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Hitting Fails Cavs On Road Trip

By John Markon
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

The Virginia baseball team's trip
to sunny South Carolina started out
well but turned sour as the Cavs
found themselves going into
yesterday's game with USC inches
from being eliminated from the
ACC title picture.

Terps Clinch Tie

By dropping two of their first
three games the Cavaliers have
helped Maryland, winner of two
out of three so far, reduce their
ACC "magic number" to one. This
means the Terps have already
clinched a tic of the title and need
only to win one more game, or have
Virginia lose one, to assure
themselves the crown.

There wasn't even a hint of such
a bleak picture after Thursday
afternoon's Clemson game, won by
Virginia in fine style, 16-5. Mike
Judkins, called upon to relieve
starter and winner Steve Brindle in
the sixth, was the beneficiary of a
seven-run Wahoo inning and went
two-for-three at the plate himself.

4 Cubbage RBI

Mike Cubbage drove home four
of Virginia's runs as the Cavs
grabbed a 4-0 lead, saw it cut to
4-3, and moved in front 11-3 on the
big sixth inning. Dave Von
Volkenburg started and lost for
Clemson and was followed by three
relievers, none of which had much
success.

Friday's game was a quieter
affair as Virginia bats, producers of
fourteen hits Thursday, could
manage only five. Clemson
pounded out twelve to hand
Virginia and d Kihm a 5-2 loss.

Ahead 2-1 in the seventh, Kihm
lost control of the Tigers and
before reliever Brian Hilburn could
retire the side Clemson had racked
up their four winning runs. Relief
pitcher Lindsay Graham, hit hard
by the Cavaliers in Thursday's
game, throttled them on Friday and
picked up the win.

Gamecocks Rally

A change of venue to Columbia
was on no immediate help as USC's
Gamecocks turned back the Cavs in
the ninth inning on Saturday, 3-2.
Two walks and a single by Ron
Delmer broke a 2-2 tie and pinned a
loss, on Rick Spigone.

Again it was a case of Virginia's
failure to hit as the Wahoos made
only three hits off. Al Hillard,
owner of a 1-3 record and high
ERA at game time. A two-run single
by Billy Hall in the third inning was
the extent of the Cavalier offense.
Twelve Virginians were struck out.

The Cavs' losses cost them
second place in the ACC as they
slipped behind Clemson, which now
has the same outside chance as
Virginia to win, and North Carolina
State, now 9-5 and finished with
baseball for the year.

   

Virginia	030	107	005	6	14	3
Clemson	000	300	002	5	5	4

BRINDLE, Judkins (6) and
Beale; VON VOLKENBURG,
Bevis (6), Graham (6), Adams
(9) and Hamilton.

   

Virginia	010	001	000	2	5	2
Clemson	000	100	40x	5	12	1

KIHM, Hilburn (7) and Beale:
Bradford, GRAHAM (6), and
Hamilton.

   

Virginia	002	000	000	2	3	3
S.C.	001	000	011	3	5	1

SPIGONE and Beale; HILLARD
and Choate, Heckler (8).