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Cavalier Baseball Team Sweeps Pair
Behind Pitching Of Lacross, Judkins

By BILL BERNO

CD/Bob Humphrey

Sroba, Who Hit Run-Scoring Sacrifice Fly Saturday, Sliding Into Second In Previous Action

Coming through with some
clutch performances when they
needed them, the revitalized
Cavalier baseball players edged
the cellar-dwelling Wake Forest
squad twice Saturday to jump
back into the ACC title race.

After several rain outs for
the Cavs and several losses by
conference leading teams, the
possibility of a title for Jim
West's players is much brighter.

Relying on the pitching of
Mike Judkins and Dave
Lacross, the Cavs slid past
Wake by a combined total of
three runs. Judkins came on in
the first game to pitch
brilliantly in relief of starter
Steve Brindle and pick up
credit for an 8-7 win.

Lacross did it all by himself
in the second game, allowing
only four hits in shutting out
the Deacons. Lacross
continued a hot streak which
began when he beat Maryland,
4-1, a few weeks ago.
Yesterday's 2-0 win lifted his
record to a very respectable
4-2.

Going into the twin bill, the
Cavs needed a sweep to keep
pace with league leaders
Clemson and Maryland.
Although they didn't exactly
crush the Deacons, they still
recorded two victories to raise
the team's conference record
to a contending 5-4.

The scoring in the first game
occurred mostly in the first
inning, as the Cavs scored three
runs, but the Deacons bombed
Brindle for five runs on four
hits, one of which was a triple
by Wake's Tommy Dawkins
that cleaned up a crowded
bases-loaded situation by
allowing all three runners to
score.

Cavalier scoring in the first
inning came on a double by
leadoff hitter and captain
Robbin Marvin, followed by
the first of four Deacon errors,
another double by
third baseman Jonathan
Williams, and a deep sacrifice
fly by cleanup hitter Steve
Sroba.

In the fourth inning, the
Cavs added three runs to the
total by taking advantage of a
run-scoring error and a two-run
single by Dave Bratt. Then in
the fifth, they scored the
winning run when first-year
catcher Dan Bernstein,
replacing slumping Al Bracht,
singled and went to second on
an infield out. He advanced to
third on a wild pitch and
scored on a second wild pitch.

Marvin was the offensive
star in the first game as he
added to his average by knocking
three hits and scoring a run.
Each team totaled ten hits, but
the four Deacon miscues
proved to be their margin of
defeat.

In the second contest, it was
Lacross all the way. He struck
out nine Wake Forest batters,
and only once allowed two
men on base at the same time.

It was a real pitchers' duel
up until the sixth inning when
the Cavs got two runs across
the plate to give Lacross all the
cushion that he needed.

The Cavs themselves could
only scrape together six hits,
but parlayed them into a pair
of scores to complete the
sweep of the Deacons. Wake
Forest is now a dismal 1-11 in
the conference.

Although Mr. West got what
he wanted, it turned out to be
a little less valuable to him
than was expected. Despite the
fact that his team won two
games, it failed to gain ground
on the Maryland Terps, who
accomplished a similar feat
against the Blue Devils of
Duke. So, the Cavs still trail
the Terps in the title race.

In one of the best
confrontations of the ACC
season, Duke's ace Gordy
Jackson matched pitches with
Terp star Bob Grossman.
Jackson pitched a brilliant
four-hitter, but his teammates
committed errors that allowed
two runs to score, and he lost a
2-1 heart breaker. Grossman
was nicked for five hits and
one run.

In the second game, the
Terps exploded early by
scoring eight runs in the first
inning, six in the third, and an
additional four in the seventh
to post an 18-7 runaway.

Yesterday the Cavs traveled
to Durham, North Carolina, to
play the Blue Devils. First-year
southpaw John Cunningham
was due to get the starting call.

Tonight the squad travels to
Madison College, but it's a
"business trip". The team will
play an exhibition under the
lights with the Madison nine.
This is the first year for
Madison's baseball program,
which is more intramural than
varsity, so the Cavaliers should
have a fun-filled evening on the
diamond.

Cavs 8-2, Wake 2-0

           

FIRST GAME
VIRGINIA	301	310	0-8	10	2
W'FOREST	500	011	0-7	10	4
SECOND GAME
VIRGINIA	000	002	0-2	6	1
W. FOREST	000	000	0-0	4	2

Winning Pitchers: Judkins (V), first,
Lacross (V), second