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Monday, September 14, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Sports
James Larson/KANSAN
Above, Kansas designated hitter Dan Benninghoff is greeted at home plate by his teammates after hitting a grand-slam home run. Benninghoff hit two home runs in the second game against Kansas City Kansas Community College yesterday. Below, Jarrett Boeschen, slides into home plate after a wild pitch by the KCKCC pitcher.
KU wins two of three in fall baseball debut
By DARRIN STINEMAN
Staff writer
Dan Bennington drove in six runs and hit two home runs in leading the Kansas baseball team to victory in the second of three five-inning games with Kansas City Kansas Concord and Quigley Field. The Jayhawks won two of the games.
Benningoh, a junior transfer student from Allen County Community College and a switch-hit, hit a solo homerun left-handed in his first at-bat of game two and followed with a grand slam from the right side his next time up to give the Jawhaves a 13-2 win.
Kansas won the third game as well, 5-3, but was held to only one hit in the opener by KCK pitchers Sean Whittar and Jon Facklin in an 8-0 loss.
The Jayhawks' pitching in game one wasn't as successful as KCK's. Mike McLead, KU's starter, walked in two runs in the seven-run second inning and took the loss.
Despite the performance of the team in the first game, Kansas coach Dave Bingham said he was looking more for winners than victories in the three mini-games. The Jayhawks were originally
scheduled to play one nine-inning game, but decided to play the three shorter games instead.
"It's really a scrimmage-type set up," he said. "We like to start our pitchers so that it's a win-loss situation. In a short game like that, it's impossible to come back and do things."
But in the second game, the Jayhawks did come back. With the help of five walks and two hit batsmen from KCK pitching and Banninghoff's heroes, Kansas was able to end the string of zeroes on its half of the scoreboard. But aside from Banninghoff, Bingham said he was displeased with Kansas' performance at the plate.
The Jayhawks' defense, which committed three errors in KCK's seven-run second inning of game one, received no praise from Bingham either.
"There were some fundamentals that we didn't execute as well as we should," he said. "It's timing; it'll come along a little later."
Sophomore Scott Taylor was the beneficiary of the Jayhawks' 13 runs in the second game and gave up only two runs, and sophomore Brad Hinkle was the winner of game three, as the Jayhawks won 5-3.
Nebraska quarterback piles up more records
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Let's see ... what Nebraska quarterback records are left for Steve Taylor to break next week?
The Associated Press
In the 1987 opener against Utah State, Taylor snapped the one-game Husker quarterback rushing record. Then Saturday, in a meeting of No. 2 and No. 3, Taylor found it rough going and scored for the win, firm and warmed a school-record five touchdown passes to fashion a 42-33 conquest of UCLA.
The UCLA defense choked back the Nebraska running game on 117 yards on 47 carries, its second lowest total of the 1980s.
"We had to throw the ball," said Husker coach Tom Osborne.
The weekend's action was a mixed bag for the Big Eight. Nebraska's victory combined with No. 1 Oklahoma's 28-0 shutout of North Carolina kept hopes alive for a No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown in Lincoln, Neb. Nov. 1. In addition to this win, his visibility Baylor of a naming note by beating Baltimore 21, and Oklahoma State went to 2-0 with a 35-0 shutout at Houston.
But on the downside, Colorado was upset at home by Oregon 10-7, Iowa State lost at Tulane 25-12 and Kansas suffered a third consecutive humiliation with a 49-0 thumping at No. 4 Auburn.
Taylor's five touchdown passes tied the Big Eight record and erased the Nebraska standard which had been shared by David Humm, Vince Ferragamo and Turner Gill. What's more, he did it after bouncing back from an injured left shoulder. Taylor completed 10 of 15 passes for 27 yards and touchdown strikes of 9, 11, 48, 35 and 33 vards.
Nebraska 42, UCLA 33
"It felt bad at the time, but this was No. 3," Taylor said. "I knew I had to be careful."
"We only threw it 15 times and completed 10, so to me that's a good passing game." Osborne said. "But only run for 117 yards. That's abyssal. That's terrible. That's not even playing football. We better get a lot better than that. We lost four fumbles. If you had told me we would do that and just run for 117 yards, I'd say we'd get whipped by 21 points."
Oklahoma 28, North Carolina 0
If you had told Barry Switzer that his quarterbackward would run for 170 yards and four touchdowns, he would have said the Sooners were on their way to a comfortable victory. Jamelle Holoweley did, and the Sooners bolted.
a relatively easy time with the Tar Heels even though they set a school record with 19 penalties for 125 yards.
Oklahoma State 35,
Houston 0
Houston 0
Thurman Thomas totaled 111 yards in Oklahoma State's rout of Houston, which made the Big Eight 2-0 for the day against the Southwest Conference. Barry Sanders, who returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown the week before, stung the Cougars with a 68-yard touchdown punt return.
"Our defensive game plan was excellent," said Oklahoma State coach Pat Jones. "It's a big step for us to beat a Southwest Conference team. A shutout is good any time you can get it."
Oregon 10, Colorado 7
BOULDER, Colo. — Redshirt freshman quarterback Bill Musgrave drilled an 8-yard touchdown pass to split end Terry Obee, and Kirk Dennis kicked a decisive 32-yard field goal early in the final quarter to lift Oregon past Colorado Saturday.
Musgrace, turning in a poised performance in his first collegiate appearance, completed clutch third in both of Oregon's scoring drives.
Colorado had the ball in Oregon territory 10 times in the game, but the Buffs' lone score came late in the opening quarter. Freshman fullback Michael Simmons burst up the middle 34 yards for the TD.
All of Iowa State's points in its first game under Coach Jim Walden came on field goals by redshirt freshman Jeff Shudak. His 35-yarder in the first quarter gave the Cyclones a short-lived lead. He also hit from 28, 35 and 32 yards to tie the school record.
Missouri 23, Baylor 18
The record book came in for a battering at Missouri, too. Tom Hearn's 29-year field goal in the first quarter was his school-record 32nd and strong safety Erick McMiliar broke the school career tackle record
After 1-10 and 3-8 seasons, Coach Woody Widenhofer desperately needed to open with a win.
The important thing is we got a victory under our belt, a game under our belt." Widenhofer said. "This team right now is ready to win, especially after today. This was a real critical win for our football team and program."
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