12 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, April 16, 1997
Long homestand will test
M'
softball's perfect record
By Josh Kleinbaum
Daily Sports Writer
Home, sweet home.
The Michigan softball team will con-
tinue its 12-game homestand today
when it takes on Central Michigan in a 1
p.m. doubleheader at Alumni Field.
"I'm happy to be home, I couldn't be
happier to be home,"
Michigan coach
Carol Hutchins said.
"I'm sick of being on
the road."
The Wolverines'
sweep of Penn State
yesterday kept them
perfect at Alumni
Field this season, 7-0.
"Central's always
o%"
Za e amr
HOME RUN RECORD: Mika, Smith and
Melissa Gentile's home runs in game
two set a Michigan record for home runs
in a single game - three.
Cathy Davie added a grand slam in
the first game, her fifth home run of the
season. That puts her one off the
Michigan single-season record.
"Cathie Davie and Skeeter Gentile are
as strong a pair of kids as I have ever
met," Hutchins said. "And Smitty's a
strong kid, and Tammy is obviously
powerful."
The Wolverines were aided by a hard
wind blowing out to left field. Both
Mika and Smith's blasts were over the
left field fence - ironically, they were
both almost directly over the Penn State
sign.
AN EVEN GRAND: On April 8, 1978,
the Michigan softball team took the
field for the first time, beating
Northwestern, 7-2.
In the second game of yesterday's
doubleheader, the Wolverines took the
field for the 1,000th time, beating Penn
State, 9-3.
In the 20 years in between, the
Wolverines have compiled a 652-347-1
record under three different coaches.
Nineteen of those victories have come
at the hands of the Nittany Lions, while
Penn State has only taken one game
from the Wolverines.
Hitting streaks, starting and ending:
Mika's 0-for-3 performance at the plate
in the first game of the doubleheader
ended an eight-game hitting streak, a
span in which the sophomore batted an
even .400.
Mika more than made up for her
bagel in the nightcap, when she went 3-
for-4 with a home run, a double and a
single. The double hit the top of the cen-
ter field fence - a few inches higher,
and it would have been another home
run.
Lisa Kelley, on the other hand, has hit
safely in the last five games after reach-
ing safely twice in the opener and once
in the nightcap. Kelley also has hit an
even .400 in that span.
HUNGRY, HUNGRY Hippo: Lions
pitcher Jennifer Hippo has had trouble
getting anything in the win column in
the Big Ten season.
After going 3-1 in non-conference
games, Hippo had only been able to pick
up one victory in three Big Ten attempts
going into yesterday's games.
And Hippo had no luck finding win
No. 2 yesterday. In five innings pitched,
she gave up seven hits and five runs,
while walking two and striking out three
before being yanked in favor of Anja
Schwab. Hippo picked up the loss, as
well.
IRON ARM: Michigan pitcher Kelly
Holmes is trying to be the Cal Ripken of
the Michigan pitching staff, putting in
43 2/3 innings since pitching ace Sara
Griffin's injury 10 days ago.
Holmes has pitched in each of the last
10 games:
very tough,' Hutchins said. "I told the
kids, 'It's not a conference game, but we
want to win it."'
LUCKY NUMBER TwO: The number
two doesn't ordinarily have all that much
meaning to the Wolverines, but yester-
day it proved to be huge.
In inning No. 2 of game two of the
twin bill, the Wolverines hit two home
runs, two doubles and two singles and
earned two walks.
Both home runs were hit after two
pitches had already been thrown.
Michigan scored runs off of two pitchers
in that inning.
The two home runs were by Tammy
Mika and Jen Smith. For both, it was
home run No. 2 of the season.
ROB GILMORE/Daily
They didn't have to click their heels three times. The Wolverines returned to Alumni Field yesterday after a miserable weekend In
Evanston to begin a 12-game homestand. Michigan has a perfect 7-0 record on its own turf, proving there's no place like home.
LIONS
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popping out weakly to Gentile at third.
Holmes settled down after the first,
shutting out the Lions on one more hit
before coming out after the fifth inning.
