# 2014 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

The 2014 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2014 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 second season as head coach at Carolina.

## Personnel
### Roster

2014 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Roster & Bios http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html>

### Coaching staff

2014 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

2014 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball game log :
Regular season :
February
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
–February 14BucknellCarolina StadiumPostponed
1February 15BucknellCarolina Stadium17-4Montgomery (1-0)Hough (0-1)None8,0151–0–
2February 15BucknellCarolina Stadium12-2Wynkoop (1-0)Weigel (0-1)None7,8222–0–
3February 16BucknellCarolina Stadium12-0Crowe (1-0)Andreychik (0-1)None7,5123–0–
4February 18PresbyterianCarolina Stadium4-0Reagan (1-0)Kehner (0-1)None6,6424–0–
5February 21Eastern KentuckyCarolina Stadium4-0Montgomery (2-0)Cobb (1-1)None6,8425–0–
6February 22Eastern KentuckyCarolina Stadium2-0Wynkoop (2-0)Perkins (0-1)Seddon (1)8,2426–0–
7February 23Eastern KentuckyCarolina Stadium6-0Crowe (2-0)Scott (0-2)None7,7317–0–
8February 28ClemsonCarolina Stadium9-6Mincey (1-0)Bates (0-1)Seddon (2)8,2428–0– :
March
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
9March 1vs. ClemsonFluor Field10-2Wynkoop (3-0)Crownover (2-1)Seddon (3)7,1829–0–
10March 2@ ClemsonDoug Kingsmore Stadium5-3Mincey (2-0)Schmidt (1-2)None6,01610–0–
11March 4StetsonCarolina Stadium7-1Reagan (2-0)Powers (1-2)None6,30611–0–
12March 5StetsonCarolina Stadium4-2Privette (1-0)Warmoth (0-2)Seddon (4)6,42712–0–
-March 7BrownCarolina StadiumPostponed
13March 8BrownCarolina Stadium13-0Montgomery (3-0)Galan (0-1)None7,16313–0–
14March 8BrownCarolina Stadium8-0Wynkoop (4-0)St. Lawrence (0-1)None7,54614–0–
15March 9BrownCarolina Stadium1-0Crowe (3-0)Taugner (0-1)Seddon (5)6,90315–0–
16March 11FurmanCarolina Stadium5-0Widener (1-0)Greenfield (1-1)None7,17416–0–
17March 14Ole MissCarolina Stadium4-6Ellis (3-0)Montgomery (3-1)Laxer (1)7,85916–10–1
18March 15Ole MissCarolina Stadium5-4$^{10}$Seddon (1-0)Denny (0-1)None7,83517–11–1
19March 15Ole MissCarolina Stadium3-1Crowe (4-0)Smith (3-1)Seddon (6)7,34918–12–1
-March 18@ The CitadelJoseph P. Riley Jr. ParkPostponed
20March 21@ KentuckyCliff Hagan Stadium5-13Reed (4-1)Montgomery (3-2)None1,93718–22–2
21March 22@ KentuckyCliff Hagan Stadium1-2Shepherd (5-0)Wynkoop (4-1)Salow (1)2,22018–32–3
22March 23@ KentuckyCliff Hagan Stadium8-3Crowe (5-0)Nelson (1-1)Seddon (7)1,87019–33–3
23March 25College of CharlestonCarolina Stadium4-2Reagan (3-0)Thornton (0-2)Mincey (1)7,17020–3–
24March 26Coastal CarolinaCarolina Stadium4-0Britt (1-0)Moats (0-3)None6,98221–3–
25March 28TennesseeCarolina Stadium3-2$^{14}$Wynkoop (5-1)Bettencourt (0-1)None7,50622–34–3
26March 29TennesseeCarolina Stadium9-6Scott (1-0)Owenby (2-1)None7,47323–35–3
27March 30TennesseeCarolina Stadium8-0Crowe (6-0)Lee (3-1)None8,24224–36–3 :
April
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
28April 1Appalachian StateCarolina Stadium2-1Fiori (1-0)Thurber (0-3)None7,41625–3–
-April 3@ ArkansasBaum StadiumPostponed
