Palmetto State Baseball team of the week, April 1-7: USC Union

USC Union (2-2 for the week)

(went 2-2 vs. Gaston College)

I can't say for sure whether I've ever had a team of the week winner who went .500 for the week in question - until today.

What USC Union accomplished was just took much to ignore.

 

On both Saturday and Sunday, nationally top-ranked junior college power Gaston College drubbed the Bantams in Game 1 of a doubleheader, only to have coach Micah Stancil's USC Union squad rebound to win the nightcap by a single run.

Gaston College won the series opener, 31-11, in five innings and led 28-0 until the Bantams scored 10 runs in the fourth. How would you like to have been going back on defense after a 10-run inning, realizing you're still down by 18?

USC Union bounced back to take the second game, 5-4, on Michael Barron's walk-off double.

It was more of the same on Sunday. Gaston took a five-inning 14-0 win in Game 1, but couldn't solve Bantams starter Blake Baldwin in his 5 1/3 innings of the nightcap. A Mason Elron hit in the fifth put the Bantams ahead and they held on.

Up next: Saturday-Sunday at Florence-Darlington Tech, which took over first place in NJCAA Region 10 with the assist from the Bantams.

Also considered

Clemson (3-0) - 11 straight ACC series wins

Coker (3-1)
College of Charleston (3-1)
Columbia International (3-1)
Erskine (3-1)
Florence-Darlington Tech (5-0) - winning streak hits 25
Lander (4-0)

North Greenville (3-1) -

Presbyterian (3-1)
USC Upstate (3-1)

Wofford (4-1)

Previous winners
Jan. 28-Feb. 4: Lander
Feb. 5-11: Voorhees

Feb. 12-18: Presbyterian

Feb. 19-25: USC Sumter

Feb. 26-March 3: Limestone
March 4-10: Coastal Carolina

March 11-17: USC Upstate

March 18-24: Clemson

March 25-31: Florence-Darlington Tech