/11 | vs. Santa Clara | Columbia, S.C. | W, 6-0 |
| 02/25/11 | vs. Southern Illinois | Columbia, S.C. | W, 10-6 |
| 02/26/11 | vs. Southern Illinois | Columbia, S.C. | W, 4-0 |
| 02/27/11 | vs. Southern Illinois | Columbia, S.C. | W, 9-4 |
| 03/01/11 | vs. Furman | Columbia, S.C. | W, 14-1 |
| 03/04/11 | vs. Clemson | Columbia, S.C. | W, 6-3 |
| 03/05/11 | vs.
Clemson  |
Greenville, S.C. (Fluor Field) | Postponed |
| 03/06/11 | at
Clemson |
Clemson, S.C. | L, 10-5 |
| 03/08/11 | vs. Clemson | Greenville, S.C. (Fluor Field) | W, 5-4 |
| 03/09/11 | vs. Davidson | Columbia, S.C. | Postponed |
| 03/11/11 | vs. Cal State Bakersfield | Columbia, S.C. | W, 5-1 |
| 03/12/11 | vs. Cal State Bakersfield | Columbia, S.C. | W, 5-2 |
| 03/13/11 | vs. Cal State Bakersfield | Columbia, S.C. | L, 8-3 |
| 03/15/11 | at Furman | Greenville, S.C. (Fluor Field) | L, 4-2 |
| 03/16/11 | vs. Wofford | Columbia, S.C. | W, 8-4 |
| 03/18/11 | vs. Georgia # | Columbia, S.C. | L, 4-2 |
| 03/19/11 | vs. Georgia # | Columbia, S.C. | W, 2-1 |
| 03/20/11 | vs. Georgia # | Columbia, S.C. | W, 8-3 |
| 03/22/11 | vs. College of Charleston |
Columbia, S.C. | W, 24-4 |
| 03/23/11 | vs. Rhode Island | Columbia, S.C. | W, 17-8 |
| 03/25/11 | at Florida # | Gainesville, Fla. | W, 9-2 |
| 03/26/11 | at
Florida # |
Gainesville, Fla. | L, 2-1 |
| 03/27/11 | at
Florida # |
Gainesville, Fla. | W, 4-3 |
| 03/30/11 | vs. The Citadel | Columbia, S.C. | W, 6-4 |
| 04/01/11 | vs. Kentucky # |
Columbia, S.C. | W, 3-1 |
| 04/02/11 | vs. Kentucky # |
Columbia, S.C. | W, 4-3 (10) |
| 04/03/11 | vs. Kentucky # |
Columbia, S.C. | W, 4-1 |
| 04/05/11 | vs. USC Upstate | Columbia, S.C. | W, 18-2 |
| 04/07/11 | at
Tennessee # |
Knoxville, Tenn. | W, 4-0 |
| 04/08/11 | at Tennessee # | Knoxville, Tenn. | W, 2-0 |
| 04/09/11 | at
Tennessee # |
Knoxville, Tenn. | W, 2-1 |
| 04/12/11 | at The Citadel | Charleston, S.C. | L, 2-0 |
| 04/15/11 | vs. Vanderbilt # | Columbia, S.C. | W, 3-1 |
| 04/16/11 | vs. Vanderbilt # |
Columbia, S.C. | L, 6-4 |
| 04/17/11 | vs. Vanderbilt # |
Columbia, S.C. | W, 5-3 |
| 04/19/11 | at College of Charleston | Charleston, S.C. | W, 8-3 |
| 04/22/11 | at
Mississippi State # |
Starkville, Miss. | W, 8-2 |
| 04/23/11 | at
Mississippi State # |
Starkville, Miss. | L, 5-3 |
| 04/24/11 | at Mississippi State # | Starkville, Miss. | W, 13-4 |
| 04/26/11 | vs. Liberty | Columbia, S.C. | W, 9-6 |
| 04/29/11 | vs. Auburn # |
Columbia, S.C. | W, 2-1 |
| 04/30/11 | vs. Auburn # |
Columbia, S.C. | W, 10-2 |
| 05/01/11 | vs. Auburn # |
Columbia, S.C. | W, 7-3 |
| 05/04/11 | at Wofford | Spartanburg, S.C. | W, 9-3 |
| 05/06/11 | at Ole Miss # | Oxford, Miss. | W, 6-1 |
| 05/07/11 | at
Ole Miss # |
Oxford, Miss. | L, 10-2 |
| 05/08/11 | at Ole Miss # | Oxford, Miss. | L, 7-6 |
| 05/10/11 | vs. Presbyterian | Columbia, S.C. | W, 6-1 |
| 05/11/11 | vs. Charleston Southern | Columbia, S.C. | W, 11-1 |
| 05/13/11 | vs. Arkansas # |
Columbia, S.C. | L, 6-2 |
| 05/14/11 | vs. Arkansas # |
Columbia, S.C. | W, 6-5 |
| 05/15/11 | vs. Arkansas # |
Columbia, S.C. | W, 7-1 |
| 05/17/11 | vs. UNC Asheville |
Columbia, S.C. | W, 9-5 |
| 05/19/11 | at Alabama # | Tuscaloosa, Ala. | L, 2-1 |
| 05/20/11 | at Alabama # | Tuscaloosa, Ala. | W, 6-3 |
| 05/21/11 | at Alabama # |
Tuscaloosa, Ala. | W, 3-2 |
| SEC Tournament | |||
| 05/25/11 | vs. Auburn |
Hoover, Ala. | W, 7-3 |
| 05/26/11 | vs. Vanderbilt | Hoover, Ala. | L, 7-2 |
| 05/27/11 | vs. Georgia |
Hoover, Ala. | L, 4-2 |
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| NCAA Regionals | |||
| 06/03/11 | NC State vs. Stetson | Columbia, S.C. | 1:00 p.m. ET |
| vs. Georgia Southern | Columbia, S.C. | W, 2-1 | |
| 06/04/11 | vs. NC State vs Georgia Southern | Columbia, S.C. | 1:00 p.m. ET |
| vs. Stetson | Columbia, S.C. | W, 11-5 | |
| 06/05/11 | vs. NC State vs Stetson | Columbia, S.C. | 1:00 p.m. ET |
| vs. Stetson | Columbia, S.C. | Postponed | |
| 06/06/11 | vs. Stetson | Columbia, S.C. | W, 8-2 |
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| NCAA Super Regionals | |||
| 06/11/11 | vs. Connecticut |
Columbia, S.C. | W, 5-1 |
| 06/12/11 | vs. Connecticut |
Columbia, S.C. | W, 8-2 |
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| College World Series | |||
| 06/19/11 | vs. Texas A&M |
Omaha, Neb. | W, 5-4 |
| 06/21/11 | vs. Virginia |
Omaha, Neb. | W, 7-1 |
| 06/24/11 | vs. Virginia |
Omaha, Neb. | W, 3-2 (13) |
| 06/27/11 | vs. Florida |
Omaha, Neb. | W, 2-1 (11) |
| 06/28/11 | vs. Florida |
Omaha, Neb. | W, 5-2 |
Schedule Key
Home Game - Garnet
Away Game - Black
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