Sports
Page 10 University Daily Kansan, April 27, 1981
'Hawks bat back in race with four-game sweep
Rv ARNE GREEN
Sports Writer
All Season weak hitting has kept Kansan's baseball team out of the Big Eight race. Over the weekend the Jayhawks offense put them right in the mix, and with 36 hits for a four-game sweep of Iowa State.
The Jayhawks, now 27-15 and 10-9 in the conference, needed to take the series to stay alive and last Thursday Coach Floyd Temple told them how in a team meeting.
"WE HAD A little visit the other day and I told them they weren't having any fun and that I wasn't having any fun," Temple said. "This is a little boys game played by little boys and grown men for a living. We went out and worked and had some fun."
The fun started early for the Jayhawks with an 8-4 victory in the series opening Saturday.
With the score tied 1-1 in the third innning, Neuzil and Roger Riley led off with singles and advanced on a walk to three baselman Russ Blaylock. Cyclone second baseman Jim Walewander then threw away Juan Ramen's ground ball, allowing three runs to score.
Ramon scored another run on shortstop Dan Frase's throwing error to make it 5-1.
SHORTSTOP NEUZIL and second baseman Riley, the top of KU's batting order, each had seven hits for the four-game series to lead the Jayhawks.
After Iowa State scored three runs in the top of the half to close the gap to 5-4, it was Nuxl and Riley.
With Joe Heeney on second base following a single and a sacrifice bunt, Neuzil beat out a bunt.
Temple then called for the suicide squeeze with Riley at the plate. Riley made it to first on
Neuzil and Riley also scored in the inning on singles by Blaylock and Ramon.
Neuzil, who had been battled a slump, said he decided to bunt his way out of it.
"IT GIVES ME a lot of confidence and helps me to know how I’ve started taking the ball where it pitched."
Jim Phillips went the distance, for the layback win up just one earned run and his last run.
Kevin Clinton hit his fifth home run of the season in the second inning.
In the nightcap Saturday, Clinton was the big story, as the Jayhawks won 5-0.
After giving up a lead-off single to Walewander in the first inning, Clinton did not allow a hit the rest of the way, as he won his third game against four losses.
The shoutout was Clinton's first, and somewhat of a turnaround for him. The last three games he played were the best in history.
"I loved it when I saw the three runs out there," he said. "That was all I needed."
TEMPEL, WHO had switched Clinton and
Garcia to shake up shakes up, said he
feel good about a bout of laughs.
"I used a little amateur psychology," he said
of his smile. "Psychology doesn't work, though the
job is good."
"Clinton did a super pitching job. I feel good for the kid. He hited in tough luck all year."
Left leftfer Tim Heinemann got the Jahyaws on the scoreboard in the bottom of the second inning with a three-run homer to left, his fourth of the year.
"We've got to keep the momentum going into Oklahoma. I think winning two there would put us pretty close to the playoffs." —Flovd Temple
Blaylock closed out KU's scoring with his 10th bane run in the season, a two-run shot in the fifth inning.
In the second game yesterday, it was again Hibernam and much less than the big bids that championships had won, 9-4.
Blaylock, who homered in the last three games of the series, hit his 12th in the bottom of the first imminent, driving in two runs. The home runs were four in game 8, when he hit one against Missouri Western.
"IT FEELS great," Blaylock said. "I'm relaxing at the plate. We had an excellent meeting Thursday. Coach Temple told us that the key is to relax and it really helped."
After Iowa State rallied to tie the game at 4-4 in the fifth inning, it was Heisman's shot that stopped the play.
With one run in and the bases loaded.
Heinemann hit Cyclone starter Phil Cozonskya's two-out pitch over the fence in deep left for his fifth home run of the year and his first career grand slam.
First baseman Brian Gray chipped in with his second home run of the season, a solo shot to lead
Matt Gibson 2-1, pick up the victory in relief of Dennis Copien, who worked the first 4/28
In the inpper yesterday, it was again Gibson who nalled down the victory, getting the last two batters for his third save of the season.
RANDY McINTOSH, 3-3, threw the first 6 1/3 innings to notch his third straight victory.
The Jayhawks opened the scoring in the game with two runs in the third inning on singles by Heeney, Neuzil and Riley. Heeney doubled home one run and Blairy hit a solo home run in the fifth.
The Cyclones scored their only three runs on a three-run-home by Gree Lemke in the sixth.
"We've got to keep the momentum going into
Oklahoma," Temple said. "I think winning two
thirds of that game is enough."
With the sweep of Iowa State, the Jayhawks attention now focuses on next weekend's series at Oklahoma. The Sooners, 9-7 in Big Eight play, are tied for second place with Nebraska.
