Page 10 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 9, 1985 Batsmen split with Indiana BARB'S *1 -U- By BRAD MORGAN and MIKE REDSTONE In a weekend of baseball extended to three days because of rain, snow, and several other weather phenomena, Michigan split four games with a tough and hungry Indiana squad. Because of the foul weather on Satur- day and Sunday, the last two-and-a-half Col1d weekend brings M'nine to 18-4 clip games were played in occasional near- thander at the start of the third inning. blizzard conditions at Ray Fisher The move paid off as Karasinski set- Stadium yesterday afternoon. tled down on his second effort on the IN THE GAME carried over from mound and picked up the win, im- Sunday, the Wolverines dropped a 4-1 proving his record to 3-0. decision as Hoosier hurlers Humphrey THE WOLVERINES looked ready to and Mark Gramer combined to allow take yesterday's third game behind the Michigan only seven hits. Designated pitching of freshman righthander Jim hitter Charles Fedorka led Indiana's Agemy. The 6-6, 205-pouner cruised into batting attack, going two-for-three with the sixth inning with a 3-0 lead after an RI In yesterday's second game, Michigan capitalized on three Indiana errors to take a 9-4 win. The Wolverines scored six runs in the third inning on only two hits to break the game open. s Dan Disher and C .J. Beshke each knocked in two runs for the Maize and Blue. Michigan coach Bud Middaugh did some tampering with his pitching - yanking starter Dave Karasinski with two out in the second inning in favor of Ken Hayward, only to reinsert the lef- allowing only one hit. Agemy tired in the sixth, however, and managed to retire only one Hoosier while giving up three runs on four hits. Greg Everson took the loss after let- ting up a three-run homer to Mike Sabo in the seventh inning. "Agemy just got tired in the sixth," said Middaugh, whose team slipped to 18-4 with the four-game split."Everson got us out of a jam that inning but then gave up a big home run in the seventh. "I WASN'T happy with the pitching' overall this weekend. We didn't swing that well and we only played so-so defensively." Middaugh did not cite pitching as a problem in Sunday's series opener - with good reason. Staff ace Scott Kamieniecki improvedhis record to 5-0 while going the distance, giving up five hits and striking out eight to give the Wolverines a 2-1 win. Hayward drove in the game-winning run with a third-inning single that scored Mike Watters. Matt Siuda doubled home the other Michigan run in the second. "I thought Indiana played very well this weekend," said Middaugh. "They played inspired ball and had pretty good pitching. They look at it (the weekend split) as an accomplishment while we look at it as a disappoin- tment." .500 ball 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Indiana......2100001 483 MICHIGAN ...2 0 61 00-896 2 IU- Fella, Simpson (1). Bell (3), and Mueller; M: KarasinskiHayward (2), Karasinski (3), Hayward (4), and Wolfe. WP - Karasinski (3-0), LP - Simpson (4-2), S: 1 Hayward (2) I I ARBS, By Barb McQuade m m Karasinski ... settles down for the win NOW IN PAPERBACK A companion to the classic bestseller toW to JAdler ;e~awauthor of L *kn HOW TO READ A BOOK "Adler offers us both a fascinating theoretical analy- sis of oral communication and practical tips derived from his long years of experience. This book will be appreciated by anyonekwho ever has to get up before an audience and speak"-Chicago Tribune Forget Boston and New York... Motown s boys are for real 'M GETTING sick and tired of hearing about how the Tigers are bound for atumble in 1985. I've had it with people telling me how Willie Hernandez played over his head last year. How Sparky Anderson is burned out. How Alan Trammell is complacent. After witnessing the spectacle of Opening Day, you realize it just can't be true. I'm not saying Toronto, Baltimore, New York or even (eegads) Boston are incapable of winning the division. It's just that too many people think the Tigers are just a flash in the pan-one good season and back to mediocrity. I don't believe it for a minute. Granted, Hernandez had an incredible year and will have a tough time matching it. But a bunch of Tigers had just average or even poor seasons. Jack Morris and Dan Petry won 19 and 18 games, respectively, and I expect them to notch at least as many victories in '85. Lance Parrish is-a much bet- ter hitter than last year's .237 and should have knocked in more than 98 runs. Others who played below their personal standards were Larry Herndon, Darrell Evans and Lou Whitaker. With Walt Terrell to gird the pitching staff and baseball's strongest com- bination up the middle, the Tigers are solid, to say the least. This is a good ballclub and the city of Detroit deserves it. Yesterday, as the Tigers received their World Championship rings before the game, the fans went crazy. They've waited 16 years for the right to boast their team as the best in baseball, so why not let them have their fun? You New York and Boston fans are used to winners. If not in baseball, in other major sports. For Detroit, it's been a long wait. The lean years turned into a lean decade- and-a-half during which the crowd at Michigan and Trumbull was treated to such big names as Tom Veryzer, Steve Grilli and Dave Roberts. The fans paid money to see these guys. But patiently, they waited. At no time did attendance at Tiger Stadium falter. Diehard fans crowded the gates, convinced that Ron LeFlore, or maybe Mark Fidrych, would at last lead them to a championship. Stupid, but loyal. Yesterday, finally able to wave a "number one" finger in the air, Detroit fans came out to salute their heroes. Oh, they came out to watch a ball game too, but mainly to pay tribute to the winning ball club Detroit's faithful finally have a chance to identify with. The opening game was not an exciting one, and the Tigers trailed throughout most of it. But the fans remained enamored with spirit and stuck around until the end-even in the ninth inning when Detroit had the lead. This crowd was there to have a good time and to enjoy a ball game. When Alan Trammell drove a ball deep to the wall in left-centerfield and was rob- bed by Brett Butler, the crowd applauded the catch. When Chet Lemon dove- for Butler's sinking liner and missed, allowing the Indian centerfielder to reach second base, the crowd cheered the effort. There is no "win or we hate you"attitude at Tiger Stadium. The Tigers provided enough fanfare before the game to last a lifetime-they're definitely riding their championship for all it's worth. But the fans couldn't get enough of it. They loved the '84 highlights on the center- field video screen, the "Let's Do It Again" pennants and the souvenir World Championship peanut containers. They cheered madly and shook the stands when the championship banner was hoisted along with the American flag, practically drowning out Bob Taylor's voice as he sang the national anthem. These are not blase fans we're dealing with. They've got a winner and they're enjoying it. The Tigers played well and the fans left satisfied with 1985's edition of the Tigers. Hernandez looked as sharp as ever. Sparky walked with his lively gait. Trammell played shortstop with youthful zest. Maybe the Tigers won't repeat in '85-I don't care. But for a year the World Championship is Detroit's to enjoy. 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Camacho, the third of four pit- chers for the Tribe, served up three straight hits as Detroit scraped together two runs. LARRY HERNDON sparked the rally with a one-out single to left. After Chet Lemon walked, Pittaro's third single of the afternoon scored Herndon and sent Lemon to third. The center- fielder scored easily on Whitaker's sacrifice fly to center. Manager Sparky Anderson, who spent Sunday night in the hospital with an inflamed nerve in. his leg, was questionable for today's game, but didn't disappoint the crowd, which gave the Tiger skipper a standing ovation when he, appeared on the field before the game. The only boos were heard when Michigan Governor Jim Blanchard and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young took the, field to deliver the ceremonial first pit- ch. Blanchard tossed an accurate lob to Young, who mishandled the ball and watched it pop out of his mitt. The political due tried it again but fared no better to the jeers, and delight, of the fans. 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