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Gamecocks ligt ACHIM HUNT Assist. Sports Editor The baseball team's new motto has I to be "better late than never." The c game against College of Charleston 1 was orginally scheduled for March 6 1 but was postponed until Tuesday night I because of rain. y i ne last time sopnomore unaa Hoshour hit the mound he was rocked for five runs on four hits in only twothirds of an inning against Georgia Southern on Feb. 28. This time was a better outing for Hushour as he gave up two earned runs in a six-inning stint in getting the 17-2 victory. The effort allowed the pitching staff to rest from a tough series against LSU this past weekend and prepare for a big matchup against Clemson tonight. "It is a game we needed. We needed something on the mound," head coach T n_ J -fll x TT 1 tiune names saiu 01 tne rest nosnour provided for the piching staff. "We are thin on the piching staff. Hoshour has been struggling, so we need him to have a good game, which he did." The offense was in high gear as they produced 17 runs on 18 hits. The offense was led by Ryan Szwejbka who had three hits in four at-bats and drove in three runs. Also the lead-off hitter, Etienne Hightower was perfect as he went three for three and had three RBIs. The Gamecocks struggled with the gloves as they had two errors that allowed the College of Charleston to take an early 2-0 lead. "We are not a great defensive team out there," Raines said of the team's defense. "Until we learn how to catch the ball, then our bats will have to ?; cover for us." After Ming behind 2-0 after some ? sloppy defense, the offense was able to get warm with a two-run single by | Ryan Szwejbka. But the best was yet ( to come. 1 In the third inning Mike Curry was , able to pick up a lead-off walk. Then , Derick Urquhart was able to bring . him home with his first home run of the season. The Gamecocks were able , to keep pouring on the runs as singles ( by Szwejbka and Stanton drove in one run a piece. . The highlight of the game was when Etienne Hightower drove in two runs ] on a double, and then on an errant m I E i Only At: Univerj 800 alexande located adja cayce, sc 2s 939-0444 o f f i c > mon-fr^ 9-6 it up scoreboard, By H -^K ?.<** s a a V ?^1 PUHLlt S Mark Mapes greets Brian Hucks after hit double-header against the fifth ranked T1 throw he was able to come all the way tean around the bases to score. He was Sund only credited with a double and not the ] an in-the-park home run. coun 'I Vvn rmmn T*n4-V\ r^rvll/\n*-? r?-T/"^Unwl/v^/m J.IXC/ gCUUJC W1UI \JUliCgC U1 iJCkl ICoLUi i I ecu was sandwiched between a dowi ioubleheader on Saturday against tonig LiSU and the big game against archrival L at Clemson tonight. travi "We needed to play, we really did," tilt. 1 Raines said of the tough stretch his Wed N T E )OMATES NTERES -I NCOMMO Exclusive lEDROOM A I OPENINGS I FOR THE ?f w a i [ r r\ I 5ITY COM! :r Rd. cent to parklai >033 : E HO ; SAT 10-4 ?, The Gamecock KjaVJmM Wednesday, A| look to arch rival Clem wm I mm 0 *' JjjlH B^bnflP^8>yK^s >m<jI jhM H! ^ ^ I " f ROBERT WALTON Th< i homerun in Sunday's dame against LSU. The Gamecocl Igers. 1 is in now. "I thought that on by a score of 4-2. Freshman ] lay they were excited playing LSU, (1-3) will be the starting pit* pre-season No. 1 team in the game, try. We played well and played The Gamecocks will i good. I was afraid we would be conference play this weekei i for Clemson after that high, and face the Georgia Bulldogs f< fht helped us relax some." game set The Gamecocks ar ooking ahead, the Gamecocks tied for second place in the c si to Clemson tonight for a 7:15 three games behind confere Clemson won the last meeting on Florida, nesday night at Sarge Frye Field i D % Wl (in ?ts ^ * n \is o w Arlvprticp in campus VIONS m d Plaza. u r s i Sun 1-5 || Mil 