Late Titan
rally kills
Michigan at
W orld Series
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Michigan outhit Fullerton, 12-8, and had the lead from the
sixth inning till the home half of the eighth. They tied the
game at one in the third on singles by shortstop Barry Larkin
and centerfielder Mike Waters and an RBI bounceout by
Hayward.
The Wolverines took a 3-1 lead in the sixth on a pinch-hit
RBI double by Chuck Froning and a run-scoring single by
third baseman Matt Siuda. Fishel homered in the Titan sixth
to make it 3-2, but Michigan got that one back in the seventh
when Hayward singled Larkin in from third.
THE TITANS made it 4-3Iona seventh inning squeeze bunt
by Larker. Then came Michigan's eighth inning defensive
collapse.
"At this level, you can't make as many mistakes as we
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made and expect to be victorious," said Middaugh. "You're
only as good as your defense and tonight we just broke down
and Fullerton took advantage of our mistakes."
"It was pretty frustrating because we were ahead the
whole game and were anticipating winning," said Froning.
"We were disappointed when it slipped away. I guess it just
wasn't in the cards for us."
DESPITE his opponent's sloppy play, Titan head coach
Augie Garrido had nothing but praise for Michigan.
"We did not get caught by surprise by a very fine Michigan
team," said Garrido, whose team won its opening CWS game
for the first time in four tries. "We thought they were good.
They were good and we were very fortunate to scrap out a
win against them."
Crash of the Titans
Raising lel
- - By PAUL HELGREN
II
ESPNs CWS coverage ok .. .
... But there's a Price to watch
S CATTERED ON the coffee table in front of the TV was a typewriter,
A a bottle of Hacker-Pschorr beer, a half-smoked Swisher Sweet cigar
and crumpled sports pages from various newspapers. On the radio the
Tigers were clobbering the Orioles. And of course on the tube the Wolverines
were battling Cal State-Fullerton in the College World Series.
Admittedly it was a cliche way (I won't say boring) for an aspiring spor-
tswriter to spend a Friday night. But if it was, it was only too appropriate.
The broadcast team of John Sanders and former Tiger catcher Jim Price
treated me to a bellyfull of overworked and underdescriptive cliches all
night long.
Oh, I know I shouldn't be too picky. After all we're lucky the game is even
on television. This way we can see our favorite college baseball team and be
spared the uneventful stay in the Las Vegas of the Great Plains - Omaha.
But that's really no excuse for the amateurish commentary by this un-
dynamic duo. Their general lack of insight into the game and their over-
reliance on pitiful phrases like "He came to play" left a worse taste in my
mouth than the stogie (I don't ordinarily smoke 'em. Just thought it would get
me in the mood for the game). Of course Fullerton's come-from-behind
dumping of Michigan didn't do much for my demeanor, but that came later.
Here are the comments I scribbled down as I watched the ESPN crew
cover the CWS...
" Nice featurettes on the coaches. I like the way they contrast Fullerton
coach Augie Garrido's let-it-happen attitude with Bud Middaugh's I'm-in-
control-here stance.
* Looks like Casey Close stands a mite too far from the plate. He's a dead
duck on pitches to the outside. I guess it's too much to ask from Price for an
observation here.
* Second inning and already the effervescent Price has said "He comes to
play" and "I'll bet the pitcher would like that one back" twice, and "That
doesn't show up in the statistics" once. One cliche per inning maximum,
please.
Commentators' negligence disarming
" Can't figure out if home plate umpire Gus Steiner has one arm or if his arm
is in a sling under his shirt or what. Wish the bumblers in the booth would
clue me in.
They just asked Price to tell us what Middaugh's signs mean. Price says
it's easy to figure out but he magnanimously opted not to tell us "in case
someone's watching that could get word to Augie Garrido." How the hell are
they supposed to do that? The games are blacked out in Omaha. Is someone
from Fullerton, California, going to call the dugout? I can picture it:
"Operator I'd like the number of the dugout at Rosenblatt Stadium in
Omaha. Yes, the home dugout, please."
