SPORTS Saturday, May 18, 1985 Page 8 The Michigan Daily Minnesota upends batsmen, 11-10 By BRAD MORGAN "Anything can happen" is perhaps the most overused cliche by all coaches everywhere, but as Michigan found out yesterday at Ray Fisher Stadium, it's all too often confirmed when put to the test on the playing field. The Wolverines entered yesterday's opening round of the Big Ten Playoffs as heavy favorites, but quickly saw their 24-game winning streak reduced to nothingness when Minnesota scored two runs in the top of the ninth inning to pull out a see-saw 11-10 win over Michigan. The loss dropped the pitching-thin Wolverines into the tournament's losers bracket, where they will meet Illinois, Ohio State's 3-2 victim in yesterday's second game, at 10:00 a.m. today. Michigan must win its next four games to retain the con- ference title. DEFENSE and poor pitching damaged the Wolverines all after- noon. Starter Jim Agemy was racked for seven runs in three and two-thirds innings, and after Casey Close turned in three and two-thirds of solid relief, Mike Ignasiak came in and failed to hold a 10-9 lead in the ninth inning. More importantly, coach Bud Mid- daugh thought Michigan's usually sure-handed defense was below par. "The defense had some key mistakes that put us in a hole," said Course Syllabus PAD - 101 Course Topic: How to live comfortably and affordably on a college budget. Offered Dates: Full season with a few openings for our summer session. Instructor: Randy Pickut 665-2194 Office Hours: 10:30-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. (Mr. Pickut is available [or tutoring by appt) Course Material: The Tiffany: 736 Packard, The Colony: 731 Packard, The Madison: 316 E. Madison Course Objectives: You will learn in this course through your extensive and comprehensive first hand lab work just how easy it is to live close to campus in comfortable and affordable surroundings. The offered material will demonstrate to the student the convenience of its efficiency, 1 and 2 bedroom apartments. Fees: Less than you'd expect. Middaugh. "We weren't throwing the third inning when the Golden Gophers ball to the proper bases, and we scored five runs to erase a 4-0 missed a ground ball early that cost Michigan lead built in part by Barry us a run." Larkin's eleventh homerun, a two-run The missed ground ball came in the shot in Michigan's four-run first in- ning. relief stint to gain 'his fifth win. WITH TWO runs already scored Ignasiak fell to 7-2 with the loss. and a man on third with one out, Alex Bauer bounced a shot over Agemy's For Middaugh, the loss puts even head that Larkin charged but let slip more pressure on an already over- under his glove for a liberally scored worked pitching staff. Staff ace Scott RBI single. One out later, Bill Lentsch Kamienecki is still sidelined with slammed a two-run homer to give shoulder problems and won't see ac- Minnesota a 5-4 lead and a shot of con- tion this weekend. The veteran coach fidence. had wanted to groom Ignasiak as a "We got behind today, but the team reliever during tournament action, didn't panic," said Minnesota head but admitted he may now have to coach John Anderson. "Earlier in the switch him back to a starter. season we did. I think they have the "He could start for us tomorrow," confidence to come back." said Middaugh. "I really have to see Minnesota built an 8-6 lead, but who we are going to play first and Michigan's potent offense exploded then go from there. Hopefully our of- for four runs with two down in the six- fense will continue to score runs and th to take a 10-8 lead. Chris Gust take some of the pressure off our pit- walked, Mike Watters singled and chers." Larkin followed with his second home run of the game, a three-run shot to Middaugh's team has its back fir- center. Back-to-back doubles by Close mly against the wall, but he added and Ken Hayward gave the "You'llsee a lot of character out there Wolverines their tenth run, but it tomorrow." wasn't enough. "Anything can happen here," he 4 A DOUBLE, an error, and a single said. led to Minnesota's ninth run in the eighth inning and set the stage for it's ninth-inning heroics. Two singles and ffff a walk loaded the bases with no outs, JJJ- and two bounce-outs later Minnesota R H E had two runs, an 11-10 lead and an Minnesota ......... 00 s 20 s 012 11 17 2 opening round victory. Greg Mau MICHIGAN ....... 402 004 000 10 14 3 faced what he called "the ultimateMs ) ckersak().'M': Agemy, Ever- pressure" in a three-inning scoreless wP: Mau (5-0); LP: Ignasiak (7-2). Iowa s Twit blows it IOWA CITY (UPI) - University of Investigation agent in a school dor- Iowa football player Randy Twit, a mitory, Feb. 4. former high school All-America at The freshman was arrested for West Des Moines Valley, has been public intoxication two months ago arrested on charges of selling cocaine and didn't participate in spring prac- to an undercover agent. tice. He planned to practice without a scholarship this fall, but Coach Twit, an offensive lineman, is ac- Hayden Fry said Twit's future won't cused of selling two grams of cocaine be determined until after he stands for $200 to a state Division of Criminal trial. 4 Daily mPoo Dy DAN HABlB Junior Casey Close threw three and two-thirds innings of strong relief yesterday, but the Wolverines could not halt a late-inning Minnesota comeback. q NCAA TENNIS TOURNEY: Singles will key netters chances By PHIL NUSSEL What would the NCAA tennis championship be without Michigan in contention? Last year was the first time in 18 years that the Wolverines missed the NCAAs: This year, everything is back to normal as Michigan makes its 15th trip to the tournament under head coach Brian Eisner. THE WOLVERINES LEFT Wednesday for Athens, Ga. to prepare for today's first round match against the fourth-seeded Southern Methodist Mustangs. SMU stands at 27-2 overall with their only losses coming at the hands of Stanford and Georgia. Michigan is 13-3in dual match play. "I feel very comfortable in knowing a fairly good amount about them (SMU)," Eisner said. THE MUSTANGS are led by the brother tandem of John and Ed Ross who play first and sixth singles, respectively. John Ross, a strong serve- and-volley player, holds a 17-10 overall mark while Ed is 20-4. The pair also usually play first and third doubles, respectively. Freshman Richy Renneberg, who was ranked in the top three nationally thoughout his junior career, holds a 21-4 mark at second singles. Mark Styslinger is 17-5 at third. Eisner is concerned about Michigan's confiden- ce going into today's match. "Sometimes we have gone into the .tournament without as much national exposure as I'd like to have because of our geographic location," he said. "SO PEOPLE (Michigan players) haven't been as confident as they should have been. We're going to go into the tournament with the attitude that it doesn't make any difference who we play - if you play well, you're going to win. I think the players are starting to believe that." SMU has dominated Texas tennis, but has not played all the top teams in the country. The Mustangs main weakness is doubles. "The problem is," Eisner noted, "that if we don't play well enough in the singles, we ain't going to get to the doubles. "THE KEY is for us to relax and to play our best tennis. I want to make sure we play our very best, so if somebody is going to beat us, they're going to beat us at our best." The Michigan lineup is set at every spot. Jim Sharton, the only player to compete at the same spot all season and Michigan's only All-Big Ten player, will anchor first singles with a 16-4 overall mark. Ed Filer will play second singles, John Royer is slated for third and freshman Jon Morris should play the fourth position. Brad Koontz and Franz Geiger will round out singles competition.