The Jayhawks moved into fourth place, one-half game ahead of Oklahoma State, which split four games with Oklahoma over the weekend. The team's teams advance to the regional tournament.
"I REALLY WANT to give the players total credit," Temple said. "They got some big hits all the way down the lineup and now we're right back in the picture.
"I'm just like a traffic cop. They've got to get all the credit."
The Jayhawks close out their home schedule Wednesday with a non-conference doubleheader against Emphoria State at Quigley Field, before the regular season at Oklahoma this weekend.
JAYHAWK NOTES: Russ Blaylock's three home runs over the weekend gave him 12 for the year, the second highest single-season total ever. He has also led last year, also had the second highest mark of nine.
A collision imminent at first base, KU outfielder Tim Heinemann hustles back in a game earlier this season against Feng Yu. The Jayhawks got back into the Big Eight race with a four-game win in the N.L. Series Cycle.
MARK MCDONALD/Kansan staff
Malone's 42 shoot Rockets past Kings
By United Press International
The Kings, the favorite in the series despite injuries to starting guards Olsi Birdsond and Phil Ford, now must win the final three games to advance to the NBA finals.
HOUSTON—Moses Malone, despite hitting less than half of his shots, scored 42 points and grabbed 23 rebounds yesterday to help the soaring Houston Rockets beat the Kansas City Kings, 100-49, and move to within one victory of the Western Conference championship.
MALONE HIT 16 of 33 shots, all from close range, as a trio of Kings guarded him. In Game 3 Friday, he hit only 5 of 17 shots as he concentrated on guarding Reggie King.
The Rockets, who have never reached the NBA final series, put Billy Paulz back on King, and the Kings 6-foot-6 forward had a 24-14 lead in the game of his teammates scored as many as 10 points.
The Kings were only three points behind the Rockets with six minutes to play. Thereafter, it was the Malone Show, as he poured in two Kings' Sam Lacey and Leon Doullass.
A missed shot by Lacey and a Malone block of a Kings' shot prevented the King from pulling closer than three points with the score 83-80. Moments later, Malone took a long pass from Paultz and slammed home a dunk to finish the Kings.
FOR MOST OF the game, the Rockets received big lifts from the team's sixth and seventh players, guard Calvin Murphy and forward Bill Willeighy. Murphy scored 14 points and Willeighy added 10 as they came off the bench throughout the game.
Kansas City Coach Cotton Fitzsimmons
already set up for Ford, but Birdsong
other outfits two pairs.
Rockets' guard Robert Reid hit key baskets in the final quarter and finished the game with a 31-10 win.
Houston won its second straight game in the playoffs for the first time since the team began its improbable string against the Los Angeles Lakers two weeks ago. Until yesterday, the Rockets had won every other game in beating the Lakers in a best-of-three series and the San Antonio Spurs in a best-of-seven series.
In Eastern Conference playoff action, the Philadelphia 76ers downed the Boston Celtics, 107-105, and took a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.
THE 76ERS can wrap up the conference title for the second straight year Wednesday night when Game 5 of the best of seven series will be played at the Boston Garden.
It took six points in the last minute by Julius Erving to give the 78ers a chance. Bobby Jones stole the ball with three seconds to play on nail it down for Philadelphia.
Injuries cripple Kansas at Oregon dual
With many of its members out with injuries, the KU men's track team could not match up to the Bulldogs.
The Ducks, who last year were beaten by the Jayhawks for the first time in 10 meetings, returned to their old pattern at Oregon's Hayward Field with a 97-51 victory.
THE JAYHAWKS won eight events in the meet but did not sweep any KU, competing in a dual for the first time since a 79-75 victory over Arizona in late March, was without sprinters Deen Hogan and Anthony Polk, triple triumph Sanva Owlaboi and shot-out Clint Johnson.
Paul Titus won the triple jump for the Jayhawks with a leap of 48-1, but the Ducks captured the next two places. Without Johnson competing in the shot-plut, the Ducks swept the event as Dean Crouser, Vince Goldsmith and Randy Bolliger turned away the competition
The Jayhawk, however, did win four of seven the field events. Besides Titus' victory in the triple jump event, he also won the high jump.
(16-0), Mark Hanson won the long jump (24-11%)
and Joel Light won the high jump (7-0%)
"AS IAID before, we're traditionally a slow-starting team outdoors," Coach Bob Timmons said. "That has been true this year even more than in past years. . . . We're going to have to pick up some momentum as the season heads down the stretch."
KU's injuries were particularly felt in the running events, where the Jayhawks just posted four goals.
The Ducks, now 3-1 in dual meets, won the 400-meter relay and swept the 1,500-, and the 5,000-meter relays.
