2004 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

2004 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball
SEC Baseball Tournament champion Columbia Regional champions Columbia Super Regional champions
College World Series 3–2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
CB	No. 3
Record	53–17 (17–13 SEC)
Head coach	Ray Tanner (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Jim Toman (8th season) Jerry Meyers (8th season)
Home stadium	Sarge Frye Field

2004 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 4 Georgia  ^x‍†‍‍^y	19	–	11		.633			45	–	23		.662
No. 3 South Carolina  ‍‍‡‍^y	17	–	13		.567			53	–	17		.757
No. 18 Florida  ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13		.567			43	–	22		.662
No. 17 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14		.533			45	–	19		.703
Tennessee  ‍‍‍^y	14	–	16		.467			38	–	24		.613
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	7	–	23		.233			24	–	30		.444
Western
No. 7 Arkansas  ^x‍†‍‍^y	19	–	11		.633			45	–	24		.652
No. 8 LSU  ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12		.600			46	–	19		.708
No. 24 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12		.600			39	–	21		.650
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍^y	13	–	17		.433			35	–	24		.593
Auburn  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			32	–	24		.571
Alabama  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			29	–	26		.527
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2004[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2004 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks played their home games at Sarge Frye Field. The team was coached by Ray Tanner in his 8th season at South Carolina.

Roster

2004 South Carolina Gamecocks roster
	Pitchers 23 Aaron Rawl 3 Matt Campbell 23 Billy Buckner 18 Jason Fletcher 19 Zac McCamie 38 Arik Hempy 12 Cliff Donald 41 Harris Honeycutt		Catchers 10 Landon Powell 40 Ryan Mahoney Infielders 4 Steve Pearce 9 Bryan Triplett 8 Steven Tolleson 27 Kevin Melillo 25 Hank Parks 30 David Cash 24 Trey McDaniel 16 Tommy King		Outfielders 5 Brendon Winn 7 Michael Campbell 29 Davy Gregg 6 Mark Stanley 28 Nick Gardiner

College World Series lineup

Starting lineup
Name	Position
Brian Triplett	Third base
Steven Tolleson	Shortstop
Steve Pearce	First base
Landon Powell	Catcher
Kevin Melillo	Second base
Brenden Winn	Right field
Michael Campbell	Left field
Nick Gardiner	Designated hitter
Davy Gregg	Center field

