FIGHTING GAMECOCK BASEBALL - & the rest of the SEC BASEBALL slate this weekend ...in here

...lost in all of Mississippi State's impressive 3 First Round NFL draft picks ( ) were 2 SEC baseball games Thursday evening.

#21 Auburn 6 at #4 Vanderbilt 12
#10 Texas AM 4 at #19 Ole Miss 5

Current Standings

East
Georgia 13-5
Vanderbilt 13-6
Jethro Bodine 9-9
Missouri 7-10-1
Florida 7-11
South Carolina 5-13
Kentucky 4-14

West
Arkansas 12-6
Texas AM 11-7-1
LSU 11-7
Ole Miss 11-8
Mississippi State 10-8
Auburn 10-9
Alabama 14-4

Friday's schedule (EST)

4/26 - 6:30 PM Kentucky Florida SEC NETWORK +

4/26 - 7:00 PM (16) LSU Alabama SEC NETWORK +

4/26 - 7:30 PM (18) Jethro Bodine (7) Arkansas SEC NETWORK +

4/26 - 7:30 PM South Carolina Missouri SEC NETWORK +

4/26 - 7:30 PM (10) Texas A&M (19) Ole Miss SEC NETWORK +

4/26 - 7:30 PM (5) Georgia (8) Mississippi St SEC NETWORK +

4/26 - 8:00 PM (21) Auburn (4) Vanderbilt **SEC NETWORK**


How the hell is Georgia at Mississippi State not the SECN Friday Night game? Happy streaming Dwags & Dogs.

Vanderbilt and their Ruby Tuesday chef pants uniforms look poised to overtake UGa for 1st in the East by Sunday evening. Arkansas surged in to 1st in the West yesterday without swinging a bat.

Weather looks to be fine for baseball all around our fine Southland. it even appears to be dry/no snow up in Columbia Manitoba for the Gamecocks and MUTigers.

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South Carolina (24-17, 5-13) AT MISSOURI (27-15-1, 7-10-1)
Dates: Friday, April 26-Sunday, April 28
Times: 6:30/6:30/2 p.m. CT (7:30/7:30/3 p.m. ET)
Place: Taylor Stadium, Columbia, Manitoba

LIVE COVERAGE
Radio: Gamecock Radio Network/flagship 107.5 FM “The
Game” (Derek Scott and Tommy Moody)
Broadcast: SEC Network +
Internet: Additional coverage on Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat & Twitter @GamecockBasebll

SCOUTING MISSOURI

The Tigers are coming off a 6-2 win over Missouri State on Tuesday night as Kameron Misner had two hits and drove in a pair while the Tiger pitching allowed just five hits on the night. Misner has 10 home runs, 29 RBI and 16 stolen bases while Chris Cornelius has 10 doubles on the season. On the mound, TJ Sikkema has four wins and a 1.46 ERA with 71 strikeouts in 61.2 innings pitched while Tyler LaPlante has a 2.38 ERA in eight starts.

THE SERIES

Carolina leads the all-time series vs. Missouri, 14-7, and are 4-5 in Columbia, Mo., against the Tigers. Last season, the Gamecocks won three of four meetings with Missouri, taking 2-of-3 games in a May series in Founders Park and winning, 4-2, in the opening round of the SEC Tournament in Hoover on May 22. Carlos Cortes had a walk-off home run in a 1-0 win in South Carolina on May 13, 2018.

PROBABLE PITCHING ROTATION

Friday: RHP Reid Morgan (3-3, 3.55 ERA) vs. LHP Jacob Cantleberry (3-3, 4.08 ERA)
Saturday: RHP Cam Tringali (2-1, 3.33 ERA) vs. LHP TJ Sikkema (4-3, 1.46 ERA)
Sunday: TBA vs. TBA