Lacrosse Club sign-ups tonight, 7:00 p.m., 1250 CCRB. SPORTS Season tickets available for 1983-84 Michigan hockey at athletic ticket office. Page 9 The Michigan Daily Thursday, September 22, 1983 Tigers By GARY EFFMAN With wire service reports DETROIT - After coming out roaring in Tuesday night's series opener with the Orioles, the Tigers could manage only a feeble meow, losing the opener of last night's double- header with the Birds, 6-0. Mike Boddicker pitched his fifth shutout, struck out a career-high 12 bat- ters and received home run support from Eddie Murray, Cal Ripken and John Lowenstein to help Baltimore reduce their magic number of five. BODDICKER raised his record to 15- 7 and lowered his ERA to 2.58 while pit- ching a five-hitter. He also walked five but ended four innings with strikeouts to bail himself out of jams. Boddicker struck out the side in the ninth to tie Detroit's Jack Morris for most strikeouts in a game this season. Morris, 19-12, gave up all three home runs and was denied his 20th win of the year for the second straight start. He allowed six hits and struck out eight to increase his American League-leading Photo strikeout total to 221. fifth In the first inning Morris threw dopes dim; O's win, 6-0 nothing but smoke, retiring the Orioles in order. Boddicker returned the favor blanking the Tigers in their first stanza. IN THE SECOND inning Morris snapped. The first batter he faced, Ed- die Murray, pounded a long ball into the upper deck in right. Morris, who normally has good con- trol, seemed to find homeplate shrunken by Tuesday night's rain. Following Murray's 29th homer he let up a walk to Lowenstein, allowed a base hit to Ken Singleton before walking Rich Dauer and Rick Dempsey to force in a run. Singleton scored on a sacrifice fly before the third inning ended. Ripken opened the third inning with his 25th homer and Morris retired the next 12 batters in order. Ripken singled with one out in the eighth and one out later, Lowenstein clouted his 13th home run, off the facing of the upper deck in right field. Detroit loaded the bases in the fourth with two out, but Glenn Wilson tapped back to Boddicker to end the threat. Murray .. hits his 29th Morris Baltimore rookie Mike Boddicker shows the form that earned him his shutout of the year, a 6-0 win over the Tigers last night. TU Ca" ... fails to win 20th NJ 1 n c1, v~ )RTING VIEWS Highlights of the 1983 baseball season.. . ... the shortest movie ever made By ROB POLLARD As the month of September draws to a close, so does yet another season of professional baseball. Although some diehard baseball fans may disagree, it has been a pretty boring year. The 1983 season has been (up until now) one of the most unspectacular years in recent history. Con- sider these points as proof: " The George Brett Memorial Pine Tar Game stole the baseball headlines for as long as a mon- th in some parts of the country, simply because there was nothing else to write about. " Reggie Jackson neither quarreled with team- mates or shot his mouth off. He did hit .200 and crack some ribs though. " Only three: managers were fired during the season. Pat Corrales was released by the Phillies, Lee Elia by the Cubs, and Mike Ferraro by the Indians. George Bamberger manifested his sanity by stepping down as skipper of the Mets. " The Los Angeles 'Dodgers will win another Western division title with an infield which defensively is as solid as the bridges in Connec- ticut. " The National League East will produce a champion which will not have won 90 games. But the '83 campaign has been a good one for some. The Chicago White Sox will be making their first post-season appearance in 23 years. The White Sox enjoyed their champagne Satur- day after clinching the A.L. West, but it would have been more appropriate if they sent the bub- bly to each of the teams in their division in ap- preciation for the less-than-stiff competition. The Sox could hang tough in any division though. They have arguably the best pitching in the big leagues - with four excellent starters in Britt Burns, Richard Dotson, LaMarr Hoyt and second-half sensation Floyd Bannister who is 12- 1 since the All-Star break. The Sox' combination of strong pitching and balanced hitting gives them an excellent chance of winning it all. Barring a miracle in Tiger-town, the Chisox will oppose the big bad Birds from Baltimore. Ever since Yankee Dave Winfield mortally wounded a bird in Toronto with a throw from the outfield, the Orioles have been red hot. This may be coincidence or it may be nature's way of get- ting even with the Yanks and the rest of the division. Despite a bottom third of the batting order than can't hit its weight, the Orioles still manage to win, and they will be a favorite to defeat the White Sox in the AL