Blake Jackson’s Walk-off Home Run Lifts Gamecocks To Stunning 6-5 Win

Call it the Blake Jackson game. The transfer outfielder from Charlotte had South Carolina’s only extra base hit of the first eight innings, a second inning double which was a precursor to a frustrating missed scoring chance. Then he homered leading off the ninth. And then ending the 10th. South Carolina stunned No. 4 Kentucky with a two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th, landing the Gamecocks a 6-5 victory after trailing 4-1 in the bottom of the ninth. It was a stupendous, almost impossible rally in the frame prior, as the Gamecocks only had four hits...