Without senior spinner Mike Ricks, the results might have been disastrous for the Jayhawks, who will compete in the Sunflower Classic next weekend in Manhattan.
Ricks took first place in the 400 and 200 and ran the anchor leg of the Jayhawks' winning mile- reel team.
THE OTHER KU VICTORY was by Anthony
Leaks in the intermediate hurdles (52.6). Leaks ran the third leg in the mile relay.
Dean Crouser of Oregon won the discus throw with a toss of 210-8, breaking the school record of 211-7. (AP)
JAYHAWK NOTES; Junior Sprinter Mark Ran, who was injured late in the indoor season with a stress fracture, might be ready to return to the field and spend weekend in the Sunflower Classic at Manhattan.
Oklahoma's sprint medley team (Cody Dulang-Danier Carter-Freedel Wilson-Dyck Dahl) set an American and collegiate record in the event with a mark of 3.13:39 Saturday at the Drake Relas.
RON INGRAM OF Oklahoma State was denied a sweep of the 100 on the relays circuit. Ingram, who won the college division 100 at the Texas and Ohio coast to Melt Lattany of Georgia at the Drake Rakes.
Joel Light's victory in the high jump, Mike Ricks' victory in the 200 and Anthony Leaks' victory in the intermediate hurdles were all team bests for the outdoor season.
Kansas City suffers 11-1 pasting by Brewers
MILWAUKEE (UIF)-Tipped Simmons drove in four runs and Gorman Thomas had a two-run homer yesterday, powering the Milwaukee to an 11-1 rout of the Kansas City Royals.
Simmons hit his third homer of the season in the second inning off loser Dennis Leard, 13, for the Brewers' first two runs, had a sacrifice fly in the seventh and a run-scoring single in the
eighth. Thomas belted his fourth horner of the season in the fourth to score Larry Hisle, who had singled, to make the score 4-1.
Randy Lerch, 2-0, who had not allowed a run in six innings of innings, set the Royals down on six hits over eight innings. Reggie Cleveland pitched a hitless ninth innings.
run-scoring single by Don Money and Paul Muller's two-run single. The Brewers added two runs in the seventh on Simmons' sacrifice fly and Money's bases-loaded walk and they scored two more runs in the eighth on Larry Hisle's sacrifice fly and Simmons's RBI single.
Softball team takes second to OSU in Big 8 tournament
By BRENDA DUF Sports Writer
Kansas City's run came in the third on singles by Jerry Grote, Willem Wilson and Hal Mace.
Oklahoma State obviously had an advantage with 20-5 pitcher Tina Schell on the mound. Schel gave up three singles. The biggest offense inning for Oklahoma State was the third when KU's pitcher LaAnn Stanwix gave up a three-run-homer for the first run of the game.
The Cowboys didn't allow any runs in the three games they played en route to the championship. KU was the first and the last victim, but the team struggled against the other competition and finished second.
Milwaukee added three runs in the sixth on a
Kansas' softball team had one problem this weekend at the Big Eight Tournament. That problem was Oklahoma State, the tournament winner.
The Cowboys then spaced out the remaining runs with one each in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings for the final score of 6-0. Oklahoma State won a second-round game over KU, 7-0.
KANAS DEFEATED four Big Eight teams in the double elimination tournament; Oklahoma, 1-0; Missouri, 2-1; Iowa State, 3-1 and Nebraska, 4-1, opening a chance to face the Cowboys in the final.
The Jayahwaks' biggest upset in the meet was
Friday when they slipped past the Missouri
The teams played evenly until the bottom of the sixth when, with second baseman Julie Snodgrass on base, third baseman Jill Larson broke the 1-tile with a single.
Tigers. A coaches' poll showed Missouri favored to win the tournament, placing Kansas as far down as fifth.
The team the Jayhaws faced in the semifinals looked more than vaguely familiar. They met Nebraska, a team that they played and beat last week.
In their last game against the Cornhuskers last week, the Jayhawks were led by pitcher LaAnn Stanwix, who pitched a one-hitter in a 3-9 victory.
The victory eliminated the Tigers from the competition.
THIS TIME though, the attack was led by an Larson and Kansas' offense. The Jayhawks gathered 10 hits, with Larson belting a double and three singles. The Jayhawks' biggest break came not from the Kansas offense, but from a Nebraska miscue. With runners on base in the fifth, Kansas broke a 2-2 tie on a Nebraska error that allowed two runs to score.
Even though the Jayhawks did not win the championship, they did place three players, Stanwix, Larson and shortstop Sue Sherman, on the all-tournament team.
BOB GREENSPAN/Kanaan staff
KU outfielder Kell May slides in under a Missouri infielder's tag in a recent game. The KU softball team finished second at the Big Eight tournament this week, losing to Oklahoma State in the finals.