SPORTS Wednesday, May 29, 1985 4 The Michigan Daily Page 8 i Michigan just misses in Mississippi By BRAD MORGAN The Michigan baseball team kicked and fought and struggled back from a first-round loss to make it to the championship game, but in the end, it simply ran out of gas (read: pitching) in its bid to win the South I Regional at Starkville, Miss. Michigan needed to heat host Mississippi State twice to advance to the College World Sries in Omaha, but after downing the Bulldogs, 14-6, Sun- day night, the Wolverines were ham- mered, 19-8, in Monday night's finale at Dudy Noble Field. MICHIGAN used seven pitchers in the rout, and none were effective. With ace Scott Kamieniecki home in Ann Arbor with a sore shoulder, Wolverine pitching was left thin, a flaw that finally caught up with the club. "They handled everything we threw out there," said coach Bud Middaugh. "Everybody was too tired." Dave Karasinski, who had lasted only one-third of an inning Sunday night, came back to try again and was only slightly more effective. Rafael Palmeiro blasted a three-run home run in the first, but a pair of Hal Morris homeruns and a Barry Larkin RBI double gave Michigan a 4-3 lead in the fourth. FROM THERE it was all 'Dawgs. Karasinski was chased in Mississip- 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. Pickutris available for 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. pi's five-run fourth inning, and a Jeff Brantley raised his record to 17-2 parade of Wolverine pitchers couldn't with his second win of the series. stop the onslaught. The Bulldogs Larkin and Kurt Zimmerman later scored 11 times in the next three in- homered for Michigan, bringing the nings to lock up their fourth trip ever team total to 108 for the year, shat- to the World Series in Omaha, and tering the old single season mark of 54. After eight innings of the bracket game against West Virginia, Wolverines opening game against a 10-1 loser, to MSU in Friday's night New Orleans Friday, it appeared game. Mike Watters led off the game Michigan would make a quick tripwihhs1thoeofheyaan home. The Privateers led 10-3 going with his 16th homer of the year, and into the ninth on a combination of Michigan went on to pound the over- strong hitting and poor Michigan matched Mountaineers, 9-2. Jim fielding (four errors and five unear- Agemy went the distance and sat ned runs), but in the bottom of the nin- down 17 of the last 19 hitters he faced th, the slumbering Michigan bats ex- to record his tenth victory against no ploded for a stunning seven-run rally losses. that left New Orleans fans silent and THE confidence continued to build put the game into extra innings. on Sunday. Michigan used a five-run "All I could think was 'When the first inning to win the second Battle of hell are we going to get an out?" said New Orleans, 11-6. The Privateers New Orleans head coach Ron Maestri. dropped into the loser's bracket by "We played well up to the ninth, but falling to Mississippi, 8-4, the night (relief pitcher Brian) Muller js before, and the Wolverines made sure (in'teit. rjust no late heroics were needed this time. didn't have it. Casey Close proved to be a one-man THE RALLY proved to be a tease, wrecking crew, going four-for-five however, as New Orleans scored two with two homeruns while pitching runs in the top of the 13th to win it. the complete game victory to Reliever Greg Everson lived dangerously for his entire three and eliminate UNO. one-third inning stint, and Tom "I felt good in the bullpen, and in the Bryant finally made him pay for it game, I felt confident and they swung' with his game-winning two-RBI at a lot of first pitches," said Close. double. That gave the Wolverines a chance "You'd think we might be able to to meet the fourth-ranked Bulldogs get that extra run in there (in the nin- Sunday night, and they capitalized. A th) with all that momentum going for six-run third inning erased a 5-0OMSU us," said a downcast Middaugh. "I lead, and Mike Ignasiak hurled seven wouldn't call ourselves beaten, I think innings of four-hit relief to get the win. we beat ourselves." Monday's loss finished the The confidence from that late rally Wolverines season at 55-10, the most carried over into Saturday's loser's wins ever by a Michigan team. Mississippi State's Will Clark: the best 4 Daily Photo by DAN HABIB It was Casey at the bat and Casey on the mound on Sunday. Against New Orleans, Casey Close went four for five with two homers, while also throwing a complete game. Close and the Wolverines beat the Privateers, 11-6, but were unable to get by Mississippi State Monday. Say.. YI-A-. 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This weekend during the South I Regional tournament, Southeastern Conference officials acknowledged that the fans knew what they were talking about when they named the junior out of New Orleans SEC Athlete of the Year, the first baseball player to do so and the first Bulldog to ever win the award. THE COMMENDATION looks even more impressive considering Clark was competing against such talented athletes as Kenny Walker of Kentucky and Bo Jackson of Auburn. Clark has earned other honors, in- cluding Sporting News All-American last year when he batted .386 with 28 homers and 93 RBI as part of MSU's 'Thunder and Lightning' com- bination (along with Rafael Palmeiro), but said the Athlete of the Year award came as a surprise. "This is very special to me," he sailLdW 'tev aJu ew 4*ma4pex.f the SEC the nomination for this. I'd like to thank everyone who voted for me, but at the same time, I'm glad I was able to represent Mississippi State in this capacity." TO STATE FANS, he represents everything a Bulldog should be. Clark is an articulate, well-spoken young man who the local fans have adopted as their own, almost to the point of worship.Every swing in batting prac- tice is analyzed, and every b.p. home run is oohed, aahed and applauded. Big crowds are standard at every 'Dawg game, and Clark says the large crowds inspire him. "I like big crowds, I like playing in front of them," he said. "I'm sort of a hambone at heart, and I like showing off in front of the fans." Clark travelled to Dunston, Florida yesterday to receive the award, but personal recognition was secondary to him. "I'm glad I got the award, and I just want to go down to Dunston and represent Mississippi State really good. I think it says something fora baseball at the college level, that it is starting to get better, especially in the SEC. I just hope it gets more people to Satct," - - ,n *s a' d ms ..E :.