2022 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

2022 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Record	27–28 (13–17 SEC)
Head coach	Mark Kingston (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Chad Caillet (1st season) Scott Wingo (1st season)
Pitching coach	Justin Parker (1st season)
Home stadium	Founders Park
Uniform
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2022 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 9 Tennessee  x‍†‍‡‍y	25	–	5		.833			57	–	9		.864
No. 21 Florida  ‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			42	–	24		.636
Georgia  ‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			36	–	23		.610
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y	14	–	16		.467			39	–	23		.629
South Carolina  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			27	–	28		.491
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			33	–	26		.559
Missouri  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			28	–	23		.549
Western
No. 3 Texas A&M  x‍‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			44	–	20		.688
No. 4 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			46	–	21		.687
No. 25 LSU  ‍‍‍y	17	–	13		.567			40	–	22		.645
No. 7 Auburn  ‍‍‍y	16	–	13		.552			43	–	22		.662
No. 1 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y	14	–	16		.467			42	–	23		.646
Alabama  ‍‍‍	12	–	17		.414			31	–	27		.534
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			26	–	30		.464
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 2022 season marked the Gamecocks' 129th overall. The Gamecocks played their home games at Founders Park, and were led by fifth year head coach Mark Kingston.

Previous season

Main article: 2021 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

The Gamecocks finished 34–23, 16–14 in the SEC, losing in the Columbia Regional to Virginia.

Personnel

Roster

2022 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town 2 INF Jalen Vasquez L/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So North Charleston, SC 3 INF Braylen Wimmer R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Yukon, OK 4 LHP Jackson Phipps L/L 6 ft 5 in(1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Dallas, GA 5 INF Talmadge LeCroy R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Belton, SC 7 INF Michael Braswell R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Mableton, GA 9 OF Evan Stone R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Irmo, SC 10 C Colin Burgess R/R 5 ft 8 in(1.73 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Lexington, KY 11 OF Andrew Eyster R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Gr Ocala, FL 12 INF Josiah Sightler L/L 6 ft 5 in(1.96 m) 234 lb (106 kg) Sr Gaston, SC 13 OF Brandt Belk L/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Gr Houston, TX 14 RHP Eli Jones R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Peachtree City, GA 15 INF Carson Hornung L/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Overland Park, KS 16 LHP John Gilreath L/L 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 179 lb (81 kg) Sr Rock Hill, SC 18 LHP Julian Bosnic L/L 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Jr Lutz, FL 19 C Cole Messina R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Summerville, SC 20 OF Matt Hogan L/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Melville, NY 21 RHP Connor Cino L/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 206 lb (93 kg) So Mount Pleasant, SC 22 OF Elijah Lambros R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Fredericksburg, VA 23 RHP Jack Mahoney R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Arlington Heights, IL 24 LHP Michael Esposito L/L 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 219 lb (99 kg) Jr Port Washington, NY 25 C Sam Simpson R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Carrollton, GA 26 OF Thad Ector S/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Tyrone, GA 28 INF Vytas Valincius R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr Lockport, IL 29 LHP Matthew Becker R/L 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Chapin, SC 30 RHP Brett Thomas R/R 6 ft 5 in(1.96 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Jr Atlanta, GA 31 OF David Cromer R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 232 lb (105 kg) Fr Lexington, SC 32 RHP Will Sanders R/R 6 ft 6 in(1.98 m) 208 lb (94 kg) So Atlanta, GA 33 RHP Noah Hall R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Charlotte, NC 34 RHP James Hicks R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Conway, AR 36 RHP Cade Austin R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Chapin, SC 37 RHP Cam Tringali R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 228 lb (103 kg) Gr Columbia, SC 38 RHP Aiden Hunter R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Summerville, SC 40 RHP Wesley Sweatt R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Rock Hill, SC 44 RHP Parker Coyne R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Gr Suwanee, GA 45 RHP CJ Weins R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 223 lb (101 kg) Sr Lockport, IL 50 INF Kevin Madden R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Glenwood, MD	Head coach Mark Kingston Assistant coach(es) Scott Wingo Chad Caillet Justin Parker Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster

Coaching staff

2021 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaching staff

Mark Kingston - Head Coach - 5th year Scott Wingo - Assistant Coach - 1st year Chad Caillet - Assistant Coach - 1st year Justin Parker - Pitching Coach - 1st year Mike Current - Player Development - 5th year

