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By KEVIN ADAMS
Sports editor
There was a big difference between
the first four and the past two USCClemson
baseball games this season.
The first three games three weeks
ago in Clemson saw the Tigers score
28 runs to the Gamecocks' 13 in a
Clemson sweep. And when the Tigers
overcame an early*-3-0 deficit to take
a 5-3 win in Thursday night's game at
Sarge Frye Field, it looked like more
of the same was about to happen.
But with strong pitching from both
the starters and the bullpen, a tight
defense and some powerful bats, the
Gamecocks turned things around Friday
and Saturday to win the last two
games from the ninth-ranked Tigers,
who fell to 35-8 with their fifth loss in
the past seven games. Eight Clemson
errors, six of them on Friday, didn't
hurt either.
"Our guys haven't hung their
heads all year," USC head coach
June Raines said. "We've played bad
baseball, we've played good baseball;
but, we seem to bounce back when
we have to. We knew we were playing
a ranked ballclub and we had to
come out and play excellent baseball,
anrf that's what wp HiH "
The Gamecocks won Friday
night's game 8-3, behind two home
runs from Derrick Mack, a three-run
shot by Mark Taylor, and the strong
pitching of starter Matt Threehouse
and relievers Joe Cardwell and Brian
Beatson.
Saturday, the Gamecocks made it
two in a row over the Tigers with a
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7-1 win as USC scored in each of the
first four innings.
USC, now 27-16, jumped to an
early lead for the third straight game
when a two-out double in the bottom
of the first by Skeets Thomas scored
Mack from first base, giving the
Gamecocks a 1-0 lead.
Two more runs crossed the plate in
the bottom of the second when USC
third baseman Sandy Rickett walked,
raced to third on a single by Chad
Sims off Clemson starter John
Powlowski's leg and scored when
Tiger first baseman Mike Milchin's
throw sailed over third base. Sims
later scored on a groundout to first
by Mike McGee.
Mack hit his third home run in two
days to lead off the bottom of the
third. Skeets Thomas followed with
an infield single, advanced to second
on a bouncer to the pitcher, stole
third and scored on another Tiger error,
this one a high throw from Tiger
catcher Mike Lockhart on the steal
attempt.
The Gamecocks took a 6-0 lead in
the fourth on infield singles by Jovi
McAndrew, Tripp Cromer and Mack
before scoring their final run in the
seventh when Thomas singled, stole
second and scored on a single by
, Brian Lawler.
Meanwhile, USC starting pitcher
Brian Williams pitched shutout ball
through the first seven innings,
allowing only four Tiger hits and
escaping several Clemson scoring
opportunities.
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three hits, scored two runs, and had an F
loaded the bases with one out before a
Williams struck out Henry Threadgill p
and Mike Couture to end the threat. w
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seven before being replaced after tl
walking the first two batters in the
eighth, when the Tigers scored their S
only run on a groundout by pinch- C
hitter Kevin Northrup. Lefthander f;
Will Lewis and converted starter
Brian Rountree finished up for USC.
"These two games meant an ti
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they lost only one match the entire
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tBI in the Gamecocks' 7-1 win.
wfully lot to us," Raines said. "We
layed excellent defense, and that's
'hat you have to do against a good
allclub like Clemson ? try to keep
lem off the bases. We still had too
lany bases on balls, but we turned
vo big double plays and we got key
rikeouts when we needed them, and
rat's how we won two out of three."
USC played host to Limestone
unday afternoon before traveling to
Charleston at 7:30 p.m. tonight to
ice The Citadel.
Staff writer Jeff Nichols conibuted
to this story.
.ongley, Stephane Simian, Erick
lydow, Dave Herman, Louie Gloria
nd Jaime Frontera. Gamecock
oubles winners were Longley and
imian, and Johan Karlen and
lichard Lynch.
Winning first places for the Lady
iamecocks in singles competition
'ere Michelle Duda and Robin
)eitch. In doubles play, Deitch and
Carolina Culik, and Duda and Cathy
[iser took firsts.
Lady Gamecocks
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The 15th-ranked Lady Gamecock
Dftball team won five of six games in
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By KEVIN ADAMS
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When USC head baseball coach
June Raines made the long walk
from the dugout to the mound in the
top of the eighth inning of USC's 7-1
victory over Clemson to talk to Brian
Williams, he knew what the fans
wanted.
The majority of the crowd of 3,800
at Sarge Frye Field told Raines by
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And why not? After all, Williams
had pitched four-hit ball for seven
innings, and the Gamecocks held a
7-0 lead at the time. And hadn't he
gotten out of two or three tough jams
earlier in the game?
But after the sophomore
righthander had walked the first two
Tigers in the top of the eighth, his
fifth and sixth walks of the game,
Raines had seen enough.
"Brian Williams is the type of pitcher
that can get himself out of a lot
of trouble because he's got good
stuff," Raines said after the game.
"We went with him as long as we
could ? he was getting a little tired
on a hot day."
Williams at first seemed upset at
the decision to take him out, slamming
his fist in his glove when Raines
made the call to the bullpen, but said
later he took it in stride.
"I was getting a little winded,
because I played hard last night and
ran a lot and I was a little fatigued, so
all in all, I think Coach made a good
decision by taking me out at that
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but was ousted by Nichols State in
the semifinals Sunday afternoon.
USC, now 43-9, defeated Nichols
State and Austin Peay, 4-3 and 8-0,
respectively on Friday. On Saturday,
the Lady Gamecocks won all three of
their games^ In its first game on
Saturday, USC defeated South
Florida, 4-3. In the second game,
Lady Gamecock pitcher Angie Lear
fired a shutout as USC beat Virginia,
2-0. In USC's final game of the day,
it squeaked by the Lady Tar Heels of
North Carolina, 5-4.
In their semifinal match on Sunday,
the Lady Gamecocks fell to
Nichols State in eight innings, 4-3.
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time," Williams said. "I wasn't
upset, but I was a little disappointed.
I wanted to finish the game because I
had a shutout going. But the guys
came in and did a good job."
"The guys" were lefthanded
reliever Will Lewis and converted
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Williams had dodged several
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After the Tigers loaded the bases
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USC individuals
win six track events
USC captured six first places in the
Men's Track and Field Gamecock
Twilight-Decathlon at WeemsBaskin
Track Saturday.
Winning the decathlon for USC
was Phillipe Williams, as he recorded
7,016 points in the events. Gamecock
Nigel Stoddart took the 100-meter
dash with a time of 10.42. USC's
Dale Gerke vaulted 17'0" to place
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