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The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com

Frosh falters in
career-opener

Francis stifles Phils
in Game 1 win

By DAVID BRAID
For the Daily
This was probably not the way
freshman Jason Jong envisioned
beginning his collegiate career.
Jung, atone point the top-ranked
junior in the nation and Michigan's
No. 1 recruit, failed to win a singles
match in his first tournament as a
Wolverine.
The Torrance, Calif., native
dropped a 6-2, 7-6(5) decision to
Virginia's Ted Angelinos in the
opening round of qualifiers at the
Polo Ralph Lauren All-American
Championships.
Angelinos broke Jung's serve
in the opening game of the match
and went on to win the first set eas-
ily. In the second set, Jung broke
Angelinos and raced out to a 3-0
lead. But Angelinos fought back to
win the set 7-5 in a tie-breaker.
Even though Jung was not victo-
rious in his debut, Michigan assis-
tant coach Sean Maymi said the
freshman's performance showed
promise.
"He was actually dictating and
controlling a lot of the points in
the first set," Maymi said through
the Athletic Department. "(Jason)
settled in and got a lot of the shots
he wanted, he was just unable to

execute in the end."
After an early exit, Jung got an
opportunity to right the ship in a
consolation match against Dylan
Arnould of Duke.
Different opponent, same result.
Yet Maymi says it's too early
to start worrying about wins and
losses and that Jung should even-
tually turn things around.
"(Jason) will understand that he
doesn't have to play too far out of
his zone to win matches," Maymi
said through the Athletic Depart-
ment. "Obviously, it's tough when
you get a loss, but I definitely feel
like he's one of the better freshmen
in the country."
Fellow Wolverine Matko Mara-
vic will begin competing in the
main singles draw today against
qualifier Dmytro Pedrov. Later in
the day, Maravic will team with
Jung in their firstround doubles
match against Florida State's Jean
Yves Aubone and Clint Bowles.
Maravic hopes to have a repeat
performance of last year's tourna-
ment when he paired with gradu-
ated senior Brian Hung and went
all the way to the championship
match.
If all goes as planned, it won't be
too long before Jung gets his first
taste of victory.

Junior Chisako Sugiyama's 14-match
win streak was snapped on Tuesday.
Sugiyama
falls early
Junior Chisako Sugiyama failed
to qualify for the Riviera/ITA
All-American Championships.
The Pacific Palisades, Calif, who
holds Michigan's all-time singles
winning percentage at .769, fell to
No. 64 Whitney McCray of Geor-
gia Tech 6-2, 6-2 in second-round
action on Tuesday. Earlier that
day, Sugiyama won her first round
match against Elena Gantcheva
of UNLV 6-2, 7-5. With her loss
to McCray, Sugiyama had her 14
game winning streak snapped.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -
Bandbox or not, this was no day
for hitters.
Jeff Francis held the league's
highest-scoring team in check,
and the Rockies took advan-
tage of one shaky inning by Cole
Hamels to beat the Phillies 4-2 in
Game 1 of their NL playoff series
yesterday.
"Who would've thought a
good old-fashioned National
League game would break out
in this ballpark?" Colorado man-
ager Clint Hurdle said.
Making just the second post-
season appearance in their 15-
year history, the Rockies played
like October regulars. Colorado
posted its second playoff vic-
tory, the other coming in 1995,
and won for the 15th time in 16
games.
Matt Holliday, his chin still
cut up from the face-first slide
that won Monday's wild-card
tiebreaker over San Diego, hit a
solo home run.
"Any time you expect a slug-
fest, you get a pitching duel,"
Holliday said.
Francis pitched six effective
innings and stayed out of big
trouble, mostly by shutting down
the Phillies' top hitters.
Chase Utley, Ryan Howard

and Jimmy Rollins combined to
go 0-for-11 with eight strikeouts.
Utley, a .332 hitter, struck out
four times for the second time in
his career.
"Some of the hitters may have
been uptight, but Francis was
way better than the other times
I've seen him," Phillies manager
Charlie Manuel said.
Francis' lone problems came
in the fifth when Aaron Rowand
and Pat Burrell hit consecutive
homers.
The left-hander gave up four
hits and struck out eight. Once
the 17-game winner departed,
three relievers pitched three hit-
less innings, with Manny Corpas
closing for a save.
With the two highest-scoring
teams in the league playing in
two of the most hitter-friendly
ballparks in the majors, this
series figured to see plenty of
runs.
Instead, the clubs combined
for six runs and 10 hits in the
opener. Many hitters expected
the late-afternoon shadows to
be a problem, and they certainly
struggled.
Francis used a mix of off-
speed pitches to keep a potent
lineup off-balance and improve
to 9-0 in day games this season.

"I'm always aware of my suc-
cess or nonsuccess I have against
teams," said Francis, who had a
15.12 ERA against the Phillies
this season. "Today, my execu-
tion was better."
Game 2 is this afternoon
with rookies Kyle Kendrick and
Franklin Morales taking the
mound.
Kendrick (10-4) made the
jump from Double-A to bail out
Philadelphia's depleted staff in
June. Morales (3-2) made eight
starts for Colorado, which lost
three starters to season-ending
injuries.
Despite the support of a rally
towel-waving sellout crowd
- the 45,655 fans in attendance
was the second-largest total in
four-year old Citizens Bank Park
- the NL East champion Phil-
lies came out flat. Perhaps they
celebrated their first postseason
since 1993 a little too hard.
Or, maybe Francis was just
that sharp, especially the first
four innings.
In other action, Boston
blanked the Angels 4-0 thanks to
the pitching of Josh Beckett.
For the nightcap, the host Ari-
zona Diamondbacks held off a
pesky Chicago team, 3-1.
Brandon Webb got the win.

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