Honeycutt won seven games last season without a loss. He won one game
without a loss as a true freshman before missing the 2005 season with a
medical redshirt.
Jones led the Carolina hitting attack by going 3 for 4 with a pair of
home runs and five RBI's. Center fielder Andrew Crisp went 3 for 5 with
two RBI's. Each player scored three times.
Florida dropped to 19-14, 7-3 in the Southeastern Conference. They
remain a full game ahead of both South Carolina and Vanderbilt, who beat
Alabama 3-0.
South Carolina (25-6, 6-4) wasted little time getting started. Leadoff
hitter Harley Lail singled to left field and later stole second base.
With one out, catcher Trent Kline hit a fly ball just beyond the right
side of the infield. Shortstop Cole Figueroa and second baseman Avery
Barnes failed to communicate and ran into each other misplaying the
ball. Lail scored on the play, while Kline advanced to second. Figueroa
was charged with the error on the play.
The Gamecocks put another run on the board in the top of the second
inning when they bunched three hits together off Florida starter Bryan Augenstein.
Carolina exploded for four runs in the third inning off Augenstein. The
damage was done with two out and one on in the frame. Right fielder
Andrew Crisp ripped a two-run home run over the left field fence. Left
fielder Robbie Grinestaff followed with a single to left. Second baseman
Travis Jones unloaded on an Augenstein offering that cleared the left
field bleachers for yet another two-run shot giving the Gamecocks a 6-0
lead.
Florida loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the fourth.
Catcher Cody Neer singled to center field. Matt den Dekker then followed
with a single to right field before leadoff hitter Jon Townsend walked
on four straight pitches. However, Barnes dribbled the ball back to the
pitcher who threw on to first base for the third out of the inning.
Crisp led of the Carolina fifth with a single and scored on Grinestaff's
double to center field. He later scored on Reese Havens sacrifice fly to
center field for the Gamecocks 8^th run of the contest.
Barnes struck out with two men on base to end the sixth inning. He was 0
for 4 with three strikeouts and was replaced in the lineup by Clayton
Pisani when the Gators took the field in the top of the seventh.
Honeycutt lasted through six and was relived by Alex Farotto in the
seventh and Seth Wideberg to start the eighth. The Gators rallied With
two outs, Hampton Tignor walked and moved to second on den Dekker's
single. Townsend drove in Tignor with a single to right field. Pisani
then singled to score den Dekker for the Gators second run.
Augenstein (3-4) pitched 6.1 innings, allowing 14 hits and 10 earned
runs while throwing 115 pitches. He struck out seven Carolina batters.
The bright spot for Florida offensively was Cody Neer, who went 3 for 3
to raise his average to .293.
Florida will start true freshman left hander Tony Davis (2-0, 0.87)
against South Carolina sophomore left hander Will Atwood (1-1, 2.45).
The first pitch is scheduled for 4pm at McKethan Stadium.