The Gamecocks and Florida should have a great 3 game SEC baseball series this weekend as they battle for first place in the SEC East. The USC bats are heating up at just the right time. Jackie Bradley Jr. has broken out of his slump in a big way and Adam Matthews had a great day Tuesday with two home runs and three hits. They have another warm up contest today against a Rhode Island team (7-9) that’s not very good.

The Gators are 19-2 on the year after a 22-5 victory against Winthrop Tuesday night. Tonight they conclude the series with Winthrop. Florida ranked #1 swept a weekend series with #5 LSU over the weekend. What makes that even more impressive is they swept LSU at LSU. That’s not an easy feat. Florida has swept all five of it’s weekend series this year. They have a 9 game winning streak and will most likely come into the series with a 10 game winning streak. This should be a great battle of these 2 conference rivals.

USC will have to play it’s best baseball of the year to win the series at Florida and improve their chances the for the SEC baseball championship. Florida has tough pitching and great hitting. They made a comeback on Sunday against LSU in the top of the ninth when they were down one run. Look for freshmen right-hander Karsten Whitson (3-0) 2.52 ERA to get a start along with Hudson Randall (3-0)0.85 ERA and Brian Johnson (4-0) 1.53 ERA. They don’t give up many runs.

 SEC  baseball will show again this weekend why it’s where the top college baseball  in the nation is played when these two powerhouses hook up.