Freshman pitcher Jamie Gillies came
in a'nd added some drama to the first
game. After allowing the only run of the
game, Gillies loaded the bases in the
sixth inning before getting pinch hitter
Randi Larson to fly out to left fielder
Kellyn Tate.
Holmes also had a relatively rough
first inning in the second game. Holmes
allowed her only run of the afternoon,
and it was unearned. Holmes earned the
win in both games on the afternoon
throwing nine innings in all. The wins
improved Holmes' record to 14-5, 7-1 in
conference play.
Gillies, on the other hand, struggled a
bit. She allowed four runs - three
earned in her five relief innings.
"Jamie started a little rough her first
inning in and then she settled in,"
Hutchins said. "And Holmes is doing a
great job for us:'
The offense seemed to click in both
halves of the doubleheader. After scoring
only two runs in two weekend games,
Michigan exploded for 12 yesterday.
Leading the Wolverines' charge in the
first game, in addition to Davie, were
Kosanke and Kelley. Both went 2-for-3
on the afternoon. Kosanke smacked a
double for the only other extra-base hit
for Michigan in the first game.
Mika was definitely the star for
Michigan in the second game. The
sophomore, who had an eight-game hit-
ting streak stopped in the first game,
started another by going 3-for-4 in the
second.
"It was a great day for the team," Mika
said. "It was something we needed to get
our confidence up. We're a great team
and we're going to win"
In addition to her home run, Mika also
doubled (also in the second inning) and
singled driving in two runs in the night-
cap.
"Tammy's just doing (as good) a job
for us as anybody is," Hutchins said.
"She's gotten excited about her opportu-
nity. I just couldn't be more happy with
Game 1
her performance.
"She's a real spark plug for us."
Kelley drove in three runs with her
bases-loaded double. Smith went 2-for-3
and drove in two runs. Kosanke finished
off a hot day going 3-for-4 in the night-
cap, and Davie added two more hits for
Michigan.
But the news was not all good for
Michigan. Senior captain Jessica Lang
hurt her wrist when Conti beat out a bunt
single to start the second game. Lang was
replaced Stacey Judd in the third inning.
She is expected to return for tomorrow's
doubleheader.
Game 2
PENN STATE
Player AB R
Conti ss 4 0
Forde It 4 1
Salsburg lb 1 0
Bochna pr 0 0
Peterson rf 2 0
Marucci 2b 3 0
Rucciardi cf 3 0
Toth 3b 2 0
Larson ph 1 0
Hackett dh/c 2 0
Shebest ph 1 0
Accordino c/dh 2 0
H BI
2 0
2 0
0 0
00
11
00
10
00
00
00
00
00
MICHIGAN
Player
Tate If
KllIey cf
Conrad lb
Mika
Davie cf
Smith c
McKittrck c
Gentile 3b
K~osanke ss
AB R
40
3 1
2 1
3 1
2 1
2 0
1 0
3 0
3 1
SI
0
0
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
PENN STATE
Player'
Conti ss
Forde If
Salsburg Ib/d
Larson pr
Peterson rf
Marucci 2b
Ricciardi cf
Toth 3b
Accordino c
Shebest c
Hackett 1b/dh
MICHIGAN
AS R H SI Player
4 1 0 0 Tate lf
3 0 1 0 TaylorlIf
3 1 0 1 Kelley dh
0 0 0 0 Davie cf
4 0 3 2 Mika rf
4 0 1 0 Beard rf
3 0 3 0 Conrad1b
2 0 0 0 Gentile 3b
3 0 1 0 Lappo3b
0 0 0 0 Smith c
3 1 1 0 Adamspr
McKittr'ck c
Lang 2b
Judd 2b
Kosanke ss
29 3 10 3 Totals
AB R H SI
5 1 1 3
4 1 3 2
0 0 0 0
2 1 0 0
3 1 2 2
2 0 0 0
4 1 3 0
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Hippo L 4-4
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5 3 0 0 1 5 Holmes, W 14-5
2 3 1 1 2 1 Gillies
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