10,1996 SOIl Sport Briefs Associated Press BASEBALL I NEW YORK ? Baseball fans Hp?J| are slowly starting to come back, 1 judging oy attendance figures from 1 the first week of the season. I Despite bad weather that caused ( seven postponements, attendance i was up 4.5 percent for the first 79 < dates compared to last year. The first week average through Sunday i was 26,579, up from 25,441 for a i similar number of games at the ( start of last season. { When compared to last season's ( final average of25,257, attendance j was up 5.2 percent. Last year, attendance dropped 20 percent I following the strike from a 1994 I average of 31,257. I NEW YORK ?Reacting to the i death of John McSherry, baseball \ officials gave a leave of absence to t umpire Eric Gregg so he can lose r weight and get in shape. t Gregg, listed at 325 pounds but visibly heavier, has long been an ( example used by critics of overweight umpires. The decision t to give him a leave was made c following a Sunday night meeting \ among AL president Gene Budig, a NL president Len Coleman and f umpires union head Richie Phillips. McSherry, whose weight had f gone up to nearly 400 pounds at t fimoa Karl a Vioarf offanlr onr] * VilUV/O) UUU U 11VU1 V U 1/ l/U^A UliU collapsed behind home plate on I April 1 seven pitches into the season I opener in Cincinnati He died about c an hour later. fc Also, the NL chose Ed Montague J " to replace McSheny as a crew chief T?*? I. NEW YORK ? Ryan Klesko ft of the Atlanta Braves, who hit .526 V with three homers and six RBI's \ ks split a in the season's opening week, was I _ .. National League Player of the Week p Brett Jodie a her in the NEW YORK ? Dave Hollins, who hit .615 for ftlinnesota in the o -turn to opening week is the American ii tid as they League's first player of the week, a or a three- Hollins, the Twins' third baseman, C e currently was g-for-13, scored six times and r mference, had seven walks nee leader I USG Camj lanizati nFivwfimvTVTVvyvvrn III I'M rl I H I I Li H \m< 1 I rfs" III I I Irl 1 ?^5al!fe?k I ns UJ the 1996 Gamecock Senior Tab for a. organization rate. Don't miss vour cl where the parent and senior eyes ai jfc jjgafc i Advertising Deadlne.. .April 10 Publication Date...April 17 For more information, call 777-118 11 BASKETBALL DURHAM, N.C. ? Washington Bullets rookie Rasheed Wallace, who is sidelined with a broken left thumb, was arrested aver the weekend in North Carolina and charged with misdemeanor assault. The team's top draft pick was arrested Sunday and charged after allegedly foiling to obey a restraining arder filed against him by exprlfriend Chiquita Biyant, mother )f his son Ishmiel, according to jolice. rOOTBALL PHILADELPHIA ? The Philadelphia Eagles signed a onerear, $300,000 deal with veteran eceiver Mark Seay. Seay, who has )layed the last three seasons with he San Diego Chargers, had 45 eceptions for 537 yards and three ouchdowns last season COLLEGE BASKETBALL NEW YORK - St. John's urned over its head basketball :oaching job to Fran Fraschilla, vho had a 17-12 record last season it Manhattan and was 85-35 in bur years there. Brian Mahoney was dismissed ollowing a dismal 11-17 record, he school's worst in 33 years. Fraschilla, an assistant at h-ovidence, Ohio State, Ohio Jniversity and Rhode Island before oming to Manhattan in 1992, will ecome the 15th head coach in St. ohn s history. HUNTINGTON, W.Va. ? larshall hired former player Greg Write as its new basketball coach.. Write, who had been coach at the Jniversity of Charleston, was a nil nm/I lrtfnw unit guaiu at lviai oiiaii aiiu latex n assistant coach at the school. White, 37, is Marshall's fourth oach in seven seasons, a stretch i which the program has struggled fter dominating the Southern inference during the 1980s. He eceived a five-year contract. pus ions special reduced lance to be e! mmr 4 i [