Friday, April 8, 1 9 THE MICHIGAN DAILY 1 Friday, April 8, 19 iHE MICHIGAN DAILY Pages Mns OTIS, MAYBERRY BLAST HOMERS: Roy By ERNIE DUNBAR , Special to the Daily DETROIT - Kansas City wasted no time breaking out the long ball yesterday, as the Royals downed the Detroit Tig- ers 7-4 before an opening day crowd of 46,807 at Tiger Sta- dium. The Royals collected twelve hits, including two home runs, off starting and losing pitcher Dave Roberts and relief pitcher Fernando Arroyo. Detroit man- aged eight hits from four Kan- sas City hurlers, with starter! Paul Splittorff collecting the win. KANSAS CITY'S Amos Otis got the run production going for the Royals, cracking a two run homer in the first inning. But the Tigers came right back in their half of the first, scoring two runs on a walk to leadoff man Ron LeFlore, a double by Tito Fuentes, and a single by designated hitter Rusty Staub. The Royals took a one run margin in the fourth when left fielder Joe Zdebrand catcher Buck Martinez hit back to baick singles. Shortstop Fred Patek scored Zdeb with a fielders choice. IS THE O looked on as Splittorf in order fourth inni John Ma 'away for crown Tigers PENING day crowd Tom Veryzer who collected two Brett and singles by McRae in 44-degree weather singles in two trips to the plate, f set the Tigers down ; while LeFlore added two sin- in the third and gles and a walk. ngs. Kansas City added an insur- yberry put the Tigers ance run in the ninth, on a good, as the Royal 1 walk by third baseman George and Otis. Willie Horton made his first appearance in the field since July 7, 1974 and the left fielder collected a single in four trips to the plate. tI S U B S R C 1 B E 764.0558 U1I i AP Photo RUSTY STAUB, the Tigers' designated-hitter, is shown here cranking from second to third after he tagged up on Willie Horton's fly ball to right field in the first inning of yesterday's Tiger opener. Staub went one-for-four including one RBI in the Tiger 7-4 loss to Kansas City. WOMEN IN TWO-DAY TOURNEY Ne tters lob towar K.C. . . . 200 130 001-7 12 0' Detroit ...... 200 000 200-4 8 01 first baseman unloaded a three t I run, upperdeck home run in the -0 fifth inning. SC R CS E ES Designated - hitter Hal Mc- - Rae had reached base on one Major League Baseball of three singles, while Otis was American League on second after a double to left center. Otis also collected two Kansas City 7, Detroit 4 singles to pace the Kansas New York 3, Milwaukee 0 City attack with four- hits and Cleveland 5, Boston 4 (11 Inn.) three BI's.Texas 2, Baltimore 1 (10 inn.) three RBI's. Toronto 9, Chicago 5 THE TIGERS made a brief National League comeback in the seventh inn- ing, when right fielder Ben Og- Los Angeles 5, San Francisco 1 live and catcher Milt May both NewLork 5,Chicago 6 j walked off Splittorff. SinglesI by pinch - hitter Phil Mankow- NBA ski and LeFlore off relief pitch- er Doug Bird scored the Tigers Cleveland 108, Denver 94 final runs. Indiana 114, New York Knicks 100 Detroit was led by shortstop Phoenix 121, Kansas City 110 NHL PLAYOFFS N.Y. Islanders 2, Chicago 1 (N.Y. wins series 2-0) Buffalo 7, Minnesota 1 (Buffalo wins series, 2-0) Pittsburgh 6, Toronto 4 E(Series tied at 1-1) }Atlanta 3, Los Angeles(S e2ie t11 ley games." This use of innovative forma- TONIGHT At tions is part of Atwood's hope to SECOND CHANCE get the girls thinking about stra- "SWEET THUNDER" tegy rather than just hitting the ball. 994-5350 Mexico's most famous name is America's most S - Pawo v Teia 411as - - T" -!«a" so 1t1[ vI I I. , . Pistons in The Phoenix Suns defeated he Kansas City Kings, 121- 10, last night. This ensures he Detroit Pistons of a play- ff berth. Join The Daily Sports Department By BOB WARREN i Maria Olazagasti, and if Barb I feeling from the one-sided "If we beat Ohio State Satur- Selden plays number two, sheI match."I day, we will be the best team in should win there. . Atwood plans to use the Mich- the Midwest region," a hyped "I am thinking about mov- igan State and Purdue matchesI John Atwood proclaimed as his ing Ann Kercher to number as experimental matches with Michigan Women's tennis team three to take some of the pres- his third doubles team of Jody' disembarked for the Purdue In- sure off her," Atwood said. 