#4 South Carolina hosts College of Charleston tonight at 7pm

The No. 4 South Carolina Gamecocks (14-4) (2-1) will take on in-state rival College of Charleston (15-6) (2-1) Tuesday night at 7 at Carolina Stadium.

RANKINGS UPDATE

College of Charleston, after a 1-3 week last week, has dropped out of the USA Today/ESPN top 25 rankings as they were sitting at No. 23 last week.  They will be looking to rebound after a tough weekend, dropping games vs. Southern Miss and Connecticut last weekend.  The are ranked No. 28 in the National College Baseball Writers Association Poll.

South Carolina had a strong finish to a week that started off on the wrong foot last week.  The Gamecocks lost to Furman in Greenville on Tuesday night, after beating them 14-1 earlier in the year.  They bounced back to win Wednesday night at home vs. Wofford, then after losing the first game of a three game set with SEC foe Georgia, were able to win two straight, including a 2-1 walk-off thriller on Saturday afternoon to finish the week at 3-2.  They move up from No. 7 to No. 4 in the USA Today/ESPN top 25 poll and will look to continue their good play into a big weekend at No. 1 Florida.

PITCHING MATCH-UP

College of Charleston will start RHP Robert Jeroszko who is 2-1 this season with a 3.13 ERA.

South Carolina will go with RHP Colby Holmes, who is 1-0 with a 5.00 ERA.

ALL TIME SERIES vs. C of C

South Carolina owns the all time series against C of C 42-5. This will be the first of two contests this season between C of C and the reigning College World Series National Champions. The two schools will also meet at Patriots Point, SC on April 19.  Last year, South Carolina topped C of C 6-3 at Carolina Stadium.

STATISTICAL UPDATES

South Carolina's pitching staff ranks third in the SEC with a 2.76 earned run average. Carolina's pitchers have allowed just 130 hits in 160 innings with a 160-57 Strikeout-to-Walk ratio. Opponents are hitting just .223 against the Gamecocks, good for third best in the SEC.

South Carolina has a team batting average of .286. The Gamecocks are second in the Southeastern Conference with 16 home runs. Carolina has a .448 slugging percentage, good for fifth best in the league. Carolina also boasts a very average .381 on-base percentage. South Carolina's fielding has been shaky at times this season, but they maintain a fielding average of .968.