Schedule and results

Legend
	South Carolina win
	South Carolina loss
	South Carolina tie

2004 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball game log (53–17)
Regular season (41–15)
February (9–0) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record February 13 Charleston Southern Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 3–2 1–0 – February 14 Charleston Southern Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 38–0 2–0 – February 15 Charleston Southern Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 3–0 3–0 – February 20 UNC Wilmington Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 7–4 4–0 – February 21 UNC Wilmington Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 20–3 5–0 – February 22 UNC Wilmington Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 12–0 6–0 – February 28 vs Duquesne Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 20–2 7–0 – February 28 vs Radford Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 11–0 8–0 – February 29 vs George Mason Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 5–0 9–0 –
March (12–4) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record March 3 Furman Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 7–4 10–0 – March 6 Clemson Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 5–2 11–0 – March 7 at Clemson Beautiful Tiger Field • Clemson, SC 8–7 12–0 – March 9 Yale Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 6–1 13–0 – March 10 Yale Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 9–2 14–0 – March 12 Delaware State Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 4–2 15–0 – March 13 Delaware State Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 7–0 16–0 – March 14 Delaware State Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 16–3 17–0 – March 16 Davidson Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 10–1 18–0 – March 19 LSU Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 3–6 18–1 0–1 March 20 LSU Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 12–5 19–1 1–1 March 21 LSU Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 7–12 19–2 1–2 March 23 Wofford Russell C. King Field • Spartanburg, SC 12–1 20–2 1–2 March 26 at Arkansas Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, AR 3–5 20–3 1–3 March 27 at Arkansas Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, AR 4–5 20–4 1–4 March 28 at Arkansas Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, AR 10–2 21–4 2–4
April (10–7) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record April 2 at Vanderbilt Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN 2–6 21–5 2–5 April 3 at Vanderbilt Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN 6–3 22–5 3–5 April 4 at Vanderbilt Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN 10–4 23–5 4–5 April 7 Clemson Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 4–9 23–6 4–5 April 9 Florida Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 5–4 24–6 5–5 April 10 Florida Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 8–9 24–7 5–6 April 11 Florida Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 7–6 25–7 6–6 April 14 Clemson Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 5–13 25–8 6–6 April 16 at Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY 3–6 25–9 6–7 April 17 at Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY 6–11 25–10 6–8 April 18 at Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY 5–3 26–10 7–8 April 21 The Citadel Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 5–2 27–10 7–8 April 23 Alabama Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 6–3 28–10 8–8 April 24 Alabama Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 4–7 28–11 8–9 April 25 Alabama Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 1–0 29–11 9–9 April 28 Wofford Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 3–0 30–11 9–9 April 30 Ole Miss Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 7–3 31–11 10–9
May (10–4) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record May 1 Ole Miss Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 1–6 31–12 10–10 May 2 Ole Miss Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 3–0 32–12 11–10 May 7 at Auburn Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL 9–12 32–13 11–11 May 8 at Auburn Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL 3–1 33–13 12–11 May 9 at Auburn Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL 12–11 34–13 13–11 May 11 vs. North Carolina Fort Mill, SC 9–4 35–13 13–11 May 12 at The Citadel Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC 6–1 36–13 13–11 May 14 Tennessee Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 2–1 37–13 14–11 May 15 Tennessee Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 2–0 38–13 15–11 May 16 Tennessee Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 12–8 39–13 16–11 May 19 Wofford Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 5–3 40–13 16–11 May 21 at Georgia Foley Field • Athens, GA 1–5 40–14 16–12 May 22 at Georgia Foley Field • Athens, GA 4–6 40–15 16–13 May 23 at Georgia Foley Field • Athens, GA 8–2 41–15 17–13
Postseason (12–2)
SEC Tournament (4–0) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record May 26 vs Ole Miss Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 7–6 42–15 17–13 May 27 vs Tennessee Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 5–1 43–15 17–13 May 29 vs Arkansas Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 3–2 44–15 17–13 May 30 vs Vanderbilt Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 3–2 45–15 17–13
Columbia Regional (3–0) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record June 4 The Citadel Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 12–4 46–15 17–13 June 5 North Carolina Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 5–2 47–15 17–13 June 6 North Carolina Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 7–6 48–15 17–13
Columbia Super Regional (2–0) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record June 5 East Carolina Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 4–2 49–15 17–13 June 6 East Carolina Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC 5–3 50–15 17–13
2004 College World Series (3–2) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record June 19 vs Cal State Fullerton Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE 0–3 50–16 17–13 June 21 vs LSU Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE 15–4 51–16 17–13 June 22 vs Miami (FL) Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE 15–11 52–16 17–13 June 23 vs Cal State Fullerton Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE 5–3 53–16 17–13 June 24 vs Cal State Fullerton Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE 0–4 53–17 17–13
Schedule Source:[2]

Awards and honors

Landon Powell

• All Tournament Team^[3]

Steve Pearce

• All Tournament Team^[3]

Bryan Triplett

• All Tournament Team^[3]

Gamecocks in the 2004 MLB Draft

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft.^[4]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	MLB Club
1	24	Landon Powell	C	Oakland Athletics
1	29	Matt Campbell	P	Kansas City Royals
2	55	Billy Buckner	P	Kansas City Royals
5	157	Kevin Melillo	2B	Oakland Athletics
6	175	Chad Blackwell	P	Kansas City Royals
12	364	Bryan Triplett	SS	Houston Astros
19	555	Chris Nowak	3B	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
48	1421	Brad Key	3B	Cincinnati Reds

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2004". boydsworld.com. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
2. "2018 South Carolina Baseball Media Guide" (PDF) (Press release). University of South Carolina Athletics. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
3. "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
4. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks from the University of South Carolina". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved March 9, 2021.