2013 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team


The 2013 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks played their home games in Carolina Stadium. The team was coached by Chad Holbrook, who was in his first season as head coach at Carolina.

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
CBNo. 13
Record43–20 (17–12 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jerry Meyers (3rd/11th season)
  • Sammy Esposito (6th season)
Home stadiumCarolina Stadium
Seasons
← 2012
2014 →
2013 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 9 Vanderbilt  x‍‍y 26 3   .897 54 12   .818
No. 13 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y 17 12   .586 43 20   .683
Florida  ‍‍‍y 14 16   .467 29 30   .492
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 11 19   .367 30 25   .545
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 10 20   .333 18 32   .360
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 8 20   .286 22 30   .423
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 7 20   .259 21 32   .396
Western
No. 7 LSU  x‍‍y 23 7   .767 57 11   .838
No. 18 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 18 11   .621 39 22   .639
No. 2 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 16 14   .533 51 20   .718
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 15 15   .500 38 24   .613
Alabama  ‍‍‍y 14 15   .483 35 28   .556
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 13 16   .448 34 29   .540
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 33 23   .589
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 26, 2013[1][2][3][4]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Personnel edit

Roster edit

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks roster
 

Pitchers

  • 6 Joel Seddon - Sophomore
  • 10 Drake Thomason - Sophomore
  • 13 Jack Wynkoop - Freshman
  • 14 Evan Beal - Sophomore
  • 15 Nolan Belcher - Senior
  • 23 Vince Fiori - Freshman
  • 25 Adam Westmoreland - Senior
  • 27 Forrest Koumas - Junior
  • 34 Jordan Montgomery - Sophomore
  • 35 Curt Britt - Freshman
  • 37 Josh Knab - Junior
  • 38 Tyler Webb - Senior
  • 39 Patrick Sullivan - Senior
  • 43 Alex Satterfield - Freshman
  • 44 Colby Holmes - Senior
  • 46 Tyler Jackson - Freshman
 

Infielders

  • 4 Connor Bright - Sophomore
  • 9 Joey Pankake - Sophomore
  • 16 Chase Vergason - Senior
  • 19 DC Arendas - Freshman
  • 20 LB Dantzler - Senior
  • 22 Max Schrock - Freshman
  • 24 Brison Celek - Junior
  • 28 George Iskenderian - Freshman
  • 30 Erik Payne - Junior
  • 33 Kyle Martin - Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 5 Patrick Harrington - Sophomore
  • 18 Dante Rosenberg - Senior
  • 21 Grayson Greiner - Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 3 Tanner English - Sophomore
  • 7 Shon Carson - Freshman
  • 8 TJ Costen - Sophomore
  • 11 Sean Sullivan - Senior
  • 26 Graham Saiko - Junior
  • 42 Ahmad Christian - Freshman
 

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Roster & Bios http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine

Coaching staff edit

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaching staff
  • 2 Chad Holbrook – Head coach – 1 year
  • 12 Jerry Meyers - Associate head coach - 3 years / 11 years
  • 41 Sammy Esposito - Assistant Coach - 6 years
  • 55 Brian Buscher - Volunteer Assistant Coach - 1 year

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Coaches & Bios http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html#coaches Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine

