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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
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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
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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
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collapsed behind home plate on I
April 1 seven pitches into the season I
opener in Cincinnati He died about c
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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