Page 12--Wednesday, June 4, 1980-The Michigan Daily
Wolverines bow out
Arizona ends Blue
series dreams, 8-0
BY JON WELLS
Special to The Daily
OMAHA - Three baseball games in
35 hours is tough, but when you play the
three top-ranked teams in the country
in that time span, it's even tougher.
This is the ordeal that the Wolverines
underwent in Rosenblatt Stadium Sun-
day and Monday, and the result was one
victory and two losses and a third-
round elimination.'
THE BLUE nine dropped their final
game to the number-two ranked
Arizona, 8-0 Monday night after losing
to top-ranked Miami only five hours
earlier, 3-2.
It was a game for two innings, but the
Wildcats jumped on starter Scott
Dawson for three runs in both the third
and fourth innings, the telling blow
coming ° when 6-4, 200-pound Wes
Clements launched a hanging Dawson
curve ball deep onto 13th Street, stret-
ching the gap to six runs.
Arizona added single runs in the sixth
and seventh innings but they were
merely footnotes to the victory as lef-
thander Craig Lefferts hypnotized the
Wolverine order, allowing five scat-
tered hits, one walk, and striking out
seven.
The loss dropped Michigan's season
record to 36-18-1, which nonetheless sets
a record for most wins by a Blue
baseball team.
ASIDE FROM the time factor and the
quality of the opposition, catcher Gerry
Hool cited Michigan's first game in
Omaha, the 9-8 victory over California,
as a contributor to the team's disap-
pointing day on Monday.
"That Cal game had a lot to do with
it," said Hool. "It drained us. We didn't
have the enthusiasm today as we did
yesterday."
Michigan coach Bud Middaugh didn't
agree with that explanation, attributing
Hool's comments to post-series
depression.
"WE DIDN'T score runs because
they (Arizona) had good pitching.
Miami had good pitching and so did
these guys."
Jim Paciorek was finally retired in
the seventh inning of the Arizona game
after getting on base nine consecutive
times, starting with a home run on his
fourth at-bat Sunday. The rightfielder's
streak-ending out was a vicious line-
drive right at the Wildcat shortstop.
MICHIGAN'S GERRY HOOL waits for the throw as Arizona's Terry Francona
slides into home, to score in the sixth inning action of the College World Series
game. Francona scored in the third and sixth innings to lead Arizona to an
8-0 victory over the Wolverines. The loss eliminated Michigan from the tourna-
ment.
"I've had hot streaks before, but
nothing really like this," said Paciorek.
"I was just really concentrating up
there."
FOR NOW, Paciorek holds down the
third spot among World Series batting
leaders with a .636 average (7 of 11) and
leads the tournament in total bases with
an amazing 14 (two doubles, a triple,
and a home run).
The Wolverine team batting average
for the series was a dismal .235, besting
only Clemson, which hit .230. The Blue
nine started out hot in the first game,
Paciorek
... nine times on base
BASEBALL DRAFT:
Strawberry's first pick
NEW YORK (AP) - Baseball's No. 1
amateur draft choice is outfielder
Darryl Strawberry, selected by the
New York Mets in the annual summer
grabbag yesterday.
Strawberry, who played at Crenshaw
High School in Los Angeles, batted .400
this season and has been one of the most
highly touted high school players in the
country.
NO MICHIGAN Wolverines were
drafted in the first six rounds.
The Detroit Tigers signed shortstop
Eduardo Cajuso to a contract Tuesday,
the first Cuban to be signed since
Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn
lifted his ban on the signing of refugees.
Meanwhile, the Tigers made Glenn
Wilson, a third baseman from Sam
Houston State, their top pick in the free
agent draft.
STRAWBERRY, who also pitched at
Crenshaw, batted .372 last season and
posted a 4-1 record on the mound. He
struggled through a slow start this
season, batting just .100 for, the first
quarter of the season before his bat
started smoking.
"He batted between .600 and .700 for
the last five or six games," said Brooks
Hurst, Strawberry's coach.
The youngster, who turned 18 in Mar-
ch, said his slow start was caused
because he had only one day of practice
before the basebalt season began. He
had been busy playing on Crenshaw's
city championship basketball team.
"IT WAS tough switching from the
big ball to the small ball so fast," he
said. "But the coach said to hang in
there and everything would come into
place, and it did."
Strawberry finished the year with
five home runs and 21 runs batted in.
"I would describe myself as a good
hitter who can run, throw and play
defense," he said. "Most of all, though,
I like to hit."
STRAWBERRY also has a college
scholarship offer to Oklahoma State
and said he would wait uptil after
graduation from high school to decide
whether to sign with the Mets or con-
tinue his education. "It's a big
question," he said. "It's up to-my mom.
It'll take awhile before we decide. It's a
lot to think about. I've got to finish high
school and graduate first."
After the Mets opened the draft by
choosing Strawberry, Toronto picked
shortstop Garry Harris from San
Diego. Before the start of the second
round, the Blue Jays announced that
they hiad signed the youngster.
The sons of two ex-major leaguers
were chosen in the first round. San
Diego picked outfielder Jeff Pyburn
from the University of Georgia and
Montreal chose outfielder Terry Fran-
cona of Arizona. Pyburn, whose dad,
Jim, played for Baltimore, also played
quarterback for the Bulldogs and was
drafted by the Buffalo Bills of the
National Football League. Francona's
father, Tito, played for several major.
league clubs.
banging out 14 hits, including four
doubles and a home run.
On Monday, however, Bob Bastian of
Miami and Lefferts of Arizona limited
them to two runs and ten hits, five of
which belonged to Paciorek. No other
Michigan batter broke the .250 barrier,
with the exception of Garry Gawrych,
who was one-of-one asa pinch-hitter.
ON THE MOUND, freshman Scott
Elam posted the best earned run
average on the staff, allowing no runs
over 3% innings in two relief appearan-
ces.
Mark Clinton was 1-1 with a 4.00 ERA
pitching admirably in back-to-back
games and limiting the dangerous
Miami lineup to two earned runs and
five hits in 7% innings.
SERIES NOTES: Miami and Hawaii,
both 2-0, squared off in the final game of
the winner's bracket last night. Hawaii
remains undefeated as they defeated
the Hurricans, 9-3 ... The college draft
yesterday grabbed several players who
are playing in the series. Ross Jones of
Miami was drafted by the Los Angeles
Dodgers, Terry Francona of Arizona by
Montreal, and Tim Teufel of Clemson
and Jim Weaver of Florida State both
by Minnesota . . . The two teams still
alive in Omaha besides Miami and
Hawaii are Arizona (2-1) and California
(2-1).... St. John's executed the first
triple play in World Series history
against Hawaii Sunday night. With
runners on first and second, the Red-
men's second baseman Steve Scafa
grabbed Collin Tanabe's line-drive, fell
over second base and relayed quickly to
first.... The pairings for today's round
four pit Miami against California at
6:10 EDT and Hawaii against Arizona
at 9:10 EDT.. ,
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