Schedule edit

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball game log
Regular season
February
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record
1 February 15 Liberty Carolina Stadium 4-3 Montgomery (1–0) Herndon (0–1) Webb (1) 8,242 1–0
February 16 Liberty Carolina Stadium Postponed
2 February 17 Liberty Carolina Stadium 8-7 Westmoreland (1-0) Richardson (0-1) None 7,513 2–0
3 February 17 Liberty Carolina Stadium 2-37 Lambert (1-0) Belcher (0-1) Perritt (1) 7,513 2–1
February 22 Albany Carolina Stadium Postponed
4 February 23 Albany Carolina Stadium 8–3 Montgomery (2-0) Graham (0-1) Britt (1) 7,184 3–1
5 February 24 Albany Carolina Stadium 14-1 Holmes (1-0) Zielinski (0-2) None 7,260 4–1
6 February 24 Albany Carolina Stadium 6-4 Belcher (1-1) Chase (0-2) Webb (2) 7,260 5–1
7 February 26 Furman Carolina Stadium 5-2 Wynkoop (1-0) Warford (0-1) Webb (3) 6,301 6–1
March
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record
8 March 1 @ Clemson Doug Kingsmore Stadium 6-0 Montgomery (3-0) Gossett (1-1) None 6,016 7–1
9 March 2 vs. Clemson Fluor Field 3-6 Schmidt (2-0) Holmes (1-1) Campbell (3) 7,125 7–2
10 March 3 Clemson Carolina Stadium 8-0 Belcher (2-1) Firth (2-1) None 8,242 8–2
11 March 5 Ball State Carolina Stadium 10-0 Wynkoop (2-0) Bautista (0-2) None 6,140 9–2
12 March 6 Ball State Carolina Stadium 14-4 Sullivan (1-0) Manering (0-2) None 6,228 10–2
13 March 8 Rider Carolina Stadium 2-0 Beal (1-0) Smith (2-1) Webb (4) 6,715 11–2
14 March 9 Rider Carolina Stadium 9-5 Seddon (1-0) Sowa (2-1) Westmoreland (1) 7,231 12–2
15 March 10 Rider Carolina Stadium 1-0 Belcher (3-1) Murphy (1-2) Webb (5) 7,031 13–2
16 March 12 South Carolina Upstate Carolina Stadium 12-3 Wynkoop (3-0) Cox (1-2) Sullivan (1) 6,447 14–2
17 March 13 Davidson Carolina Stadium 12-4 Britt (1-0) Caudill (0-1) None 6,450 15–2
18 March 15 @ Missouri Taylor Stadium 4-1 Beal (2-0) Zastryzny (1-3) Webb (6) 3,145 16–2 1–0
19 March 16 @ Missouri Taylor Stadium 2-0 Belcher (4-1) Graves (0-2) Webb (7) 826 17–2 2–0
20 March 16 @ Missouri Taylor Stadium 0-4 Steele (2-0) Holmes (1-2) None 826 17–3 2–1
21 March 19 @ The Citadel Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park 9-5 Wynkoop (4-0) Cribb (1-2) Webb (8) 5,838 18–3
22 March 22 Arkansas Carolina Stadium 3-15 Astin (2-1) Beal (2-1) None 7,616 18–4 2–2
23 March 23 Arkansas Carolina Stadium 2-4 Stanek (2-1) Belcher (4-2) None 7,509 18–5 2–3
24 March 24 Arkansas Carolina Stadium 3-511 Killian (3-2) Webb (0-1) Suggs (1) 7,208 18–6 2–4
25 March 26 @ College of Charleston CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriot's Point 3-1 Holmes (2-2) Helvey (2-2) Westmoreland (2) 1,526 19–6
26 March 28 Texas A&M Carolina Stadium 3-2 Westmoreland (2-0) Freeman (1-1) Webb (9) 6,949 20–6 3–4
27 March 29 Texas A&M Carolina Stadium 6-4 Belcher (5-2) Martin (2-4) Webb (10) 7,943 21–6 4–4
28 March 30 Texas A&M Carolina Stadium 6-3 Westmoreland (3-0) Jester (2-1) Webb (11) 8,242 22–6 5–4
April
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record
29 April 2 Charleston Southern Carolina Stadium 9-5 Holmes (3-2) Leopard (1-2) None 8,114 23–6
30 April 3 @ Furman Fluor Field 5-6 Carlson (3-1) Wynkoop (4-1) Solter (6) 4,738 23–7
31 April 5 @ Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 5-4 Webb (1-1) Godley (2-3) None 3,110 24–7 6–4
32 April 6 @ Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 12-8 Westmoreland (4-0) Williams (1-2) None 2,454 25–7 7–4
