The week that was

This past week in the state saw somewhat of a shake up among the top teams. Coastal Carolina was coasting through the Big South conference schedule, but dropped 2 of 3 at High Point this weekend. They maintain a half game lead over Liberty in the Big South conference.

College of Charleston swept Furman this week at home. They used a 5 run bottom of the 9th Sunday to complete the sweep in dramatic fashion. They still trail Elon and Georgia Southern in the SoCon standings.

Clemson won its series against Wake Forest, continuing their 'sister of the poor' portion of the ACC schedule. They are 7-2 against Maryland, BC, and Wake Forest. Next weekend they play Georgia Tech, which will be a true test of how well they are playing.

Charleston Southern won their series Winthrop 2-1, and only an extra innings loss prevented the sweep.

The Citadel and Wintrop split their weekend series in a double header on Saturday.

Wofford, or some team calling themself Wofford, and got swept, by a total score of 47 to 21. Western Carolina still trails Wofford in conference standings, which makes the total lack of pitching by Wofford more suprising.

South Carolina traveled to Starkville, MS this weekend and came away with a series win. But the series win came at a cost. All American candidate Jackie Bradley, Jr. injured his wrist on a diving catch and is projected to be out atleast 3 weeks, if not the remainder of the season. Also, Evan Marzilli is having an unspecified health issue that has him out for the immediate future. And with Adam Matthews already out, they won the Sunday game with their second/third team outfield, DeSean Anderson, Stephen Neff, and Jake Williams. Powering the team this weekend was Christian Walker who went 10-11, with 8 singles, 1 double, and 1 home run and 4 walks.


Now for the 3 up and 3 down...

3 up

1. Christian Walker, USC... he has been the steadiest of the Carolina lineup this year, but MSU must have been using beach balls while pitching to him this week, 10 for 11... just unreal.

2. Brad Miller, Clemson... he is batting .413 on the year, and that is after a slow start. Since returning to the field from injury, he has been the driving force to Clemson's offense.

3. College of Charleston... winners of their last 4, they are 3rd in the SoCon and are in a good position to make a push for the conference title.

3 down...

3. Winthrop, while struggling, 2-8 in their last 10, they are competitive. Won a conference series against UNC Asheville, beat Wake Forest.

2. Presbyterian, Losers of 12 in a row. They would be #1, but...

1. Wofford, or better yet Wofford pitching. Allowing 47 runs over a 3 game series is not great. One bad game is understandable, or 47 runs against a top 5 nationally ranked team would be understandable, but against a fellow cellar dweller in conference has no words....

Upcoming series of interest... Clemson v Georgia Tech. Is Clemson better now that earlier in the year, or is it just a product of the recent schedule?