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BOTTOM 12 - Top of the order up. Pankake with a first-pitch, sharp ground ball through the left side. Obvious bunt situation here for Marzilli. He fouls his first bunt back over the screen. Strike one. Walker pops up to shallow right. No chance at all to try to run on that one. Dantzler up and takes a breaking ball strike. Dantzler fouls off a couple of 2-2 pitches. This entire crowd is on its feet. Dantzler absolutely hits one on the screws to deep right. It falls for a single, but would have been deep enough to score the run away. Great at-bat there and the Gamecocks survive. FINAL: Carolina 5 - Clemson 4. USC will play the Clemson/Coastal winner at 4 p.m. on ESPNU after LB Dantzler's walk-off single.

TOP 12 - Beal back out there and falls behind in the count 3-0. He does work it back to full as Attanasio, who is in the five spot in the order, fouls one off. He pops out to Costen in left for out number one. McGibbon Ks on a breaking ball in the dirt. Two down, Kieboom up. Beal gets him swinging at a slider to end the inning. Sheesh. Heck of a pitch. Gamecocks send the top of the order up. Score tied 4-4.

BOTTOM 11 - WOAH! Great play there by Stolz. Costen hit a chopper back up the middle. He ranges behind the bag and throws across his body to get Costen by a half step. If that was me running to first base, it would have been a decent play. With Costen, who can fly, running, it was big-time. One down. Vergason hits a pop up to deep center. Wilkerson makes the catch. Two down. Rosenberg fans at a 91 mph fastball to end the inning. To the 12th we go! Score tied 4-4.

TOP 11 - Nine-hole hitter Stolz up for Clemson to lead off the inning against Tyler Webb, who falls behind 2-0 in the count. Dantzler makes an error, I think that's his fourth of the season, on a ground ball that hops up on him. Wilkerson coming up. Webb behind again in the count 2-0. Wilkerson bunts him up. One down. Brittle and Shaffer due up. Webb goes ahead in the count 0-2 on Brittle, so that's good news. Brittle goes down swinging and Webb will intentionally walk Shaffer. Beal comes in and gets a ground ball to short. Pankake makes the play, firing it to Vergason. Score tied.

BOTTOM 10 - Christian Walker takes a hack at the first pitch from Brady and pops it up to McGibbon in foul territory, who makes it an adventure, but makes the catch. One down. Dantzler goes down swinging. Adam Matthews steps up to the plate and hits a rocket to left field. The ball hit off the yellow padding and bounced back in. SHEESH! You never see that That ball is supposed to bounce over! It comes back in and Matthews is credited with a double. Sullivan falls behind in the count to Brady and goes down swinging to end the inning. Man, oh man. Score tied 4-4.

TOP 10 - Attanasio pinch hits and pops out to center for the first out of the inning. Price still in and faces McGibbon, who doubles off the top off the wall in right field. He holds there and then moves up to third on a ground out by Kieboom. Tyler Webb comes in to face LHH Felder, who goes down looking on the fourth pitch of the at-bat. Webby got out of a big spot there. Score still tied.

BOTTOM 9 - Kyle Martin to pinch hit. Leads off with a first-pitch single to right center. TJ Costen will pinch run for Martin, who was pretty good in his 45 seconds of baseball today. Vergason, showing bunt, walks on five pitches. Carolina crowd on its feet trying to rattle the Clemson reliever. Rosenberg bunts up both runners and the Gamecocks now have the winning run in scoring position. Clemson's top pitcher, Kevin Brady, who has been hurt at various times this season, is coming in to pitch to Pankake. And Marzilli, I would assume. Pankake hits a line drive single back up the middle. He pumps his first running to first thinking he's won the game. Costen scores easily, Vergason, however, is thrown out at the plate trying to score. Got around Kieboom, but missed the plate. Kieboom gets him before he can get back to the plate. Marzili then lines out to center to end the inning. Gamecocks 4 - Clemson 4

TOP 9 - Matt Price out there for the ninth. Gets Brittle to strike out swinging. Shaffer now digs in. He hasn't done much today - 0-3 with a walk and K. Price gets him swinging on a 90 mph high fastball for the second out of the inning. Elevated him there. Pohl up. Pohl goes from 0-2 to 3-2. Price comes back to get him looking. Gamecocks have thebottom of the order due up. Clemson leads 4-3.

