Following an 11-4 loss to Mississippi State on Saturday, South Carolina head coach Paul Mainier spoke to the media. Here’s everything he had to say.
Mississippi State’s reliever Chase Hungate seemed to be the difference in the game. What made him so effective against you guys?
“Well, by the time he came in the game, we were already well behind. He just threw the ball over the plate. We just didn’t get a lot of good swings. We just had a tough day on the mound today. Our starting pitching performance was very poor. Poor control, and then we fall behind in counts. When they threw it over the plate in hitters’ counts with the wind gailing out, they hit five home runs. So you can’t be pitching behind in the count, and if you walk batters and then give up a home run, it all adds up. It was just a poor pitching performance on our part today…