Page 20-Thursday, May 20, 1978-The Michigan Daily MICHIGAN LOSES 4-2, 8-3 Tartrtopple Blue W e e k e n d feasted on Wolverine pitching for eight th, sixth and seventh, but each time a r , W lverneitching rfor deight double play put out the Blue fire. runs, while turning over five double "We just gotta forget today and come plays in the nightcap. S"We hit some balls right on the but- out playing this weekend," asserted in a ton," said Blue coach Moby Benedict. Benedict, referring to the Wolverines' "Wayne State just turned 'em into championship-deciding home-and- double plays, and that's the secret of home series with Michigan State this the game of baseball." weekend. "Wayne State came in here s t While the Wolverines were busy very fired up and I felt our pitching was By GEOFF LARCOM choking off their own potential rallies, a little disappointing today." the Tartars were piling up a seven-zip Two Wolverines who failed to disap- The Michigan baseball team, a fifth inning lead, capped off by Gary point at all were third baseman Dave tornado of late with a 12-2 Big Ten Zelmanski's (brother of Dave) two-run Chapman and center fielder Rick record, ran into a high pressure system homer off of Michigan chucker Mark Leach. Chapman went three for six in in the form of Wayne State hyesterdayiciga theketwir tyesterday, Clinton, pitching in relief for starter the twnbill, while Leach cranked out and the result was a 4-2, 8-3 pasting by Tom Owens. four hits in six at bats to raise his the underdog Tartars. Michigan pecked away at the Wayne average to.425. Delighted at first to just be on the State margin with single runs in the fif- For the Tartars, it was an afternoon field with the high flying Wolverines, the Detroiters soon found themselves in control of the opener as they singled four times in the second to take the lead 1-0. Then in the fourth Tartar catcher John Broder caught all of a Bill Sten- nett curveball, sending it over the lef- tfield wall with rightfielder Gary George on board to up the Tartar lead to 3-0. But Michigan rightfielder Mike Parker soon returned the favor with a towering two run shot in the Wolverines' half of the inning. For more sports, see pages 18-19 That was all the Wolverines could get though, as Detroiter Cosme Delapaz held Michigan to just six hits while going the distance. r The Tartars added an insurance run in the fifth on a triple by first sacker A Dave Zelmanski and a single by shor- tstop Doug Fowler. With the final Wolverine putout, an ectatic Delapaz hugged his mates as they celebrated the surprise win. The second course turned out even IT MAY APPEAR he missed the tag, but Wayne State first baseman Dave Zelmans better than the first for the upset Michigan's Mike Parker after tagging him out in the second game of yesterday's n hungry Tartars, however, as they and his infield mates engineered five double plays in the game, helping the Tartars bill. Wayne State won the first game, 4-2. twice to savor as they lifted their overall record to 27-16. The Wolverines, on the other hand, must concentrate on this coming weekend, where they must cap- ture at least one of the two games with the Spartans to secure the Big Ten title outright. Should MSU take two, a tie and an ensuing playoff for the cham- pionship would result. Steve Howe will be trying to become just the seventh hurler in conference history to win six Big Ten games when he takes the mound in East Lansing Saturday. Howe is 5-0 in Big Ten play, with a scant 1.53 ERA. Sunday's pitcher at home, Craig McGinnis, is 3-1 along with a 0.69 conference ERA. .ki really is pulling the glove away from on-conference doubleheader. Zelmanski to a 8-3 victory and a sweep of the twin- -,. I Ifcjn League Sla diag6 E. '9 Tigers roll on, 5-3; Hiller tough in relief AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST W L Pct. Detroit ................ 21 9 .700 Boston ................ 23 12.658 New York ............ 19 13 .593 Cleveland .............. 16 16 .500 Milwaukee ............ 14 18 .406 Baltimore.............13 19 .406 Toronto ............... 13 19 .406 GB 1/a 3 6 71 9 9 WEST Oakland............... 22 11 .666 - California ..,.......... 19 13 .594 21j Kansas City ........... 18 14 .562 3%1 Texas ................. 15 14 .516 5 Minnesota ............. 12 23 .342 11 Seattle ................ 12 24 .333 111 Chicago ........... 9 20 .310 12 Yesterday's games Late games not included Detroit 5, Milwaukee 3 Cleveland 5, New York 4 (10innings) EAST. W L Pct. Philadelphia.......17 13 .567 Montreal .............. 17 15 .531 Chicago .............. 16 17 .485 Pittsburgh ............. 14 18 .438 New York ............. 15 20 .429 St. Louis............... 14 22-.389 WEST San Francisco . .E... 22 12 .647 Cincinnati ............. 20 14 .688 LoS Angeles ........... 20 14 .588 Houston ............... 15 16 .484 San Diego ............. 16 18 .471 Atlanta ............... 12 19 .386 Yesterday's games San Diego 5, St. Louis 2 San Francisco 9. Chicago5 Atlanta 2-1, New York 1-3 Cincinnati at Montreal, n Philadelphia at Houston, n Pittsburg at Los Angeles, n GB 1 2% 4 4 / 8 2 52 6 8% MILWAUKEE (AP)-Jason Thomp- son crashed a two-run homer while Ron LeFlore added a solo shot and scored three times, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 5-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers last night. * LeFlore doubled for his third hit to lead off the seventh inning against loser Jerry Augustine, 4-6, and Thompson blasted his ninth homer as the Tigers erased a 3-2 deficit and went onto their fourth consecutive victory. They added an insurance run in the eighth on Lance Parrish's fourth homer. THE BREWERS had taken a 3-2 lead with two runs off winner Jack Billingham, 4-1, had retired seven suc- cessive batters until Gorman Thomas' hit his seventh homer near the top of the left field bleachers. Robin Yount followed with a triple and scored on Pul Molitw' kdouble play grounder fllowing a walk. Leadoff singles by LeFlore and Mark Wagner and Rusty Staub's infield out gave the Tigers a 1-0 first-inning lead. The Brewers tied it in the second on Six- to Lexcano's seventh homer. Detroit took a 2-1 lead in the third on LeFlore's fourth homer. SCORES Late Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Texas 4, Oakland 3 NATIONAL LEAGUE Montreal 5, Cincinnati 4 Houston 2, Philadelphia 1 IM SOF)TBALL .Daily Libels 9.-Delta Tau Delta 5