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Baptist College's Jit
Keatley takes the tI
th 7-6 victor
single by Pankovits to make it 2-1
Carolina.
Baptist College rallied in the fifth
when Mike Bailey received Earl
Bass's seventh free pass of the
game. Ward relieved Bassat this
)as supposed to be a drag
g I kne-w is that it uras
itch'
point, hit Smoak with a pitch, and
gave up an infield single to Ed
Burns. Second baseman Mark Van
Bever made a diving, back-handed
stop of Burn's hit to save a run and
the bases were loaded for the
Buccaneers' Tommy Wilkie. Wilkie
singled to drive home two runs and
give Baptist College a 3-2 advantage.
Carolina regained the lead in the
sixth when Hancock struck out, but
Carolina's Hank Si
in b>lue after a disi
n Smoak scores for the Bi
row.
y at Baptist
reached first as the catcher couldn't
block the wild pitch. Small then
dribbled a single into right, and King
unloaded with a three-run blast over
the fence in left-center. "I hit a
fastball up and in as LaPointe was
trying to jam me," King said.
Baptist tied the game with two
runs in the eighth inning to set
things up for the- ninth inning
dramatics.
The Gamecock players were
impressed with LaPointe, who had
12 strikeouts and allowed only six
hits. "LaPointe had real good stuff
out there today," Hancock said,
adding that he believed Carolina
was much better with the bat than
they showed against Baptist College.
King led the Carolina attack with
two hits and three RBI's while
scoring two runs. Pankovits stole
four bases while Grantz added two
and Hancock had one for a team
total of seven.
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iccaneers as Greg
College
Richardson said the bases on balls
were the key to the game. "I ex
pected about five innings out of Earl
(Bass) since the rainy weather has
limited his throwing practice this
spring. We are lucky to get out of
here with a win," he added.
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Carolina 000 203 002- 760
Baptist 001 020 021- 6 10 2
Bass, Ward (5) and Keatley;
LaPointe and Mitchum
Winning pitcher Ward (1-0)
Losing pitcher LaPointe (0-1)
Home runs King (Carolina)
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Jeff Grantz trots home with the winning run
on a wild pitch by Baptist Pitcher La Pointe.
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Steve King gets eongratulations
from teamimats after a three.-ru hoer