Thursday. April 30. 1970
Maroon and Gold
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J^illiams Gets Four Hits: Five RBI’s
l erry V/illiams, Elen’s rookie second baseman, went
four for five, and have five RBI’S, leading Elon over
Lenior-Rhyne 13-0, at Elon.
Capps 3 Hitter
Beats LR 4-1
Dewey Capps, Elon’s
top righthander, led the
Christians once again
on to victory over Len-
oir-Rhyne, 4-1, while the
Elon batters pounded out
nine basehits.
Elon opened the scor
ing in the top of the first
inning, by scoring two
runs off the “Bears”
pitcher , Lanny Stewart.
Ron Brown singled and
scored on a triple by Joe
Rinaca. Jim Friesinger
also hit safely, allowing
Rinaca to score from
third.
Capps, once again,
turned in a superb pitch
ing performance. He on
ly allowed three hits and
the first hit against him
did not come until the six
th inning. Dewey struck
out six batters and al
lowed four batters to
reach first on walks.
Elon scored two more
runs in the top of the
eighth inning. Ron Brown
once again reached base
on a basehit, and Joe Rin
aca hit his second tri
ple of the afternoon,scor-
ing Brown from first .
Jimmy Friesinger flew
out to leftfield and was
credited with an RBI,when
Rinaca scored on the
play.
Lenoir - Rhyne scored
its only run in the bot
tom of the eighth inning.
Barry Laney reached
base on an Elon error, and
went to second when Mike
Porter walked. John Hen-
kle singled and Laney
scored on the play.
Ron Brown, Joe Rina
ca, and Bob Godfrey each
had two hits for Elon,
while Brown, Rinaca, and
Godfrey each had two
RBI’s for the Christians.
Elon Wins 8-3
Against Pfeiffer
Donnie Oakes beat
Pfeiffer last week at
Misenheimer, 8-3, while
receiving good hitting
support from Jim Frie
singer and Jim Hourigan.
Pfeiffer scored first
the bottom of the first
but the Fighting
Christians jumped on
Pfeiffer’s pitcher, Steve
pude, for six big runs
in the top of the second
•nning. Mel Cliborne
staned the inning off
t>y drawing a free p>ass
snd stealing second,
'fim Hourigan also walk
ed and Rick Smith reach
ed first on an error. Don
Oakes then went to first
a fielder’s choice, all
runners were safe on the
play. Curly Hazellete and
Ron Brown followed with
successive singles.
Friesinger hit a sacri
fice fly, driving in a run,
and Cliborne drew his
second walk of the inn
ing. In that inning, Won
had four walks, two hits,
two stolen bases, and
the “Falcons” committed
three errors.
Jim Friesinger and Jim
Hourigan led the Elon
batters with two hits
each, and Ron Bro^had
two RBI’s for the Chris
tians. Gary Bartlett was
the only Pfeiffer batter to
get more than one hit and
Ken Rhyne had two RBl s
for the Falcons.
Elon Downs
Bears 13-0
By Richard Youmans
Terry Williams, Joe
Rinaca, Mel Cliborne,Jay
Simpson, and pitcher,
Gerald Campbell led Elon
over the Lenoir - Rhyne
“Bears,” by the score of
13-0.
Terry Williams went
four for five, while Rin
aca, Cliborne, Simpson,
and Campbell each had
two hits. Williams had
five RBI’s, Simpson and
Campbell each had two,
for the Christians.
Elon got out to a fast
start, scoring four runs
in the first three innings.
In the bottom of the six
th inning, the Christians
pounded out five more
runs. Bob Godfrey sin
gled and Jay Simpson
reached first on a field
er’s choice play. Camp
bell then singled, driving
in Godfrey. With runners
on first and third, and one
out, Terry Williams
smashed a homerun, his
second of the season, and
both Simpson and Camp
bell scored on the home-
run. The last run in the
inning came when Ron
Brown walked and stole
second. Brown advanced
to third when Rinaca flied
out to center, and then
scored on a passed ball
by the Bears catcher.