33 April 7 @ Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 19-2 Holmes (4-2) Godley (2-4) None 2,637 26–7 8–4
34 April 9 The Citadel Carolina Stadium 6-5 Britt (2-0) Rivera (4-1) None 7,721 27–7
35 April 11 @ Florida McKethan Stadium 2-3 Crawford (2-5) Belcher (5-3) Magliozzi (7) 3,268 27–8 8–5
36 April 12 @ Florida McKethan Stadium 3-4 Rhodes (1-0) Westmoreland (4-1) Magliozzi (8) 4,515 27–9 8–6
37 April 13 @ Florida McKethan Stadium 5-14 Gibson (2-0) Wynkoop (4-2) None 4,374 27–10 8–7
38 April 16 College of Charleston Carolina Stadium 10-6 Fiori (1-0) Loving (1-2) None 7,433 28–10
April 19 Kentucky Carolina Stadium Postponed
39 April 20 Kentucky Carolina Stadium 5-2 Belcher (6-3) Reed (2-5) Westmoreland (3) 7,411 29–10 9–7
40 April 20 Kentucky Carolina Stadium 7-611 Webb (2-1) Gott (4-1) None 8,148 30–10 10–7
41 April 21 Kentucky Carolina Stadium 3-1 Wynkoop (5-2) Littrell (4-3) Webb (12) 8,024 31–10 11–7
42 April 23 @ Gardner-Webb Veteran's Field at Keeter Stadium 6-7 Warner (3-0) Seddon (1-1) None 4,825 31–11
43 April 26 @ LSU Alex Box Stadium 2-5 Nola (8-0) Belcher (6-4) None 9,006 31–12 12–7
44 April 27 @ LSU Alex Box Stadium 4-2 Westmoreland (5-1) Cotton (2-1) Webb (13) 10,246 32–12 12–8
45 April 28 @ LSU Alex Box Stadium 4-0 Wynkoop (6-2) McCune (3-1) Webb (14) 6,380 33–12 13–8
May
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record
46 May 3 Vanderbilt Carolina Stadium 2-3 Ziomek (9-2) Belcher (6-5) Miller (13) 8,081 33–13 13–9
47 May 4 Vanderbilt Carolina Stadium 2-5 Beede (12-0) Montgomery (3-1) Fulmer (4) 8,029 33–14 13–10
May 5 Vanderbilt Carolina Stadium Canceled
48 May 8 Wofford Carolina Stadium 9-3 Westmoreland (6-1) Stillman (2-2) None 7,193 34–14
49 May 10 Georgia Carolina Stadium 7-2 Belcher (7-5) McLaughlin (4-6) None 7,809 35–14 14–10
50 May 11 Georgia Carolina Stadium 7-1 Montgomery (4-1) Dieterich (2-3) None 8,242 36–14 15–10
51 May 12 Georgia Carolina Stadium 8-3 Wynkoop (7-2) Walsh (2-4) None 7,478 37–14 16–10
52 May 14 Presbyterian Carolina Stadium 4-3 Sullivan (2-0) Corbin (2-4) Webb (15) 7,827 38–14
53 May 16 @ Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 4-5 Girodo (6-1) Webb (2-2) Holder (15) 6,755 38–15 16–11
54 May 17 @ Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 5-3 Westmoreland (7-1) Bradford (0-1) Webb (16) 6,932 39–15 17–11
55 May 18 @ Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 2-7 Mitchell (10-0) Wynkoop (7-3) None 7,687 39–16 17–12
Post-season
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SECT record
56 May 22 Mississippi State Hoover Metropolitan Stadium 3-5 Gentry (4-0) Westmoreland (7-2) None 5,913 39–17 0–1
57 May 23 Vanderbilt Hoover Metropolitan Stadium 3-410 Fulmer (2-0) Westmoreland (7-3) None 5,705 39–18 0–2
NCAA Regionals
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record
58 May 31 Saint Louis Carolina Stadium 7-3 Webb (3-2) Smith (8-3) None 7,437 40–18 1–0
59 June 1 Liberty Carolina Stadium 19-3 Montgomery (5-1) Roy (7-6) None 7,816 41–18 2–0
- June 2 Liberty Carolina Stadium Suspended
60 June 3 Liberty Carolina Stadium 6-4 Holmes (5-2) Perritt (3-2) Webb (17) 7,391 42–18 3–0
NCAA Super Regionals
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record
61 June 8 North Carolina Boshamer Stadium 5-6 Thornton (10-1) Webb (3-3) None 4,355 42–19 3–1
62 June 9 North Carolina Boshamer Stadium 8-0 Montgomery (6-1) Johnson (4-1) None 4,365 43–19 4–1
June 10 North Carolina Boshamer Stadium Postponed
63 June 11 North Carolina Boshamer Stadium 4-5 Thornton (11-1) Westmoreland (7-4) Emanuel (1) 4,100 43–20 4–2

