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COLUMBIA, S.C. – On Wednesday night, the Wofford baseball team defeated South Carolina 5-4 in eleven innings at Carolina Stadium. Mac Doyle provided the offense for the Terriers, hitting two home runs that drove in four runs, while Konstantine Diamaduros had the game-winning RBI in the top of the eleventh to down the defending National Champions. Eric Eck struck out six batters in the final 3.2 innings for the win.
Wofford is 9-12 overall. South Carolina is 16-5 overall and ranked #6 in the nation. The Terriers were led by Mac Doyle with two home runs and four RBIs, while Konstantine Diamaduros and James Plaisted each added two hits. The Gamecocks were led by Christian Walker with two RBIs and Tanner English with two hits.
The Gamecocks had one hit in the first inning and the Terriers had a hit from James Plaisted in the second inning. In the bottom of the third, the Gamecocks scored when Joey Pancake hit a sacrifice fly to center field with the bases loaded for a 1-0 advantage.
Wofford added singles from Matt Moore and Matthew Kaskow in the top of the fifth, but both were left on base. With two out and one on base in the bottom of the fifth inning, Christian Walker hit a home run over the left field wall to give the Gamecocks a 3-0 lead.
In the top of the sixth, Konstantine Diamaduros led off with a single and Mac Doyle then hit a ball out of the park over the left center fence to make it a 3-2 game. With two out in the bottom of the sixth, Dante Rosenberg hit a single up the middle that drove in a run to take a 4-2 lead.
James Foster led off the top of the eighth with a single. Mac Doyle then hit a bomb to left field, his second homer of the day, which tied the game at four. The Terriers had two runners on base after walks when a single by James Plaisted loaded the bases, but two strikeouts left all three runners stranded.
South Carolina left one runner on base in the bottom of the eighth inning. Wofford opened the top of the ninth with a walk to Matthew Kaskow and Mac Doyle was intentionally walked, but both runners were left on base. In the bottom of the ninth, the Gamecocks were retired in order on three strikeouts.
The Terriers had Eric Brenk reach on a walk to open the top of the tenth, but he was stranded at second. South Carolina was retired in order in the bottom of the tenth. Wofford opened the top of the eleventh with a walk to Matthew Kaskow and he moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. A single to left by Konstantine Diamaduros scored Kaskow for a 5-4 lead, but Wofford left two runners on base.
In the bottom of the eleventh, Chase Vergason walked to open the inning and he moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. With two outs, Grayson Greiner grounded out to end the game in favor of the Terriers.
Wofford starter Mason Bradley threw five innings and allowed six hits and three runs along with one strikeout. Pete Noordsy worked one inning and gave up one run on two hits with a strikeout. Jesse Morris retired the side in the bottom of the seventh with two strikeouts. J.D. Osborne had one strikeout in a third of an inning. Eric Eck (3-1) had six strikeouts in 3.2 innings without allowing a hit.
South Carolina starter Adam Westmoreland went five innings and allowed two runs on five hits with two strikeouts. Patrick Sullivan went 2.1 innings and gave up one hit and a run with three strikeouts. Hunter Privette allowed a home run to the only batter he faced. Nolan Belcher went an inning and allowed one hit with two strikeouts. Evan Beal (1-2) threw two innings and allowed one hit and one run with three strikeouts. Joel Seddon went the final two-thirds of an inning without allowing a hit.
The home runs for Mac Doyle were his fourth and fifth of the season and he now has 39 in his career. With four RBIs on the night, Doyle moves into second place in school history with 169 career RBIs. The game was the third extra inning contest of the season for the Terriers, all of them eleven innings. The Terriers are 2-1 in extra innings this season. Wofford and South Carolina also went extra innings in 2006, a 9-8 win in Spartanburg for Wofford in 13 innings. The Terriers also won in Columbia in 2009.
Wofford will begin a three-game series with Samford on Friday night at Russell C. King Field at 6:00 p.m.
