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H USC first baseman Bud dives back into first base too low, Ga , . whe h amefrst ,.ehad Almostaverya collenge bael tmnt ioned. out on ae both southpaws. hut both are juniors. T'hrough the first :1f games they have laced 477 batters in l1B in nings. fanned t:ti0 batters and posted a won-lost record of 12-5. T'oget her they hwve walked only 44 batters. Gerhardt. Irom Ilaltimore, Mid., tjas led the Atlantic Coast Con lerence in strikeouts for the past t wo seasons and is currently leading the league in that depart ment this season with 77. An all AC(' selection a year ago, GaerhardIt was also named --nm A W, itting the dirt dy Caldwell being tagged late to avoid intielder. ~wift .a bt to Ta Va Voke Bill Wilhe naio i touramn la atume Vn Woike.n Gerihard blankehd Congreeso N (' State. 4-0. on a two-hit per I ormnance and provided himself wit h t he necessary run on a :i51 toot home run. lie also hlasted a round tripper in his victory over Georgia. T'he lKaltimore native teamed with I w() relief hurlers to shut out I .oiiisville in the opening game ot the year \'an \'olkenbuirg, a native -of P*re.la . has posted two shut out victories so far this season wit h his bes('t performance coming against ''orida St ate in the f irst game of' a doubtfleheade~r this past Sunday at 'lemson ile f anned 12 Seminole 10 44 P in .1 14 -Photo courtesy State-Record I.. out by Georgia Southern M-4 t S l e hat ters, while wakinolytre nhAli n ru gm aais a em hta ranked nmber tw in te ntio pro tote otet hats whsie wlgrates threean achievement of my basehall career,' the Erie native stated," aind it was especially nice coming aigainst the second best team in the count ry. Atlter Van Volkenburg had poste(d an II -0 win over lFSU! in he I irst ol a twin-bill, G erhardt followed with a 1:-7 dtecision over he Seminoles in the second game. When V'an Volkenburg is not on lhe mnoundt he is s(elmg act ion as Ithe Tiuger l irst baseman. A good huller. V'an Volkenb~urg is tied for I irst on the team in runs baittedI in with ,i and is tied for the 1eadt inl !ripes I anih r ,'tn : Gamecocks meet Tigers in ACC clash By DOUG WILLIAMS Asst. Sports Editor CLEMSON - USC's baseball team travels to Clemson today for their sixth Atlantic Coast Conference clash, meeting the Tigers in an afternoon game. Carolina carries a 12-8 overall record into the game, including 2-3 in the conference, while Clemson is 19-12, 3-3 against conference foes. 1'he Gamecocks will start sophomore pitcher Alan Hilliard on the mound. Hilliard carries a 1-2 record Into thi game, but has a sparkling earned run average of 1.94, which ranks as one of the best in the ACC. Countering for the Tigers, tresh from a three game sweep of the nation's number two baseball team, Florida State, will be junior letthander Rusty Gerhardt. Gerhardt, who was All-ACC last year, has won seven of nine outings and sports a 2.15 ERA. USC will be forced to play without the services of two of their top hitters, John Gambrell and Tommy Alan Hifliard Moody. Gambrell was hitting .293 before a pulled hamstring muscle forced him out of action, while Moody, a sophomore second baseman, had a .318 average-second highest on the team before breaking his leg. Butch Anderson paces the Carolina offensive attack. Batting. 324. he leadq the team in that category. Outfielder Billy Petoskey follows with a .306 plate percentage, as they are the only two active players over the .300 mark. Power is supplied by first baseman Buddy Caldwell, who has si x home runs, breaking the old mark of five that he set last season. However, Caldwell is only hitting .211 after getting off to a fast start. Rounding out the infield are second sacker Larry Woiicki, batting .135, and third baseman Bruce Pudlock, .229. Drew Choate is set to start as Hilliard's batterymate. Veaming with Petoskey in the Gamecock outfield will be Pete Carpenter and Donnie Churchwell. Carpenter, a junior college All-America last season, is currently hitting .225, while Churchwell, who replaced Gambrell, carries arg even .200 plate average into the encounter.~ For the rigers, Craig White leads a potent offensive attack. Batting at a torrid .349 clIp, White has driven home seventeen runs, tying him Have you seen? for the top spot on the T-shirts and jeans Clemson team. l'he two other Tiger batmen who have better than a .300 average are ta4ert centerfielder John Severs ' at .3 15, and Pete Hendricks, ARCADE MALL OPEN A CAMPUS CHARGE Barkooat's Bowery --621 MAIN STREET - (Across from USC Honeycombs) The Warty Grog Band FRIDAY & SATURDAY ( April 23-24) -- PZA'S AVAILABLE -