Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Sports Monday- April 12,1993 I 'M' Sports Calendar Monday, April 12 Baseball at Penn State (DH), 12 p.m., State College. Tuesday, April 13 Softball vs. Michigan State (DH), 3 p.m., Alumni Field. Wednesday, April 14 Baseball vs. Siena Heights (DH), 1 p.m., Fisher Stadium. Softball at Western Michigan (DH), 3 p.m., Kalamazoo. Men's Tennis at Michigan State, 6 p.m., East Lansing. Thursday, April 15 Women's Gymnastics at NCAA Championship, all day, Corvalis, Ore. Men's Gymnastics at NCAA Championship, all day, Las Cruces, N.M. Friday, April 16 Softball vs Indiana (DH), 1 p.m., Alumni Field. Women's Gymnastics at NCAA Championship, all day, Corvalis, Ore. Men's Gymnastics at NCAA Championship, all day, Las Cruces, N.M. Saturday, April 17 Baseball vs. Indiana (DH), 1 p.m., Fisher Stadium. Softball vs. Indiana (DH), 1 p.m., Alumni Field. Women's Gymnastics at NCAA Championship, all day, Corvalis, Ore. Men's Gymnastics at NCAA Championship, all day, Las Cruces, N.M. Women's Tennis at Wisconsin, 11:30 a.m., Madison. Men's Tennis at West Virginia, 1 p.m., Morgantown, W.Va. Women's Golf at Penn State, all day, State College. Men's Golf at Firestone Invitational, all day, Akron, Ohio. Sunday, April 18 Baseball vs. Indiana (DH), 1 p.m., Fisher Stadium. Women's Tennis at Northwestern, 11 a.m., Evanston. Women's Golf at Penn State, all day, State College. Men's Golf at Firestone invitational, all day, Akron, Ohio. Fans return stolen A thlete of . , - :':". .fit' : WHO: Jaimie Fielding TEAM: Women's Tennis HOMETOWN: Louisville, Ky. YEAR: Sophomore ELIGIBILITY: Sophomore WHY: Fielding, the Big Ten women's tennis player of the month for March, won all four of her matches last weekend. In singles competition, Fielding beat Minnesota's Karin Erlandsson 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 and Iowa's Andrea Calvert 6-4, 6-3 at the No. 2 singles spot. The co-captain is now 13-4 in singles competition and 23-9 overall on the season. BACKGROUND: Fielding pulled in the Most Valuable Player award as a freshman at last year's State of Michigan Invitational. Ranked No. 98 in the nation in the 18-and-under division by the United States Tennis Association before coming to Michigan, Fielding was Waggener High School's four-time varsity tennis MVP. She also achieved the No. 8 spot in the USTA doubles rankings. Fielding Gordie Howe DETROIT (AP) - Two contrite someone hockey fanatics have returned the even wors stolen Michigan Sports Hall of Fame "It wa plaque honoring Red Wing legend John said Gordie Howe. besides af The bronze plaque was stolen John d more than four years ago from Cobo hiding dur Hall in Detroit, where the Michigan off party e Hall of Fame is located. "We d The men, who would identify hockey ba themselves only as "John" and uniforms, "Jim," say they found the plaque in a brought a Cobo Hall stairwell. They say who- Stadium a ever ripped it from the wall was probably unable to carry the tomb- ,It was stone-sized plaque away. The pair surrendered the plaque Mona1 Thursday night to The Detroit News show t after reading an article about it in the few trt paper. friends "We decided to return it when we read that Gordie said it belonged to the people of Michigan," John, 27, told The News. "He's right, and we were wrong." seat. Id John and Jim, 25, said the plaque bringingc lost its charm when the two realized Johna they couldn't show it off for fear plaque th plaque would call police or - e - steal it from them. s stealing the Mona Lisa," . "Who could I show it to few trustworthy friends?" did bring the plaque from ring a hockey season kick- earlier this year. decorated the house with anners, sticks, pucks and ," John said. "One guy brick from old Olympia nd someone else brought a s stealing the Lisa. Who could I it to besides a ustworthy s?' - John plaque thief decided to top them by out the plaque." and Jim said returning the is is their present to Howe, ently celebrated his 65th ie just celebrated his birth- guess this is a present from of us," John said. "Tell that John and Jim said irthday."' AP PHOTO Jody Reed of the L.A. Dodgers jumps over Atlanta's John Smoltz to complete a double play. The Braves beat the Dodgers, 3-0. Smoltz, Stanton combine to shut