The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 13, 1980, Page Page 18, Image 18
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By Tracy Helms
Staff Writer
Keyed by first-inning home runs by Joe McCarthy and
Jim Curl, Carolina's 1981 baseball squad downed their
predecessors 6-4 in an alumni game played Saturday.
The exhibition contest furnished an early homecoming
for some 17 former Gamecock stars dating from USC teams
of 1974-80. It offered Coach June Raines' current unit an
exciting and educational outing, capping five weeks of fall
practice. And even under the informal conditions, the past
baseball standouts gave the Gamecocks a fair test.
The "old timers" turned back the clock and turned on the
scoreboard early, chalking up a run in the game's initial
inning. First baseman and former Ail-American Hank
Small singled to send home short stop Jeff Grantz, who led
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Gamecock right fielder Paul Hollins follows
through on a swing in Saturday's USC Alumni
baseball game. (Photo by Tony Williams)
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off the inning with a double. Starting pitcher Dennis Lubert,
who posted a 6-2 record last spring, then escaped the inning
by fanning John Marquardt, a 1978 All American.
RAINES' CHARGES took control in the bottom of the
firct ujhon MpParthv slammwi his shot Over the right field
fence. Center fielder Robby Vollmer singled and third
baseman Rod Carraway advanced on a fielding error by
Boston's Garry Hancock, before Curl drilled his homer to
give the Gamecocks a 4-1 margin. For Curl, who belted 12
home runs last spring, and McCarthy, it was business as
usual. But alumni pitcher Randy Martz who threw the
home run balls was far from regular form.
Martz, national collegiate player of the year in 1977,
allowed only one homer - to Philadelphia's Mike Schmidt and
posted a 2.10 ERA in six games for the Chicago Cubs
this fall. He also never lost a game in his Carolina career,
compiling a 14-0 record in 1977, his only year as a USC
pitcher.
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in the following frame as Hank Small (trove in New Yorft /jj
Mets centerfielder Mookie Wilson, who had singled and1?/;
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Gamecock designated hitter Tom Williams cracked a
solo home run in the fourth to tally USC's sixth run. That
was enough to hold off a two-run alumni rally sparked by
Jeff Grantz's run-scoring single in the eighth and an
unearned run in the final inning.
Eight pitchers saw action for the current Carolina squad,
and all responded with respectful showings.
Martz, who gave up six runs, seven hits and an error in
four innings, absorbed the loss. Chicago Cubs Organization
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pitcher Bill Landrum, 10-2 for USC last spring, relieved
Martz in the fifth and allowed only a pair of hits in three
innincrs Opb Ward finished on the mound for the alumni.
The former ^Baltimore Orioles chain pitcher swept the
Gamecocks clean in the eighth.
OFFENSIVELY, Carolina was triggered by Vollmer,
Carraway and Williams, each scattering two hits and
combining for four runs.
Carolina Coach Raines was "very pleased" with his
squad's performance. "Our pitching and hitting is looking
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