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Tech Wins 5-4 As
Errors Doom Cavs

By John Markon
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

The usual baseball script was
changed yesterday as it was Virginia
that was caught from behind in the
late innings and came up losers.
Virginia Tech conquered the
Cavaliers, 5-4, in a Lambeth Field
game featuring sloppy fielding at
the worst possible moments by the
home team.

With the score 3-2 Virginia in
the Tech eighth an error by Billy
Hall on a John Van Arnhem liner
allowed Tech to tie the score on
Cavalier starter Al Strange and in
the visitors' ninth the Gobblers
scored the winning runs off losing
hurler Dave Lacrosse.

Ken Weatherman opened the
inning with a walk and, when Steve
Sroba threw Billy Tanner's
attempted sacrifice into right field,
the Gobblers ended up with one
run in and a runner on third. While
Lacrosse was busy striking out the
rest of the Techmen he
wild-pitched the eventual winning
run home.

Virginia scored a run in the
home ninth when a Steve Sroba
single scored Mike Cubbage from
third, but a previous two-on
double-play grounder by Sammy
Beale, who hit into two such
rally-killers, took the edge off that
particular threat.

Tech had scored first off Strange
in the third when two balls that got
by third baseman Jon Williams, one
ruled a hit, the other an error, a
wild pitch, a walk and a single led
to two runs. The second score of
the frame was VPI's only earned
run of the game.

Virginia tied the score in the
fourth when lead-off batter Robbin
Marvin singled and Terry Dan
followed with a homer to left. The
'Hoos took their only lead in the
sixth after Dan singled, advanced to
second on a balk, to third on an
error, and to the plate on a
Cubbage single.

Aside from the innings in which
they actually scored the Cavaliers
could do little against Tech's
left-handed starter and winner,
Johnny Foster. Foster notched his
second win without a loss while
loser Lacrosse, who was most
unfortunate, absorbed his second
defeat without a victory.

Strange pitched the first eight
innings for the Cavs and did rather
well. If not for the fielding lapses
by Williams and Sroba he could
have won easily. He held Van
Arnhem, the nation's leading hitter
at over .500, to one-for-four and
was generally in command. Lacrosse
also was effective when he could
get the ball over.

Next action for the Cavaliers
will be tomorrow afternoon against
Wake Forest with a Sunday
afternoon game against Duke to
follow. Both games are ACC
contests and are important if the
Wahoos wish to contend with
Maryland for the conference title.

Ed Kihm and Steve Brindle will
probably get the Virginia mound
assignments with the games
scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m.

   

Va. Tech	002	000	012	5	8	1
Virginia	000	201	001	4	8	3

FOSTER and Van Arnhem,
Strange, Lacrosse (8) and
Beale.
HR — Dan (V)

Photos By Howard Weinberg

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