'Strom and Jan Karzen. vitational to be played today and "This match is too important tomorrow. to have any girl in a position g"I want to have these two "We illhaveto sart'girls working well together be- We will have to play smart where she might feel uncom- cause they will face tough com- tennis against Ohio State or fortable." it ill face toughnco we'll lose,"' Atwood continued, petition against OSU. I plan tor "You can take any one . Atwood feels that playing Ohio get a game of synchronized Yhe enum to°nuber State last is the best thing that switching and unbalanced for- the singles players on umber could happen to Michigan. mations to take advantages of and mix them up and the team "Playing MSU and Purdue be- the girls' excellent forehand vol- would not lose any quality in fore OSU will prepare us ade-------- - - its play." quately for the Buckeyes. We Atwood believes OSUJ has good need time to get used to the dif- depth because its number two ferent surface and to get the nlAvp~ Ann ri as ,'girls' confidence up," he said,j* , ..' r r t k BOTHERED BY A BUNCH OF DRIPS? At University Towers our full time maintenance staff insures that utili- ties don't cause you this kind of trouble. In addition, our weekly house- keeping service enables you to avoid the hassles of cleaning. Call us or stop by for more information. Model apartments now being shown 10 A.M.-8 P.M. Monday-Friday. player, Lnn wson, wa nbig from the lineup in the fall and the OSU girls still made the match close. The Michigan coach is con- fident that Kathy Karzen will defeat OSU's number one girl, "The girls were uptight be- fore Northwestern because of what we had heard about its team. However NU was not what it was made up to be and the girls obtained a relieving E lam i Shut 9esigns-Snnen Punting-Phatopnpbg 29dt 9aat8 lust AMk 99989 Mich 18183 xp tate hane 991 1361 Baseball's annual hk Corner of S. Forest & South U. OPEN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINGS UNTIL 9:00 761 -2680 F r opening eye openers; By The Associated Press homer in the ninth inning tied The expansion Toronto Blue the score and then Cleveland Jays started their first Ameri-. edged Boston 5-4 as Duane can League season in the right Kuiper's slow bouncer scored style yesterday, outslugging the Frank Duffy in the 11th. Duffy -Chicago White Sox 9-5. had walked and raced to third Rookies Doug Ault and Alvis on Rick Manning's single before Woods stole the show with long Kuiper's chopper brought him ball power for the Blue Jays. home. Ault homered in each of his first John Stearns' two-run single F r a i two swings and Woods slugged a pinch hit homer in his first major league at bat. ANOTHER ROOKIE, Texas' infielder Bump Wills, was theG hero of the Rangers' 2-1 deci-I sion over the Baltimore Orioles. His two-out single in the 10th9 inning drove home Juan Ben- iquez with the winning run after Beniquez had doubled. Designated hitter Jim Wynn' crashed a tape measure homer. in his first American League swing, helping the New York Yankees defeat Milwaukee 3-0. Reggie Jackson, making his Yankee debut, drilled a pair of singles and scored the other two' New York runs on a suicideI squeeze and a wild pitch. BUDDY BELL'S two - run;, carped a four-run sixth inning rally that carried the New York Mets to a 5-3 decision over the Chicago Cubs. Tom Seaver, starting the Mets' opener for the 10th consecutive year, earn- ed the victory with late help from Skip Lockwood. Keith Hernandez drove in four rins with a double and a homer, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 12-6 romp over Pittsburgh. Duffy Dyer homered for the Pirates, who made three first inning errors. Don Sutton of Los Angeles surrendered a first-pitch home run to San Francisco's Gary Thomasson and then limited the Giants to only three more hits, pitching the Dodgers to a 5-1 victory. I I t 3 3 j Visit Our Old Fashion Bike Store Famous Bikes with Quality STYLING and SERVICE RALEIGH-SCHWIN N-MERCIER OUTSIDE FUN: Kites-Yo Yo-Frisbee-Games Complete Selection: Tires-Tubes-Lites THE FRlENDY STUDENTS STORE CAMPUS BIKE & TOY-662-0035 , ;', SPRING TIME BIKE TIME HOW IS YOUR DELIVERY* Is delivery of THE DAILY acceptable? We hope so! 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