BOTTOM 8 - Reliever Scott Firth into the game and immediately gives up a line drive single to Marzilli on the first pitch of his outing. Walker then bounces a 2-1 pitch inside the third base bag and into the left field corner. The ball gets past Baum and Marzilli comes around to score standing up. Walker coasts into second as LHP Joseph Moorefield comes in. He gets Dantzler to hit a check-swing pop up back to him for the out. Not a good job of getting the base runner over with no one out there by LB. Matthews swings at a 2-0 pitch and hits it off the end of the bat to left field. Ball is caught for out number two. Sullivan up. He hits a two-hopper to short. Stolz makes the play to end the inning. Clemson leads 4-3

TOP 8 - Kieboom pops out to center for out number one, which brings up eight-hole hitter Brad Felder. The Citadel transfer absolutely shellacks a spinner over the buses on Williams Street for a solo home run. Dang. That was a long, long way. Stolz Ks to give Price his second out of the inning. Wilkerson gets a good piece of a fastball but Matthews catches up to it on the track in right center. Clemson leads 4-2

BOTTOM 7 - Sullivan pops out to first base. One down. English strikes out in ugly, ugly fashion. Been a bad day for him against Gossett. Two down. Vergason works a five-pitch walk to bring up Dante Rosenberg. Pankake hits a slicing line drive to right field. Ball looks like it could get over Felder's head and clear the bases, but the right fielder makes a nice running catch on the track to end the inning. Clemson leads 3-2.

TOP 7 - Kieboom hits a line drive single over Vergason's head and into right center. Felder hits what amounts to an indefensible chopper over the head of Dantzler at third base. That puts the tying runs on base with no one out. Nine-hole hitter Stolz up. Roth bounces an 0-1 pitch up there and Rosenberg makes a nice block on the breaker to keep the runners at their bases. Ray Tanner comes to the mound to visit. Great, great play by Roth on a bunt up the third base line by Stolz. Dantzler stayed back and Roth got over there to field a decent bunt, but also throw the runner out at third base. Roth win an 84 mph fastball strike to go ahead in the count 1-2 to Wilkerson. He ropes a double just inside the third base bag to score a run. Runners on second and third with one down now for Brittle, who goes ahead in the count 2-0. Matt Price and Tyler Webb both warming in the bullpen. Back to a 2-2 count. Infield playing back in the middle to concede the tying run. Brittle lines it through the left side to score another. Matt Price coming into the game with runners at the corners and one down for Richie Shaffer. Price goes ahead in the count 1-2 but Shaffer works it back full and then takes his base on pitches. Pohl up, who is certainly a double play candidate. Pohl hits a perfect double play ground ball. Pankake was a little late getting to the bag and seemed to try to guide his throw over instead of just throwing it. Ball sails on him and Pohl is safe at first. Runner comes in to put the Tigers on top. Runners at the corners with two down for pinch hitter Joe Costigan. He walks on six pitches to load the bases. McGibbon flies out to center to end the inning. Clemson leads 3-2

BOTTOM 6 - Gamecocks have the heart of the order due up. Marzilli goes ahead in the count 3-1 but Ks on an 88 mph fastball that seemed to be right down the heart. Probably shouldn't miss that one. Walker goes down looking at a fastball that seemed to be a little bit low. He doesn't go down looking very often so when he does and doesn't like the call, I have a tendency to believe him and give him the benefit of the doubt. Dantzler grounds a full count pitch through the right side for a two-out single. Matthews up, which prompts a visit from Clemson pitching coach Dan Pepicelli. Gossett goes straight off speed and gets him to pop up to Wilkerson at second to end the inning. Gamecocks lead 2-0.

TOP 6 - Shaffer up and hits one on the screws. Marzilli gets a great jump and read off the bat. Makes a sliding catch for out number one. Dantzler has to sit back on a chopper off the bat of Pohl. Not a bad play because Pohl doesn't have much speed. Dantzler's throw is wide, but Walker makes a nice stretch and keeps his foot on the bag, according to Blue. First base coach Michael Johnson thinks so, but his opinion doesn't count. Roth goes full on Baum and walks him. McGibbon hits a lazy fly ball to right though. Matthews settles under it. Gamecocks lead 2-0.

BOTTOM 5 - English goes down swinging at an off-speed pitch for the first out of the inning. That's two Ks for him today. He's cut down his multi-K games down lately, but hasn't eliminated them altogether. Vergason goes down on strikes. Tried to check his swing on a breaker in the dirt. Appeared he did hold back, but Blue wrung him. Two down. Rosenberg works a five-pitch walk to give the Gamecocks a base runner. Pankake gets a nice little hand as he steps in. He grounds into a fielders choice going 6-4 on the putout. Gamecocks lead 2-0.

TOP 5 - Kieboom begins the inning with a sharp ground ball towards second. Vergason can't make the play on it as it rolls into right field for what is ruled an error. Felder singles to right field to put two on with no one out. Stolz can't get a bunt down and then flies out to right. Not a great move there. Top of the order now up for the Tigers though. Joey Pankake with a great play to get the lead runner. Ground ball towards the six hole. Pankake gets over, fields it, and throws it to third to get the lead out. Brittle hits a ground ball towards the four-hole. Walker ranges over and fields it, throws to Roth covering the bag for the out. Gamecocks lead 2-0.

