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Wah-Hoo-Wah!!!

Obviously rattled by the
wah-hoo-wah crowd Bing needed a
conference with his catcher. But it
did little good as third baseman
Dave Bratt, the next batter,
punched a pitch down the
right-center alley for a double. But
Bratt, who also plays on the
gridiron, strayed too far from the
bag and Bing picked him off to kill
the rally and end the inning.

Then both Bing and Brindle
settled down until the seventh
when the Spiders broke through for
their final run. After surrendering
two singles, one on a hit and run,
Coach Jim West yanked Brindle in
favor of freshman Brian Hilburn.
But the Spiders scored anyway, on
a nice suicide squeeze play by Steve
Kennedy. After a wild pitch and a
few foul homers Hilburn escaped
the inning by inducing Bruce
Wright to line out to Bratt.

Bing and new reefer Dan
Merchak then traded 1-2-3 and
1-2-3-4 innings before the Cavaliers
struck again. Terry Dan was the
first to reach base as he stretched a
single into a double when the
rightfielder missed on a diving
catch. Then Bryant connected for
his second homer to doom the
unlucky 5-10 Spiders to still
another loss.

With two hits in four trips
Bryant elevated his average, third in
the ACC, to an even .400. The four
RBI raised his total to 22, just four
off Virginia's season record and one
under Tony Perez's 23. He also is
tied for the team lead in doubles -
five - with Cubbage, which is just
two off the school record. Cubbage
is also tied with Mike Massimini for
the number two team batting
average, .310, while Bratt is fourth
at .297.

Virginia is home this weekend
for four games. On Friday Wake
Forest, last in the league, comes to
town. The Saturday twin-bill
features Duke, whose star hurler is
football All-American Leo Hart,
and Sunday's opposition is
provided by Southern Conference
Independent George Washington.

Jim West's Baseball Team Knocked Off Richmond's Hapless Spiders 6-5 Yesterday At Lambeth

A Pair Of Two-Run Homeruns By Bear Bryant And A Solo Blast By Mike Cubbage Led Offense