a0 Page 8 -The Michigan Daily - Sunday, April 14, 1985 Hoosier errors give softballers split By JON HARTMANN If the oft-repeated axiom "Baseball or softball is 90 percent pitching" is taken as a given, then these are the next most important rules to follow: Lesson One: The best offense is a good defense. Lesson Two: The impor- tance of hitting cannot be denied. The softball team learned these lessons in reverse order yesterday. Fir- st, the team was held to one hit in a 3-0 shutout by Hoosier Amy Unterbrink. Then, in the second game of the twin- bill, the team laughed long and heartily as six Indiana errors produced an easy 7-1 win. UNTERBRINK was the all- important factor in the opener. The towering junior from Chelsea, Michigan retired the first thirteen bat- ters she faced with her rising fastball allowing only easy grounders from the Wolverine hitters. Michigan's only hit was a blistering ground ball up the middle hit by designated hitter Marcie Smith in the fifth. Unterbrink finished with seven strikeouts. Michigan's Vicki Morrow, going against Unterbrink, pitched a gutsy game, overcoming some control problems to retire Indiana in order in the second and third innings. Only the first run she gave up was earned. That came in the first, on a seeing-eye infield popup, a walk and a single up the mid- dle by Hoosier shortstop Jenny Mc- Daniel. THE SECOND run came in the third, on a questionable call by the umpire, when Indiana outfielder Tammy Con- ner hit a pop-up into short right-center field. Rightfielder Linda Allen, center- fielder Mari. Foster, and second baseman Mary Bitkowski collided on the ball. Bitkowski emerged from the point of impact with the ball held high, but she stumbled and fell over, having lost her balance in the brush with her team- mates. A moment later, the ball popped loose and Conner was called safe at second. Hoosier third baseman Pam Lee, who had singled, stolen second and moved to third on a bunt by first baseman Caroline Berger, scored on the play. Bitkowski's second error allowed In- diana's final run to score. Covering first on a grounder to Mena Reyman she dropped the first baseman's underhand toss, permitting Indiana shortstop Stacey Hodge to cross the plate. ALTHOUGH Unterbrink was again the starter for Indiana, Michian quickly grabbed a lead in the second game. Af- ter shortstop Lisa Panetta led off with a line single to right, Vicki Morrow placed a slow infield single between the mound and Stacey Hodge, now playing second. Mena Reyman struck out trying to bunt, but rightfielder Linda Allen delivered the Wolverines' first FINALLY, Reyman sent Morrow and Panetta home with a smash triple to left-center. Reyman was stranded, as Allen tapped a grounder to second and Alicia Seegert'struck out. The third inning brought relief for In- diana, in the form of junior pitcher Kim Mourer, who escaped the inning unscathed. Mourer wore a nose protec- tor strapped over her head after breaking her nose while training in California. Not to be outdone, sophomore outfielder Julie Smith, who broke her nose a week ago in practice, sported a hockey helmet as she played DH. Blevins didn't blame Unterbrink for Michigan's big second inning, but took her out anyway. "She pitched well - we just didn't play well behind her" said Blevins. "I was planning to go with her thrugh the third, but I took her out one inning early." MICHIGAN picked up some extra in- surance in the fourth on a two-run single by Alicia Seegert, playing second. Panetta had reached base on an error, Reyman had walked and both had moved into scoring position on a Linda Allen bunt. While the Indiana hurlers were having trouble, Michigan freshman Michelle Bolster was completing her three-hitter. Hoosier centerfielder Nancy Savage, whose name and ap- pearance suggest a miniature Sid Vicious, scored Indiana's only run on a sacrifice following her line double to deep left-center. With two outs in the sixth, the Wolverines scored again. When the an- nouncer. mispronounced Reyman's name, the senior from Royal Oak looked her down, then ripped a single between short and third. Reyman scored when Seegert singled to center following Linda Allen's single. MICHIGAN head coach Carol Hut- chins was grudgingly satisfied with the doubleheader split. "As inconsistenly as we played, we're lucky to split," she said. But Blevins was not. "It was disap- pointing" she said. "If they legitimately beat us, it's different. But you're not going to win with six errors." If Michigan can learn Lesson Two, it looks as though they will win a lot of games. 6 6 6 Bolster ... tosses three-hitter run of the day on a grounder hit deep enough to short for Panetta to beat the throw home. Michigan increased its lead to 4-0 on three consecutive Indiana errors in the second. Following Mari Foster's leadoff strikeout, Marcie Smith reached first when Hooser first baseman Caroline Berge; dropped the bullet thrown by Pam Lee, who had fielded Smith's grounder. Panetta made it to second, pushing Smith to third, when Indiana overthrew first base on another easy play. Smith scored on Morrow's bunt single that followed, when Indiana catcher Mary Haslinger overthrew first base. The errant throw put Morrow on second. 