How to Watch South Carolina Baseball Opener vs Sacred Heart

The South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball season gets underway Friday afternoon at home. Here's everything you need to know about the matchup between the Gamecocks vs Sacred Heart.

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The South Carolina Gameoccks Baseball season gets underway Friday night. There's plenty of hype and anticipation surrounding year one under new head coach Paul Mainieri. We have all the need to know information about these two teams facing off Friday night.

How to Watch South Carolina vs Sacred Heart

Gameday: Saturday, February 1st. 2025
Game time: 4:00 pm ET
TV: SEC Network
Location: Founders Park, Columbia, South Carolina
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PREVIEW - South Carolina vs Sacred Heart

South Carolina opens its 133rd season of Gamecock baseball with a three-game home series against Sacred Heart.
Opening Day is set for Friday, Feb. 14 at 4 p.m., at Founders Park and is the opening game of head coach Paul Mainieri’s tenure.
The Gamecocks and Pioneers then meet on Saturday (Feb. 15) at 2 p.m. and Sunday (Feb. 16) at noon.
There will be a Ray Tanner Field dedication ceremony prior to Saturday’s game. The first 2,500 fans will receive a Ray Tanner trading card while the first 5,000 will receive a Ray Tanner koozie.
All three games will be broadcast on SEC Network Plus with Dave Weinstein and Grayson Greiner on the call.
All three games also will be on the Gamecock Sports Network presented by Learfield with Derek Scott (Friday and Sunday), Stuart Lake and Cade Crenshaw (Saturday) on the call.

Projected Starting Pitchers:
Friday
South Carolina Dylan Eskew (R-Sr. RHP) 3-5, 4.60 ERA, 62.2 IP, 26 BB, 40 SO
Sacred Heart Joey Trombley (So. RHP) 3-2, 4.28 ERA, 61.0 IP, 25 BB, 39 SO

SCOUTING SACRED HEART

The Pioneers are coming off a 2024 season that saw SHU win the NEC regular season title with a 25-8 conference mark. Sacred Heart was 35-23 overall and went 2-2 in the NEC Tournament.
Tim McGuire returns to the Pioneers lineup after hitting .326 with 12 doubles and 37 RBI in 2024.
In fact, all three Pioneer position players that hit over .300 last year are back in 2025 (Zack Kovalchik, .326; Alex Ungar .314).
On the mound, Joey Trombley had three wins and a 4.28 ERA in 13 starts. Elijah Foster struck out 80 batters in 59.2 innings and Owen MacDonnell had a team-best nine saves in 2024.
Pat Egan is in his third season as head coach at Sacred Heart. He was named the NEC Coach of the Year in 2024 and joined SHU after four years as an assistant at Quinnipiac.

*All stats provided by GamecocksOnline.com

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