Postseason 2010 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

1 postseason

1.1 sec tournament
1.2 ncaa tournament
1.3 college world series

postseason
sec tournament

carolina entered sec tournament #3 seed virtue of finishing second in eastern division (florida claimed #1 seed winning sec regular season championship , auburn claimed #2 seed finishing first in western division). gamecocks lose first 2 games against ole miss , auburn (both teams gamecocks won series against in regular season) being eliminated tournament without posting victory.

ncaa tournament

carolina awarded #1 seed in columbia regional of 2010 ncaa tournament. on june 4, gamecocks opened regional play #4 seed bucknell. usc trailed 5-1 before rallying 5 runs in eighth inning, going on defeat bison, 9-5. on june 5, carolina face #3 seed in-state foe, citadel, whom gamecocks had defeated twice during regular season. facing bulldog ace , mlb first-round draft pick asher wojciechowski, usc again come behind, scoring 5 in seventh , 2 in ninth overcome 4-2 deficit 9-4 victory, riding blake cooper s career-high 12 strikeouts. on june 6, carolina squared off against #2 seed virginia tech, , scored 6 in sixth defeat hokies, 10-2, sweep columbia regional championship , advance super regionals.

the gamecocks sent on road myrtle beach super regional face #4 national seed coastal carolina. on june 12, carolina defeated coastal, 4-3, behind 4 runs , quality start staff ace blake cooper. on june 13, gamecocks again found needing come behind in late-innings. trailing chanticleers 9-7 in eighth, freshman first-baseman christian walker became instant hero 3-run blast led 10-9 victory , ninth trip omaha south carolina.

college world series

by virtue of super regional sweep of coastal carolina, south carolina joined arizona state, clemson, florida, florida state, oklahoma, tcu, , ucla in 2010 college world series. before year s appearance, south carolina had 17-16 record in cws, runner-up finishes in 1975, 1977 , 2002. on june 20, gamecocks lost opener oklahoma, 4-3, in game played on 9 hours due 2 lengthy delays rain , lightning. playing out of losers bracket no margin error, carolina drubbed #1 national seed arizona state 11-4 on june 22, scoring 8 runs in second inning send sun devils home. on june 24, gamecocks eliminated oklahoma behind more late-inning heroics. trailing 2-1 , down last strike in 12th inning, jackie bradley, jr. singled home tying run , following walk pinch-hitter jeffery jones, brady thomas lined first pitch saw middle walk-off rbi single. in repeat of 2002 cws, carolina found in position of having beat clemson twice in order advance championship series. on june 25, michael roth made first pitching start in on year gamecocks, , shut down red-hot bats of tigers three-hit, complete-game performance in dominating 5-1 victory. following evening saw rematch of archrivals, carolina defeating clemson, 4-3, , moving on face ucla in cws finals. gamecocks , bruins both playing first baseball national championship either school, , carolina put in driver s seat cruised 7-1 victory in first game of series. game 2 turn out last cws game ever played in historic johnny rosenblatt stadium, , 1 ages. gamecocks , bruins locked in pitchers duel, , ucla held 1-0 lead until bottom of eighth when carolina tied things up. respective closers 2 teams continue pitching battle 3 innings, until bottom of 11th when scott wingo drew leadoff walk, advanced second on passed ball , moved third on sacrifice bunt. 1 out, ucla decided pitch whit merrifield, lined 2-0 pitch right field bring home winning run.