0, Daily Photo by DAN HABIB Sophomore pitcher Vicki Morrow winds up during the first game of yesterday's doubleheader with Indiana. Morrow sae up seven hits in the Hoosiers' 3-0 win. NHL PLAYOFFS: Sutter, Trottier UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP)-Bryan defensive record si Trottier's third-period goal on New season, withstood t York's first goal scoring opportunity of protected the lead u the game led the Islanders to a 2-1 vic- slap shot by LouI tory- over the Washington Capitals last two-on-one break. night that kept alive the Islanders' Sutter clinchedi hopes of another Stanley Cup. from almost the sa Trottier scored. H Brent Sutter scored the second goal brother, Duane, at1 eight minutes later as the Islanders, four-time Stanley Cup champions, Sabres 6, Nor averted elimination. Game 4 of the best-of-five National BUFFALO, N.Y Hockey League playoff series will be dreychuk's goal lat played here Sunday night with capped a Buffalo c Washington leading two games to one. the Sabres a 6-4 vic the Quebec Nordiqi Trottier's goal, at 5:11 of the final Hockey League session, was set-up by Bob Bourne after semifinal. the Capitals blew a two-on-one break. Lindy Ruff, Bill H Bourne captured the puck off the skate Tucker and Ric Se of Washington's Bob Carpenter, fed a Buffalo, while the] streaking Trottier, who skated into the from Michel Gou] left face-off circle and fired a -20-foot J.F. Sauve and Alai slap fhot that deflected off the stick of Cote's goal gave diving Capital defenseman Rod with less than eigh Langway. the game, but the Sa The goal gave Trottier 150 career Tucker's goal, And playoff points, tying him with Stan seconds later and S Mikita for fourth place on the all-time empty Quebec net. scoring list. The Nordiques,v After that, the game opened up as the the two previous Capitals pressed for a tie. But the jumped out ahead Islanders, who this year had their worst goal of the series in1 keyl ince their first NHL he pressure. Smith with a pad save on a Franceschetti on a it with a slap shot me spot from where e was set up by his 13:44. , rdiques 4 . (AP)-Dave An- e in the third period omeback that gave ctory last night over ues in their National Adams Division Hajt, Paul Cyr, John iling also tallied.for Nordiques got goals let, Anton Stastny,' n Cote. Quebec a 4-3 lead t minutes to play in abres answered with reychuk's winner 40 eiling's shot into an who scored first in games, once again with Goulet's third the first period. sles'win Canadiens 4, Bruins 2 BOSTON (AP) - Mats Maslund and Bobby Smith scored on power plays in a three-minute span to give Montreal a 3-6 0 first-period lead, and the Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 4-2 last night to take a 2-1 edge in their National Hockey League playoff series., Boston threatened on goals by Charlie Simmer in the final minute of the first period and Dave Reid late in the second to cut the lead to 3-2. Black Hawks 8, Red Wings 2 DETROIT (UPI)-Steve Larmer, Darryl Sutter and Denis Savaro scored6 less than three minutes apart in the second period Saturday night to lead the Chicago Black Hawks to a 8-2 vic- tory over the Detroit Red Wings and complete a sweep of their three-game first round Stanley Cup series. The 9-5, 6-1 and 8-2 scores gave Chicago an NHL record for most goals in a preliminary Stanley Cup Series, The old was by Minnesota in 1981 when it outscored Boston, 20-13. Larmer scored on a power play at 7:17 of the middle period, Sutter scored 1:22 later and Savard converted a rink wide pass 2:56 later to give Chicago a 4- 0 lead. The Washington Capitals' Rod Languray battles with the New York Islanders' Brent Sutter in a League playoff game last night. The Islanders bounced back from a 2-0 series deficit with a 2-1 win1 semi-final playoff. Associated Press National Hockey in the best of five MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Undefeated Tigers top KC, 3-1 KANSAS CITY, Mo, (AP)-Tom Brookens doulbed home the tying run and scored the go-ahead run on a bases-loaded walk in the eighth inning yesterday while Jack Morris fired a five-hitter and the unbeaten Detroit Tigers posted a 3-1 vic- tory over Kansas City in a rematch of last year's American League playoff opponents. - The world champion Tigers, who made a shambles of last year's American League East race with a 35-5 start, have won all four games this season after winning their first nine a year ago. MORRIS, 2-0, struck out seven and walked four in out- dueling Bud Black, 1-1, who took a five-hitter and a 1-0 lead into the eighth. Rookie Chris Pittaro began the rally with a one-out single, and went to second on a wild pitch before Brookens tied it with his double. With the bases loaded, bullpen ace Dan Quinsenberry came in and hit Chet Lemon with a pitch to force Trammell home with the third run of the inning. Orioles 8, Blue Jays 7 BALTIMORE (AP)-Eddie Murray's three-run homer capped a six-run eighth inning yesterday as the Baltimore Orioles battled from a five-run deficit and beat the Toronto home run and RBI champion, belted a two-run homer yester- day as the unbeaten Boston Red Sox rolled to a 7-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Oil Can Boyd, 2-0, scattered five hits as the Red Sox stret- ched their record to 4-0 for the first time since 1973. BOYD, A 145-pound right-hander, struck out five, walked one and threw 123 pitches on 40-degree weather. Armas belted his second home run of the season into the- left-field screen after Mike Easler opened the second inning with a single off Chicago starter Floyd Bannister, 0-1. The Red Sox regained the lead in thier half of the fifth on Wade Boggs' RBI double and Jim Rice's run-scoring single. Cubs 8, Expos 3 CHICAGO (AP) - Gary Matthews drove in three runs with a single and a two-run homer and Jody Davis also blasted a two-run homer yesterday to lead the Chicago Cubs- to an 8-3 victory over the Montreal Expos. Davis also hit a "second-chance" double in a two-run second innig when his pop foul dropped between catcher Mike Fitzgerald and first baseman Dan Driessen. Ron Cey, who had singled, went to third on Davis' double and rookie Shawon Dunston drove in the tying and lead runs with a - , a .S u:wa- a'