2013 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

The 2013 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks played their home games in Carolina Stadium. The team was coached by Chad Holbrook, who was in his first season as head coach at Carolina.

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball
Columbia Regional Champion
Chapel Hill Super Regional, 1–2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
CB	No. 13
Record	43–20 (17–12 SEC)
Head coach	Chad Holbrook (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Jerry Meyers (3rd/11th season) Sammy Esposito (6th season)
Home stadium	Carolina Stadium
Seasons ← 2012 2014 →

2013 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 9 Vanderbilt  x‍†‍‍y	26	–	3		.897			54	–	12		.818
No. 13 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y	17	–	12		.586			43	–	20		.683
Florida  ‍‍‍y	14	–	16		.467			29	–	30		.492
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			30	–	25		.545
Missouri  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			18	–	32		.360
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	8	–	20		.286			22	–	30		.423
Georgia  ‍‍‍	7	–	20		.259			21	–	32		.396
Western
No. 7 LSU  x‍‍‡‍y	23	–	7		.767			57	–	11		.838
No. 18 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y	18	–	11		.621			39	–	22		.639
No. 2 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			51	–	20		.718
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			38	–	24		.613
Alabama  ‍‍‍y	14	–	15		.483			35	–	28		.556
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y	13	–	16		.448			34	–	29		.540
Auburn  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			33	–	23		.589
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 26, 2013[1][2][3][4] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Personnel

Roster

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks roster
	Pitchers 6 Joel Seddon - Sophomore 10 Drake Thomason - Sophomore 13 Jack Wynkoop - Freshman 14 Evan Beal - Sophomore 15 Nolan Belcher - Senior 23 Vince Fiori - Freshman 25 Adam Westmoreland - Senior 27 Forrest Koumas - Junior 34 Jordan Montgomery - Sophomore 35 Curt Britt - Freshman 37 Josh Knab - Junior 38 Tyler Webb - Senior 39 Patrick Sullivan - Senior 43 Alex Satterfield - Freshman 44 Colby Holmes - Senior 46 Tyler Jackson - Freshman		Infielders 4 Connor Bright - Sophomore 9 Joey Pankake - Sophomore 16 Chase Vergason - Senior 19 DC Arendas - Freshman 20 LB Dantzler - Senior 22 Max Schrock - Freshman 24 Brison Celek - Junior 28 George Iskenderian - Freshman 30 Erik Payne - Junior 33 Kyle Martin - Sophomore		Catchers 5 Patrick Harrington - Sophomore 18 Dante Rosenberg - Senior 21 Grayson Greiner - Sophomore Outfielders 3 Tanner English - Sophomore 7 Shon Carson - Freshman 8 TJ Costen - Sophomore 11 Sean Sullivan - Senior 26 Graham Saiko - Junior 42 Ahmad Christian - Freshman

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Roster & Bios http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine

Coaching staff

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaching staff
2 Chad Holbrook – Head coach – 1 year 12 Jerry Meyers - Associate head coach - 3 years / 11 years 41 Sammy Esposito - Assistant Coach - 6 years 55 Brian Buscher - Volunteer Assistant Coach - 1 year

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Coaches & Bios http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html#coaches Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine

