COLUMBIA, S.C. â COLUMBIA â Braylen Wimmer belted two home runs and recorded a career-high five RBIs as the Gamecocks defeated fourth-ranked Vanderbilt Saturday afternoon at Founders Park.
South Carolina won the series from the Commodores, its second series win over a top-five team this year. Earlier this month, the Gamecocks won the Texas series with a similar script where the home team dropped game one before taking the final two games of the series.
Wimmer was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with five RBI and three runs scored while Brandt Belk and Kevin Madden added two hits apiece in the win.
Summerville product Aidan Hunter earned the win in relief, striking out three and allowing two hits with no walks in 2.1 innings. Chapin's Cade Austin earned his first save of the season, pitching the final two frames. Another Chapin product, Matthew Becker, earned the start. He struck out four and allowed seven hits and four earned runs in 4.2 innings.
With the victory, the Gamecocks are now 12-11 overall, 2-4 in the SEC.
They will host Presbyterian College Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m.
