# 2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

The 2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks played their home games in Carolina Stadium. The team was coached by Ray Tanner, who was in his sixteenth season at Carolina.

## Personnel
### Roster

2012 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

2012 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

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball game log :
Regular season :
February
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
1February 17VMICarolina Stadium2–1Webb (1–0)Watts (0–1)Koumas (1)8,2421–0–
2February 18VMICarolina Stadium3–2Carter (1–0)Garrett (0–1)None7,6752–0–
3February 18VMICarolina Stadium13–1Holmes (1–0)Brown (0–1)None7,3363–0–
4February 24ElonCarolina Stadium8–1Roth (1–0)Webb (1–1)None6,6184–0–
5February 25ElonCarolina Stadium3-2Price (1-0)Clark (1-1)Koumas (2)7,6065–0–
6February 26ElonCarolina Stadium6-0Holmes (2-0)Whitehead (0-1)None7,3046–0–
7February 28PresbyterianCarolina Stadium2-1Belcher (1-0)Dees (0-1)Webb (1)6,5217–0– :
March
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
8March 2vs. ClemsonJoe Riley Park3-2$^{11}$Koumas (1-0)Gossett (0-1)Belcher (1)5,8518–0–
9March 3ClemsonCarolina Stadium9-6Beal (1-0)Leone (2-1)Belcher (2)8,2429–0–
10March 4@ClemsonDoug Kingsmore Stadium5-6Firth (1-0)Koumas (1-1)None6,0399–1–
11March 7UNC AshevilleCarolina Stadium8-1Seddon (1-0)Roland (2-2)None6,40310–1–
12March 9PrincetonCarolina Stadium2-1Roth (2-0)Hermans (1-1)Beal (1)6,81311–1–
13March 10PrincetonCarolina Stadium6-1Price (2-0)Ford (0-2)Koumas (3)7,42612–1–
14March 11PrincetonCarolina Stadium3-1Holmes (3-0)Bowman (1-1)Beal (2)7,12213–1–
15March 13Charleston SouthernCarolina Stadium5-2Westmoreland (1-0)Buran (0-2)Seddon (1)6,83614–1–
16March 14Appalachian StateCarolina Stadium6-4Webb (2-0)Farmer (1-1)Beal (3)7,27815–1–
17March 16@KentuckyCliff Hagan Stadium3-4Peterson (2-0)Beal (1-1)None2,03215–20–1
18March 17@KentuckyCliff Hagan Stadium3-4Reed (4-0)Price (2-1)Gott (4)1,95015–30–2
19March 18@KentuckyCliff Hagan Stadium3-6Wijas (2-0)Belcher (1-1)Gott (5)2,57115–40–3
20March 20@FurmanFluor Field8-5Privette (1-0)Wood (3-2)Beal (4)5,96516–4–
21March 21WoffordCarolina Stadium4-5$^{11}$Eck (3-1)Beal (1-2)None6,92316–5–
22March 22FloridaCarolina Stadium9-3Price (3-1)Rodriguez (3-1)None8,24217–51–3
23March 23FloridaCarolina Stadium2-8Johnson (4-0)Koumas (1-2)None8,24217–61–4
24March 24FloridaCarolina Stadium4-5Maddox (2-0)Price (3-2)None8,24217–71–5
25March 27@The CitadelJoe Riley Park7-3Montgomery (1-0)Tompkins (0-1)None4,41718–7–
26March 30@VanderbiltHawkins Field8-3Roth (3-0)Ziomek (2-4)Price (1)2,52519–72–5
27March 31@VanderbiltHawkins Field4-12Beede (1-3)Beal (1-3)Miller (2)3,11319–82–6 :
April
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
28April 1@VanderbiltHawkins Field6-4$^{13}$Montgomery (2-0)Pfeifer (0-1)None2,85120–83–6
29April 4@College of CharlestonPatriot's Point7-0Westmoreland (2-0)West (2-3)None1,76721–8–
30April 6TennesseeCarolina Stadium4-5Steckenrider (3-2)Price (3-3)Blount (8)8,24221–93–7
31April 7TennesseeCarolina Stadium2-1Webb (3-0)Watson (3-1)None7,44822–94–7
32April 8TennesseeCarolina Stadium6-1Holmes (4-0)Williams (2-3)Beal (5)6,98123–95–7
33April 10The CitadelCarolina Stadium8-0Belcher (2-1)Clarkson (1-3)None7,12924–9–
34April 11@Francis MarionClifford Cormell Field4-5Broderick (6-1)Westmoreland (2-1)Stoner (2)1,75524–10–
35April 13Mississippi StateCarolina Stadium7-6Beal (2-3)Reed (0-5)Price (2)8,10525–106–7
36April 14Mississippi StateCarolina Stadium5-3Montgomery (3-0)Graveman (2-2)Price (3)8,24226–107–7
37April 15Mississippi StateCarolina Stadium6-4Holmes (5-0)Mitchell (1-1)Webb (2)7,01127–108–7
38April 17College of CharlestonCarolina Stadium3-4West (4-3)Belcher (2-2)Peterson (9)6,91327–11–
39April 20@AuburnPlainsman Park12-5Roth (4-0)Varnadore (1-6)None2,94928–119–7
40April 21@AuburnPlainsman Park5-3Montgomery (4-0)Jacobs (5-1)Price (4)3,70129–1110–7
41April 22@AuburnPlainsman Park11-7Holmes (6-0)Koger (2-4)None2,74730–1111–7
-April 26AlabamaCarolina StadiumSuspended
42April 27AlabamaCarolina Stadium1-0Webb (4-0)Keller (1-3)Price (5)7,40331–1112–7
43April 27AlabamaCarolina Stadium12-11Belcher (3-2)Keller (1-4)None8,24232–1113–7
44April 28AlabamaCarolina Stadium9-1Belcher (4-2)Kamplain (1-4)None8,24233–1114–7 :
May
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
45May 2DavidsonCarolina Stadium2-1Koumas (2-2)Russell (4-5)Price (6)7,17734–11–
46May 4@ArkansasBaum Stadium8-6$^{10}$Beal (3-3)Astin (2-4)Price (7)8,98235–1115–7
47May 5@ArkansasBaum Stadium6-7Wright (1-0)Montgomery (4-1)Astin (9)8,77435–1215–8
48May 6@ArkansasBaum Stadium10-7Price (4-3)Baxendale (6-3)None8,46136–1216–8
49May 9FurmanCarolina Stadium7-0Seddon (2-0)Carlson (1-5)None6,77437–12–
50May 11@GeorgiaFoley Field3-0Roth (5-0)Wood (6-2)Price (8)2,74438–1217–8
51May 12@GeorgiaFoley Field5-6Nagel (1-1)Price (4-4)None2,68638–1317–9
–May 13@GeorgiaFoley FieldCancelled
–May 15USC UpstateCarolina StadiumCancelled
–May 17LSUCarolina StadiumPostponed
52May 18LSUCarolina Stadium2-5Gausman (9-1)Roth (5-1)None7,91438–1417–10
53May 18LSUCarolina Stadium5-4Webb (5-0)Nola (6-4)Price (9)8,24239–1418–10
54May 19LSUCarolina Stadium2-3$^{10}$Cotton (6-0)Beal (3-4)Goody (10)8,24239–1518–11 :
Post-season :
SEC Tournament
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSECT record
55May 23VanderbiltRegions Park2-3Ziomek (5-6)Webb (5-1)Clinard (5)6,86039–160–1
56May 24AuburnRegions Park5-3Roth (6-1)Luckie (2-2)Price (10)40–161–1
57May 25FloridaRegions Park2-7Johnson (7-4)Holmes (6-1)None9,06740–171–2 :
NCAA Regionals
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
58June 1ManhattanCarolina Stadium7-0Holmes (7-1)Sewitt (11-2)None7,04341–171–0
59June 2ClemsonCarolina Stadium5-4$^{12}$Beal (4-4)Brady (1-3)None8,24242–172–0
60June 3ClemsonCarolina Stadium4-3Montgomery (5-1)Haselden (4-2)Webb (3)8,24243–173–0 :
NCAA Super Regionals
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
61June 9OklahomaCarolina Stadium5-0Roth (7-1)John (8-8)None8,24244–174–0
-June 10OklahomaCarolina StadiumSuspended
62June 11OklahomaCarolina Stadium5-1Webb (6-1)Okert (9-8)Price (11)8,24245–175–0 :
College World Series
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
63June 16FloridaTD Ameritrade Park7-3Roth (8-1)Johnson (8-5)Price (12)25,29146–176–0
64June 18ArkansasTD Ameritrade Park1-2Stanek (8-4)Holmes (7-2)Astin (11)23,53746–186–1
-June 20Kent StateTD Ameritrade ParkPostponed
65June 21Kent StateTD Ameritrade Park4-1Roth (9-1)Skulina (11-3)None47–187–1
66June 21ArkansasTD Ameritrade Park2-0Montgomery (6-1)Fant (2-3)Price (13)23,59348–188–1
67June 22ArkansasTD Ameritrade Park3-2Price (5-4)Suggs (7-1)None22,18449–189–1
68June 24ArizonaTD Ameritrade Park1-5Wade (11-3)Koumas (2-3)None24,74849–199–2
69June 25ArizonaTD Ameritrade Park1-4Troupe (6-1)Price (5-5)None23,87249–209–3 :
2012 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

