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Tuesday, May 8, 1984

The Michigan Daily

11-run sixth inning

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gives MSU
By ROB POLLARD
What a difference a day can make.
On Sunday at Kobs field in East Lan-
sing the Michigan Wolverines and the
Michigan State Spartans combined for
37 runs in their doubleheader split. On
Saturday in Ann Arbor the same two
teams scored a meager total of 12 runs
in two games.
The difference? A different
ballpark, and inferior pitching.
Michigan took the first game by a score
of 11-7. The Spartans then used an
eleven run sixth inning to capture the
nighcap 14-5.
"WE JUST couldn't get that last out
in the inning," said Michigan righthan-
der Scott Kamieniecki. "Three of those
homers (in the second game) were
legitimate. They would have been out
here," said Kamieniecki, referring to
the more spacious Fisher stadium.
Kamieniecki was one of six Michigan
pitchers used by skipper Bud Middaugh
in the disasterous sixth inning. The
Spartans got 10 hits in the inning, in-
cluding three of the four homers they
hit in the game. Slugger Mike Ed-
dington accounted for his 16th and 17th
homers of the year, the second one
coming in the sixth. Rightfielder Mike
Whitman also hit two homers, both in
the sixth inning.
The Wolverines entered the sixth in-
ning with a 5-3 lead, and notions of a
sweep. Michigan scored four runs in
the third inning to wipe out a 3-0 State
lead. A walk to second baseman C.J.
Beshlie and singles by Matt Siuda and
Casey Close preceeded first baseman
Ken Hayward's sixth home run of the
year to dead center field. The three
RBIs gave, Hayward 41 on the year,
tops on the squad.
MICHIGAN ADDED an insurance
run in the fifth on shortstop Barry
Larkin's triple and a sacrifice fly by
centerfielder Mike Watters. But the big
Spartan uprising in the sixth cancelled
any insurance policy the Wolverines

a split
might have taken out.
Ken Hayward took the loss for
Michigan, dropping his record to 6-2.
Sophomore righthander Mark Piazza
got the win for State, raising his record
to 4-1.
The first game was a bit more
pleasant for Michigan. After falling
behind 3-0 on a three-run homer in the
first inning by MSU centerfielder Andy
Krause, Michigan rallied for five runs
in the top half of the second. The key
plays in the inning were a couple of
Spartan errors and Larkin's two run
triple.
THE WOLVERINES had increased
their lead to 8-4 before State struck for
three runs in the bottom of the fifth, two
coming on third baseman Matt Siuda's
throwing error. But 8-7 was as close as
the Spartans got.
In the top of the sixth Siuda atoned for
his error by slamming his first
collegiate home run, a three run blast.
Then Hayward got the Spartans out
with ease in the sixth and seventh in-
nings.
Lefty Gary Wayne started and got the
win for Michigan. Wayne (5-2), went
four and two-thirds innings allowing all
seven MSU runs. Five of the runs were
earned.
THE SPLIT lifts Michigan to 8-4 in
the Big Ten East. Michigan State is now
1-7,insecond place behind the
Wolverines.
Michigan has four games remaining
with Purdue next weekend. The
Wolverines only have to take one of the
four games to clinch first place.
"We should be able to take three out
of four at least," said Kamieniecki. "If
we play well we could sweep them. With
all the talent on this team we should be
able to put it all together in the next two
weeks."
Michigan hosts Wayne State in a
doubleheader today at Ray Fisher
stadium. Game time is 1:00 p.m.

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Michigan freshman John Grettenberger prepares to fire to the plate in the
sixth inning of Saturday's second game against Michigan State at Fisher
Stadium. The Spartans won the contest 7-2.
Big Ten Standings

EAST
W L Pct.
MICHIGAN ............... 8 4 .667
Michigan State ............58 7 .533
Ohio State.... . ...... 0 6 .500
Purdue ............... 5 7 .425
Indiana ................... 4 7 .360
sUNDAY'S GAMES
IMICHIGAN 11-5, Michigan State7-14
indiana 3-1, P.urdue 0-2
(Minnesota 5-12, Wisconsin 4-9

WEST
GB Minnesota ............. 8. 4 0 .667
- Iowa ................. 6 5 0 .545
11/ Wisconsin ............. 6 7 1 .464
2 Northwestern. . 5 6 1 .46
3 Illinois .......3 0 0 .333
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indiana 7-12. Purdue 1-0

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FIRST NON-TITLE IN 17 YEARS:
'M' nettersfinishfifth at Big Tens

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By DOUGLAS B. LEVY
No Big Ten championship, no in-
dividual Big Ten champions (not even
any runners-up), no NCAA tournament
participants, no all-Americans. 1984
was a sorry season in comparison with
Wolverine tennis teams of the past.
Last weekend at Northwestern,
Michigan failed for the first time in 17
years to capture the conference's team
championship. The Wolverines placed
fifth with 25.5 points. Minnesota took
the crown by a large margin over run-
ner-up Illinois. The Gophers scored 58
points, the Illini 44.
DESPITE completing one of its worst
years in Big Ten dual meet play, recor-
ding a 5-4 mark, the Wolverines were
confident that they had the depth and
talent to win the tournament.
"To tell you the truth, we had one of
the best teams in the conference," said
number-four singles player Rodd
Schreiber. "But what happened to us on

the first day (of the tournament) is
what happened all year long, we were
inconsistent and just barely came up
short."
Indeed, the first day of the tour-
nament is what buried all Wolverine
hopes of capturing yet another title.
Jim Sharton, Todd Cohen and Hugh

-Kwok at first, fifth and sixth singles
respectively all lost in close, three set
matches. Once eliminated from the
main draw, all three went on to win the
consolation tournaments for their
seedings. But a consolation victory is
only worth one-half a point, while a vic-
tory in the main draw is worth one full
point.
MOST disheartening was the case of
Kwok who returned from a lower back
injury just before the tournament.
"Because I only played in a couple of
conference matches I got a bad draw,"
said Kwok a sophomore. "I won my
preliminary match but lost a tough
match in the first round."
Kwok was forced to face Illinois' An-
dre Lambert, the division's first seed,
just one hour after completing his
preliminary match which had gone
three sets. "I thought I got a rough
break," stated Kwok, "I really think I
could have won my tournament." Kwok
said fatigue played a role in his loss to

Lambert who went on to win at the
number-six spot.
But Michigan's fate was really sealed
at the end of the first day when the
Wolverines dropped all three first
round doubles matches. Last year
Michigan triumphed at first and second
doubles and was runner-up at the third
spot. Once out of the main draw it was
impossible to accumulate enough poin-
ts to win the title.
The highlight for Michigan was the
performance of freshman John Royer
at third singles. Royer placed third in
Evanston, completing a fine season
which saw the Columbus, Ohio native
go 10-2 yin the conference and 13-6
overall. Michigan only loses two seniors
to graduation, Ross Laser and
Schreiber, who will attend Michigan
Law School next fall.
Commented Schreiber, "they have
their work cut out for them next year,
but they have a good class coming in
and a lot of talent."

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