2026 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

Record22–24 (7–14 SEC)

Headcoach

Paul Mainieri (2nd season; first 23 games)
Monte Lee (interim, rest of season)

2026 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball

Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	22–24 (7–14 SEC)
Head coach	Paul Mainieri (2nd season; first 23 games) Monte Lee (interim, rest of season)
Home stadium	Founders Park
Seasons ← 2025 2027 →

2026 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Georgia ‍‍‍	15	–	6	.714	35	–	11	.761
No. 7 Texas A&M ‍‍‍	14	–	6	.700	34	–	8	.810
No. 4 Texas ‍‍‍	13	–	7	.650	33	–	9	.786
No. 10 Mississippi State ‍‍‍	13	–	8	.619	35	–	10	.778
No. 8 Auburn ‍‍‍	12	–	9	.571	30	–	13	.698
No. 17 Ole Miss ‍‍‍	11	–	10	.524	31	–	15	.674
No. 15 Oklahoma ‍‍‍	11	–	10	.524	29	–	14	.674
No. 25 Florida ‍‍‍	11	–	10	.524	29	–	16	.644
No. 22 Arkansas ‍‍‍	11	–	10	.524	29	–	16	.644
Tennessee ‍‍‍	10	–	11	.476	30	–	15	.667
No. 24 Alabama ‍‍‍	10	–	11	.476	29	–	16	.644
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍	10	–	11	.476	27	–	19	.587
Kentucky ‍‍‍	9	–	12	.429	27	–	15	.643
South Carolina ‍‍‍	7	–	14	.333	22	–	24	.478
LSU ‍‍‍	6	–	15	.286	25	–	21	.543
Missouri ‍‍‍	4	–	17	.190	21	–	23	.477

As of April 28, 2026^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2026 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represents the University of South Carolina in the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks play their home games at Founders Park in Columbia, South Carolina. Head coach Paul Mainieri leads the team in his second season.

2026 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball game log (22–24)

Regular season (22–24)

February (7–4)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
February 13 (DH-1)	Northern Kentucky		Founders Park Columbia, South Carolina	W 5–2	Gunther (1–0)	Fry (0–1)	Valentin (1)	SECN+	6,503	1–0	—
February 13 (DH-2)	Northern Kentucky		Founders Park	W 6–5	Foster (1–0)	Lange (0–1)	None	SECN+	6,245	2–0	—
February 14	Northern Kentucky		Founders Park	L 2–3	Little (1–0)	Parks (0–1)	Stout (1)	SECN+	6,928	2–1	—
February 17	vs. Wofford		Fifth Third Park Spartanburg, South Carolina	W 8–2	Chicoli (1–0)	Little (0–1)	None	ESPN+	4,197	3–1	—
February 18	Gardner–Webb		Founders Park	W 12–2⁸	Russell (1–0)	Putnam (0–1)	None	SECN+	6,142	4–1	—
February 20	Army		Founders Park	L 5–9	Ramirez (1–0)	Goodman (0–1)	None	SECN+	7,100	4–2	—
February 21	Navy		Founders Park	W 8–0	Phillips (1–0)	Archibald (0–2)	None	SECN+	6,910	5–2	—
February 22	Air Force		Founders Park	W 4–2	Russell (2–0)	Dillinger (0–1)	Valentin (2)	SECN+	6,927	6–2	—
February 25	Queens		Founders Park	L 8–9	Quezada (1–1)	Chicoli (1–1)	None	SECN+	6,042	6–3	—
February 27	No. 15 Clemson		Founders Park	W 7–0	Gunther (2–0)	Knaak (0–1)	None	SECN+	8,242	7–3	—
February 28	vs. No. 15 Clemson		Segra Park	L 1–4	Sharman (3–0)	Phillips (1–1)	None	ACCNX	8,480	7–4	—

