Sports, Page 16 Tigers win in a row, 6 By JOE CHAPELLE to make a pi Special tothe Daily Tiger firs DETROIT- Despite two Oakland then sacrifii home runs, a four-run sixth inning gave the run andl Detroit the edge it needed as the Tigers OAKLAN] downed the A's, 6-3, before 23,207 fans in the sixth last night at Tiger Stadium. his error, bl The A's jumped into an early lead in of the seaso the first inning. Tiger pitcher Dan deck. Petry walked the first Oakland batter However, of the night, center fielder Rickey Hen- of the game derson, to start things off for the A's. sixth. Detro RIGHT FIELDER Danny Meyer, the four-run ra second Oakland batter of the game and double into a former Tiger, doubled to send Hen- Trammell,I derson to third. Henderson came home the inning, to score the A's first run when Jeff the game at Burroughs smacked a sacrifice fly into The Tiger center field. in the inning The Tigers did not get on the board (1) and Mik until the fifth inning. Jerry Turner, the Oakland's Detroit designated hitter, took first A's second1 base when Oakland first baseman two outs in Wayne Gross bobbled Turner's groun- enough as I der and was charged with an error. bottom of Turner went to third when Matt sacrificed t Keough, the Oakland pitcher, sailed the who had reE ball over the head of Gross attempting double. Thursday, May 20, 1982 7th -3 ck-off. t baseman Richie Hebner ced to right field to bring in make the score 1-1. D PICKED up another run when Gross, making up for lasted his second home run n into the right field upper the Tigers took command e in the bottom half of the it's Lou Whitaker started a illy for the Tigers with a o right-center field. Alan the second Tiger batter of singled in Whitaker to knot 2-2. s picked up three more runs g from RBIs by Enos Cabell e Ivie (2). Henderson picked up the home run of the night with the seventh but it was not Detroit scored again in the the inning when Cabell o bring in Alan Trammell, ached base previously on a AP Photo CLEVELAND'S JACK PERCONTE drops the throw, failing to force the Blue Jays' Alfredo Griffin at second base during third inning action last night. See story, Page 14. So tballers to open Series tonight By JIM DWORMAN One might say that the fate of the Michigan softball team is in the stars. Not in any astrological symbols, but in whether or not the team could seethe stars last night. "There's about a 50-50 chance of rain here," said Michigan coach Bob DeCarolis yesterday in a telephone interview from Norman, Okla. "It rained here this afternoon and the fields are pretty wet. But if it doesn't rain tonight or tomorrow we should be- able to play." DECAROLIS' TEAM is supposed to open the second round of the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) softball World Series tonight against the winner of the Oklahoma-Rhode Island game. But, as the second-year coach said, "We're at the mercy of the weatherman." Precipitation aside, the Wolverines will face stiff competition from either Oklahoma or Rhode Island. The Sooners entered the tournament sporting a 36-4 record, while Rhode Island is 25-12-1. Michigan faced Rhode Island twice this season, splitting the-series at one game apiece. RI took the first game by a 2-1 margin, but the Wolverines rebounded to take a 4-1 decision in the rematch. THE WOLVERINES have not played the Sooners. "Okalahoma I haven't seen play but they have a real fine record," said DeCarolis. "At this point, all the competition is good." Michigan entered the Series seeded fourth behind Texas A and M (77-8), Utah (41-14-1) and California- Berkeley (35-13-1). The only other team from the state of Michigan to make the 12-team field was Cen- tral Michigan, which the Wolverines defeated in the Regional tournament. Whenever the tournament opens and against whomever the Wolverines play, Jan Boyd will pitch the first game, followed by Laura Reed. THE MICHIGAN softball team, shown here against Wayne State, begins play in the AIAW World Series tonight. The Wolverines will face the winner of the Oklahoma-Rhode Island contest. Rain, however, may force the postponement of the tournament which is being held in Norman, Okla. Daily Photo by DEBORAH LEWIS