29April 4@ ArkansasBaum Stadium2-1Montgomery (4-2)Killian (1-5)Seddon (8)9,94726–37–3
30April 4@ ArkansasBaum Stadium1-4Beeks (5-2)Wynkoop (5-2)None9,94726–47–4
31April 5@ ArkansasBaum Stadium0-7Oliver (3-3)Crowe (6-1)None10,10326–57–5
32April 8@ FurmanFluor Field9-2Widener (2-0)Dittmar (0-2)None4,24727–5–
33April 11FloridaCarolina Stadium4-1Montgomery (5-2)Shore (3-2)Seddon (9)8,24228–58–5
34April 12FloridaCarolina Stadium3-4Puk (3-2)Seddon (1-1)None8,24228–68–6
35April 13FloridaCarolina Stadium5-6Dunning (1-0)Crowe (6-2)Hanhold (2)8,24228–78–7
36April 15Charleston SouthernCarolina Stadium1-4Buckley (2-0)Beal (0-1)Weekley (7)7,41528–8–
37April 16@ The CitadelJoseph P. Riley Jr. Park8-10Livingston (2-4)Vogel (0-1)Hunter (7)6,50028–9–
-April 18@ AuburnPlainsman ParkPostponed
38April 19@ AuburnPlainsman Park2-4Ortman (7-2)Montgomery (5-3)None3,77028–108–8
39April 19@ AuburnPlainsman Park3-2Mincey (3-0)Wade (3-2)Seddon (10)4,09629–109–8
40April 20@ AuburnPlainsman Park4-3Seddon (2-1)Cochran-Gill (0-2)None3,08430–1010–8
41April 22DavidsonCarolina Stadium8-0Widener (3-0)Beeker (2-2)None6,88631–10–
42April 23USC UpstateCarolina Stadium6-1Britt (2-0)Birklund (0-7)None7,10232–10–
43April 25AlabamaCarolina Stadium9-3Montgomery (6-3)Turnbull (5-3)Seddon (11)8,24233–1011–8
44April 26AlabamaCarolina Stadium1-2Kamplain (4-2)Wynkoop (5-3)Burrows (9)8,24233–1111–9
45April 27AlabamaCarolina Stadium9-3Mincey (4-0)Eicholtz (2-1)Seddon (12)8,07434–1112–9 :
May
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
46May 2@ GeorgiaFoley Field1-3Lawlor (4-4)Montgomery (6-4)None2,68234–1212–10
47May 3@ GeorgiaFoley Field5-2Wynkoop (6-3)Ripple (2-1)Seddon (13)3,25635–1213–10
48May 4@ GeorgiaFoley Field3-5Sosebee (1-3)Crowe (6-3)Cheek (1)3,07835–1313–11
49May 7WoffordCarolina Stadium15-1Britt (3-0)Accetta (3-3)None7,27436–13–
50May 9MissouriCarolina Stadium8-2Montgomery (7-4)Graves (3-5)None7,41937–1314–11
51May 10MissouriCarolina Stadium3-1Wynkoop (7-3)Fairbanks (4-6)Seddon (14)7,90338–1315–11
52May 11MissouriCarolina Stadium2-1Mincey (5-0)Steele (0-8)None7,30739–1316–11
53May 13The CitadelCarolina Stadium10-1Scott (2-0)Brecklin (0-1)None8,05440–13–
54May 15@ VanderbiltHawkins Field4-3$^{10}$Seddon (3-1)Miller (1-1)None2,81941–1317–11
55May 16@ VanderbiltHawkins Field3-9Fulmer (5-1)Wynkoop (7-4)Stone (3)3,42941–1417–12
56May 17@ VanderbiltHawkins Field6-3Crowe (7-3)Ravenelle (3-1)Seddon (15)3,62642–1418–12 :
Post-season :
SEC Tournament
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSECT record
57May 21Mississippi StateHoover Metropolitan Stadium0-12$^7$Lindgren (6-1)Montgomery (7-5)None7,52642–150–1
58May 22FloridaHoover Metropolitan Stadium2-7Poyner (5-3)Wynkoop (7-5)None5,11542–160–2 :
NCAA tournament: Columbia Regional
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
59May 30CampbellCarolina Stadium5-2Montgomery (8-5)Bowers (10-4)None7,38243–161–0
60May 31MarylandCarolina Stadium3-4Shawaryn (11-3)Wynkoop (7-6)Mooney (12)6,81343–171–1
61June 1CampbellCarolina Stadium9-0Crowe (8-3)Koopman (8-2)None5,98644–172–1
62June 1MarylandCarolina Stadium10-1Stiles (5-2)Seddon (3-2)Ruse (1)6,34044–182–2 :
2014 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Schedule http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/sched/scar-m-basebl-sched.html>

