Oklahoma scored four runs on four hits in the first inning. Brandon Stone settled down after that to give the Gamecocks five innings.

The Gamecocks and Bulldogs each had seven hits in the game. Brooke Blankenship led Carolina at the dish going 2-for-3.

Oklahoma commemorated its SEC baseball entrance with a gutsy 8-5 victory at South Carolina Friday night, improving to 16-1 on the season while taking the opener of a three-game "Welcome to the Big ...