USC sweeps Mizzou on day of records

Source: sports.usatoday.com --- Sunday, April 24, 2016
COLUMBIA – Baseball is a team sport. USC center fielder Gene Cone picked up three hits,knocking in three runs in the Gamecocks 11-1 win over Appalachian State. But, for many reasons, Sunday was Gene Cone Day for South Carolina. The junior outfielder was in the middle of virtually everything the Gamecocks did in a 9-2 Southeastern Conference victory over Missouri. Cone set the USC all-time record for consecutive game hitting streak in the first inning, but didn’t stop there. By the end of the game the Columbia native was five-for-five, including a triple and two doubles. He also scored three runs and knocked in three. It marked only the second time this season a USC batter has recorded a five-hit game. The other game from Alex Destino in an 8-1 USC win over Clemson on March 4. “Gene had an incredible day,” said USC coach Chad Holbrook. “It was a special day for him, not the way he played, but breaking the school record and the hitting streak. He’s been on a great run, a very confident kid who has put his time in and has worked. It is always good to see hard work being paid off.” Not one milking a moment, Cone lined Missouri starter Michael Plassmeyer’s first pitch of the game into the right/centerfield gap. Tigers right fielder Kirby McGuire dove and got his glove on the ball but couldn’t haul it in. By the end of the play, Cone was standing on third with a triple and the owner of the Gamecocks consecutive hitting game hitting str ...

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