LIVE Updates: Sacred Heart vs South Carolina Game Two Score

The South Carolina Gamecocks are set to take on Sacred Heart in their second of the opening weekend three game series. We have the LIVE Scoring Updates here.

The South Carolina Gamecocks are looking for their second straight win to start the season against Sacred Heart on Saturday afternoon at Founders Park. The Gamecocks won game one of the series (5-3) and earned the first win of the Paul Mainieri era. The Gamecocks are set for first pitch Saturday afternoon at 2:00 PM. We have the LIVE Updates from the contest.

Gamecocks Lineup for Game Two of the Series:
CF Nathan Hall
SS Henry Kaczmar
1B Ethan Petry
DH Kennedy Jones
C Talmadge LeCroy
2B Nolan Nawrocki
RF Dalton Mashore
3B KJ Scobey
LF Evan Stone

SP Matthew Becker

LIVE Updates: Sacred Heart vs South Carolina Game Two Score

First Inning: Gamecocks jump on the Pioneers early in the first; 3-0 South Carolina lead
Top: Gamecocks' Matthew Becker takes the mound and gets the day started with a pair of strikeouts of Ungar and Donohue. It's a three up, three down inning to start the day for Becker after D'Amore lines out to second base.

Bottom: Hall, Kaczmar, and Petry due up for the Gamecocks in the bottom of the first. Nathan Hall reaches first on a throwing error from Sacred Hearts' 3B. Kaczmar strikes out swinging. Petry walked, Hall advances to second. Kennedy Jones reached on a fielder's choice, Petry advances to second on a fielding error, Hall to third. Bases loaded with one out. LeCroy walks, all runners advance, and Hall scores. Gamecocks take the (1-0) lead. Nawrocki hits a sacrifice fly out to right field. Petry scores. Gamecocks up (2-0) early. Mashore walked. LeCroy advances to second on a wild pitch. Jones scores. (3-0) Gamecocks. Scobey flies out.

Second Inning: Quick Inning by both starting pitchers; Gamecocks lead 3-0
Top: Kovalchik fouls out to 3B. McGuire hits a single for the Pioneers' first base runner of the game. Donohue strikes out. Link strikes out swinging. Matthew Becker sits five of the first six batters he's faced today.

Bottom: Stone strikes out swinging to begin the bottom of the second. Hall hit by pitch. Kaczmar flies out to center field. Hall steals second. Petry strikes out swinging. Gamecocks leave one man stranded in scoring position. Still lead 3-0.

Third Inning: Becker continues his impressive outing, sitting now eight of the first nine batters he's faced; Gamecocks lead 4-0
Top: Newman and Tallman strike out to begin the third inning. Donohue flies out to center field. Three up, three down inning for Matthew Becker who has sat down eight of the first nine batters he's faced.

Bottom: Jones, LeCroy, and Nawrocki up for the Gamecocks. Jones grounds out to the short stop. LeCroy walked. Nawrocki doubles to left field. Lecroy stops at third. Mashore hits a sacrfice fly out to right field. LeCroy scores, Nawrocki to third (4-0). Stone pops up to the short stop to end the inning.

Fourth Inning: Gamecocks Pour It On (11-0)
Top: Alex Ungar grounds out for the first out of the inning. Two quick Sacred Heart outs end the top of the fourth in order.

Bottom: Hall, Kaczmar, and Petry due up for the Gamecocks. Hall starts the inning with a walk. Hall advances to second on a wild pitch. Kaczmar then laces a ball through the glove of the second baseman. Runners are at first and third for Petry. Petry laces a two-run double to extend the lead to (7-0) K. Jones then earns a walk to put runners at first and second with nobody out. LeCroy then flies out, but Petry advances to third base with one out. Nawrocki then flies out and Petry is able to score from third base (8-0). Mashore is then hit by a pitch to put runners on first and second with two outs as Scobey steps to the plate. Both runners advance due to a passed ball, runners now in scoring position for the Gamecocks and Scobey walks to load the bases with two outs. A single from Evan Stone up the middle scores another run for the Gamecocks (9-0). Woita singles into left field scoring two more Gamecocks and the rally continues here for South Carolina. (11-0). Kaczmar strikes out to finally end the inning.

Fifth Inning: Becker Continues to Deal for the Gamecocks, Another Run Added (13-0)
Top: McGuire starts the inning with a strikeout. Another strike out for Becker, his 8th of the day brings the second out of the inning. A third strikeout of the inning ends the top of the fifth.

Bottom: South Carolina opens the bottom of the fifth inning with back-to-back hits, putting runners second and third for Bakes with nobody out. A ground out from Bakes brings home another Gamecock run (13-0). Mashore grounds out for the final out of the inning.

Sixth Inning: Gamecocks Tack On Another (14-0)
Top: A line out and a fly out record two quick outs for the Gamecocks in the top half. A strikeout ends the top half of the inning. The 10th Strikeout of the day for the Gamecocks pitching staff.

Bottom: Carrion starts the inning with a walk. Another walk to Stone puts runners at first and second with nobody out. Woita strikes out for the first out of the inning. Triplett walks to load the bases for the Gamecocks. Hollins flies out for the second out of the inning. Braland walks to bring in another Gamecocks run (14-0). Bakes lines out to left field to end the inning.

Seventh Inning:
Top: The Gamecocks look to finish off the run-rule in the top-half of the seventh up 10+ runs.

Bottom:

How to Watch South Carolina vs Sacred Heart

Gameday: Saturday, February 15th. 2025
Game time: 2:00 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.

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