South Carolina Shuts Out Mercer to Clinch Series Win
Four Gamecocks pitchers combined to shut out Mercer on Saturday (Source: South Carolina Athletics)
By South Carolina Athletics | March 6, 2021 at 7:53 PM EST - Updated March 6 at 9:26 PM
COLUMBIA - The quartet of Brannon Jordan, Jackson Phipps, Will Sanders and Brett Kerry combined for the University of South Carolina baseball team’s first shutout of the season and the Gamecocks scored three runs in the first inning on its way to a 4-0 win Saturday afternoon (March 6) at Founders Park.
Jordan struck out a career-high 11 batters in his five innings. He allowed just one hit and walked three. Phipps gave up a hit in a scoreless sixth, while Sanders and Kerry each had three strikeouts in their outing.