Live Scores: South Carolina Looking for the Series Win Over Milwaukee

The (5-0) South Carolina Gamecocks are back in Founders Park to take on the (1-2) Milwaukee Panthers in a three game weekend series. This is the first ever meetings between the two programs.

South Carolina won game one of the series on Friday. Transfer Jase Woita was the story of the evening as his grand slam in the bottom of the inning helped the Gamecocks regain the lead. That was Woita's first home run in a Gamecocks uniform.

Matthew Becker will be on the mound for South Carolina on Saturday afternoon. Becker is 1-0 on the season with nine strikeouts and no runs given up. Milwaukee counters with Logan Schufler who gave up six runs in four innings of work during his lone start of the year.

First Inning: No run first inning for the Gamecocks and Panthers
Top: Gamecocks send Matthew Becker to the mound to start game two. Roessler is the game's first out with a ground out to the short stop. Hausser fouled out to third. Bickers grounded out to the pitcher. Three up, three down for Becker to start.

Bottom: Panthers hand the ball to Logan Schufler to start the game. Hall grounds out. Mashore is the game's first base runner after being hit by the pitch. Mashore gets to scoring position after a steal of second base. Petry strikes out. Jones strikes out. Schufler gets stops the Gamecocks scoring opportunity.

Second Inning: South Carolina's offense dominates in the second; 4-0 Gamecocks lead
Top: Marion flies out to begin the inning. Phillips fouled out to the catcher. Headlee popped out to second. Good start for Gamecocks' Becker on the mound.

Bottom: Woita walked to begin the bottom of the second. LeCroy hit by pitch advances Woita to second and gives South Carolina two on with no outs. Kaczmar walked. Gamecocks get the bases loaded on three giveaways by the Milwaukee pitching staff. Scobey (2 RBI) singles up the middle driving in Woita and LeCroy; Kaczmar to third (2-0). Gamecocks coming alive in the second as Carrion (RBI) singled throuhg the right side driving in another run; Scobey to third (3-0). Hall (RBI) hits a sacrifice fly out to center field to drive in Scobey (4-0). Mashore strikes out swinging. Two outs with Petry up to bat. Carrion steals second. Petry flies out to end the second. Gamecocks take big lead into the third.

Third Inning: Gamecocks' Matthew Becker sits down nine Panthers in a row; Gamecocks lead 4-0
Top: Kuhnke flied out to right field. Lethert grounds out to first. Horn struck out swining. Becker picks up his first strikeout of the day and has sat nine Panther batters down in a row.

Bottom: Jones singles to left. Woita struck out swinging. Jones out at second, caught stealing. LeCroy walked. Kaczmar grounds out.

Fourth Inning: Milwaukee begins to cut away at the Gamecocks lead; 4-1
Top: Roessler flies out. Hausser doubled to right field. Bickers (RBI) singled; drives in Hausser. Marion struck out swinging (4-1). Bickers advances to second after a passed ball. Phillips struck out swinging. Panthers cut into the Gamecocks lead (4-1)

Bottom: Scobey struck out. Carrion struck out swinging. Hall struck out swinging. Good inning for Schufler as he strikes out the side.

Fifth Inning: Gamecocks' Ethan Petry hits a solo blast to extend South Carolina's lead; 5-1
Top: Headlee grounded out to third. Kuhnke struck out swinging. Lethert struck out swinging. After giving up two hits and a run in the fourth, Becker settles back in with a three up, three down inning.

Bottom: Mashore flies out. Petry (RBI) adds to the Gamecocks lead with a home run to center field. Jones grounds out to short (5-1). Woita pops out.

Sixth Inning: Roessler cuts into the Gamecocks lead; 5-2
Top: Horn struck out looking. Roessler (RBI) blasts one to left field for the solo shot (5-2). Hausser grounds out. Bickers strikes out. Roessler cuts the lead to three.

Bottom: Panthers pitching change: Snow in for Schufler. LeCroy hit by pitch. Kaczmar flied out. Scobey lined into a double play.

Seventh Inning: Gamecocks get one run after loading the bases in the bottom of the seventh; 6-2
Top: Marion struck out swinging. Gamecocks pitching change: Stone in for Becker. Phillips doubled down right field line. Headlee flied out to left field. Kuhnke walked. Stone gets out of the inning after Lethert grounds out.

Bottom: Carrion gets on base with a bunt towards third. Hall reached on an error; Carrion to second. Mashore singled to load the bases. No outs. Petry grounds into double play; Carrion scores; Hall to third; Mashore out (6-2). Jones out at first to end the inning.

Eighth Inning: Gamecocks three outs away from the series win; 6-2
Top: Horn grounds out to short. Roessler singles to center field. Hausser grounds into double play.

Bottom: Panthers pitching change: Peterson in for snow. Gamecocks hitting change: Braland pinch hits for Woita. Braland flies out. LeCroy struck out. Kaczmar flies out.

Ninth Inning: Panthers threaten, but Gamecocks close it out; 6-3
Top: Bickers grounded out. Marion (RBI) homered to right center (6-3). Phillips struck out looking. Panthers hitting change: Hadley pinch hit for Headlee. Hadley grounds out to second.

Gamecocks vs Panthers Preview:
- South Carolina is 5-1 against the Horizon League, with each game coming against Wright State.
- Junior Ethan Petry is 4th all time on the home runs list in Gamecocks History (45)
- The two teams continue the series Saturday afternoon (Feb. 22) at 2 p.m. and conclude on Sunday afternoon (Feb. 23) at 1:30 p.m.

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