COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina baseball team dropped its midweek game against North Florida by a final score of 8-5 on Tuesday afternoon at Founders Park.
Carolina opened the scoring in the bottom of the first with a Gavin Casas double, scoring Dylan Brewer. The Ospreys answered in the third, scoring five runs off four singles.
The Gamecocks responded with three in the fourth off two hits. A Carson Hornung single scored Michael Braswell then Evan Stone lifted a two-run blast to left for his third home run of the year.
North Florida scored twice more in the fifth and the Gamecocks responded with a run in the bottom half. The Ospreys added their eighth and final run in the seventh.
Dylan Eskew suffered the loss for Carolina, allowing five runs on six hits. James Hicks started on the mound for the Gamecocks and worked one scoreless frame, striking out two. In total Carolina used seven pitchers on the day, combining for 10 strikeouts.
Dutch Fork grad Evan Stone had a career-high three RBIs including a two-run homer in the fourth. The game was stopped for nearly two and a half hours due to a lightning delay.