No. 13 South Carolina was ice cold at the plate on Friday night as they were shut out 5-0 by No. 18 Tennessee in the series opener.
The game was scoreless until the third inning, when the Volunteers took a 1-0 lead on a single by Hunter Ensley. Tennessee tacked on three more runs in the next inning, going up 4-0 thanks to a homer by Dylan Dreiling and another Ensley base hit. The Vols’ final run of the game came in the sixth on another single from Ensley.
Gamecocks starter Eli Jones worked four innings and allowed seven hits and four runs.