Stoll continues
as show-stealer

The Michigan Daily - Thursday, June 2, 1983 - Page 19
Michigan Baseball Statistics
Hitting

By PAUL HELGREN
For the second straight tournament
weekend Rich stole the show. Michigan
pitcher Rich Stoll, that is.
There were plenty of heroes in the
Wolverines' conquest of the NCAA
Mideast Regional but, like last
weekend's Big Ten playoffs, Stoll was
particularly outstanding. Outstanding
enough to be named the tournament's
Most Valuable Player in fact.
The junior righthander threw four in-
nings of shutout relief Friday against
Morehead State and'picked up the win
in a 4-3, come-from-behind Michigan
victory. Stoll came right back on Satur-
day, going eight innings for the win in a
6-4 triumph over Miami of Ohio.,

Stoll
... wins twice in Mideast
What makes Stoll's performance
even more remarkable is that he wasn't
even expected to play in the Mideast
Regional, or the Big Ten playoffs for
that matter.
Just two days before the Big Ten
tournament Stoll said his hand would
remain in a cast, which it had been in
since an April 30th injury, until the end
of May. If this had happened he would
have missed not only the Big Ten tour-
ney but the subsequent Mideast
Regional as well. But luckily for the At-
tica, Indiana native and the rest of the
Wolverines, the hand healed quicker
than expected and he was able to play.
"I thought Rich was outstanding to
come back as quick as he did and get us
through the Big Tens," said coach Bud
Middaugh. Stoll picked up a win and a
save in that tournament but the best
was yet to come.
Stall entered Friday's regional
opener against Morehead with the
score tied 3-3 in the 6th and got the side
out 1-2-3. His teamates pushed across
the winning run in the top of the seven-
th, and Stoll scattered four Eagle
* singles the rest of the way for his ninth
win of the season.
Middaugh surprised just about
everyone the next day when he sent his
ace right back out to the mound to face
Miami. Middaugh's decision may have
been a surprise but it was also a
judgement of doom for the Redskin hit-
ters. They could manage only one run
on six hits through eight innings. Stoll
did tired in the ninth, though, and relief
ace Tim Karazim was needed to put
down a Redskin uprising and preserve
a 6-4 Michigan win.
The wins pushed Stoll's record to 10-2

