University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, April 4. 1978
Staff Photo by DONALD WALLER
Follow through
Sophomore pitcher Terry Sutcliffe in just more than a year has become one of KU's top pitchers. Sutcliffe, from Van Horn High School in Kansas City, Mo., leads KU pitchers to a .983 average in the major leagues.
By JIM BLOOM Sports Writer
Sutcliffe succeeds as KU starter
If it wasn't for baseball, Terry Sutcliffe would be in college.
Sutcliffe, who leads the KU pitching staff with a 4-2 record, explained that if it hadn't been for sports, he probably would have doubled from an Horn High School in Chagrin City, Mo.
"I hate school and I always have. Sports are the only thing that keep me going," said Dillon.
HEAD COACH Flory Fleed Taucher probably counts his blessings that Van Horn had a baseball team and that his ace pitcher didn't drop out.
As of now, Sutcliffe, 6-foot-1 sophomore,
has one of the starting spots in Temple's
rotation. He has compiled a 2.13 ERA and
has 26 strikeouts in 25 and one third innings.
"Terry has pitched well so far this season. Last year he started off rocky and it took him a while to adapt." Temple said. "But he's adapted now with good control and by picking the right times to throw his fast ball."
Sutcliffe said his biggest problem in college baseball was adapting to the difference in strike zones and those in hitters. He said that college umpires cut the strike zone down a lot from what high school umpires would call.
Sutcliffe explained that when he was a freshman he had a quick lesson from teammates Carl Heinrich and Andy Gilmore. Heinrich, now an assistant coach, played first base for KU last year. Gilmore currently catches for the Jawhaws.
"I LEARNED I had to throw to spots. I also learned real quick last fall that I couldn't just blow it by batters up here," he said.
"In fall practice last year I faced those two guys. Each one looked at my first pitch and then hit the second one out," Sutcliffe laughed. "I'm glad it happened so early, because it made me realize I was going to have to change."
Sutcliffe said he picked up different pitches from his brother Rick, who is with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He said Brian Rhodes, who was KU's ace last year helped him win the AL MVP, credited his success to his high school coach.
Sinelair and Hernandez have pitched 78 inquiries for the Jayhawks and have recorded two highs.
SUCTLIFE COMES from an athletic family. His brother pitched last year for the Lakers, and his sister is the farm team for the Dodgers. His father is a race car driver and his younger sister plays basketball for her high school. He also has a son on the Jayhawks-catcher Dan Graham.
Hot-hitting Jayhawks face Emporia State
The doubleheader will be the last games of the preseason schedule for the Jayhawks. KU heads into more difficult competition Kansas State in Manhattan on Friday.
The University of Kansas Jayhawks, their bats still smoking from a weekend that produced 35 runs and three victories, will apologize for State in a doubleheader this afternoon.
Game time at Quigley Field is 1:30 p.m.
Last night's rains presented the possibility that today's games might be canceled,
however.
THE JAYHAWK'S' starting pitchers, junior Shelley Sinclair and Hernandez, take 3-2 and 6-4 records respectively into today's twin bill.
The Jayhawks take a 12-5-1 record into taady's games, which head coach Floyd Temple says is just the record he expected the Jayhawks to have at this point.
ACCORDING TO NCAA rules, he must wait until after his junior year to go through the draft again. But his junior time is being worried about making KU a division champion.
"I'd like to go pro. I think back and wish I could have gone earlier when I had the chance."
He said he would like to follow his brother to the pros after he finishes at KU.
"WE'VE PLAYED pretty good," Temple said. "We did well on the trip and have played good ball since we've come home. We're not playing the toughest competition, but at least we've gotten a chance to look at some of our players.
Sutcliffe was drafted by the New York Meta after he graduated from high school.
"I think we can win, but it's going to be up to the pitching," he explained. "If it's tough, we'll blow the other teams away. But if it's shaky, it will be close."
"After these games it will be showdown time. The games against K-State don't count in conference play, but to us they're conference games because of the rivalry."
Temple will send Dan St. Clair, 2-0, and Terry Sutcliffe, 4-0, to the mound today against Emoria State. Both turned in their goals with outings on Friday against Fort Hays State.
"WE MIGHT GET a chance to use our other pitcher's," Manclift said. "I'd like to get them some experience this week before the tournament."
KU will take part in an invitational tournament this weekend in Springfield, Mo., hosted by Southwest Missouri State University.
Junior Marci Penner, who plays infield for the Jawhaws but is not a regular, is slugging 571 for seven times at bat this season.
"Our four regular season games with them last year were rained out," KU softball coach Bob Stanklift said yesterday. "I don't remember much about them."
The KU football team faces Central Missouri State University this afternoon in Warrenburg, Mo., provided nature does not against the teams as it did last season.
However, CMS and KU have faced a common opponent this season—Northwest Missouri State University. Kansas swept a doubleheader from NWMSU Friday.
Two Jayhawk regulars are batting at least 400 going into today's games.
The Jayhawks could expect a team comparable to Northwest Missouri state in the postseason.
"THAT'S THE ONLY time we saw them. There's no way to tell how competetive they are."
Stancliff KU played CMS last season in a tournament in Springfield, Mo., and
KU softball team to battle CMSU
Senior Jill Woodman leads KU starters in batting with a 413 average. The pitcher pits a 50-26-0 record.
Stancliff did CMS played NWMSU
Saturday night at the games of a
net game, 34-16 and 15-4.
According to Sutcliffe, the Jayhawks haven't had a chance yet to show how good they are this season. He but thought KU could make it to the Big-Eight tournament.
LEFT FIELDER Steve Gilles leads the Emporia State attack with a 413 average. First baseman Fred Riesgo follows with a 387 mark.
with a 4-1 record and a 1.80 ERA. EJF. Purcell and Wade Smith have both posted 2-2 records. Emporia State has a lofty team ERA of 6.52.
"This is the best all-around team I have ever played on," he explained. "We have good hitting and pitching, we have speed running, and many errors. I think we can win our division."
Sutcliffe and St. Clair will be playing an Emnoria State team that boosts an 11-8-1 against the Baylor Cavaliers.
THE BIG EIGHT Conference has two divisions for baseball. KU is in the East Division with Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa State. The West Division is made up of Kansas State, Colorado, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
Emporia State's starting pitcherers were not known on Monday but there is a good chance the Jayhawks will face Kevin Miles. The righthander leads the Emporia State staff
Temple said the main concern for KU at this point in the season is to get the pitch rotation and starting line up established and to the players to execute properly.
"We didn't execute properly on Saturday and it cost us a ball game (a 2-1 loss to Washburn)," Temple said. "We hope to do everything to perfection."
Teams in the same division will play each other four times in two double-headers.
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"We have six starters going for the four spots in the rotation. And we're two deep at the other positions. There's a lot of competition, but everyone is friendly," he said.
meet in a double-elimination tournament in May.
Sutcliffe said one reason the Jayhawks were stronger this year is that there were
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