COLUMBIA, S.C. --Freshman Alexis Lindsey blasted a one-out grand slam in the bottom of the sixth to give No. 21 South Carolina a 12-1 win over Liberty in six innings on Friday night to start the Carolina Classic at Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field. This marks the second-consecutive game the Gamecocks have hit a pinch hit home run after Tiara Duffy blasted one in the bottom of the first in the 15-0 win in five innings over Lehigh on Sunday in Orlando, Fla.
Carolina (16-1) lived off the deep ball in the win, as Alyssa Kumiyama and Alyssa VanDerveer hit back-to-back home runs in the third inning to give Carolina the 4-0 lead it wouldn't surrender.