Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, May 18, 1977 Streaking Blue nine duels Hurons F By PAUL CAMPBELL There are a few reasons why Moby Benedict and his Michigan baseball team might not care about today's dou- bleheader against Eastern Michigan. First, Eastern doesn't seem to offer much of a challenge on paper. The Hu- rons record of 26-31 is clearly inferior to Michigan's 29-11 mark. Second, Benedict and his squad have to face Michigan State in a home-and- home series this weekend which is cru- cial in determining the outcome of their Big Ten pennant race with Minnesota. They may be looking ahead. FINALLY, MICHIGAN has played ten games in eight days. They could just be tired. But, if Benedict has a say in the mat- ter, there will be no letup. "There's no way we're going to let up," said the coach of the team which has won 10 straight and 13 of it's last 14 games. "There are plenty or reasons why these two games are important." "First, I think that these games could be very important to our chances for getting an at-large berth in the NCAA tournament." IF MICHIGAN loses either game to MSU or Minnesota beats Iowa twice, the Wolverines will finish second in the con- ference. An impressive record against non-conference foes would enhance the Wolverines chances of being invited. "If we can beat EMU and MSU, I don't think we have to worry about whether or not we'll be playing more baseball," Benedict said. REVENGE MAY also be on the Mich- igan players' minds when they take the field. They absorbed two one-run losses in an encounter with their Ypsilanti counterparts earlier this season. SPORTS BULLETIN The Philadelphia 76ers beat the Houston Rockets, 112-109 last night to win their NBA semi-final series, four games to two. Philadelphia faces Portland in the finals. Veterans on the team may also re- member that it was Eastern that de- prived them of a trip to the College World Series each of the lastetwo years by beating Michigan in the finals of the Mideast Regional. AN EMU TEAM geared around hitting and speed will try to make things less enjoyable for Michigan. The Hurons team batting average is a lofty .287, and they have stolen almost three bases per game. Senior centerfielder Ted Dasen, com- ing back from a shoulder injury that sidelined him for four weeks, leads the Eastern hitting parade with a .386 aver- age. He also has eight homers and 27 RBIs. Junior second baseman Dan Schmitz is batting .348 and has scored 46 runs. But a. freshman from Monroe, Audie Cole, is the big man in the clutch. Cole has knocked in 43 runs to go along with a .308 average. Unfortunately for Eastern, their pitch- ing staff also sports some high figures. The team ERA is 5.63, while Michigan's is 2.63. CUBS SCORE 23 RUNS IN WI N: S/oIeo the Add Yank's nip Oakland in 15th, 5-2 Champion Crouther Michigan's Charles Crouther, a sophomore sprinter and hurd- ler, has been named the Big Ten Athlete of the Week for his performance in a dual track meet last Saturday against Indiana. In the Wolverines 84-61 victory, Crouther won two events and ran on two winning relay teams. Crouther won the 120- yard hurdles in a time of 14.2 seconds - the fastest time in the conference this season. "Crouther has been getting all the time and has a tremendous future in track," Michigan track coach Jack Harvey said. -DAILY SPORTS Grid Awards Three linebackers received Michigan's major spring football awards recently. Senior John Anderson, 6-3, 208, won the Meyer Morton Award given annually to the Wolverine who shows the greatest development and most promise for future success as a result of the annual Blue-White spring scrimmage. Greg Morton, drafted by the Buffalo Bills ten days ago, won the award last year. Anderson, an All Big Ten linebacker, also doubles as Michi- gan's punter. Junior Jerry Meter, 6-3, 205, was the recipient of the Freder- ick C. Matthaei Award - given each year to the junior-to-be player on the basis of achi vement in the classrom and on the gridiron. Anderson earned this honor last year. Sophomore Ron Simpkins, 6-2, 220, received the John F. Maul- betsch Avard given annually to a freshman player on the basis of leadership and capability both on and off the football field. Qurrterbuck Rick Leach won the award last year. -DAILY SPORTS Pacific-10 SAN FRANCISCOs- The Pacific-8 Conference will officially become the Pacific-10 Conference, with the addition of Arizona State and Arizona, on July 1, 1978 and the newcomers will