CofC Plays at No. 9 South Carolina on Wednesday
3/25/2008 4:00:00 AM | Baseball
? South Carolina
The Cougars play at South Carolina in a 7 p.m. start ... the Gamecocks lead the series 38-5 including a 13-1 win at CofC last week ... Charleston won a 5-4, 10-inning decison last spring ... CofC won the first-ever matchup, 10-4, on May 25, 1899 ... John Pawlowski is 1-6 vs. USC ... 0-2 at home, 0-4 at USC and 1-0 at Riley Park ...
? No. 1 In Runs Per Game
The Cougars are currently first nationally averaging 12.5 runs per game ... CofC has scored at least 20 runs on five occassions ... Charleston has three of the nation's top scoring games this season ... CofC's 31-3 win at Davidson on March 21st is the fourth highest total ... Charleston's 28 runs in its 28-14 win over George Mason is the fifth highest scoring output by a school this spring ... CofC's 26-8 win over Savannah State is tied for the nation's seventh highest total ... CofC has scored at least 10 runs in 14 games ... the NCAA single-season record is 12.06 runs per game by Wichita State in 1998 ...
? Most Runs
The Cougars set a school record for most runs in a game in its 31-3 win over Davidson on March 21 ... the old mark was set earlier in the season in Charleston's 28-14 win over George Mason ... it was the fifth time this season the Cougars have tallied at least 20 runs in a game, also a school mark ...
? Grand Slams
CofC hit multiple grand slams in a game for the first time in school history in its 28-run win over Davidson ... Jeremie Tice's belted one in the second inning ... Gabe Marchant and Cole Rakar hit grand slams in the fifth inning ...
? Harrington
Michael Harrington is just the second Cougar to have consecutive double-figure home run season totals ... Harrington had 13 HRs last season and has 10 this spring ... Lee Curtis had 15 homers in 2002 and 11 in 2003 ...
? SoCon Success
CofC has won 38 of its last 40 Southern Conference series dating back to 2003 ... the Cougars have won 20 consecutive road SoCon series since 2004 (50-10 overall record) ... CofC is 47-12 at home since the final two SoCon games of 2003 ... CofC is 97-22 over its last 119 regular season SoCon games ...
? Sweep
For the seventh time in the past eight seasons, CofC began the Southern Conference portion of its schedule with a road series ... CofC has swept all seven and is now 21-0 in those games...
? Bullpen
CofC's relief corps posted a win and two saves in its sweep of Davidson ... the bullpen posted a 1.93 ERA in 9 1/3 innings of work ... the trio of Mike Lynn, Evan Goldberg and Jesse Simpson allowed seven hits with 13 strikeouts ... Davidson hit just .206 (7-for-34) against Charleston's bullpen ...