Schedule

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball game log
Regular season
February # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 1 February 15 Liberty Carolina Stadium 4-3 Montgomery (1–0) Herndon (0–1) Webb (1) 8,242 1–0 – – February 16 Liberty Carolina Stadium Postponed 2 February 17 Liberty Carolina Stadium 8-7 Westmoreland (1–0) Richardson (0–1) None 7,513 2–0 – 3 February 17 Liberty Carolina Stadium 2-37 Lambert (1–0) Belcher (0–1) Perritt (1) 7,513 2–1 – – February 22 Albany Carolina Stadium Postponed 4 February 23 Albany Carolina Stadium 8–3 Montgomery (2–0) Graham (0–1) Britt (1) 7,184 3–1 – 5 February 24 Albany Carolina Stadium 14-1 Holmes (1–0) Zielinski (0–2) None 7,260 4–1 – 6 February 24 Albany Carolina Stadium 6-4 Belcher (1-1) Chase (0–2) Webb (2) 7,260 5–1 – 7 February 26 Furman Carolina Stadium 5-2 Wynkoop (1–0) Warford (0–1) Webb (3) 6,301 6–1 –
March # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 8 March 1 @ Clemson Doug Kingsmore Stadium 6-0 Montgomery (3–0) Gossett (1-1) None 6,016 7–1 – 9 March 2 vs. Clemson Fluor Field 3-6 Schmidt (2–0) Holmes (1-1) Campbell (3) 7,125 7–2 – 10 March 3 Clemson Carolina Stadium 8-0 Belcher (2–1) Firth (2–1) None 8,242 8–2 – 11 March 5 Ball State Carolina Stadium 10-0 Wynkoop (2–0) Bautista (0–2) None 6,140 9–2 – 12 March 6 Ball State Carolina Stadium 14-4 Sullivan (1–0) Manering (0–2) None 6,228 10–2 – 13 March 8 Rider Carolina Stadium 2-0 Beal (1–0) Smith (2–1) Webb (4) 6,715 11–2 – 14 March 9 Rider Carolina Stadium 9-5 Seddon (1–0) Sowa (2–1) Westmoreland (1) 7,231 12–2 – 15 March 10 Rider Carolina Stadium 1-0 Belcher (3–1) Murphy (1–2) Webb (5) 7,031 13–2 – 16 March 12 South Carolina Upstate Carolina Stadium 12-3 Wynkoop (3–0) Cox (1–2) Sullivan (1) 6,447 14–2 – 17 March 13 Davidson Carolina Stadium 12-4 Britt (1–0) Caudill (0–1) None 6,450 15–2 – 18 March 15 @ Missouri Taylor Stadium 4-1 Beal (2–0) Zastryzny (1–3) Webb (6) 3,145 16–2 1–0 19 March 16 @ Missouri Taylor Stadium 2-0 Belcher (4–1) Graves (0–2) Webb (7) 826 17–2 2–0 20 March 16 @ Missouri Taylor Stadium 0-4 Steele (2–0) Holmes (1–2) None 826 17–3 2–1 21 March 19 @ The Citadel Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park 9-5 Wynkoop (4–0) Cribb (1–2) Webb (8) 5,838 18–3 – 22 March 22 Arkansas Carolina Stadium 3-15 Astin (2–1) Beal (2–1) None 7,616 18–4 2–2 23 March 23 Arkansas Carolina Stadium 2-4 Stanek (2–1) Belcher (4–2) None 7,509 18–5 2–3 24 March 24 Arkansas Carolina Stadium 3-511 Killian (3–2) Webb (0–1) Suggs (1) 7,208 18–6 2–4 25 March 26 @ College of Charleston CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriot's Point 3-1 Holmes (2-2) Helvey (2-2) Westmoreland (2) 1,526 19–6 – 26 March 28 Texas A&M Carolina Stadium 3-2 Westmoreland (2–0) Freeman (1-1) Webb (9) 6,949 20–6 3–4 27 March 29 Texas A&M Carolina Stadium 6-4 Belcher (5–2) Martin (2–4) Webb (10) 7,943 21–6 4–4 28 March 30 Texas A&M Carolina Stadium 6-3 Westmoreland (3–0) Jester (2–1) Webb (11) 8,242 22–6 5–4
April # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 29 April 2 Charleston Southern Carolina Stadium 9-5 Holmes (3–2) Leopard (1–2) None 8,114 23–6 – 30 April 3 @ Furman Fluor Field 5-6 Carlson (3–1) Wynkoop (4–1) Solter (6) 4,738 23–7 – 31 April 5 @ Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 5-4 Webb (1-1) Godley (2–3) None 3,110 24–7 6–4 32 April 6 @ Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 12-8 Westmoreland (4–0) Williams (1–2) None 2,454 25–7 7–4 33 April 7 @ Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 