oge 16--Thursday, May 22,1980-The Michigan Daily
Boston bops Toronto;
Indians oust Orioles

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TORONTO (AP) - Jim Dwyer and
Tony Perez each hit two home runs and
Jim Rice also homered as the Boston
Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays
11-2 last night for Mike Torrez's first
victory of the season.
Torrez, 1-4, pitched out of jams in the
fourth and sixth innings. He allowed six
hits, walked three and struck out four
before giving way to Dick-Drago in the
- eighth.
PEREZ STAKED' the Red Sox to a
3-0 lead in the first inning with his fifth
home run of the season. Jerry Remy
singled on the first pitch of the game
from Jesse Jefferson, 2-2, and moved to
second on Dwyer's single. After Dwyer
was forced at second by Carl Yastr-
zemski, Perez lofted an 0-2 pitch over
the 375-foot sign in right-center.
Rice, who has been struggling in a 4-
for-26 slump, hit his first home run sin-
ce May 14 when he powered a 3-2 pitch
deep into the left field seats in the third
inning. The homer, Rice's sixth, came
after Carlton Fisk's two-out single.
Kansas City Royals' Willie Wilson lands flat on his back after the baseball The Red Sox added two runs in the fif-
surprised him with a kiss during the first inning of last night's skirmish with th. Dwyer led off with his third home
the Oakland A's. The umpire ruled that the ball hit Wilson's back before its run of the season, all in the last three
rendezvous with the Royal. games. Rice later drove in his third run
Michigan hosts baseball
regionals; Wolverines
open against entral

of the game with a single. Dwyer hit a
three-run homer off Joey McLaughlin
in the ninth and Perez added a solo shot,
his sixth.
Dwyer has hit four home runs this
season, all against Toroito in the last
three games.
Toronto scored a run in the bottom of
the first when Alfredo Griffin tripled on
Torrez's first pitch and scored on Al
Woods' grounder. In the seventh, Bob
Bailor tripled Griffin home.
Indians 4, Orioles 2
CLEVELAND (AP)-Rookie Joe
Charboneau drove in two runs with a
homer and single and Len Barker
picked up his fifth victory as the
Cleveland Indians defeated the
Baltimore Orioles 4-2 last night.
The Indians scored twice in the first
inning off MikE Flanagan, 4-3. Toby
Harrah doubled, stole third and came
home on a wild pitch and Cliff Johnson,
who walked and took second on the wild
pitch, scored on Charboneau's single.
CLEVELAND ADDED a run in the
fourth on singles by Ron Pruitt, Tom
Veryzer and Miguel Dilone. Char-
boneau homered with two out in the fif-
th.
Ken Singleton's two-run homer in the
eighth inning spoiled Barker's shutout
bid. Barker, 5-2, allowed seven hits and
struck out three in 71/ innings before
giving way to Sid Monge.
The Orioles threatened in the first in-
ning when Al Bumbry singled, Pat
Kelly walked and Singleton advanced
them with a groundout. But Barker
retired Eddie Murray on a short fly and
Dan Graham on a grounder.
Baltimore left men at first and third
in the third inning when Barker struck
out Murray.
Phillies 9, Reds 8
PHILADELPHIA (AP)-Right
fielder Dave Vollins dropped Manny
Trillo's line drive, allowing the winning
run to score from second base in the
bottom of the ninth inning as the
Philadelphia Phillies came from behind
to defeat the Cincinnati Reds 9-8 last
night.
The Reds led 8-7 going into the ninth
on the strength of Ray Knight's two
triples and four RBI, but loser
Tom Hume, 3-4, allowed a double to Mike
Schmidt, a run-scoring single to Greg
Luzinski and a walk before Trillo's
drive scored pinch-runner Lonnie
Smith. In addition to his error, Collins
went 0-for-5, ending a 15-game hitting
streak.
KNIGHT DROVE home his fourth
run in the seventh when he followed a
walk to Dan Driessen with his second
triple and an 8-7 lead for the Reds, who
trailed 7-3 as early as the third inning.
The Reds handed veteran Tom
Seaver a 3-0 lead in the first inning on
Knight's bases-loaded triple.
Philadelphia made it 6-3 in the second
as Luzinski hit his fourth home run in
his last six at bats and National League-
leading 11th of the season. Rookie cat-
- cher Keith Moreland followed with his
first major league homer.

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By JON WELLS
The bleachers are scrubbed, the
multi-colored pennants are hung, and
the field is groomed. Fisher Stadium is
primed for the NCAA Mideast baseball
regionals that kick off today at 1 p.m.
when the Wolverines do battle with the
Mid-Ainerican Conference champion
Chippewas from Central Michigan.
There will be no easy games for the
Big Ten champions this weekend, and
today's opener is a good example. Like
the Wolverines, Central Michigan is a
hot ball club. The Chippewas clawed
their way to the top of their conference
with ten wins in the last eleven league
games, clinching the title on the final
Saturday of the season with a rain-
soaked 9-2 victory over Western
Michigan.
CMU's starting lineup is marred by
only one hitter below the .300 mark
(catcher Andy Kruse at .280) and
features two players hitting over .400
(third baseman Dave Pagel, .414, and
designated hitter-catcher Cary Kipke,
.407).
The Chippewa pitching staff is for-
tified by a pair of tough lefthanders,
Mike Brecht (6-3, 2.74) and Curt Young
(6-1, 3.36), and the experienced junior
righty Mark Fellows (8-1, 4.12).
According to Michigan coach Bud
Middaugh, the Chippewas' style of pley
under MAC Coach-of-the-Year Dave
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"Their mab w es is predicated

around a running game-bunting,
stealing, hit and run", said Middaugh.
"They like toput pressure on the defen-
se. Pitching and defense will be the
deciding factors."
In pursuit of one of these factors,
Middaugh has appointed freshman
righthander Scott Dawson as his star-
ting pitcher for today's game. In

choosing Dawson (9-1, 2.18), the first
year Michigan mentor by-passed the
more experienced junior Mark Clinton.
Middaugh is not worried, however. "I
don't think pressure will be a factor.
He's (Dawson) just been throwing so
steady for us. We really just have to
play good defense behind him."
Since any team that loses two games
is automatically eliminated, the
Wolverines will pull out all the stops in
the pitching department. If Dawson is
knocked out of the box, Middaugh will
go directly to his aces-David Nuss in
long relief and Steve Ontiveros or Scott
Elam in the late innings.
The Michigan lineup will remain in-
tact, for the most part. George
Foussianes will be the designated hitter
with Tony Evans at shortstop. If the
Chippewas open with lefty Brecht, Tom
Fredal will start in left- field for the
Wolverines.
Middaugh could not be lured into ven- ,
turing a guess as to who will emerge '
victorious from the Mideast tour-
nament. "Coaches don't predict-at
least this one doesn't" he said. "Any one
of the four teams could win it-we're
just thrilled to be hosting the games."
The Wolverine-Chippewa game will
begin at,1 p.m.; followed by Nebsaska{-.
BrighamYoung at 4 p.m.

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