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Monday, March 28, 1988 THE GAMECOCK 7 |S USC's Car dwell fii groove as college j. W By MATTHEW ROBERTS as a freshman at 1 Staff writer apparently m One of the bright spots on the USC impression, pitching staff this season is "They pulled < 6-foot-1-inch lefthander Joe looked at my rec Cardwell. invited me to i Cardwell, a junior front scholarship," he Windemere, Fla., has a 4-0 record He said he has and is finding his groove as a major at USC. college pitcher. "1 really do lil His success hasn't seemed to affect glad (USC heat his attitude. Raines gave me "1 am just really glad that I have come here and pi gotten a chance to pitch," he said. It seems that "Pitching is what I really want to do, bring the lefthanc and I'm glad that I have a chance to beneficial to ( do it." Gamecocks. At the beginning of the summer, All of Cardw Cardwell wasn't sure where he would season have com be playing this spring. He had attend- opponents. cd Rollins College as a freshman and He said his str Valencia Junior College as a ters is to work th sophomore. " I like to comc pie," he said. "1 "I was planning on attending them see the san Florida as an invited walk-on, but situation." talking with (Gamecock first Cardwell is ba; baseman) Phil Lillo and USC chang- cher who uses his I cd my mind." make his primal As a sophomore, Lillo had attend- formidable, ed the same junior college that Card- "I depend a lo jt well did. They are among several I have been work players that have made the transition pitches with Bria i from Florida junior colleges to USC. other pitchers in Cardwell remembers his conversa- Cardwell said tion with I.illo that dav. season have nart "One day at summer school, Phil "I was just ho] Lillo and I were having lunch and tunity to contri a discussing baseball and colleges," he gotten to do," h< W said. "He was already planning to at- team, 1 hope th tend USC, and he suggested that I College World should think about attending USC as Nebraska." well. He made a call to USC, and And then? they got in touch with me the next "1 would like day." career and then Cardwell had pitched against USC the professional The Gamecock ' SCHEDULE OF El Sunday, March 27 3:00 - 7:00 Greek Games d c c a n .L_. i ipiu i 0 Monday, March 28 12:00-5:00 Twister Russell Hoi Tuesday, March 29 7:30 Stepshow 8t Carolina Co Wednesday, March 30 2:00 - 6:00 Shield/Crest J Drawing Com McBryde Q {Delta Gi wishes all GOOD I ML during gret j 5v)W 1 I 3ut the books and orcl, and then they * the opportunity to ay." Raines' decision to ler to USC has been "ardwell and the 'ell's victories this c against Division I ategy for most hitle ball inside. inside on most peo1 also try not to let le pitch in the same ;V". sically a fastball pitoff-speed pitches to ry pitch look more t on my fastball, but ing on my off-speed in Rountree and the drills." his goals for the ially been met. ping to get an oppor- ^ bute, which ^ have to finish my college go as far as I can in ranks of baseball." Gamecock pitcher Joe Staff Meeting. iTENTS Grec ise Patio Follies "YOCl liseum Prcpai test uad. I Sj \ 5 C2a[p[j / amma \ | Greeks ( J .UCK i + I ?({ pROI ik week / J * *" ) + Gn I \ 1 '8I > + ( * 'il'b'ib'Sfb'b mm ? M fV ? -Owi r*\ ^ |V<a\ is4 a? p(v* I \ y J C *+ coa .<v "&.***< v ; the n ' C j a * Se( . ?? >:- v ' ;,-7v- Of I los in ft |if|l .' 1 '< '. ' "1 /K-.*- ' J^J( KEITH JONES/The Gamecock M Cardwell already has a 4-0 win-loss record this season. Wednesday at 4:30 ?k Week'88 ir Mother Never ed You for This!" * Da LRiatpipa ^?omoooa j V * X * ? \ * 4 Jk i) * ( \lik ) * ud to bt v ?%^Nv *$* LRT ?f \ jxN ?wttk -CW * v?/ * db &dbdb *bdbdb rf?rb ?db4? *k??? $?$ 6, so-y* | I JSC gives up 7 homers I i loss to Southern Miss K WAYNK WASHINGTON and close the inning. !_ rts editor The Gamecocks scored in the next 3amecock baseball pitchers scat- inning. pS :d eight hits over nine innings USC third baseman Mike Songini inst Southern Mississippi Sunday grounded out, but Hardin Brown iarge Fryc Field. singled to center. ^ iut seven of them were home runs. Brown reached second on a 'The wind was blowing straight Golden Eagle wild pitch. Brian to left field," USC head baseball Williams grounded out, and Brown ich June Raines said after his team went to third. A Southern Mississippi ht > q i Kiii iii/Mi/jwi iir,^uM to iii iLc te L o- / . t'aaavu uuii uiiv/?vu "iw" 11 iv ii'w'^v /hen it does that in this ballpark, the score 4-1. y jump out of here." Southern Mississippi gave up one | ^ t hat they did. more single in the inning, but Adrian N rhe Golden Eagles jumped all over Adkins flied out to snuff out any bj mecock starting pitcher Charlie more chances of Gamecock scoring. L; jane in the second inning. Southern Mississippi and the p; \fter Southern Mississippi catcher Gamecocks, who did not commit an . ic Duncan popped out, Kenny error during the game, did not allow pi lrie ripped a homer to left, the first any runs until the bottom of the U:cight to left field. fifth, when USC scored three. M. Raines opted to leave Seoane, who p t nis nrst decision 01 mis season, songim opcncu me inning wnn a the game. single to center. He stole second In the third inning, the Gamecocks base, and Brown grounded out. id for that decision dearly. Gamecock center fielder Garrett Southern Mississippi's Sedgwick Carter then drilled a homer to center :Collom hit a homer to left, and to pull the Gamecocks within one, : score was 2-0. 4-3. Two Golden Eagles flied out; then In the eighth inning, the Golden >ug Cronk stepped up to the plate Eagles made another scoring run. d hammered a ball over the right Cronk walked The Gamecocks :ld fence. The ball was hit so hard got Jay Thompson to fly out and d far that it disappeared in the Duncan to strike out, but Valrie hit nlight. his second homer of the game to The Gamecock coaches deemed make the score 6-3. at Seoane wasn't through. The Golden Eagles scored more mthern Mississippi proved that runs in the ninth. ey weren't. Kenny Graves hit a homer to left to || Golden Eagle Fred Cooley hit a make the score 7-3. Craig Goddard N >me run to left that looked similar came in to pitch for the Gamecocks, h the one Cronk nailed over the right but his first batter, McCollom, p :ld fence. The score was 4-0. homered to left. b Duncan doubled to center after The Gamecocks, who dropped to j' * c* l-? tn r? r I I C P Kr/AiinKt in 1 A.fi rw/^rall POmn \*/i f h 1 n '1 llflir r"\f t\/_ l-T 3 1IW1IIV.I y auu UOV^ UIVJU^Ul 111 I\' u WIUII, wuiiiv, "Uimi u null VI \j like Siopcs to relieve Seoane. ing the score in the bottom of the Siopes was able to strike out Valrie ninth, but they came up short. I p.m. Russell House 321. MBeta Theta Pi says: \ GEAR IP J " ' fah ! (ppm GR|E|M mm u | iCii G0 ^ GREEKS! /1 O LJ d O A 1^^^^ O Ivv iont_o r\i_L_ uni?L.r\u THE BEST OF - c. LUCK IN GREEK WEEK!^ - 22 1tk\| CHI OMEGA I AND Greek Week '88 AK \A/C'DC DDCDADCni I * i