Gamecocks Shut Out Radford Baseball

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina backed the shutout pitching of Aaron Rawl and two relievers with a 23-hit attack Friday and scored in every inning to defeat Radford 20-0 in the opener of a three-game baseball series. (Box Score)

Rawl worked six innings and allowed all six Radford hits to record his second win of the season as the seventh ranked Gamecocks improved to 4-0.

Senior Justin Tubb, 0-2, the first of four Radford pitchers, was charged with the loss. In 3 1/3 innings he allowed 12 hits and 10 runs, nine of them earned. He struck out one. Radford’s record dropped to 1-3.

South Carolina catcher Ian Paxton had two doubles with Michael Campbell, Steven Tolleson, Cory Vanderhook, Brendan Winn, Jon Willard, Neil Giesler, Phil Disher and Andrew Crisp contributing one double apiece. Tolleson tied a school record with two triples. He and Crisp had four runs batted in and each had three hits. Designated hitter Willard had four hits including his first home run and drove in two runs as did Giesler. Campbell also had three hits.

The Gamecocks scored one run in the first, fifth, seventh and eighth innings, three times in the second, third and fourth, and batted around in the sixth, scoring seven times in that inning.

Senior Alan Ashworth and junior John Vellines had two hits for Radford. All six of Radford’s hits were singles.

The second game is scheduled for 1:30 p.m., Saturday at Sarge Frye Field with Justin Morgan (0-1) getting the nod for RU while Zac McCamie (1-0) is South Carolina's scheduled starting pitcher.