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Schedule http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/sched/scar-m-basebl-sched.html Archived 2011-09-02 at the Wayback Machine

Honors and awards edit

 
LB Dantzler playing third base against Arkansas at Baum Stadium
  • LB Dantzler was named SEC Player of the Week on February 25.[5]
  • Grayson Greiner was named Second-Team All-SEC.[6]
  • Joey Pankake was named Collegiate Baseball's National Player of the Week and SEC Player of the Week on March 11.[7]
  • Max Schrock was named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 8.[8]
  • Tyler Webb was named Third-Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball[9] and Second-Team All-SEC.[10]
  • Jack Wynkoop was named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 22[11] and April 29,[12] and was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team.[13]

Notes edit

  • On February 24, three pitchers combined to throw the first South Carolina no-hitter since March 26, 1975.[14]

Record vs. conference opponents edit

Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

Source: 2013 SEC baseball game results, 2013 SEC baseball schedule

Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW
ALA 14–15 1–2 2–1 . 3–0 . 1–2 0–3 2–1 0–3 . 2–1 2–0 1–2 ALA W5 5–5 1–2
ARK 18–11 2–1 1–2 . 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 . 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 . ARK W2 7–3 1–0
AUB 13–17 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 . 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 . . 2–1 0–3 AUB W7 5–5 0–2
FLA 14–16 . . 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 . 1–2 FLA E3 4–6 1–1
UGA 7–20 0–3 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 . . 1–2 . 0–3 1–0 0–3 1–2 UGA E7 1–8 0–3
KEN 11–19 . 1–2 . 2–1 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–2 . 0–3 KEN E4 4–6 0–3
LSU 23–7 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 . 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 . 2–1 . LSU W1 9–1 4–0
MSU 16–14 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 . 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 2–1 . 3–0 0–3 MSU W3 5–5 2–1
MIZZ 10–20 1–2 . 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–3 . . 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–3 MIZZ E5 3–7 0–3
MISS 15–15 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 2–1 . . 3–0 1–2 0–3 MISS W4 4–6 2–1
SCAR 17–12 . 0–3 . 0–3 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 . 3–0 3–0 0–2 SCAR E2 6–4 4–2
TENN 8–20 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 0–1 2–1 . . 2–1 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 TENN E6 2–7 0–3
TAMU 13–16 0–2 1–2 1–2 . 3–0 . 1–2 0–3 3–0 2–1 0–3 2–1 . TAMU W6 4–6 2–2
VAN 26–3 2–1 . 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 . 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 . VAN E1 10–0 6–0
Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW

Updated for entire regular season.

Rankings edit

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[15]55*876614118141091212121412
Baseball America[16]7776551715111815151514171814
Collegiate Baseball^[17]77765514141222151516151513111313
NCBWA[18]6788661312101511912121416151313

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Gamecocks in the 2013 MLB Draft edit

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Tyler Webb LHP 10th 314th New York Yankees
LB Dantzler 1B 14th 415th Toronto Blue Jays
Adam Westmoreland LHP 26th 772nd Miami Marlins
Brison Celek 1B 31st 925th Toronto Blue Jays

References edit

  1. ^ "Rivals Alabama, Auburn will be Day 1 highlight at SEC Tournament (with bracket)". Alabama Media Group. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "2013 Baseball Schedule - University of Tennessee". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  3. ^ "2013 Baseball Schedule - University of Georgia". University of Georgia Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  4. ^ "NCAA Statistics". NCAA. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  5. ^ Dantzler Named SEC Player of the Week
  6. ^ Several Gamecocks Earn All-SEC Honors
  7. ^ Pankake Named National & SEC Player Of The Week
  8. ^ "Schrock Named SEC Freshman Of The Week". Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  9. ^ Tyler Webb Earns All-America Honors
  10. ^ Several Gamecocks Earn All-SEC Honors
  11. ^ "Jack Wynkoop Named SEC Freshman Of The Week". Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  12. ^ "Wynkoop Earns Second Straight SEC Freshman Of The Week Honor". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  13. ^ Several Gamecocks Earn All-SEC Honors
  14. ^ Three pitchers combine to throw no-hitter
  15. ^ USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll
  16. ^ Baseball America College: Top 25
  17. ^ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  18. ^ NCBWA Division I poll

External links edit