March (7–12)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
March 1	at No. 15 Clemson		Doug Kingsmore Stadium Clemson, South Carolina	L 2–7	Titsworth (2–0)	Goodman (0–2)	None	ACCNX	6,678	7–5	—
March 3	USC Upstate		Founders Park	W 12–3	Parks (1–1)	Kaplan (2–1)	None	SECN+	6,039	8–5	—
March 4	Charleston Southern		Founders Park	W 4–1	Stone (1–0)	Hopke (1–1)	Valentin (3)	SECN+	6,239	9–5	—
March 7 (DH-1)	Princeton		Founders Park	W 10–7	Parks (2–1)	Kim (0–2)	Valentin (4)	SECN+	6,015	10–5	—
March 7 (DH-2)	Princeton		Founders Park	W 4–3	Stone (2–0)	Penney (0–2)	None	SECN+	5,927	11–5	—
March 8	Princeton		Founders Park	W 13–1⁷	Phillips (2–1)	Kaufman (1–1)	None	SECN+	5,944	12–5	—
March 10	at The Citadel		Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park Charleston, South Carolina	L 3–8	Buffkin (1–0)	Philpott (0–1)	Gibson (2)	ESPN+	4,329	12–6	—
March 13	at No. 23 Florida		Condron Ballpark Gainesville, Florida	L 0–1¹⁰	Whritenour (2–0)	Stone (0–1)	None	SECN+	5,255	12–7	0–1
March 14	at No. 23 Florida		Condron Ballpark	L 0–3	King (3–1)	Phillips (2–2)	Barberi (1)	SECN+	5,340	12–8	0–2
March 15	at No. 23 Florida		Condron Ballpark	L 7–13⁷	Walls (3–0)	Valentin (0–1)	None	SECN+	4,784	12–9	0–3
March 17	Charlotte		Founders Park	L 8–11	Taylor (3–1)	Goodman (0–3)	Stanton (2)	SECN+	5,938	12–10	—
March 20	No. 4 Arkansas		Founders Park	L 6–22⁷	Gaeckle (3–1)	Gunther (2–1)	None	SECN+	6,737	12–11	0–4
March 21	No. 4 Arkansas		Founders Park	L 2–3¹⁰	Gibler (3–0)	Valentin (0–2)	None	SECN+	6,822	12–12	0–5
March 22	No. 4 Arkansas		Founders Park	W 9–4	Stone (3–1)	Fisher (2–2)	None	SECN+	6,404	13–12	1–5
March 24	vs. No. 13 North Carolina		Truist Field Charlotte, North Carolina	L 1–9	McDuffie (5–1)	Chicoli (1–2)	None	ACCNX	2,960	13–13	—
March 27	at No. 7 Georgia		Foley Field Athens, Georgia	L 2–5	Volchko (5–0)	Gunther (2–2)	Byrd (3)	SECN+	3,438	13–14	1–6
March 28	at No. 7 Georgia		Foley Field	L 1–3	Scott (5–0)	Phillips (2–3)	None	SECN+	3,285	13–15	1–7
March 29	at No. 7 Georgia		Foley Field	L 7–9	Byrd (2–1)	Philpott (0–2)	None	SECN+	3,131	13–16	1–8
March 31	Wofford		Founders Park	W 11–1⁷	Valentin (1–2)	Gray (1–1)	None	SECN+	6,658	14–16	—

April (8–8)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
April 2	No. 2 Texas		Founders Park	W 9–1	Russell (3–0)	Riojas (5–1)	Philpott (1)	SECN+	6,657	15–16	2–8
April 3	No. 2 Texas		Founders Park	L 3–5	Harrison (4–0)	Gunther (2–3)	Cozart (3)	SECN+	6,609	15–17	2–9
April 4	No. 2 Texas		Founders Park	L 1–4	Volantis (4–0)	Phillips (2–4)	Cozart (4)	SECN+	7,025	15–18	2–10
April 7	Charleston		Founders Park	L 4–6	Hench (1–0)	Philpott (0–3)	None	SECN+	6,640	15–19	—
April 9	at Missouri		Taylor Stadium Columbia, Missouri	W 5–1	Stone (4–1)	McDevitt (3–3)	Russell (1)	ESPNU	1,512	16–19	3–10
April 10	at Missouri		Taylor Stadium	W 1–0	Phillips (3–4)	Kehlenbrink (3–5)	Philpott (2)	SECN+	1,260	17–19	4–10
April 11	at Missouri		Taylor Stadium	W 6–4	Parks (3–1)	Rosand (1–3)	Philpott (3)	SECN+	1,396	18–19	5–10
April 14	Davidson		Founders Park	W 8–6	Prisco (1–0)	Taggart (1–1)	Parks (1)	SECN+	6,228	19–19	—
April 17	No. 17 Mississippi State		Founders Park	L 3–5	Valincius (7–1)	Stone (4–2)	Davis (5)	SECN+	6,752	19–20	5–11
April 18	No. 17 Mississippi State		Founders Park	L 0–9	Stone (6–1)	Phillips (3–5)	None	SECN+	6,735	19–21	5–12
April 19	No. 17 Mississippi State		Founders Park	L 3–4¹¹	Webb (1–1)	Russell (3–1)	None	SECN+	6,459	19–22	5–13
April 21	Presbyterian		Founders Park	W 9–3	Chicoli (2–2)	Meredith (1–3)	None	SECN+	6,220	20–22	—
April 24	Kentucky		Founders Park	W 10–9	Parks (4–1)	Jelkin (6–2)	Marlatt (1)	SECN+	6,610	21–22	6–13
April 25	Kentucky		Founders Park	W 9–4	Stone (5–2)	Boone (2–1)	None	SECN+	6,625	22–22	7–13
April 26	Kentucky		Founders Park	L 5–9	Sams (1–0)	Philpott (0–4)	Bennett (1)	SECN+	6,542	22–23	7–14
April 28	The Citadel		Founders Park	L 0–4	Davis (2–1)	Gunther (2–4)	Gibson (6)	SECN+	6,530	22–24	—

