The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, May 2, 1979-Page 23 NIPPON" rmwm The feren Michi Eithe the W that t they c yester it, losi to the Stadiu It m Michil WES TERN MICHIGAN ROLLS, 2-1, 4-0 Broncos sweep Wolverine nine right, scoring Miklosi from first and from nine Michigan batters that sealed the five innings he worked. But tt By BOB EMORY giving the Broncos their fifth con- the Wolverines' fate. his teammates were hitting the 1 re's something about non con- giv e Broncos.thesrefifthtcon- the Wolserines'dfdte, didn't seem to make a differen cegmsthtjs trste secutive victory. Western got all the runs it needed in wl epthd egambaeball tam rght os h The Wolverines made a serious bid to the first inning on a.single by Miklosi Aed if hes igan baseball team right off. tie the game in their half of the seventh and another RBI double off the bat of Asked if he saw anythin r that or there's something-about with a clutch two-out rally off Paul Scarpace. Dave Woodworth went the couraging in the twinbill d (estern Michigan baseball team Schneider, the third Bronco pitcher. Af- first three innings, pitched perfect Benedict replied, "Naw, I did urns the Wolverines off, because ter Jim Paciorek doubled, Schneider hit baseball and recorded his second win anything I liked out there. Alth sinme out "mentally unprepared" have no complaints with the ~aymas oa "M obty Bnrpedict pu pinch-batter Pat Balaze to put two run- alongside three losses. Righthanders Wage pitchedlints fit gm rnoay as Coach Moby Benedict put ners on, but then Leach, the hero up Larry McDaid and Ron Raiz split the Wagner pitched in the first game mg both games of adouble-header through the seventh inning, bounced out last four innings of mound duty for the The Wolverines next take to th Broncos 2-1 and 4-0 at Fisher to first to end the threat and the game. Broncos. this weekend, when they'll trave a the fifth straight loss for IN THE NIGHTCAP, it was a superb Joe Wissing (1-.1) made his third double-headerS And for ipchig gan at the hands of the Broncos pitching effort from three Bronco start of the season for Michigan, and Moby Benedict, that's good hurlers and a piddly two singles effort gave up six hitsand two earned runs in ',,, , usar isnam . he way ball, it ce how g en- defeat, n't see ough I e way ." e field , to In- pair of an and news. this season, if you count the ten inning, 2-1 loss at the beginning of spring training this past March. The two losses also gave the Wolverines a 6-9 record (15-11 overall) against nin-Big Ten teams and naturally, Benedict wasn't too pleased in the locker room after- wards. "We just got beat by a team that shouldn't have beaten us because we See more sports, - pages 26 and 27 v --r - ,. _,._ ... ,., ., ....... ,........ Those are Big Ten gmes. weren't ready to play," he said with a touch of disgust. "WHY WEREN'T you ready?" asked the only reporter in his office. "I have no idea," said Benedict. "Go ask those guys out there, maybe they can tell ya. "I don't know what it is," he con- tinued, "but my teams the past couple of years can't seem to get up for 7 anything but conference games. I might as well not schedule those games because my players don't seem to want to play 'em, or if they do, they sure haven't shown it to me." Benedict scoffed at the notion of having a, jinx against Western Michigan, instead attributing the five straight losses to being mentally un- prepared. "What, we've lost five straight to Western, well, that's something our squad can be real proud IN A PLAY whi of," he said sarcastically. Stadium yesterda reached second oi A SWEEP FOR the Broncos seemed ronhecodicoy unlikely at first, as the Wolverines were, Broncos' victory cruising alog with a 1-0 lead on the strength of Steve Wagner's off-speed pitching and Rick Leach's second home run of the year, a line drive that ricocheted off the Track and Tennis Building in right field. But then came the last inning. Steve Perry had relieved a tiring Wagner with two out in the sixth, and he promptly struck out Tim Bourdo to end that Bronco scoring threat. Then, after striking out the first two batters in the top of the seventh, Perry walked speed- ster Marty Murray, who quickly went to second when Perry's pick-off throw hit him in the back and skidded away. Shortstop Jerry Miklosi then singled sharply up the middle, scoring Murray from second to tie the game. That seemedpto rattle Perry as Ken Scarpace promptly drilled a double to the wall in nyl R 3150 Carpenter - ic 971 -4310 _ _____ -( ch keyed Western Michigan's 2-1 win over Michigan in the Broncos' doubleheader sweep at Fisher y, sliding Bronco third baseman Marty Murray is hit in the back by Steve Perry's pickoff attempt. Murray n the error, and then scored on a single by Jerry Miklosi. Miklosi then went home on a double, providing the margin. Perry had struck out the fi ot two Bronco batters to begin the seventh and final inning. The Athlete's So presents .. SPRING CLEATS SALE Softball, baseball and soccer idas~-A~ factory seconds on $10 leather $12-$1 5 gular Cleat Stock-10% OPF OFFER GOOD MAY 3,4, & 5 iursday -8 p.m. 309 S. State St. Fri. & Sat. 995-1717 10-6 p.m. +i