Page 16-Tuesday, May 13, 1980-The Michigan Doily S Sports ;~;:: Batsmen inch toward title 6 Blue sweeps Ohio State, Indiana twin bills By JON WELLS and DREW SHARP If there was ever any doubt as to the legitimacy of the Big Ten leading Michigan baseball team, it was all but erased last weekend as the Wolverines swept two doubleheaders from Ohio State and Indiana at Fisher Stadium. The four victories, 4-0, 7-1 over the Buckeyes and 1-0, 18-4 over the Hoosiers, boosted Michigan's conferen- ce record to 13-1 and its lead over second-place Minnesota to two games. The first game, a classic pitching duel, pitted Indiana freshman sighthander John Jansen against Blue freshman Steve Ontiveros. Jansen had yielded no hits and just one walk through six innings; at that point the two teams were locked in a scoreless tie. Ontiveros completed seven innings and allowed only three Indiana hits. In the Michigan seventh, the Wolverines initiated what was to be a long and painful day for the Hoosiers. Randy Wroten led off with a walk, followed by a George Foussaines double, a hit that would have ended the game had Wroten not hesitated at second base. Indiana responded with an intentional walk to Jim Paciorek. Gerry Hoel then grounded into a force play at the plate. Chuck Wagner finally ended the drama with a sharp single to left that pushed Foussaines home with the first and only run of the game. The victory boosted Ontiveros' Big Ten record to 4-0 and dropped his ear- ned run average to a stingy 1.80. On- tiveros is 7-5 and has a 2.98 ERA overall. The Wolverines rode the emotional tide generated in the first game into the I 4 Doily Photo by DAVID HARRIS OUTFIELDER TOM FREDAL chugs home with another Michigan run in the third inning of the second half of a double- header with the Indiana Hoosiers Sunday. Shortstop Tony Evans (9) and first baseman Tim Miller (20) give Fredal the signal to remain standing while crossing the plate. Michigan won both games 1-0 and 18-4 to remain atop the Big Ten Conference. nightcap, as they pounded out 18 hits and tallied 18 runs to trample the deflated Hoosiers. The hit parade was highlighted by Paciorek's single, home run, and sacrifice fly-good for three runs batted in, leaving the sophomore tied with Bill Freehan for most RBI's in a Michigan season (44). The, Michigan hitters tuned up with four runs in each of the first two innings and then exploded for eight in the third. Greg Schulte led off the first with a single up the middle, went to second on a passed ball, to third on a sacrifice bunt by Wroten and scored on Foussaines' deep. fly to center. Paciorek started a new rally with a single to right, stole second, and scored on Hool's line single to center. A pair of Hoosier errors and a Tim Miller single pushed two more Blue runs across the plate. The barrage continued in the second with one-out walks to Jeff Jacobson and Schulte, a single to Wroten, a double by Foussaines, and a towering, wind- blown two-run homer to left by Paciorek. Twelve Blue batters stepped up to the plate in the third inning marathon. Con- secutive singles by Wagner, Miller, and Tony Evans produced one run. Walks to Schulte and Wroten forced in another. Foussaines' single brought in two and a Paciorek rainmaker to the Hoosier lef- tfielder pushed home the fifth run of the inning. Run producing singles by Hool and Wagner (his second hit in the in- ning) were followed by a prodiguous two-run triple to right-center by Miller. Evans mercifully struck out. In the opening game of Saturday's clash with the Buckeyes, the Blue '9' started quickly with three runs in the bottom of the first. Schulte, Wroten and Foussaines began the inning with three consecutive singles to load the bases, which set the stage for Paciorek. The Blue right- fielder responded by smacking a two- run single to left. Paciorek scored when Miller's hot shot got by Ohio State first baseman Rick Worthington for an error. The Wolverines capped off the scoring in the third inning when Paciorek singled and advanced to third courtesy of a perfectly-executed hit- and-run play by Hool. Miller once again found a hole in the glove of Wor- thington, sending Paciorek home to score. Junior pitcher Mark Clinton secured his fifth win of the season against three losses, while scattering six Buckeye singles. In the nightcap, Michigan stung Ohio State starting pitcher Doug Swearingen for four runs in the opening inning. . Wagner singled to lead off the erup- tion and went to third on a base hit by Schulte. Paciorek scored Wagner with a sharp single to left center. Miller walkedto load the bases and leftfielder Tom Fredal hit a grounder which got away from second baseman Chip Cisco allowing Schulte and Paciorek to touch the plate. Evans ended the assault by singling in Miller for the fourth Wolverine run. Jacobson continued the Wolverine at- tack in the second inning with another single. He was sacrificed to second and Wagner's second hit of the contest put runners on first and second. Schulte was safe on first on a fielder's choice, followed by a Foussaines RBI single to right. Paciorek singled, knocking in his second run of the game, Hool completed the Wolverine scoring by bringing Foussaines home with a single. Michigan pitcher Scott Dawson claimed his eighth triumph against one loss. The Wolverines will tune up for next weekend's final Big Ten doubleheder at Iowa and Northwestern with twinbills against the University of Toledo Tuesday at Toledo and against the University of Detroit at home on Wed- nesday. If Michigan can hold on to first place they will automatically advance to the NCAA Midwest regional. Michigan linksters claim second place in Northern Invitational By M.J. SCHNEIDER The reigning Big Ten champions took was far from satisfied. While Ohio State's golf team stood first place with a total score of 1509, "They can all play," said Simon. beaming at the edge of a small while Michigan tallied 1527 for the 72- But they all played bad today. gathering of spectators and coaches, hole tournament. Ball State and "We did our best to give it away," the Michigan contingency, save one, Michigan State placed third and fourth, Simon continued. "But evidently the had retreated to the clubhouse, respectively, each scoring 1535, with other teams didn't want it that bad, John Morse, the solitary Blue linkster, the tie-breaker based on the dropped either." had remained at the awards ceremony score from each team's previous round Despite his discouraging words about following the Northern Intercollegiate (the sixth score, which is not used to the Blue effort last weekend, Simon Invitational to collect two second-place compute team scores). predicted a turn-around for his trophies - an individual trophy which MICHIGAN BATTLED back from linksters, who have to face the he had earned himself, and a team third place after the first round to claim Buckeyes again next weekend at the trophy. second, a position it never relinquished Big Ten Championships in Madison. MEDALIST HONORS, as well as the after 36 holes. "They're going to work very hard this winners' trophy, had once again been Though his team placed high in the week," assured Simon. "When the bell claimed by the Buckeyes. standings, Michigan coach Tom Simon rings next weekend, Michigan will be there."