" Can anyone explain to me why ESPN feels the compulsion to flash the wor-
ds LIVE IN STEREO on the screen. Do they expect us to jam out or
something? "College World Series in stereo? Oh yeah, turn it up man!!"
That armless ump is great. A strike is "Arrghh!" and a ball is "Uhhhh."
* They're keeping track of the number of pitches each hurler has thrown. At
least the statisticians are on the ball.
* Seventh inning. Hayward out trying to stretch a double into a double. I
think there's a 160-pound sprinter trapped inside that 230-pound frame.
* Good Lord. Price just said, "For all you youngsters watching out there..."
That's my most hated cliche.
" Bair's having problems throwing. That's trouble. Teams will run on
Michigan the rest of the way.
" Eighth inning and my boys still haven't said anything about the one-armed
Gus. That's unbelievable. You mean to tell me an ump can signal "safe"
with a one-armed jerking motion that looks like he's dusting a table and the
"expert" commentators totally ignore it? That's just plain incompetence.
I'll bet they're afraid of pointing out his handicap. Too bad. If he really is
lacking 25 percent in the limb department that would make a great human-
interest story. And if he's got a broken arm then tell us, for crying out loud. I
guess good ole Jimbo is too busy telling us who came to play.
* Ugh. Bottom just fell out, Titans have blown it out. At least Michigan put on
a good show. Too bad the ESPN commentators didn't put on a better one.
MICHIGAN Cal-Fullerton
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Watters, of ................ 5 0 2 0 M ota,2b.,................. 4 1 1 0
Hayward, lb-p............. 2 0 1 2 Fishe , if ....., ... . 3 2 3 1
Disher, pr ................. 0 0 0 +0 Caffery,c . ............... 4 0 2 1
Closedhb. ..... 5 0 1 0 1 0 0
Zimmermaif-r. 3 0 2 0 Campo,d. . . 3 0. 3 0 0
Bair,cH.G................4 1 0 0 Halasz,ph. . . 01 0 0
Mairic,rf ................2 0 0 0 Baesib ............2 1 0 05
Froinglf ...........2 1 2 1 Taraer, ss ...........3 1 0 5
Beshke,2b ....:..3 0 0 0 Larker,3b ...........2 0 1 4
Siuda, 3b .......4 0 2 1 Total........29 8 8 6
Total ........34 4 12 4
MICHIGAN..........................................001 002 100-4
Cal-Fullerton.............100 001 15x-8
E-Bair 2, Froning. LOB-Michigan 10, Cal-Fullerton 5. DP-Michigan 1, Cal-Fullerton 1.
23-Froning, Larkin, Caffery, Fishel, Larker. HR-Fishel (15). SB-Thomas, Fishel, Bates.
S-Halasz, Larker.
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MICHIGAN
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Hayward .. ....................... ...... 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Cal-Fullerton
Reinholtz.. . . . . ..5.1 7 3 3 4 4
Deizer.........1.2 3 1 1 0 0
wright (w,-1).. . ...........2 2 0 0 3 2
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College World Series
Friday Monday
Texas 6, New Orleans 3 Game 7 - Texas vs. Cal State-Fullerton, 8:10p.m.
Cal State-Fullerton 8, MICHIGAN 4 Tuesday
GameS- Arizona State vs. Game4 winner,8:10p.m.
Wednesday
Saturday Game 9- Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 loser, 5:10 p.m.
Arizona StateS, Miami6 Game 10-Game5winnervs.Game8loser,8:10p.m.
Game4 --Maine vs. Oklahoma State (incomplete) Thursday
Game 1- Game 7 vs Game 8 winner, 8:10 p.m.
Pairings of thelour remaining teams to be deter-
sunday mined by NCAA committee.
Game -Newrmleans s. mCHGN. ri p.mp . All time E.D.T.
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