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By DAVID CARAVIELLO
Staff writer
Whether or not USC's Tripp
Cromer was thinking of his two
home runs against Louisville a day
earlier as he stepped into the batter's
box Monday night against Georgia
Tech did not matter.
What did matter was that in the
bottom of the seventh inning with
two Gamecocks on base, as Tech
reliever Mike Hostetler hurled his
.first pitch toward Cromer, bat connected
with ball as Cromer sent
Hostetler's delivery soaring through
the warm March air, over the outfield
fence and out of Sarge Frye
Field.
As Cromer trotted around the
bases, the Gamecock dugout exploded
in ebullience, as a 3-1 Tech lead
evaporated into the night, and USC
went ahead 4-3 on their way to a
come-from-behind 5-3 victory over
the Rambling Wreck.
Cromer had done it again. The
homer was the junior shortstop's
third three-run dinger in the past two
days and his seventh of the season.
"I was just trying to hit the ball
hard," Cromer said. "He threw me
an inside fastball, and I turned on
it."
The victory gave USC head coach
June Raines his 499th career victory
and boosted his team's record to 16-7
overall, as the Gamecocks finished
an 11-game homestand with their
ninth straight win.
It didn't look that way earlier,
however, as Georgia Tech, 17-10,
drew first blood in the third inning.
With runners on second and third,
Yellow Jacket left fielder Ron Raper
grounded out, scoring Jon Anderson
from third to give Tech a 1-0 lead.
The Jackets added another run in the
inning as third baseman Andy Bruce
scored Mike Reynolds on an infield
hit.
Tech's final run came in the
fourth, as an Anderson groundout
scored teammate Tom Green from
third.
Gamecock starter Brian Rountree
had the bases loaded in two innings,
the fourth and fifth, yet was able to
escape with only one run scoring.
"There were two innings there that
they could have broken the game
open with a base hit and they didn't
do it," Raines said. "After that, he
(Rountree) settled down."
Down 3-0, USC didn't poke into
the run column until the fifth inning.
Third baseman Kenny Welch singled
to center, then leftfielder Brian
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Tripp Cromer
Williams laced a double off Tech
starter Marc Pisciotta down the right
field line, advancing Welch to third.
Welch scored when Tech second
baseman Darren Bragg bobbled the
cutoff throw. Bragg was charged
with an error as USC cut the Tech
lead to 3-1.
In the seventh, USC erupted. After
Welch opened the inning by popping
out, Williams launched a rope off the
chest of Tech shortstop Mike
Reynolds and reached first on the error.
Right fielder Skeets Thomas advanced
Williams to second on a
sacrifice fly, and first baseman Derrick
Mack walked, setting the stage
for Cromer's three-run shot that gave
the Gamecocks a 4-3 lead.
USC added an insurance run in the
eighth, as catcher Tray Witt tripled
and center fielder Mike McGee
sacrificed him home to give the
Gamecocks a 5-3 final advantage.
RnnnHtrpp imnrnvpd his rernrri tn
4-3 with the nine-inning effort,
despite throwing 176 pitches. Rountree,
a bit shaky and wild in the earlyto-middle
innings, eventually settled
down once he had the lead and was
able to get the complete game. He
struck out 10 Yellow Jackets while
allowing eight hits (all singles) and
five walks. USC's five runs came on
11 hits. Hostetler, 3-2, suffered the
loss for Tech.
Raines, now 499-199, went for his
500th career win Tuesday night at
Coastal Carolina.
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Pisciotta, Hostetler (7), Georg (8),
Redovian (8) and Anderson, Fleury (8).
Rountree and Witt. W ? Rountree (4-3).
L ? Hostetler (3-2). HR ? T. Cromer
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Alpha Tau Omega and Sigma
Alpha Epsilon met to decide the
fraternity league champion, Navy
met Pynes Team in the Independent/Residence
Hall championship,
and Risky Shift faced Dream
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By CHRIS SILVESTRI
Assistant Sports Editor
The Lady Gamecock softball team swept all
four of its games in the 1989 USC Round Robin
Tournament in Columbia this weekend
USC, currently ranked 12th in the nation, then
swept a doubleheader from Toledo, 5-1 and 4-3,
Monday afternoon to raise its season record to
18-5.
In their first game of the tournament Saturday,
the Lady Gamecocks broke a scoreless tie with
North Carolina in the bottom of the sixth inning
when second baseman Michelle Delloso reached
base on a fielder's choice, stole third, and scored
on a throwing error by the Lady Tar Heel catcher
providing the game's only run. USC pitcher
Angie Lear picked up the win in the 1-0 victory.
The Lady Gamecocks collected their second
shutout of the day with a 3-0 win over the Lady
Eagles of Winthrop. USC hurler Charlene
Manley took the win, improving her season mark
to 7-2.
USC won its two games on Sunday with two 2-1
victories over Toledo and Georgia State.
In the first game against the Lady Rockets of
Toledo, with the score tied 1-1 in the bottom of
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with a four-run fourth inning. Lady Gamecocks
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