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Notes & Quotes: USC-Charleston Southern Game 2

Notes and quotes from South Carolina's 5-4 victory over Charleston Southern at Founders Park Saturday afternoon:

Notes:

** South Carolina left fielder Alex Destino puts the Gamecocks up 2-0 in the first inning with a two-run home run into the Carolina bullpen in right-center. Destino now has four home runs on the season, which is tied for the team lead. Destino was 2-for-3 with 3 RBIs and 2 runs scored.

** South Carolina junior outfielder Dom Thompson-Williams homered for the second straight game and has now reached base in all 16 games that South Carolina has played this season. Thompson-Williams' two-run blast to right center in the fourth inning, put the Gamecocks up 4-0 at the time. He now has four home runs on the season which ties him with Destino and John Jones for the team lead. Thompson-Williams was 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs.

** South Carolina starter Braden Webb earned the win with 5.2 shutout innings. He allowed just 3 hits and 2 walks while striking out four batters. Webb improves to 3-1 this season.

** South Carolina pitchers threw 15 straight scoreless innings versus Charleston Southern before allowing a run in the 7th inning. While Webb didn't give up a run, the Carolina bullpen allowed four runs total in the seventh and eighth innings to allow Charleston Southern to cut into a once 5-0 lead.

** Both teams had nine hits Saturday.

** Paid attendance for Saturday's game was 7,412. It was a picture-perfect day at Founders Park and 81 degrees at first pitch.

Quotes:

Webb on how he felt... "I felt a little bit better about my fastball today. I struggled with it last weekend. Came back this weekend and had a pretty good bullpen and just had to rethink on what I was doing. It's just all about how I went into my work for the week and then getting prepared for the weekend."

Thompson-Williams on the home run... "I made an adjustment. My first at-bat, he kind of beat me in a little bit, and I luckily beat it out. My next at-bat, I scooted off the plate a little bit and that's just noticing what he was doing to our other lefties. He was banging out other lefties inside too, so I made a little adjustment. I didn't think it was going to work that quick, but I got a barrel to it."

Destino on the home run... "It was a 3-0 and Coach Holbrook gave me the 'if you like it, hit it,' so in my mind that means either hit the ball extremely hard foul or hit a home run, so I was fortunate enough to get good barrel on the ball and hit that one out. That was a big pick-me-up, especially in the first inning."

Destino on the move to left field... "In my mind, wherever I'm playing, I'm going to play as hard as I can. Outfield is where I've played my whole life. That's where I feel comfortable right now, but if they want me at first base, I'm going to give them my all at whatever position they ask me to play."

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