com- pete for the conference football title that fall, it was announced yesterday. Wiles Hallock, executtise director of the conference, announced here the decisions reached at the annual Pac-8 spring meeting which was held in Los Angeles Monday. The president and chancellors of Pac-8 schools officially approved a 1978 football schedule in which the Arizona Uni- versities, now in the Western Athletic Conference, will meet the seven-game minimum requirement for championship com- petition. Hallock said, "We are delighted that Arizona and Arizona State have been able to resolve their football schedule conflicts so they can compete for the opportunity to play in the Rose Bowl in their first year." -AP By The Associated Press bases, Chambliss lined his game- OAKLAND-Chris Chambliss' winning hit to right. two-run single with one out in * * the 15th inning highlighted a Cubs dlof three-run rally that gave the New York Yankees a 5-2 victory CHICAGO-Larry Biitner hit over the Oakland A's yesterday. two home runs to lead a seven- homer barage including three in Rookie Dell Alston, making a row yesterday and the Chicago his first major league appear- Cubs unleashed a 24-hit attack to ance, opened the 15th with a gain their sixth straight victory pinch-hit double off reliever in a 23-6 romp over the San Dave Giusti, 0-2. Willie Ran- Diego Padres. dolph walked and Mickey Rivers Home runs by Bitner, Steve sacrificed the runners to second Ontiveros, and Gene Clines key- and third. "ed an eight-run third inning be- After Thurman Munson was fore the Cubs belted successive intentionally walked to fill the homers by Biitner, Bobby Mur- cer and Jerry Morales in the fifth inning. Reds blanked CINCINNATI - E d O t t' s eighth-inning single drove in Rennie Stennett and Willie Star- gell slammed a two-run homer in the ninth, allowing John Can- delaria to run his record to 5-0 as the Pittsburgh Pirates blank- ed the Cincinnati Reds 3-0 trst night. Phils flop PHILADELPHIA-Steve rr vey's two-run homer in the seventh inning snapped a 4-4 tie and gave unbeaten Don Sutton his sixth straight victory last n i g h t as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Philadelphia 6-4, snapping the Phillies' five-game winning streak. Phillies starter Larry Chris- tenson, 3-4, retired the first two batters in the seventh, then walked Ron Cey. Garvey, who was hiless in three earlier tn to the plate, smashed a borne run, his seventh of the seasyr over the 408-foot sign in centr field to send the Dodgers ahe'd Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE East W 1J Pc. Grl Bartimore 17 12 .586 - Boston 18 13 .581 - New YVor z 19 14 .576 Mitwauke, 17 17 500 5', Detroit 14 19 .42 5 Toronto 14 20 A12 i Cleveland 12 19 .387 West Minneota 23 it .075 Chirato, 20so2i.6t11 Texas 17 14 .567 4'. Kansas City 17 16 .515 5' Oakland 17 18 .586 6' California 15 20 .429 '. Seattle 12 27 .309 1 Yesterday's Games New York 5, Oakland 2, 15 innins Texas 3, Detroit 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE East W L Pct. e Pttsburghe 2.3 95.711 - Chsicato 2151 it656t2 St. Louis 20 12 .65 3 Philadephia 17 14 .548 5 Montreal 51 It 7433 New Yoek 12 20 ,375 11 west Los Angeles 27 8 771 - cincinnati 14 19 a25 Houston 13 20.391 t5 San Francisco 135 0 94 13 San tDeo 14 24 .368 sl Atlanta 11 24 314 16 Yesterday's Games Chicago 23, San Diego 6 Los Angeles 6, Philadelphia 4 New York 8, San Francisee 5 Pittsburgh 3, CiacnnatsO Atlanta 9. Montreal 6 Tennis title Ann Arbor is the site of the 1977 Big Ten Tennis Championship which open tomorrow and run through Saturday. Michigan will be shooting for its tenth consecutive title. Wolverine Jeff Etterbeek will be gunning for his second con- ecutive number two singles championship.s "I have more control over my emotions this season and I feel much more confident of winning the big points," Etter- beek said. "I know what my strengths are and what they can --AP Photo do for me now, whereas last year I had my doubts when it TEXAS RANGER catcher Jim Sundberg holds his head after came to a key point." being hit by a bat on a one-handed follow through by Detroit Ticket prices are $1 for Thursday's preliminaries, $2 for Fri- Tiger rightfielder Ben Oglivie. The Tigers and rookie pitcher day's semi-finals, and $3 for the finals on Saturday. Matches Dave Rozehma lost last ,night 3-1. Rozema went the distance begin at 9 a.m. each day. and allowed only six hits, but was victimized by three Ranger -DAILY SPORTS stolen bases.