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Two pro scouts from the Los Angeles Dodgers watched the
Carolina-Clemson game Sunday at Rex Enright Athletic
Center. Reggie Oterno (left) and Tommy Mixon (right) wit-'
nessed USC's 10-6 victory and a split in the weekend series.
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A Tiger base runner dives back to first as Westbrook com
USC's Wes Westbrook takes the pick-off at- Sunday win w
tempt from Carolina pitcher Aaron Rogers. RBI's.
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meet ended Saturday at the Spring Sports Center, fired the shot &
an obviously pleased Carolina Coach Charlie short of the recoi
Strong said, "'Just from the results, I think you set last year,
would have to call it a super meet." Indeed, the Cain was not
j results were impressive, as 11 State-Record meet turned in a ste]
records were set. thrilled the crow
Although none of the new marks belong to felt great today,
Carolina, Strong was not disappointed with their high was 7-2. "T1
showing. "I think we did really well. We weren't teammates' che<
very visible in a lot of events today, but we did helps."
have some very fine performances individually.
George (Thomas) did well in the 100 and 200 and THE LAST 1
also in the long jump. Rolando (Adams) went 48'- productive for A
6" in the triple jump, which is two feet better than relay team, this
his previous personal best. We did O.K. to have so set a new recor
many freshmen. Our distance runners are so relay, run by Di
young and they didn't do very well today, but Gatson passed
[ they'll get better." State and Adelpl
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STAN CAIN of AiaDama was the winner of the the old mark of 3
Outstanding Athlete in the men's competition.
Cain hurled the discus 198'-3" for a new meet
record, breaking the old mark of 183'-7M by
| Maryland's Rich Drescher in 1969. Mike Columbus Todd Blackv
of Clemson also topped Drescher's mark with a #hp hut-Hi* in th
throw of 187 -7 for second place. annual Carolir
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By MIKE HUNT
Asst. Sports Editor
Nearly 10,000 fans turned out at
the Spring Sports Center Saturday
and Sunday to witness complete
turn-abouts as Carolina and
Clemson battled to 10-2 and 10-6
scores in baseball action, with the
Tigers taking the first game and
the Gamecocks winning the
second.
Both teams combined for nine
home runs in the two game series
that sent the overflow crowd
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for cover. The Tigers took command
of Saturday's game as
Clemson rocked three USC pitchers
for 15 hits and 10 runs. Tiger
shortstop Robert Bonnette had two
homers and three RBI's to lead the
Clemson offensive attack.
But Sunday was a different
story. "We swung the bats a little
better," said Gamecock coach
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tributed to the Gamecocks' 10-6
ith two home runs and three
State- Recoi
nance in the discus was not his
ment. His shot put throw of 57'-l"
give him second in that event,
lan 01 i\orin uaronna Mate, who
0'-8". Hannah's throw was well
rd 65'-4V2" teammate Bob Medlin
the only Alabama member who
liar performance. Jeff Woodard
d with a high jump of 7-4. "Yes, I
" said Woodard, whose previous
le competition was great, and my
iring really fired me up, and that
EVENT of the day was also
ilabama. The Crimson Tide mile
year's NCAA indoor champions,
d of 3:08.4. The third leg of the
arroll Gatson, was the strongest,
the runners from North Carolina
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s. Both Adelphi and State topped
: 11.33 set last year by Auburn.
See TRACK, page 11
/ell (right) easily leaps over
e 110 meter hurdles in the 16th
la State-Record Relays held
e Weems-Baskin Track.
Qemsoi
June Raines. "Last night (pitcher
Brian) Snyder slammed the door in
our tace. i was very pleased with
our hitting, especially our lefthanded
hitting."
Raines had a right to be proud of
his lefty batters as first baseman
Wes Westbrook sent two fastballs ;
to the railroad tracks behind the
right field wall. "This was my
biggest game so far," said i
Westbrook. Our first baseman got
hurt last night, so I played today. I
usually start when they throw a
right hander."
Another left hander, designated
hitter Eddie Adams, stepped up to
the plate in the eighth inning,
stepped out to get another bat, and ,
then walked back up to the plate to
send Clemson relief pitcher Paul
Schmitt's first pitch over the right
, field fence.
Carolina opened Sunday's game ,
with two runs in the first as
Gamecock lead-off man Tom
Williams singled and then later .
scored on a fielder's choice by
Westbrook. Westbrook then
crossed home moments later as
Chuck McLean strolked a double to
left.
The Gamecocks added three
more runs in the bottom of the
third as Greg Johnson punched a
ground rule double to center and
later scored on a John Marquardt
single. That EBI raised
Marquardt's season total to 39.
Marquardt was then driven in by
Westbrook's first homer.
With the score 6-0 in the top of the
sixth, the Tigers touched Carolina
starting pitcher Aaron Scott for
their first hit of the game.
Designated hitter David Buffamoyer
singled to left and then
scored as catcher Bill Schroeder
lofted a high, lazy fly to left that
cleared the fence by inches.
The sixth inning turned out to be
rather bizarre as the Tigers were
forced into a fielder's choice with a
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fly ball to the outfield. Buffamoyer,
with two men on base, sent a
Texas-leaguer to left field that
dropped between Williams and
Hollins. Both runners were forced
to play cautious as they feared
Hollins would come up with the
catch. The ball, however, bounced
in front of Hollins, and he fired to
Marquardt at third to cut down the
lead runner.
Clemson threatened in the eighth
as Rogers was relieved by Hal
uaaiema after giving up a walk
and a base hit to the middle of the
Tiger line-up. Schroeder, the first
batter faced by Gaalema, sent a
fastball over the wall for his second
homerun to bring the score to 9-6.
Adams, however, killed any hopes
of a Tiger comeback with his
homerun in the bottom of the
eighth.
Hitting highlighted both games
as 11 pitchers were used by both
teams. Just as Gamecock pitchers
were plagued in Saturday night's
game, Clemson hurlers used three
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game that were socked for 12 hits,
five of them for extra bases..
"We didn't come prepared to
play today (Sunday). Quite likely
we lost the game after we left the
field last night," said Clemson
head coach Bill Wilhelm. "It's
hard for one to see how we couldn't
come prepared to play against
South Carolina. But it damned well
did."
The series split brought
Carolina's record to 17-6, Clemson's
to 20-6. Saturday's winning
pitcher was Brian Snyder as Jeff
Twitty absorbed the loss to drop his
record to 3-3. Clemson's Mike
Brown lost his first game of the
year Sunday against six wins as
Scott picked up his fourth win.
"Pitching is going to be the big
iacior. it we can get Hutch (injured
pitcher Hal Hutchens) back,
we will have some depth," Raines
said.
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