South Carolina Baseball was unable to save her series against the Arkansa Razorbacks in Fayetteville this weekend. The Gamecocks have not benefited from several chances that they had to check the final on Sunday, even when they arrived a short 2-0 lead after solo Homeruns by Nathan Hall and Beau Hollins. For Hollin's newcomer, the long ball was the first of his career.
The Homer also looked familiar with older Gamecock fans.
This feeling of familiarity came because Beau's father Dave Hollins met Garnet and Schwarz with 31 balls over the fence from 1985 to 1987.
You can compare the fluctuations of the two players in the following videos.
Although the bat angle differs in front of the pitch, Beau and Dave share very similar punches and fluctuations from the right side. The knee lies are close to the same and the two -handed swings are compact, violent and have a natural buoyancy. It worked out for Pops and Beau also enjoyed a pretty solid start to his college career.
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In addition to the similarities in the bat path, both father and son and a switch hitter are. The two Hollins men regularly earned the game time on the Infield of the Gamecocks -Beckfield as newcomers. Dave played the third basis while Beau plays the first basis. If the rest of Beau's career can reflect his father's statistical success, the GameCocks will have a strong bat in the middle of the order in the coming years.
During his baseball career in South Carolina, Dave Hollins was an all-metro conference duration. He played three seasons in Columbia and scored a basic percentage of over 0.400 every year, beat 61 extra base hits (including 30 in one season) and went more than he failed. His efforts brought him a selection of MLB designs in the sixth round of the San Diego Padres.
The older Hollins became an all-star of the Major League with the Philadelphia Phillies. He also provided a secret Homerun against Atlanta Braves Pitcher Greg Maddux in game 6 of the 1993 NLCS. Hollins provided his team all the runs they needed to find the World Series. His 112 career -Home -Runs were the record for South Carolina Baseball Alaunen on the Major League level before Justin Smoak came at 196.
Dave's older brother Paul also played for South Carolina.
For Beau, the decision to become a Gamecock was easy. During a performance to 107.5 The Gamecock Club Hour of the game, he said Gamecockcentral that USC was his dream school. He added that it was a privilege to “continue [Gamecock] Legacy and wear the same uniform as my father and my uncle. “
The River Bluff product earned the first basis for the GameCocks a few weeks after the beginning of the season. He has been in the position since then and only switched out of the line -up if Ethan Petry had to play the position.
So far, Beau Hollins has launched 11 games this season and reached the basis in 10 of them. In addition to his Homerun, Hollins reached the base three times on Sunday and scored twice.