BOONE, N.C. - App State baseball to battle South Carolina in a midweek showdown at Triust Field from Charlotte, North Carolina, on Tuesday.
App State enters its second midweek game of the young season now 3-4 overall after a 10-1 game-three win at UNCG on Sunday.
The Mountaineer offense came to life Sunday, recording a season high of hits (14) and runs scored (10). Seven of the Mountaineer starting nine connected on a hit. Hayden Cross, Jacob Whitley and Austin St. Laurent each produced multiple hits on Sunday.
H. Cross recorded his second three-hit outing of the season Sunday, going 3-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored. For the weekend series, H. Cross posted a total of seven hits, going 7-13 (.538) with four doubles, four RBIs and four runs scored.
South Carolina marches into Tuesday on a five-game win streak, 6-1, after sweeping George Washington this past weekend, outsourcing its opponent 28-10 and recording 28 strikeouts as a pitching staff. The Gamecocks also took two out of three against UNCG to begin the season.
Offensively, South Carolina ranks top 50 in the country in scoring, averaging eight runs per game. A Gamecock team batting average of .319 ranks No. 31 and a team on-base percentage of .342 ranks No. 26 nationally.
Fifth-year outfielder Andrew Eyster leads the SEC in hits this season with 17, averaging 2.43 hits per game.
The projected midweek starter for the Black and Gold is Jason Cornatzer. Cornatzer started game three of the opening weekend series at Campbell, pitching 3.0 innings and allowing zero runs on zero hits and struck out six.
Tuesday will be the 18th all-time meeting between the two programs. The Gamecocks lead the all-time series 16-1 dating back to 1972, winning the last 11-straight contests. In 1989, App State defeated South Carolina 15-8 in Columbia.
South Carolina won the last meeting between the two squads in 2019, 3-1.
The 2022 Queen City Showdown will be aired on SECN+. Tuesday's first pitch is scheduled for 6:05 p.m. Tickets can be purchased HERE.
The 2022 App State baseball season is presented by Chick-fil-A.
