Mainieri and the Gamecocks beat Sacred Heart 5-3 on Opening Day on Friday at Founders Park, scoring runs in the seventh and eighth innings after the MAAC squad from Connecticut tied the game in the sixth. For Mainieri, it’s win No. 1,502 across 40 years and now five teams in his college baseball coaching career.

Players who helped Tanner win over 700 games at USC. Who won two national championships and went to Omaha a half-dozen times. Players who, for the most part, helped the Gamecocks dominate for 16 years. And, fittingly, Tanner and his players got to watch what they did so often: Just crush teams.

Matthew Becker and Ryder Garino combined to strike out 13 batters and allow just one hit and the University of South Carolina baseball team plated runs in five of its six frames in a 14-0, 7-inning win over Sacred Heart Saturday afternoon (Feb. 15) at Ray Tanner Field at Founders Park.

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(AP) - The University of South Carolina baseball team picked up a run in both the seventh and eighth innings, breaking a 3-all tie to give the Gamecocks a 5-3 win on Opening Day Friday afternoon (Feb. 14) at Ray Tanner Field at Founders Park. Head Coach Paul Mainieri picked up his first win in a Gamecock uniform and now has 1,506 career victories.