South Carolina-Alabama in the SEC Tournament: Time, TV, pitching, weather, odds
South Carolina plays Alabama in the SEC Baseball Tournament on Tuesday. Here is everything you need to watch and listen to the game, plus the start time, pitching, weather, and odds.
Last updated Monday, May 20 at 9 p.m.
South Carolina-Alabama
- Date/Time: Tuesday, May 21 @ 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT
- Place: Hoover, Alabama
- Television: SEC Network with Dave Neal and Lance Cormier
- Streaming video: WatchESPN (verified TV provider required)
- Radio: Gamecock Radio Network with Derek Scott, Stuart Lake; pregame at 1:45 p.m.
- Streaming audio: Learfield and the South Carolina Gamecocks app (Apple, Google)
- Weather: Sunny, a high near 88, southeast wind 5-10 mph
- Odds: Alabama is -120, while South Carolina is -110, which means Alabama is a very slight favorite (average of sports books)
- Alabama is the No. 7 tournament seed, and South Carolina is the No. 10 seed; the loser of the game goes home, while the winner advances to play No. 2 Arkansas on Wednesday
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South Carolina-Alabama: Probable starting pitchers
- South Carolina: Dylan Eskew (R-Jr. RHP) 3-4, 4.67 ERA, 54.0 IP, 22 BB, 37 SO
- Alabama: Greg Farone (LHP) 4-3, 4.27 ERA, 65.1 IP, 21 BB, 61 SO
Scouting Alabama
- The Crimson Tide won the final game of a three-game set at Auburn, 12-5, as Gage Miller went 4-for-6 with five RBI and Ben Hess struck out nine in 6.2 innings.
- Miller leads Alabama with a .383 batting average to go along with 18 home runs and 55 RBI.
- Freshman Justin Lebron has a .340 average with 11 home runs.
- Greg Farone is 4-3 with a 4.27 ERA on the mound. He has 61 strikeouts in 65.1 innings pitched.
- Rob Vaughn is in his first season as the head coach at Alabama. Vaughn came to the Crimson Tide from Maryland, where he was a two-time Big Ten Coach of the Year.
(Info from USC Media Relations)
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South Carolina-Alabama series
- Carolina leads the all-time series with Alabama, 41-32, heading into Tuesday’s game.
- The Gamecocks are 1-3 all-time against the Crimson Tide in the SEC Tournament, winning the 2009 matchup, 9-5. The most recent game between the two teams was in 2021 as Alabama won 9-3.
- Carolina won the final game of the three-game set on March 28-30. The Gamecocks defeated the Crimson Tide, 9-8, behind three hits from Cole Messina and three innings of scoreless relief by Ty Good.
(Info from USC Media Relations)
SEC Tournament History
- Carolina is 30-53 all-time in SEC Tournament play.
- The Gamecocks won the event in 2004, winning four games, including a 3-2 win over Vanderbilt in the tournament final.
- Carolina went 1-2 in last year’s tournament, defeating Georgia 9-0 before falling to LSU (10-3) and Texas A&M (5-0).
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Gamecock Radio Network: Affiliates for SEC baseball series
- Allendale, 93.5 FM, WDOG
- Camden, 98.7 FM, WCAM
- Camden, 1590 AM, WCAM
- Charleston, 98.9 FM, WTMZ
- Chesterfield, 107.3 FM, WVSZ
- Columbia, 107.5 FM, WNKT (flagship station)
- Florence, 96.3 FM, WOLH
- Florence, 1230 AM, WOLH
- Greenville, 104.9 FM, WROO
- Greenville, 1440 AM, WGVL
- Myrtle Beach, 100.3 FM, WSEA
- Rock Hill/Lancaster, 107.1 FM, WRHM
- Spartanburg, 98.3 FM, WSPG
- Spartanburg, 1400 AM, WSPG
- Waynesboro, 92.9 FM, WYBO
