South Carolina baseball moves up to No.3 after sweeping Florida

After sweeping the then ranked No.3 Florida Gators, South Carolina has moved up to No.3 in this week’s D1Baseball.com top-25 rankings. Gamecock Central’s Collyn Taylor and Mike Uva recap the week that was and look ahead to what’s next for USC.

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RANKSCHOOLRECORDPREVIOUS1LSU32-712Wake Forest34-623South Carolina34-664Florida31-1035Vanderbilt29-1146Coastal Carolina26-12107Arkansas30-1058Stanford25-1299Campbell31-81110Connecticut29-111511Boston College27-122012East Carolina29-11713Virginia32-9814Texas Tech29-131615Kentucky30-91316Miami25-151717Arizona State27-121918West Virginia29-11NR19Dallas Baptist31-9NR20Duke27-12NR21Louisville26-131222Oregon State26-132123Oregon26-122324Tennessee26-14NR25UTSA30-1025

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No mid-week game this week for South Carolina. The Gamecocks will return to the diamond this Friday night to hist Auburn. The Tigers are (23-16-1) overall and (7-11) in SEC play. They’ll come to Founders Park with a record of 3-9 on the road.

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Matthew Becker providing stability at back-end of rotation

By: Collyn Taylor

The Gamecocks entered the weekend series against Vanderbilt and Florida with Will Sanders and Jack Mahoney leading the back and TBA bringing up the rear.

South Carolina might not need the TBA designation anymore.

With Noah Hall out still dealing with a back injury, South Carolina’s turned to Matthew Becker in consecutive weekends. And the sophomore has stepped up in a big way, headlined by a nearly-flawless outing to clinch a sweep over Florida. READ MORE HERE

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