Thursday July 3rd, 2025 3:14AM

S. Carolina holds on to beat Wofford

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SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Third baseman Brian Buscher&#39;s diving double-play with the bases loaded helped preserve South Carolina&#39;s 5-4 victory over Wofford on Wednesday night. <br> <br> Solo home runs by Trey Dyson in the fourth and Kevin Melillo in the sixth helped the Gamecocks (35-10) build a 5-1 lead. <br> <br> The Terriers (22-23) then opened the bottom of the sixth with four consecutive hits to score three runs and cut South Carolina&#39;s lead to 5-4. <br> <br> Gamecock closer Blake Taylor came into to finish the game, but allowed a single and back-to-back walks to load the bases with one out. <br> <br> Brian Casey hit a grounder up the third base line, but Buscher dove, caught it and landed on the third base bag. His throw to first made it in time to complete the game-ending double play. It was Taylor&#39;s 13th save. <br> <br> South Carolina starter Matt Campbell pitched 2 1/3 innings to pick up the win. <br> <br> Culley Kline (2-5) allowed five runs on 11 hits with two walks and two strikeouts in eight innings to pick up the loss for Wofford.
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