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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
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in .1 14
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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,
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