At 66 years old and out of coaching for three years, Paul Mainieri took over South Carolina last June and made college baseball sound like landscaping. That if you know what you’re doing, no location or time frame can stop you from turning dirt to turf.

In what has been a constant theme in 2025, the offense failed South Carolina in three straight losses to Florida. Gators outscore Gamecocks 30-3 in Sunday's dou

South Carolina baseball started it’s home SEC series against Florida off with a 9-5 loss on Friday night. The game went into the early hours of Saturday morning after a weather delay halted the game early. Although South Carolina’s pitching staff was able to strikeout Florida batters 10 times, the Gators used a big fifth inning to get the win.