19-2 Holmes (4–2) Godley (2–4) None 2,637 26–7 8–4 34 April 9 The Citadel Carolina Stadium 6-5 Britt (2–0) Rivera (4–1) None 7,721 27–7 – 35 April 11 @ Florida McKethan Stadium 2-3 Crawford (2–5) Belcher (5–3) Magliozzi (7) 3,268 27–8 8–5 36 April 12 @ Florida McKethan Stadium 3-4 Rhodes (1–0) Westmoreland (4–1) Magliozzi (8) 4,515 27–9 8–6 37 April 13 @ Florida McKethan Stadium 5-14 Gibson (2–0) Wynkoop (4–2) None 4,374 27–10 8–7 38 April 16 College of Charleston Carolina Stadium 10-6 Fiori (1–0) Loving (1–2) None 7,433 28–10 – – April 19 Kentucky Carolina Stadium Postponed 39 April 20 Kentucky Carolina Stadium 5-2 Belcher (6–3) Reed (2–5) Westmoreland (3) 7,411 29–10 9–7 40 April 20 Kentucky Carolina Stadium 7-611 Webb (2–1) Gott (4–1) None 8,148 30–10 10–7 41 April 21 Kentucky Carolina Stadium 3-1 Wynkoop (5–2) Littrell (4–3) Webb (12) 8,024 31–10 11–7 42 April 23 @ Gardner-Webb Veteran's Field at Keeter Stadium 6-7 Warner (3–0) Seddon (1-1) None 4,825 31–11 – 43 April 26 @ LSU Alex Box Stadium 2-5 Nola (8–0) Belcher (6–4) None 9,006 31–12 12–7 44 April 27 @ LSU Alex Box Stadium 4-2 Westmoreland (5–1) Cotton (2–1) Webb (13) 10,246 32–12 12–8 45 April 28 @ LSU Alex Box Stadium 4-0 Wynkoop (6–2) McCune (3–1) Webb (14) 6,380 33–12 13–8
May # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 46 May 3 Vanderbilt Carolina Stadium 2-3 Ziomek (9–2) Belcher (6–5) Miller (13) 8,081 33–13 13–9 47 May 4 Vanderbilt Carolina Stadium 2-5 Beede (12–0) Montgomery (3–1) Fulmer (4) 8,029 33–14 13–10 – May 5 Vanderbilt Carolina Stadium Canceled 48 May 8 Wofford Carolina Stadium 9-3 Westmoreland (6–1) Stillman (2-2) None 7,193 34–14 – 49 May 10 Georgia Carolina Stadium 7-2 Belcher (7–5) McLaughlin (4–6) None 7,809 35–14 14–10 50 May 11 Georgia Carolina Stadium 7-1 Montgomery (4–1) Dieterich (2–3) None 8,242 36–14 15–10 51 May 12 Georgia Carolina Stadium 8-3 Wynkoop (7–2) Walsh (2–4) None 7,478 37–14 16–10 52 May 14 Presbyterian Carolina Stadium 4-3 Sullivan (2–0) Corbin (2–4) Webb (15) 7,827 38–14 – 53 May 16 @ Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 4-5 Girodo (6–1) Webb (2-2) Holder (15) 6,755 38–15 16–11 54 May 17 @ Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 5-3 Westmoreland (7–1) Bradford (0–1) Webb (16) 6,932 39–15 17–11 55 May 18 @ Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 2-7 Mitchell (10–0) Wynkoop (7–3) None 7,687 39–16 17–12
Post-season
SEC Tournament # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SECT record 56 May 22 Mississippi State Hoover Metropolitan Stadium 3-5 Gentry (4–0) Westmoreland (7–2) None 5,913 39–17 0–1 57 May 23 Vanderbilt Hoover Metropolitan Stadium 3-410 Fulmer (2–0) Westmoreland (7–3) None 5,705 39–18 0–2
NCAA Regionals # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record 58 May 31 Saint Louis Carolina Stadium 7-3 Webb (3–2) Smith (8–3) None 7,437 40–18 1–0 59 June 1 Liberty Carolina Stadium 19-3 Montgomery (5–1) Roy (7–6) None 7,816 41–18 2–0 - June 2 Liberty Carolina Stadium Suspended 60 June 3 Liberty Carolina Stadium 6-4 Holmes (5–2) Perritt (3–2) Webb (17) 7,391 42–18 3–0
NCAA Super Regionals # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record 61 June 8 North Carolina Boshamer Stadium 5-6 Thornton (10–1) Webb (3-3) None 4,355 42–19 3–1 62 June 9 North Carolina Boshamer Stadium 8-0 Montgomery (6–1) Johnson (4–1) None 4,365 43–19 4–1 – June 10 North Carolina Boshamer Stadium Postponed 63 June 11 North Carolina Boshamer Stadium 4-5 Thornton (11–1) Westmoreland (7–4) Emanuel (1) 4,100 43–20 4–2