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Schedule and results

2022 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball game log (27–28)
Regular season (27–27)
February (6-1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record February 18 UNC Greensboro Founders Park Columbia, SC 9-7 Sanders (1-0) Koehn (0-1) Sweatt (1) SECN+ 7,427 1–0 February 19 UNC Greensboro Founders Park 4-5 Hoppe (1-0) Hicks (0-1) Parsley (1) SECN+ 6,814 1–1 February 20 UNC Greensboro Founders Park 8-7 (10) Braswell (1-0) Freeman (0-1) None SECN+ 6,208 2–1 February 22 Winthrop Founders Park 7-1 Austin (1-0) Sutton (0-1) None SECN+ 6,230 3–1 February 25 George Washington Founders Park 13-4 Sanders (2-0) Cohen (0-2) None SECN+ 6,730 4–1 February 26 George Washington Founders Park 10-6 Sweatt (1-0) Harris (0-2) Braswell (1) SECN+ 6,345 5–1 February 27 George Washington Founders Park 5-0 Hunter (1-0) Solt (0-2) None SECN+ 6,412 6–1
March (6-11) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record March 1 vs. Appalachian State Truist Field Charlotte, NC 9-6 Hunter (2-0) Ellington (0-1) Braswell (2) SECN+ 2,345 7–1 March 4 Clemson Founders Park 2-3 Edmondson (2-0) Gilreath (0-1) Ammons (3) SECN+ 8,242 7–2 March 5 vs. Clemson Segra Park Columbia, SC 2-10 Hoffmann (2-0) Hall (0-1) None ACCN Extra 9,070 7–3 March 6 at Clemson Doug Kingsmore Stadium Clemson, SC 2-5 Lindley (2-0) Hunter (2-1) Ammons (4) ACCN 6,636 7–4 March 8 Xavier Founders Park 7-15 Lynch (1-0) Hunter (2-2) None SECN+ 5,623 7–5 March 11 Texas Founders Park 5-9 Hansen (3-0) Hall (0-2) None SECN 6,754 7–6 March 12 Texas Founders Park 4-2 (7) Sanders (3-0) Stevens (3-1) Braswell (3) SECN+ 6,572 8–6 March 13 Texas Founders Park 9-4 Becker (1-0) Gordon (0-1) None SECN+ 6,010 9–6 March 15 Gardner–Webb Founders Park 12-0 (7) Hunter (3-2) E'Toile (0-1) None SECN+ 6,112 10–6 March 18 at Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium Knoxville, TN 3-8 Burns (4-0) Hall (0-3) None SECN+ 3,940 10–7 0–1 March 19 at Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 2-5 Dollander (3-0) Sanders (3-1) Walsh (2) SECN 3,987 10–8 0–2 March 20 at Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 0-10 Beam (4-0) Becker (1-1) None SECN+ 4,283 10–9 0–3 March 22 at The Citadel Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park Charleston, SC 3-4 Dunn (1-0) Braswell (1-1) None ESPN+ 3,533 10–10 March 24 Vanderbilt Founders Park 0-10 McElvain (4-0) Hall (0-4) None ESPN2 6,608 10–11 0–4 March 25 Vanderbilt Founders Park 8-2 Sanders (4-1) Holton (4-1) None SECN+ 7,647 11–11 1–4 March 26 Vanderbilt Founders Park 8-6 Hunter (4-2) Owen (2-1) Austin (1) SECN+ 8,032 12–11 2–4 March 29 Presbyterian Founders Park 6-9 Dearman (1-0) Esposito (0-1) None SECN+ 6,012 12–12
April (10–8) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record April 1 at Missouri Taylor Stadium Columbia, MO 4–1 Hall (1–4) Miles (2–2) Austin (2) SECN+ 831 13–12 3–4 April 2 at Missouri Taylor Stadium 7–8 Landry (2–2) Braswell (1–2) None SECN+ 1,237 13–13 3–5 April 3 at Missouri Taylor Stadium 3–10 Marozas (1–0) Becker (1–2) Rustad (1) SECN+ 1,064 13–14 3–6 April 6 vs. No. 22 North Carolina Truist Field 15–2 Hunter (5–2) Gillian (1–2) None ACCNX 3,456 14–14 April 8 No. 14 Georgia Founders Park 2–3 Pearson (2–1) Austin (1–1) Gowen (1) SECN+ 6,684 14–15 3–7 April 9 No. 14 Georgia Founders Park 13–7 Sanders (5–1) Brown (0–1) Becker (1) SECN+ 7,124 15–15 4–7 April 10 No. 14 Georgia Founders Park 9–13 Sullivan (3–1) Hunter (5–3) Gowen (1) SECN 6,024 15–16 4–8 April 12 North Florida Founders Park 