College of Charleston
South Carolina
Campbell?s Double Lifts CofC Past USC, 5-4, In 10 Innings
3/6/2007 5:00:00 AM | Baseball
Chris Campbell's one-out double in the bottom of the 10th inning scored Oliver Marmol with the game-winner as 30th-ranked College of Charleston edged 2nd-ranked South Carolina, 5-4, in college baseball action before 3,428 at Joe Riley Park on Tuesday.
Charleston, which won its eighth in a row, improved to 12-1. The Gamecocks fell to 10-2. The Cougars defeated their highest ranked opponent since knocking off top-ranked Florida State, 3-0, in Tallahassee on March 8, 1994.
Marmol drew a one-out walk in the 10th, moved to second when Gabe Marchant walked, and raced home when Campbell lined an 0-2 pitch from Gamecock righty Jordan Costner over the head of centerfielder Steven Reinhold for the victory.
Charleston built a 3-0 lead in the fourth inning thanks to an RBI grounder by Graham Maiden in the second and Michael Harrington's two-run homer to right in the fourth, his fourth of the season.
The Gamecocks cut the margin to 3-1 in the sixth on Trent Kline's RBI grounder to short, and then took the lead by scoring three times in the eighth with two outs.
With two outs and the bases empty in the USC eighth, Kline and Cheyne Hurst walked and Reese Haven's delivered and RBI single to right to cut the lead to 3-2. After pinch hitter Robbie Grinestaff was hit by a pitch to load the bases, Hurst scored on a fielding error by Campbell to tie the game at 3-all. Justin Smoak forced in the go-ahead run with a bases loaded walk for a 4-3 USC lead.
Marmol led off Charleston's eighth with a double down the left field line and scored on Alex Garabedian's two-out single to right that tied the game at 4-all.
Brian Schlitter (2-0), the third CofC pitcher, picked up the win by blanking the Gamecocks on just two hits with two strikeouts over the final 2 1/3 innings. Curtis Johnson (0-1), USC's fifth pitcher, suffered the loss allowing a run and two walks in 1/3 of an inning of work.
Charleston opens a three-game series at Texas-San Antonio on Friday. First pitch is slated for 4:00 eastern time.
