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BRYAN JOHNSTON Staff Writer
The Clemson Tigers came into
Columbia Wednesday night looking
to notch another victory against the
Gamecocks this year. '
This time the sport was baseball.
So far this year, the Tigers have
defeated USC in both football and
basketball After the game Wednesday,
baseball can be added to that list.
Behind a superb pitching
performance from Kris Benson and
the timely hitting of catcher Matthew
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prime-time NCAA basketball
championship game,
j Kentucky's 76-67 victory
Monday night got an 18.3 rating,
j 5 percent lower than last year's
I 19.3 for UCLA-Arkansas. The
previous low for a prime-time NCAA
3 title game was 18.8 for Oklahoma,
Kansas in 1988.
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5 BOXING
7 NEW YORK ? Buster
3 Douglas, the only man to beat Mike
Tyson, will face journeyman Tony
5 La Rosa in Atlantic City, N.J., on
3 the undercard of the June 22 Hector
l Camacho-Roberto Duran bout.
* Douglas, who will be 36 on
} Sunday, returns to the ring six
1 years after defeating Tyson, and
* two years alter winning a tight
against obesity and battling back
5 from a diabetic coma.
Douglas last fought when he
was knocked out by Evander
[ Holyfield on Oct. 25,1990. That
loss cost him the heavyweight crown
he had won eight months earlier
with his startling lOth-round
, knockout of Tyson in Tokyo.
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OAKLAND, Calif. ? Injury
plagued quarterback Jeff Hostetler
; re-?igned with the Oakland Raiders.
, Terms of the deal were not disclosed
I Hostetler, 34, an unrestricted
i free agent, was bothered by a sore
; right elbow and finished last season
a week early following surgery on
his left shoulder.
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Stuart Hershon, the Yankees'
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last year, when tne average was
$1,071,029.
In 1994, the last season befon
the 232-day strike, the average wai
$1,188,679 on opening day, just1
percent higher than this year';
average. Total payroll was $902.2(
million, 1.1 percent higher thai
the $892.15 million total at th(
start of the 1995 season.
The New York Yankees had the
highest payroll at $52.9 million
followed by Baltimore at $49.4
million and Atlanta at $47.9 million
Montreal had the lowest payroll
at $15.4 million.
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Mets Ditcher Bill PulsiDher is
McSherry was listed at 321
pounds, but weighed nearly 400 a
times. He will be buried following
a funeral Mass on Friday at St
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New York.
NEW YORK ? Salaries ar<
nearly back to their pre-strike level
and Detroit's Cecil Fielder agaii
is the highest-paid player at $9.5
million.
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$1,176,967 on opening day
according to a study released b]
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heartbeat, the Hamilton Count;
coroner's office ruled.
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severely blocked right coronar;
artery. He collapsed seven pitchei
into Cincinnati's opener Monda;
and died at a hospital about ai
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Benson took the loss.
"He got the loss last year here, and
I'm sure that was a little bit on his
mind," LeCroy said.
"A sweet revenge for me," Benson
said. "Last year I lost the game here
4-2, and this year I won here 4-2. It
was right in the front of my mind,
because I really wanted to beat them
bad. It was sweet."
So the Gamecocks drop to 17-12
with the non-conference loss. USC
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a grateful for it," Benson said.
Clemson (26-6) came into the game
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the ball slipped out of his hand an<
allowed Duffie to score.
The Gamecocks battled back in thi
seventh when Brandon Walters wa
hit by a Benson pitch. Mike Curr
then hit a double to the right-cente
gap. Coach Raines was giving Walter
the "go" sign, but as he rounded third
he tripped and stumbled. Raines thei
put up the "don't go" sign to hold him
Nevertheless, Walters went an*
managed to score when the throw fron
the outfield was errant.
The game was tied going into th<
top of the ninth and the Gamecock
had hopes of pulling the upset. Tha
is, until LeCroy got a hold of Haynie'
of it. In the top of the third, Doug
Livingston reached on a fielder's choice.
Left fielder Gary Burnham drove him
in with a double to the left-center gap
to make it 1-0.
USC retaliated in the bottom half
of the inning when Etienne Hightower
launched his first home run of the year
with a 380-foot blast to tie the game
at one.
Clemson took the lead in the sixth
with a little help from a bizarre play.
Designated hitter Will Duffie hit a
high, fly ball to deep right field. At first
it looked like it was going to be a home
run but bounced off the wall. Ashe
was heading for third, right fielder
Mark Curry attempted to relay the
ball in. As he was about to release it,
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Leuroy, Llemson deteated UbC 4-2
before a raucous crowd of about 4,300
fans at Sarge Frye Field.
"We feel good about this win,"
Benson said. "Ifs a big win for us. We
knew when we came in here that it
was going to be a tough ball game."
"Baseball is a game of little things
when you're in close ball games," USCs
head coach June Raines said. "As long
as you're hitting the ball, you can cover
up some of the little things. Three or
four times we didn't make the little
play and it hint."
The chances for both teams were
limited, due in part to the pitching,
but Clemson made the most of its
opportunities.
Benson turned inn gem of a
performance, going eight innings while
giving up only three hits, two runs and
striking out eight USC batters. South
Carolina's Jason Haynie had a fine
performance of his own, but picked up
the loss. Going eight and one-third
innings, he allowed two earned runs
and struck out six Tigers.
But the pitching wasn't flawless,
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