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Schedule http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/sched/scar-m-basebl-sched.html Archived 2011-09-02 at the Wayback Machine

Honors and awards

LB Dantzler playing third base against Arkansas at Baum Stadium

• LB Dantzler was named SEC Player of the Week on February 25.^[5]
• Grayson Greiner was named Second-Team All-SEC.^[6]
• Joey Pankake was named Collegiate Baseball's National Player of the Week and SEC Player of the Week on March 11.^[7]
• Max Schrock was named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 8.^[8]
• Tyler Webb was named Third-Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball^[9] and Second-Team All-SEC.^[10]
• Jack Wynkoop was named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 22^[11] and April 29,^[12] and was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team.^[13]

Notes

• On February 24, three pitchers combined to throw the first South Carolina no-hitter since March 26, 1975.^[14]

Record vs. conference opponents

Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2013 SEC baseball records v t e Source: 2013 SEC baseball game results, 2013 SEC baseball schedule
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW
ALA	14–15		1–2	2–1	.	3–0	.	1–2	0–3	2–1	0–3	.	2–1	2–0	1–2	ALA	W5	5–5	1–2
ARK	18–11	2–1		1–2	.	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	.	1–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	.	ARK	W2	7–3	1–0
AUB	13–17	1–2	2–1		2–1	2–1	.	0–3	1–2	1–2	2–1	.	.	2–1	0–3	AUB	W7	5–5	0–2
FLA	14–16	.	.	1–2		1–2	1–2	0–3	1–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	.	1–2	FLA	E3	4–6	1–1
UGA	7–20	0–3	0–2	1–2	2–1		1–2	.	.	1–2	.	0–3	1–0	0–3	1–2	UGA	E7	1–8	0–3
KEN	11–19	.	1–2	.	2–1	2–1		0–3	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–2	.	0–3	KEN	E4	4–6	0–3
LSU	23–7	2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	.	3–0		2–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	.	2–1	.	LSU	W1	9–1	4–0
MSU	16–14	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	.	1–2	1–2		.	1–2	2–1	.	3–0	0–3	MSU	W3	5–5	2–1
MIZZ	10–20	1–2	.	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–3	.		.	1–2	1–2	0–3	0–3	MIZZ	E5	3–7	0–3
MISS	15–15	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	.	1–2	1–2	2–1	.		.	3–0	1–2	0–3	MISS	W4	4–6	2–1
SCAR	17–12	.	0–3	.	0–3	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	.		3–0	3–0	0–2	SCAR	E2	6–4	4–2
TENN	8–20	1–2	1–2	.	1–2	0–1	2–1	.	.	2–1	0–3	0–3		1–2	0–3	TENN	E6	2–7	0–3
TAMU	13–16	0–2	1–2	1–2	.	3–0	.	1–2	0–3	3–0	2–1	0–3	2–1		.	TAMU	W6	4–6	2–2
VAN	26–3	2–1	.	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	.	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	.		VAN	E1	10–0	6–0
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW

Updated for entire regular season.

Rankings

See also: 2013 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'[15]	5	5*	8	7	6	6	14	11	8	14	10	9	12	12	12	14	—	—	12
Baseball America[16]	7	7	7	6	5	5	17	15	11	18	15	15	15	14	17	18	—	—	14
Collegiate Baseball^[17]	7	7	7	6	5	5	14	14	12	22	15	15	16	15	15	13	11	13	13
NCBWA†[18]	6	7	8	8	6	6	13	12	10	15	11	9	12	12	14	16	15	13	13

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Gamecocks in the 2013 MLB Draft

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Tyler Webb	LHP	10th	314th	New York Yankees
LB Dantzler	1B	14th	415th	Toronto Blue Jays
Adam Westmoreland	LHP	26th	772nd	Miami Marlins
Brison Celek	1B	31st	925th	Toronto Blue Jays

References

1. "Rivals Alabama, Auburn will be Day 1 highlight at SEC Tournament (with bracket)". Alabama Media Group. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
2. "2013 Baseball Schedule - University of Tennessee". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
3. "2013 Baseball Schedule - University of Georgia". University of Georgia Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
4. "NCAA Statistics". NCAA. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
5. Dantzler Named SEC Player of the Week
6. Several Gamecocks Earn All-SEC Honors
7. Pankake Named National & SEC Player Of The Week
8. "Schrock Named SEC Freshman Of The Week". Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
9. Tyler Webb Earns All-America Honors
10. Several Gamecocks Earn All-SEC Honors
11. "Jack Wynkoop Named SEC Freshman Of The Week". Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
12. "Wynkoop Earns Second Straight SEC Freshman Of The Week Honor". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
13. Several Gamecocks Earn All-SEC Honors
14. Three pitchers combine to throw no-hitter
15. USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll
16. Baseball America College: Top 25
17. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
18. NCBWA Division I poll

External links

• Gamecock Baseball official website