Hello from Founders Park, where it is overcast, breezy and almost impossibly cool for the last week of April in Columbia. Not complaining at all, though.
No. 4 Kentucky is in town for a three-game series starting tonight, and it's a series the Gamecocks really, really, really could do with winning for their regional-hosting hopes. It's not technically a must-win, but the math gets real thin without at least two wins this series.
Here's how the Gamecocks line up in game one with Roman Kimball back on the mound, Dylan Brewer moving back into the lineup and Gavin Casas getting the night off. Ethan Petry slides to first base to take his spot, and Blake Jackson starts in right after six straight games on the bench.
Austin Brinling - LF
Ethan Petry - 1B
Cole Messina - C
Parker Noland - 2B
Kennedy Jones - DH
Blake Jackson - RF
Talmadge LeCroy - 3B
Dylan Brewer - CF
Lee Ellis - SS
Roman Kimball - Pitcher