* Michael Roth was named 2011-12 SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Male Scholar-Athlete Of The Year.
* Jordan Montgomery was named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 9.
* Grayson Greiner was named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 16.
* Michael Roth was named First-Team Capital One Academic All-American.
* Michael Roth was named SEC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
* Christian Walker was named First Team All-SEC, Matt Price was named Second Team All-SEC, Tanner English, Grayson Greiner and Joey Pankake were named Freshman All-SEC, and Michael Roth and Evan Marzilli were named Defensive All-SEC.
* Adam Matthews was named MVP of the NCAA Columbia Regional. LB Dantzler, Colby Holmes, Jordan Montgomery, Joey Pankake and Chase Vergason were also named to the All-Tournament team.

## 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' | 2 | 2* | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | — | — | 2 |
| Baseball America | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | — | — | 2 |
| Collegiate Baseball^ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| NCBWA† | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
^ 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 2012 MLB Draft

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft.
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | MLB Team |
| Christian Walker | 1B | 4th | 132nd | Baltimore Orioles |
| Matt Price | RHP | 7th | 222nd | Baltimore Orioles |
| Evan Marzilli | OF | 8th | 273rd | Arizona Diamondbacks |
| Michael Roth | LHP | 9th | 297th | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim |
| Adam Matthews | OF | 29th | 892nd | Cincinnati Reds |