## Honors and awards

* Wil Crowe was named SEC Pitcher of the Week on February 18, SEC Freshman of the Week on February 25, and Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American.
* Tanner English was named Second-Team All-SEC.
* Grayson Greiner was named SEC Player of the Week on March 31, SEC All-Defensive Team, Baseball America Second-Team All-American, and Johnny Bench Award semifinalist.
* Joey Pankake was named to the SEC All-Defensive Team.
* Joel Seddon was named Second-Team All-SEC. and NCBWA Second-Team All-American.

## Record vs. conference opponents

Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.
2014 SEC baseball recordsvte
Source: 2014 SEC baseball game results :
| Team | W–L | ALA | ARK | AUB | FLA | UGA | KEN | LSU | MSU | MIZZ | MISS | SCAR | TENN | TAMU | VAN | Team | Div | SR | SW |
| ALA | 15–14 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | . | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | . | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | . | ALA | W5 | 5–4 | 1–1 |
| ARK | 16–14 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | . | . | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | . | 2–1 | 2–1 | ARK | W4 | 5–5 | 1–0 |
| AUB | 10–20 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | . | . | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | . | AUB | W7 | 3–7 | 0–3 |
| FLA | 21–9 | 3–0 | 2–1 | . | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | . | 3–0 | . | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | FLA | E1 | 7–3 | 4–0 |
| UGA | 11–18 | . | . | . | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | UGA | E6 | 4–6 | 0–2 |
| KEN | 14–16 | 1–2 | . | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | . | . | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | KEN | E4 | 5–5 | 0–1 |
| LSU | 17–11 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | . | | 3–0 | . | 2–1 | . | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | LSU | W2 | 6–3 | 2–1 |
| MSU | 18–12 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | . | 2–1 | . | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | . | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | MSU | W3 | 7–3 | 2–1 |
| MIZZ | 6–24 | . | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | . | 0–3 | | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | . | 0–3 | MIZZ | E7 | 2–8 | 0–6 |
| MISS | 19–11 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | . | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | . | 2–1 | . | MISS | W1 | 7–3 | 3–1 |
| SCAR | 18–12 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | . | . | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | . | 2–1 | SCAR | E2 | 6–4 | 2–0 |
| TENN | 12–18 | 1–2 | . | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | . | 0–3 | | . | 2–1 | TENN | E5 | 3–7 | 0–1 |
| TAMU | 14–16 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | . | 1–2 | . | . | | 2–1 | TAMU | W6 | 4–6 | 0–0 |
| VAN | 17–13 | . | 1–2 | . | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | . | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | VAN | E3 | 5–5 | 2–0 |
| 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. Georgia at LSU had a tie game.

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
| Coaches' | 14 | 14* | 14* | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 13 | — | | |
| Baseball America | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 18 | — | | |
| Collegiate Baseball^ | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 25 | | |
| NCBWA† | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 23 | | |
^ 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 2014 MLB Draft

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft.
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | MLB Team |
| Grayson Greiner | C | 3rd | 99th | Detroit Tigers |
| Jordan Montgomery | LHP | 4th | 122nd | New York Yankees |
| Joey Pankake | 3B | 7th | 220th | Detroit Tigers |
| Tanner English | OF | 11th | 320th | Minnesota Twins |
| Joel Seddon | RHP | 11th | 342nd | Oakland A's |
| Kyle Martin | 1B | 20th | 599th | Anaheim Angels |
| Evan Beal | RHP | 21st | 633rd | Kansas City Royals |