South Carolina Gamecocks vs. Alabama Crimson Tide: Game two lineups and live thread

Game two between the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Alabama Crimson Tide is set for 2pm and will be shown live on ESPN. Let’s chat about it here on G&C as Carolina looks to take the first two games of the series and set themselves up for the sweep tomorrow–or will Alabama come back today and avenge their loss from last night? (In case you missed it, the Gamecocks topped the Tide, 9-3, in game one–check out our recap here.)

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Starters for both teams in game two:

South Carolina: Marcus Mooney, SS; Gene Cone, RF; Joey Pankake, 3B; Kyle Martin, 1B; Grayson Greiner, C; Taylor Widener, DH; Elliott Caldwell, LF; DC Arendas, 2B; Tanner English, CF. Alabama: Mikey White, SS; Georgie Salem, CF; Ben Moore, RF; Wade Wass, C; Kyle Overstreet, 2B; Austen Smith, 1B; Casey Hughston, LF; Chance Vincent, 3B; Hunter Webb, DH

Pitching: SC–Jack Wynkoop (5-2, 2.07); Alabama–Justin Kamplain (3-2, 3.54)

Weather: Beautiful. 79 degrees at gametime, getting up to around 81 toward the end.