College Baseball // Arkansas 6, South Carolina 4

COLUMBIA — Arkansas starting pitcher Dallas Keuchel (5-0) limited the Gamecocks to three runs on seven hits and Scott Lyons and Zack Cox each homered as the Razorbacks defeated South Carolina 6-4 in the first of a three-game SEC series at Carolina Stadium.

Arkansas (21-5, 9-1) was retired in order into the fourth inning when Lyons tied the game with a solo homer. Jacob House later drove in Ben Tschepikow with a two-out single for a 2-1 lead. The lead grew to 3-1 in the fifth on Chase Leavitt's RBI single.

The long ball made it 6-1 when Cox belted a three-run shot to right-center.

South Carolina (19-9, 4-6) mounted a rally in the late innings with a run in the sixth and two more in the seventh. In the sixth inning, Carolina loaded the bases with two outs with Justin Dalles driving in a run on a line drive that hit the third base bag. The Gamecocks pulled within 6-4 in the seventh inning on Whit Merrifield's two-run homer to right center, his fifth home run of the season.

USC's DeAngelo Mack extended his hitting streak to 10 games, but an 0-for-5 day ended Jackie Bradley Jr. 's hitting streak at 11.

E—Crisp. LOB—ARK 8, USC 7. 2B—Eibner. HR—Lyons, Cox, Merrifield. SH—Kuhn. SB—Leavitt, Tschepikow.

HBP—by Dyson (Cisterna), by Keuchel (Ebert).

Time—2:54. Att—6,461.