BOTTOM 4 - Evan Marzilli pops out to right field for the ifrst out. Felder took an, uh, interesting route on that play, but makes a sliding catch. I guess they all count, right? One down. Walker pops out to center. Dantzler goes ahead in the count as well 2-0. Gossett has been falling behind some here lately but Gamecocks don't have much to show for it. LB works a walk to give USC its second base runner. Adam Matthews turns on a fastball and sends a line drive over the left field wall. Gossett completely missed his location on that one. That was a BP pitch. Sullivan grounds out to third to end the inning. Gamecocks lead 2-0

TOP 4 - Pohl pops out to center to begin the inning. One down. Baum with a weak little grounder to short. Pankake pats it a couple of times and makes the throw on to first. Two quick ones for Roth, who needs a quick inning. sitting on 56 pitches right now facing McGibbon. Vergason makes a pretty nice little back-hand play and throws to first for the final out of the inning. No score. Gamecocks send up Marzilli, Walker, and Dantzler.

BOTTOM 3 - Vergason is first pitch swinging and pops out to center. One down. Rosenberg grounds out to third. Two outs. Pankake can't quite barrel up a fastball that seemed to be sitting right there for him to drive. Pops out to left to end the inning. No score through three.

TOP 3 - Nine-hole hitter Stolz hits one on the screws, but English catches up to it a few feet shy of the track in left field. Wilkerson works a one-out walk, which is Roth's third of the day already. He moves to second on a hit-and-run attempt that results in a ground out. Shaffer hits a sharp shot back up the middle off of Roth's glove arm. Ball stays near him and he throws Shaffer out at first. No score.

BOTTOM 2 - Matthews is called out on strikes on an outside fastball. Ball was a few inches off the plate but the catcher didn't move. That's fine, in my opinion, as long as he's consistent with the call. Both pitchers need to work the outside corner if he's going to give that pitch. Right at the knees. Gossett doing a pretty good job, aside from that pitch to Marzilli, of keeping the fastball down. Sullivan grounds out to second. English fans at a slider to end the inning. No score.

TOP 2 - After just missing a double down the left field line, designated hitter Phil Pohl lines a single back up the middle. Roth then walks Baum to put two on with no one out. McGibbon can't get down a sacrifice bunt but Roth is all over the place right now with some of these pitches. Count goes full on the first baseman. Roth walks him. Roth gets a ground ball to short. Pankake fields and throws to Vergason at second and gets an out. The throw to first is in time, too, for the double play, but the second base umpire calls interference on McGibbon sliding. He reached out with his left arm in an attempted closeline across the waist. That means a dead ball and runners have to back to the last base. Instead of one run in, it's runners on second and third with two outs. Felder then flies out to center to end the inning. No score. Wow. Wow. Could be a big momentum changer.

BOTTOM 1 - Freshman Daniel Gossett on the bump. I've seen him pitch a lot. He can be really good with a low 90s fastball that will scrape 94 from time to time. He's been their best pitcher lately. He can struggle with a flat fastball sometimes though. Doesn't always have much, if any movement. He gets Pankake swinging on a breaking ball in the dirt for out number one. He then leaves a fastball up in the zone to Marzilli, who turns on it and drives a single to right field for the first hit of the game. Walker pops out to second and Dantzler then flies out to center on a first pitch fastball to end the inning. No score.

TOP 1 - Crowd is electric here today. Seems like they may have found a few extra seats to sell. Michael Roth out there. Toes the rubber. He loves pitching against these guys. He gets a pair of weak grounders - one to Dantzler and another to Vergason for the first two outs of the inning. Big bopper Shaffer digs in, and looks at a called third strike. No score.

South Carolina

SS - Joey Pankake
CF - Evan Marzilli
1B - Christian Walker
3B - LB Dantzler
RF - Adam Matthews
DH - Sean Sullivan
LF - Tanner English
2B - Chase Vergason
C - Dante Rosenberg

LHP Michael Roth

Clemson

2B - Steve Wilkerson
CF - Thomas Brittle
3B - Richie Shaffer
DH - Phil Pohl
LF - Jay Baum
1B - Jon McGibbon
C - Spencer Kieboom
RF - Brad Felder
SS - Jason Stolz

RHP Daniel Gossett

Coastal Carolina has just defeated Manhattan 11-1. The Jaspers tried to fight and played with good effort this weekend, but they're one of the worst hitting teams I've seen in college baseball. They were completely overmatched all weekend. Coastal Carolina will now play the loser of today's game between Carolina and Clemson tomorrow at Noon on ESPNU.

South Carolina will send Michael Roth to the bump today. Clemson will counter with freshman right-hander Daniel Gossett. We'll have some news and notes from 'round here in the leadup to the game. Stay tuned!

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