Roth Adds To CWS Big Game Legacy

South Carolina Pitcher Is Clutch – Again… Gamer. Unorthodox delivery. �Leader. Lefty.� Competitor. Two-time national champion. Good enough to win in college, but not good enough for the pros. Sound familiar? It all describes one of the best student-athletes in the history of the SEC. It? not former Florida quarterback Tim Tebow we?re talking about. It?s South Carolina pitcher Michael Roth. The senior?s big game legacy got a bit bigger on Thursday in Omaha after his complete game two-hitter willed the Gamecocks to a 4-1 College World Series elimination game win over Kent State. The victory not only allowed his team to survive for at least another game, but also cemented Roth as the best big game pitcher in the history of the CWS. End of discussion. It should be the end of the discussion, but when I asked Roth recently if ?big game? is a moniker that fits his game he side-stepped the lofty label. ?I just consider myself a pitcher,? he flatly and understatedly responded. ?I like pitching in big games, but to me every game?s a big game. That?s the day I?m pitching, so that?s a big game. You can ask any pitcher.? ?If they?re pitching that [...]

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