out Dodgers, 3-0 who rec birthday. "Gord day, so I! the two Gordiet 'Happy B Copy Sale loose sheets a copy AccU -Copy 402 Maynard, 769-8338 Associated Press The outstanding pitching of the Atlanta Braves continued yesterday as John Smoltz and Mike Stanton combined on a four-hitter in a 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Smoltz (1-1) struck out eight, walked five and hit a batter in eight innings. Stanton finished for his third save. Ron Gant hit a home run off Ramon Martinez (1-1) in the first inning and Deion Sanders added a two-run pinch single in the eighth. Martinez allowed only two hits before leaving for a pinch-hitter after six innings. White Sox 6, Yankees 4 Joey Cora hit a two-run triple in the sixth inning as the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yan- kees 6-4 yesterday and avoided a three-game sweep. Jack McDowell (2-0) got the win despite giving up 12 hits and four earned runs in 6 2-3 innings. Roberto Hernandez came in to get the final out of the game, striking out Danny Tartabull for his first save. Ellis Burks tripled off Yankees' reliever Rich Monteleone (0-1) in the sixth and scored on Dan Pasqua's sacrifice fly to cut New York's lead to 3-2. Three seventh-inning singles cut Chicago's lead to 5-4 and knocked McDowell out of the game. But re- liever Scott Radinsky got pinch-hit- ter Jim Leyritz to ground out to end the rally. New York starter Scott Kamie- niecki, who left with a 3-1 lead, al- lowed three hits and four walks in five innings. Giants 4, Pirates 3 John Burkett pitched four-hit ball for 7 2-3 innings to again outduel knuckleballer Tim Wakefield and Matt Williams hit a tie-breaking solo homer, giving the San Fran- cisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on yesterday. Burkett (2-0) also had two of the Giants' seven hits in seven innings off Wakefield (1-1). Williams, hitting just .217, broke a 2-2 tie when he led off the sixth with his first homer of the sea- son. He also drove in the Giants' fi- nal run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh. Wakefield walked five and was wild in the Giants' two-run third, when he hit a batter and catcher Don Slaught was charged with two passed balls. Then-Georgia Tech sophomore point guard Kenny Anderson was chosen second overall by the New Jersey Nets in the 1991 NBA draft. Padres 6, Marlins 2 Fred McGriff sparked the slug- gish San Diego offense with three hits and three runs scored as the Padres beat the Florida Marlins 6-2 yesterday. Tony Gwynn had three of the Padres' 13 hits, singling and scoring in the first inning and doubling in a run in the ninth. Phil Plantier drove in two runs for San Diego with a first-inning sacrifice fly and an eighth-inning single. McGriff singled home a run in the first inning and later scored. He doubled and scored in the sixth and eighth innings. San Diego starter Andy Benes (1- 1) allowed eight hits, struck out seven and walked two in seven in- nings. Gene Harris picked up his first save with 1 1-3 innings of per- feet relief. Jack Armstrong (0-2) struck out a career-high 10 in seven innings. But he also allowed nine hits and a walk to the Padres. Indians 10, Blue Jays 6 Thomas Howard had four singles and three RBIs, and Carlos Baerga hit a three-run homer as Cleveland beat Toronto 10-6 yesterday. Howard's two-run single gave the Indians a 5-2 lead in the second, and his RBI single in the sixth made it 8-4. After Kenny Lofton and Howard singled in the first, Baerga homered off Jack Morris (0-2) to give the In- dians a 3-0 lead. It was Baerga's third homer of the season for the Indians, who had 16 hits off four Toronto pitchers. Mark Clark (1-0) allowed five runs on eight hits over six innings in his American League debut. He struck out two and walked one. Derek Lilliquist pitched two in- nings for his second save. Morris last only 2 2-3 innings, matching his shortest outing since coming to the Blue Jays last season. He gave up seven runs on eight hits. Mariners 7, Orioles 6 Jay Buhner's bases-loaded single with two outs in the 12th inning gave Seattle a 7-6 victory over Bal- timore Sunday. Buhner's hit came on a 2-2 pitch from Mark Williamson (0-1), the sixth Oriole to pitch in the contest. 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