COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina baseball team completed a three-game sweep of No. 3 Florida with a 7-5 win on Saturday afternoon at Founders Park. Carolina improved its record to 34-6 overall and 13-4 in the SEC.
Braylen Wimmer opened the scoring with a two-run home run in the first off Florida’s Jac Caglianone. The two teams traded runs in the second as Wimmer drove in his third run of the game. Ethan Petry brought in a pair of runs in the fourth with a double to right, setting the Carolina freshman RBI record. He now has 64 RBI, breaking the previous mark of 63 held by Justin Smoak.
Jonathan French’s RBI single in the fifth gave the Gamecocks a 6-2 advantage.
Florida scored a pair in the eighth but Carolina came back with a run in the bottom of the frame. The Gators plated a run in the ninth but Chris Veach picked up his second save of the weekend and fourth of the year with a strikeout to end it.
Dylan Brewer was 4-for-5 with three runs scored while Wimmer had a pair of hits.
Matthew Becker picked up his fourth win of the season, allowing only two hits with two runs and six strikeouts in five innings.
James Hicks pitched three innings of relief and Veach closed it out with a hit and a strikeout in the ninth.