South Carolina head coach Paul Mainieri is encouraged by the early tough games for the Gamecocks. While the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team is undefeated, not every game has been pretty. The Gamecocks had a tight contest against Winthrop,

First-year South Carolina baseball coach Paul Mainieri will get his first taste of the Palmetto Series rivalry with Clemson this weekend Jeff Blake Jeff Blake Photo It’s time for the 2025 Palmetto Series.

Paul Mainieri announced the pitching rotation for undefeated South Carolina's rivalry series with No. 7 Clemson.

Paul Mainieri will have to wait for his first Palmetto Series win. Clemson baseball continued its hot start and clinched a series win over South Carolina and Mainieri with a 5-1 victory at Fluor Field in Greenville on Saturday.

South Carolina and Clemson reengage in their annual rivalry baseball series beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday. Three games in three days in three ballparks.

Paul Mainieri stood on the grass of Fluor Field on Saturday — having already lost his first Palmetto series before every even facing Clemson at home — sounded like a man who lost his wallet and was prepared to trek through a sewer if that’s what it took.

With Paul Mainieri putting out a much different-looking lineup, the Gamecocks (8-0) came to life and earned a 14-4 run-rule win to complete a sweep of Milwaukee on Sunday. Right from the jump, South Carolina came out swinging as Blake Jackson and Ethan Petry hit back-to-back RBI doubles in a three-run first inning.

South Carolina pitcher Eli Jerzembeck, the projected ace of the staff, is out for the season, coach Paul Mainieri announced on Thursday. He missed 2024 as well

Paul Mainieri leads South Carolina baseball through early season successes, focusing on beating Clemson, showcasing strong pitching, and improving offense.

The Paul Mainieri era at South Carolina starts off with a three-game performance where the pitching staff recorded 45 strikeouts & just four walks in the three games

Even more problematic: Of South Carolina’s limited offense, most of the damage was courtesy of just two guys: Petry and leadoff hitter Nathan Hall, a Clemson transfer. That duo combined to for 7 hits and 3 walks. The rest of South Carolina totaled 8 hits and 6 walks.

Following a 5-1 loss to No. 13 Clemson on Saturday, South Carolina head coach Paul Mainieri spoke to the media in Greenville. Here’s everything he had to say. What did you think of the outing from Jake McCoy today?