4–2 Tringali (1–0) Boroski (0–1) Becker (1) SECN+ 5,918 16–16 April 14 No. 25 Ole Miss Founders Park 1–9 DeLucia (2–0) Hunter (5–4) None SECN+ 6,239 16–17 4–9 April 15 No. 25 Ole Miss Founders Park 4–2 Hall (2–4) Diamond (3–3) Becker (3) SECN+ 7,027 17–17 5–9 April 16 No. 25 Ole Miss Founders Park 9–8 Austin (2–1) McDaniel (3–1) None SECN+ 7,162 18–17 6–9 April 20 at Winthrop Winthrop Ballpark Rock Hill, SC 5–2 Austin (3–1) Butcher (0–2) Becker (1) ESPN+ 1,210 19–17 April 22 at No. 19 Auburn Plainsman Park Auburn, AL 3–6 Skipper (4–0) Gilreath (1–3) Burkhalter (9) SECN+ 3,698 19–18 6–10 April 23 at No. 19 Auburn Plainsman Park 6–8 Swilling (1–2) Becker (1–3) Burkhalter (10) SECN+ 4,096 19–19 6–11 April 24 at No. 19 Auburn Plainsman Park 0–2 Gonzalez (6–0) Sanders (5–2) Burkhalter (11) SECN+ 3,501 19–20 6–12 April 28 Alabama Founders Park 6–5 Austin (4–1) Guffey (2–2) None SECN 6,124 20–20 7–12 April 29 Alabama Founders Park 2–1 Becker (2–3) Ray (1–3) None SECN+ 6,635 21–20 8–12 April 30 Alabama Founders Park 11–5 Sanders (6–2) Hitt (4–2) None SECN 6,564 22–20 9–12
May (5–7) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record May 4 North Carolina A&T Founders Park 9–4 Jones (1–0) Hull (0–2) None SECN 5,944 23–20 May 6 at No. 13 Texas A&M Blue Bell Park College Station, TX 4–16 Menefee (3–2) Thomas (0–1) None SECN+ 6,003 23–21 9–13 May 7 at No. 13 Texas A&M Blue Bell Park 12–13 Palisch (4–3) Becker (2–4) None SECN+ 5,806 23–22 9–14 May 8 at No. 13 Texas A&M Blue Bell Park 9–4 Sanders (7–2) Prager (1–2) None SECN+ 5,037 24–22 10–14 May 10 USC Upstate Founders Park 6–9 Holguin (4–0) Jones (1–1) Morgan (1) 5,905 24–23 May 13 Kentucky Founders Park 11–3 Thomas (1–1) Strickland (2–3) None SECN+ 6,139 25–23 11–14 May 14 Kentucky Founders Park 7–0 Hall (3–4) Harney (5–4) None SECN 6,065 26–23 12–14 May 15 Kentucky Founders Park 1–7 Hazelwood (2–2) Sanders (7–3) None SECN+ 5,846 26–24 12–15 May 17 Charlotte Founders Park 3–8 Rossi (5–0) Hunter (5–5) None SECN+ 6,034 26–25 May 19 at Florida Condron Ballpark Gainesville, FL 5–14 Sproat (8–4) Gilreath (0–3) None SECN+ 4,327 26–26 12–16 May 20 at Florida Condron Ballpark 0–8 Neely (3–1) Hall (3–5) None SECN+ 4,992 26–27 12–17 May 21 at Florida Condron Ballpark 4–1 Austin (5–1) Pogue (3–3) Gilreath (1) SECN+ 4,811 27–27 13–17
Postseason (0–1)
SEC Tournament (0–1) Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SECT Record May 24 vs. (7) Florida (10) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL 1–210 Slater (5–3) Austin (5–2) None SECN 5,506 27–28 0–1
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Canceled Bold = South Carolina team member Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll. [2]

Rankings

See also: 2022 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches' [3]	—	—*
Baseball America [4]	—
Collegiate Baseball^ [5]	—
NCBWA† [6]	—
D1Baseball [7]	—

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

See also

• 2022 South Carolina Gamecocks softball team

References

1. "2022 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Coaches" . Retrieved January 18, 2022.
2. "Baseball Finalizes 2022 Schedule with Non-Conference Slate". University of South Carolina Department of Athletics. November 15, 2021.
3. "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY.
4. "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com.
5. "2021 Collegiate Baseball Polls - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper".
6. "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net.
7. "Rankings Archives • D1Baseball". d1baseball.com.