May (0–0)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
May 1	at LSU		Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field Baton Rouge, Louisiana					SECN+		–	—
May 2	at LSU		Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field					SECN+		–	—
May 3	at LSU		Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field					SECN+		–	—
May 8	Alabama		Founders Park					SECN+		–	—
May 9	Alabama		Founders Park					SECN+		–	—
May 10	Alabama		Founders Park					SECN+		–	—
May 12	Winthrop		Founders Park					SECN+		–	—
May 14	at Vanderbilt		Hawkins Field Nashville, Tennessee					SECN+		–	—
May 15	at Vanderbilt		Hawkins Field					SECN+		–	—
May 16	at Vanderbilt		Hawkins Field					SECN+		–	—

Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled
Bold = Mississippi State team member
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

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v t e South Carolina Gamecocks baseball
Stadium	Sarge Frye Field (1977–2008) Founders Park (2009–present)
Rivalries	Clemson
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
National championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

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2026 SEC baseball records v t e Source: 2026 SEC baseball game results, 2026 SEC baseball schedule
Tm	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZ	OKL	OMS	SCA	TEN	TEX	TAM	VAN	Tm	SR	SW
ALA	10–11		0–3	3–0	3–0	.	0–3	.	.	.	2–1	5/16	5/10	1–2	1–2	.	5/3	ALA	3–4	2–2
ARK	11–10	3–0		1–2	0–3	1–2	5/16	.	2–1	2–1	5/10	5/3	2–1	.	.	.	.	ARK	4–3	1–1
AUB	12–9	0–3	2–1		2–1	5/16	2–1	.	5/10	3–0	2–1	.	.	.	1–2	5/3	.	AUB	5–2	1–1
FLA	11–10	0–3	3–0	1–2		2–1	5/10	5/16	.	.	5/3	1–2	3–0	.	.	1–2	.	FLA	3–4	2–1
UGA	15–6	.	2–1	5/16	1–2		.	5/10	3–0	5/3	.	2–1	3–0	2–1	.	2–1	.	UGA	6–1	2–0
KEN	9–12	3–0	5/16	1–2	5/10	.		1–2	.	1–2	.	1–2	1–2	5/3	.	.	1–2	KEN	1–6	1–0
LSU	6–15	.	.	.	5/16	5/10	2–1		0–3	.	1–2	0–3	5/3	2–1	.	0–3	1–2	LSU	2–5	0–3
MSU	13–8	.	1–2	5/10	.	0–3	.	3–0		.	.	3–0	3–0	0–3	5/3	5/16	3–0	MSU	4–3	4–2
MIZ	4–17	.	1–2	0–3	.	5/3	2–1	.	.		0–3	.	0–3	1–2	5/16	0–3	5/10	MIZ	1–6	0–4
OKL	11–10	1–2	5/10	1–2	5/3	.	.	2–1	.	3–0		.	.	5/16	0–3	2–1	2–1	OKL	4–3	1–1
OMS	11–10	5/16	5/3	.	2–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	0–3	.	.		.	2–1	1–2	5/10	.	OMS	4–3	1–1
SCA	7–14	5/10	1–2	.	0–3	0–3	2–1	5/3	0–3	3–0	.	.		.	1–2	.	5/16	SCA	2–5	1–3
TEN	10–11	2–1	.	.	.	1–2	5/3	1–2	3–0	2–1	5/16	1–2	.		5/10	.	0–3	TEN	3–4	1–1
TEX	13–7	2–1	.	2–1	.	.	.	.	5/3	5/16	3–0	2–1	2–1	5/10		0–2	2–1	TEX	6–1	1–0
TAM	14–6	.	.	5/3	2–1	1–2	.	3–0	5/16	3–0	1–2	5/10	.	.	2–0		2–1	TAM	5–2	2–0
VAN	10–11	5/3	.	.	.	.	2–1	2–1	0–3	5/10	1–2	.	5/16	3–0	1–2	1–2		VAN	3–4	1–1
Tm	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZ	OKL	OMS	SCA	TEN	TEX	TAM	VAN	Team	SR	SW

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