COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina used early offense to lead to a 14-3 victory on Wednesday night at Founders Park. Kyle Merkle connected on his second home run of the season for the Blue Hose in the fifth inning. 
  
 FINAL SCORE: South Carolina 14, Presbyterian 3
 LOCATION: Founders Park (Columbia, S.C.)
 RECORDS: Presbyterian (0-4) | South Carolina (4-0)
 WP: Thomas Farr (1-0) | LP: Grayson Stoneking (0-2)
 
 NOTABLES
 - Graham Mitchell led five Blue Hose on Wednesday with a pair of hits in the contest. 
- Freshman Landon Shaw extended his hit streak to four consecutive games with his sixth-inning single.
- Shaw, David Sweat, Zacchaeus Rasberry and Kyle Decker each have reached base safely in all four games in 2020 for PC.
- Freshman Kyle Merkle connected on his second home run in as many games with a two-run shot in the fifth inning.
- Darien Rorabeck had a pair of strikeouts over three innings in his Blue Hose debut. 
  
 HOW IT HAPPENED
 - South Carolina opened the scoring in the first with a pair of runs via an RBI groundout and a two-out RBI single to take the early 2-0 lead after one inning. 
- The hosts added four runs in the second and three in the third to push the lead out to 9-0 as we moved to the fourth.
- PC got on the board in the fifth with a two-run home run from Merkle to cut the S.C. lead to 9-2.
- The Gamecocks answered the next half inning with four runs to push it to a 13-2 lead.
- Presbyterian added a run in the sixth off of a Landon Shaw RBI single.
- South Carolina added a run in the seventh to lead to the 14-3 victory. 
  
 UP NEXT
 - The Blue Hose head to Harley Park in Spartanburg beginning on Friday afternoon against Brown at 12 pm. PC will be at Harley Park on Friday and Saturday before playing Sunday at Russell C. King Field.