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Hoover Hopkins: Pinch-hit homer fuels USC to win over Kentucky

T.J. Hopkins delivered a pinch-hit, three run home run in the seventh inning Friday to lift South Carolina past Kentucky 3-1 at the SEC tournament.

The Gamecocks (35-24) advance to face LSU at 1 pm Saturday at SEC tournament with a bid in the championship game on the line.

Hopkins’ blast was the Gamecocks’ first pinch-hit homer of the season and first since Matt Williams had one last year vs Rhode Island in the NCAA tournament.

The #Gamecocks celebrate TJ's 3-run bomb pic.twitter.com/q8Mx12WYJ8

— Gamecock Baseball (@GamecockBasebll) May 26, 2017

TJ HOPKINS .