playoffs and move into the World Series. It appears as though the old men from Philadelphia will hobble away with the National League East title. Despite a sub-par year by pit- ching ace Steve Carlton, the Phillies will edge out the Pirates and the talent-loaded Expos, who may never get their act together. But the Phillies will be easy prey for old nemesis and NL West champ Los Angeles. Why don't the Dodgers throw the ball around the infield after an out? Because manager Tommy Lasorda doesn't want any of his pitchers to get beaned. The, Dodgers have been able to overcome their atrocious infield play by virtue of good pitching and the long ball. These two ingredients are enough to get the to their fourth World Series in seven years. What will happen to liven up what has been a dull year in baseball? There are a few events which will salvage the season. *.After his Dodgers clinch the NL West, Tommy Lasorda will come running out of the dugout onto the field and leap into the air. He will not come down. " In the Championship series against the Dodgers, Pete Rose will go from first to third on a single. Hustling all the way, Pete will slide head first into third. Only one problem - Pete will forget to close his mouth, and hence he will swallow third base. Unphased, Rose will steal home on the next pitch. * Finally, the Atlanta Braves, who blew a sub- stantial lead over the Dodgers after removing Chief Nacahoma from his teepee, will end the controversy surrounding Brett Butler by sending the chief himself to the Cleveland Indians as the player to be named later in the Len Barker deal. The Indians, who already have a drum-beating mascot residing in right field, will name the chief as their manager for the 1984 season. As for the Braves - they might not win a game all next year. 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McMurtry, 14-9, yielded only five hits in recording his second straight victory after having lost four in a row. Murphy unloaded against Cincinnati starter Charlie Puleo, 5-11, sending a drive over the center field fence for his 35th homer. Chambliss then greeted reliever Rich Gale with his 19th, also to center. Chambliss hit his second home run, a drive down the right field line with two runners on base, against Ted Power in the fourth. Cubs 7, Pirates 6 CHICAGO (AP) - Jody Davis' sacrifice fly and Larry Bowa's infield single drove in the tying and winning runs in the seventh inning yesterday and lifted the Chicago Cubs to a 7-6 vic- tory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. It marked Pittsburgh's 10th straight loss in Chicago, including eight this season. Reliever Fergie Jenkins, 6-9, posted his 284th career victory and Lee Smith picked up his 28th save. Reliever Cecilio Guante, 2-5, took the loss. White Sox 2, Twins I CHICAGO (AP) - LaMarr Hoyt won his major league-leading 22nd game and his 11th in a row, while Harold Baines RBI single in the seventh in- ning broke a 1-1 tie as the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1 yesterday in the first game of a double header. Pinch-hitter Julio Cruz started the seventh by drawing a walk from loser Ken Schrom, 13-8. Rudy Law sacrificed him to second and pinch-hitter Jerry Hairston drew a walk. Baines then delivered his run-scoring single for his 20th game-winning RBI of the season, tying him for the American League lead with Dave Winfield of the New York Yankees. Giants, 5, Padres 4 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Dave Bergman, a late-inning defensive replacement, belted a two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth, lifting the San Francisco Giants to a 5-4 vic- tory over the San Diego Padres. Bergman connected for his sixth homer of the season following a two-out single by Chili Davis off Floyd Chiffer. Padres relief ace Gary Lucas, 5-8, took over and Bergman hit a 1-1 pitch over the screen in right center. GRIDDE PICKS Most people think there are just two types of people that play Griddes, foot- ball fanatics and pizza-lovers. This is a false assumption. All kinds of kids love Griddes. Fat kids, skinny kids, even engineers have been known to drop a form off now and then. Word has it that even Bo plays Griddes. Why, you ask? Because it builds character. That's right, Griddes builds character. PWant to build your character? Drop off your picks at Pizza Bob's on State St., or in midtown on Church St., or at the Daily offices at 420 Maynard. Be sure to include your name, address and phdne number. Picks must be in by midnignt on Friday. 1. MICHIGAN at Wisconsin (pick score) 2. Northwestern at Indiana 3. Illinois at Michigan State 16. San Jose St. at Stanford 17. USC at Kansas 18. Tennessee Tech at Murray State 19. Nebraska Omaha at Morningside 20. 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