and earned him the tournament's Most
Valuable Player award, an honor many
felt should have been his the previous
weekend.
"(The MVP award) means quite a bit
to me," said the soft-spoken 21-year-
old. "I wouldn't have been sad if I
wasn't named the MVP...but I did my
best and God willing everything else
will come to you."
The victories were also the 5-11, 182
pounder's 28th and 29th career trium-
phs, setting a new Michigan record.
The previous record of 28 was held by
current Los Angeles Dodger Steve
Howe.
But Stoll can hardly rest on his
laurels now. He will start Michigan's
Series opener against Maine on Satur-
day night. The game will be televised
nationally on ESPN at 12:00 a.m. EDT
(tape-delayed) and broadcast live on
WAAM radio (1600 AM). But is Stoll
throwing like he was before his injury?
"Yeah, I'd say so," said Stoll "I'm
back to where I was."
If that means Stoll will pitch in the
College World Series like he has in the
past two weekends, maybe one more
tournament will feel his dominating
presence.
BLUE BANTER: Lockeroom chatter
was light after the last practice before
the World Series, with one exception.
Freshman Chris Gust, who will not be
making the trip to Omaha because of
mononucleosis, slowly said good-bye to
his teamates one-by-one, shaking each
player's hand. Gust, who was used
mostly in a pinch-running role this
season, was obviously disappointed.
"Maybe I'll be better by the summer,"
he said hopefully...
Saturday's attendance was 4,119, a
new Ray Fisher Stadium record. The
extra bleachers Athletic Director Don
Canham had installed in left field were
not enough, however, as some Michigan
fans were turned away at the gate...
Every game in the College World
Series will be telecast by ESPN this
year. All games will be broadcast live,
except those that conflict with USFL
games.
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Name, Pos. G
Rich Bair, C ................... 53
Chris Sabo, 3B................. 55
Barry Larkin, SS .............. 53
Jeff Jacohson, 2B-SS ........... 55
Fred Erdmann, LF ............ 45
Dan Disher, OF-P ............. 38
Ken Hayward, lB-P ............ 55
Mike Watters, RF ............. 51
Chuck Froning, IF-OF ......... 46
Casey Close, P-OF ............. 43
C. J. Beshke, IF-OF ............ 33
DaleSklar,CF................. 48
Jeff Minich. OF . ..... 19
Kurt Zimmerman, IF-OF. 18
Dave Kopf, P-DH .............. 21
Eric Sanders, C ................ 18
Dan sygar, OF ................ 45
Chris Gust, OF... ... .... 41
Chris Seychel, DH ......... 3
Tim Karazim, P ............... 19
Scott Kamieniecki, P .......... 13
Mark Dadabbo, C ...... 8
DereKerr,C. ...2
MICHIGAN ................... 55
Opponents ..................... 55
Name G
John Codere ............. 2
Jamie Piper .................. 9
Gary Wayne ................... 14
Ken Hayward ................. 5
Scott Kamieniecki ............. 12
Rich Stoll...................... 14
Tim Karazim . ...... 18
Dave Kopf ......... . . 12
Casey Close ................ 13
Bill Shuta.. . . ..... 10
Dan D sher ................ 5
Dan Sygar ..................... 1
MICHIGAN ................... 55
Opponents.................. 55

AB R H 2B-3B-HR SB
149 26 57 10-5-3 2
192 55 71 15-4-15 17
175 48 63 5-2-5 13
180 38 64 10-0-10 7
113 22 40 8-0-4 5
60 14 21 3-1-1 8
167 37 56 10-1-5 7
120 35 39 9-4-0 12
93 17 30 1-0-0 2
76 9 21 3-2-1 3
49 11 13 5-0-0 0
108 29 28 7-1-3 4
18 1 8 0-0 0
10 6 4 1-0-0 3
21 2 8 1-1-1 0
24 4 7 1-0-0 1
19 22 5 2-0-0 9
21 19 2 0-0-0 5
4 0 0 0-0-0 0
3 0 0 0-0-0 0
2 0 0 0-0-0 0
1 2 0 0-0-0 0
1 8 0 00-0 0
1606 400 537 91-21-48 98
1483 175 317 45-10-19 58

BB
24
23
21
25
32
32
32
15
7
8
9
5
3
3
5
0
0
230
237

Pitching
sAV W-L IP
0 0-0 1.3
1 3-0 17.3
1 7-2 68.3
0 2-0 8.7
0 5-0 48.3
1 10-2 71.3
7 4-1 45.3
1 9-0 07.3
0 5-1 50.3
0 3-0 21.0
0 0-1 6.7
0 0-0 0.0
11 48-7 406.0
3 7-48 385.3

H
1
7
54
5
28
67
35
12
8
1
317
537

B/E BB
0/0 0
3/3 15
25/14 28
2/2 3
17/14 34
30/25 19
23/10 19
33/25 37
23/20 47
13/12 23
5/5 9
1/0 3
175 237
400 231

so
8
48
4
41
33
28
39
31
8i
6
255
161

ERA
0.00
1.56
1.84
2.07
2.61
3.16
3.18
3.34
3.58
5.14
6.72
4
3.04
7.50

RBI AVG.
35 .383
51 .370
35 .360
60 .356
29 .354
4 .350
48 .335
25 .325
16 .323
13 .276
9 .265
13 .259
4 .421
2 .400
3 .381
2 .292
3 .263
1 .095
0 .000
0 .000
0 .000
0 .000
0 .0
553 .334
157 .214

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