Joe Rinaca, Elon’s left-fielder, hit the ball well
against the Lenior-Rhyne “Bears.” Joe had two trip
les and two RBI’S in the Elon victory over LR, 4-1,
at Hickory.
Elon scored four more
runs in the seventh inn
ing to put the game out of
reach for Lenoir-Rhyne.
Mel Cliborne lined a dou
ble, and scored on Jay
Simpson’s basehit.
Campbell singled and
went to second on an er
ror by the left-fielder,
Simpson scored on the
play. Williams followed
with his fourth hit in
the game, the pinch-run-
ner for Campbell scoring.
Then successive singles
from Joe Morris and Joe
Rinaca scored Williams.
Campbell allowed only
four hits and struck out
13 batters, to make his
pitching record one win
and one loss. The win
made Elon’s overall
record 10 wins and five
losses, and are five and
four in the Carolinas Con
ference.
Elon Bats To
10-7 Victory
Elon defeated Campbell
College last Saturday,
10-7, at Campbell. Billy
Schultz received credit
for the win, making his
pitching record 1-0.
Campbell scored first
in the bottom of the first
inning on two hits, one
walk and a sacrifice fly
by Dan West. Elon scor
ed five big runs in the
top of the fourth inning.
Jim Friesinger led off
with a single and stole
second base. Jim Houri
gan then singled and drove
in Friesinger from sec
ond. Mel Cliborne fol
lowed with a basehit and
Jimmy Arrington walked.
Rick Smith also drew a
walk and then the Camp
bell pitcher threw a wild
pitch, allowing another
run to score. Billy Schultz
got on first base when the
Campbell third baseman
made an error, Schultz
being credited with an
RBI. Curly Hazelette
drew a walk, but two
successive Elon batters
made outs ending the inn-
'"^lon scored another
solo run in the top of the
fifth inning. Joe Rinaca
led off with a basehit and
stole second. Jim Houri
gan singled, driving in
Rinaca from second.
Campbell came back in.
the bottom of the seven
th inning, scoring three
runs. The first batter
led off with a single and
the next batter walked.
Elon Loses 4-3,
Hourigan HR's
Elon lost a tight play
ed ballgame to High Point
College 4-3, Thursday,
April 16, at High Point,
High Point struck for
two runs in the bottom
of the first inning. Bob
Hicky and Dave Mitcham
smashed back to back dou
bles off Elon’s Gary
Brown. Nick Perlozzo
singled and Ron Slinger-
man drew a walk. Mark
Gebricke flied to center
getting an RBI.
Elon came back in the
top of the second with one
run on one hit. Jimmy
Friesinger led the inning
Wayne Ingle then came to
bat and hit a homerun
off Schultz, Ingle getting
three RBI’s in that inn
ing. In the top of the
eighth, Mike Welch sin
gled and then Bob Detur
off with a homerun, mak
ing the score 2-1. The
Christians scored an
other run in the sixth.
Jim Hourigan, Elon
freshman catcher from
Fairfield, Conn., smash
ed a homerun, making the
score 2-2. Elon also
scored another run in the
seventh inning, on two
High Point errors, a
walk, and a basehit by
Curly Hazelette.
High Point came back
in the bottom of the se
venth to win the game.
Mark Gebrike smashed a
homerun leading off the
inning. Mike Jones hit a
double and scored on Bob
Hicky’s basehit, making
the final score 4-3.
Gary Brown got the loss
but struck out eight High
Point batters. Dennis
Miller received credit
for the win. Miller struck
out four Elon batters
followed with a homerun.
and walked
two.
R
H
E
Elon
0
6
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
8
8
0
Pfeiffer
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
3
4
4
R
H
E
Elon
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
4
9
6
Lenoir-Rhyne
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
3
R
H
E
Elon
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
3
6
0
High Point
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
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4
R
6
H
2
E
Elon
0
0
0
5
1
0
0
2
2
10
10
0
Campbell
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
0
7
10
2
R
H
E
Lenoir-Rhyne
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
Elon
1
2
1
0
0
5
4
0
X
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