The Daily Tar HeelThursday, April 12, 19907 SPTOTS Pirates off the Caf olimians ECU Milages Bosliainnief. i i By MARK ANDERSON Assistant Sports Editor What school has the best baseball program in the state of North Carolina? How about the N.C. State Wolfpack, 35-6 on the season and ranked 1 2th by Collegiate BaseballESPN? Or maybe the North Carolina Tar Heels, 31-6 and ranked 11th? How about the unranked East Caro lina Pirates? Don't laugh. Fresh off an 8-5 win over the Wolfpack Tuesday, ECU pounded the Tar Heels 8-1 yesterday, completing a two-game sweep of UNC this year. The Pirates' fourth straight win ran their record to 30-4, their sev enth 30-win campaign in the last nine years and they still get no respect. "We're not worried about respect," said Jim Ambrosius, the Pirates' win ning pitcher. "Rankings are nice, but we're just trying to get ready for the tournament." , North Carolina didn't take kindly to the season's first night game at Bos hamer Stadium, losing for the first time in 24 tries at home. The loss also snapped the Tar Heels' five-game overall win streak, dropping their record to 31-7. UNC's lone bright spot came when ACC player of the week Ron Maurer extended his hitting streak to 23 games injthe seventh inning. J "They (the Pirates) were just the better team tonight," UNC head coach Mike Roberts said. "These non-conference, mid-week games always concern mje because it's a struggle to get the t JJfimmy g Dougherty combines laughs By JAMIE ROSENBERG Sports Editor Hey baseball moms: Need some thing to keep your sons busy during those long afternoon hours? Wanna make sure your little Tar Heels stay out of trouble on road trips? ; Well, all you have to do is fill out a few forms and drop your athletic off spring off at Boshamer Stadium. Camp Dougherty is in session. ; The day's activities may include everything from locker-room floor hockey to full-court Nerf hoops, all courtesy of that fun-loving director, UNC pitching ace Jirai Dougherty Your son will wear-Carolina blue, travel to exotic lands such as Clemson, S.C., and hang out with one of the Atlantic Coast Conference's biggest sports nuts with a strong emphasis on the 'nut' part. "Anytime we're some place and it's boring, like the Citadel or the locker room, Jim usually finds a ball and something else to play hockey with or basketball with," said Mi chael Hoog, Dougherty's roommate and partner on a powerful UNC pitch ing staff. "He's just always going like that. "At the Citadel one time he bought two Nerf hoops and put them at either end and we ran full-court basketball with the Nerf hoops." "He started hockey in the locker room. We have a training table, and he's got his stick and we've got goalie pads down there. He gets his stick and starts scoring on people and does the play-by-play the whole time." Activities at Camp Dougherty, as his teammates have affectionately dubbed it, are supplemented each day with jokes, pranks and various sports trivia. Anything goes, and no one is spared. Come game time, however, Direc ; tor Dougherty takes a break and turns ; into one of the ACC's best pitchers. ; Using a sidearm delivery for the first time in his career, the right-hander ;from Brentwood, N.Y., has blazed ; through his senior season with a 7-2 dWMfc .-.,. tjKfe. '-mm gmaawih. . .. nirait, jSm. tarn- IK wi m 1 wh ,.iiSID),Ai BJ iifif 1IMML ::::: smzc:&S2Ztttttzza Carr Mill Carrborru between Talbot's & Weaver St. Mkt. t Mon.-Fri. 11-7 Sat. 10-6 I 933-9712 guys ready to play. They didn't seem to accept the challenge tonight, which is rare for this year's team." East Carolina turned the lights out early for UNC with a six-run first in ning. Tar Heel lefty Frank Maney lasted only 13 of an inning for the second straight start. After striking out the leadoff man, Maney surrendered a line single to left to ECU right fielder Tom Yarborough. He then walked catcher Tommy Eason and first baseman Calvin Brown to load the bases. Pirate third baseman John Gast ripped a double just inside third to score the night's first two runs and draw a trip to the mound from Roberts. The coach had an animated discussion with his struggling lefty. "I told him he had to throw the curve and the change for strikes," Roberts said. "He doesn't throw hard enough to get people out with only a fastball." Much to Roberts' dismay, Maney proceeded to prove his coach's predic tions immediately. First, he couldn't throw a strike to designated hitter Corey Short, which loaded the bases. Then, he couldn't throw a 3-2 fastball hard enough to get the Pirates' top hitter Steve Godin out. With the help of a strong wind, Godin drove Maney's payoff pitch over the 400-foot mark in center for a grand slam, staking ECU to a 6-0 lead. "Frank did a poor job tonight, and that's his last start," Roberts said. "He threw nothing but the fastball for strikes, and you can't do that. We tried to get oe to camp iFH ;-- "" In Jim Dougherty record and all the seriousness of one bent on receiving a call from a Major League club in June. He leads the con ference in innings pitched (78.2), holds a share of the top spot in victories and stands at second in complete games (4) and strike outs (66). He is also tops on UNC's all-time strike out list with 260. "I think he's improved drastically over the last 12 to 24 months," UNC head coach Mike Roberts said. "He's matured in his understanding of what he's got to do as a pitcher to be the best pitcher in the ACC, not just one of the best pitchers." Dougherty's maturity and serious ness, though, stay between the white lines. With a team doing as well as the 31-7 Tar Heels, anything can happen when he walks off the field. "It's hard to joke when you're los ing," Dougherty said. "Jokes don't always go over too well when guys are uptight because you're not playing well, but this is prime time, because we are doing well and everything just gets accepted." When Dougherty chooses to be seri ous, life is no summer camp for oppos ing hitters. Mixing up a fastball, 0 " -t-, - ,- ,V -'.' PxtagonU Is a registered trademark of Patagonia, Inc. 1989, Patagonia, Inc. Photo: Scott Caraway him one more start, but he's done. He won't pitch again until he proves he can throw three pitches for strikes." That six-run cushion served perfectly to calm the nerves of ECU freshman starter Ambrosius. Making his first appearance in college, the lefty tamed the Tar Heels to the tune of no runs and four hits over six innings. "That six-run lead made it a lot eas ier," Ambrosius said. "I didn't know I was going to start until two hours be fore the game. But I've been ready; I was just waiting for the call." After missing half the season with a stress fracture in his lower back, Am brosius answered coach Gary Overton's call perfectly. He allowed only two balls to leave the infield during his stint a weak pop by catcher Rich Griffith that fell between three Pirates in right field and right fielder Todd Nichols' fly out to right. Ambrosius did get himself into trouble with seven walks, but the Tar Heels' potent offense (12th nationally at 8. 14 runs a game) failed to capitalize. "I had a good mix of pitches," he said. "My slider was working well, and I really worked spots tonight. I was confident, but it was only my first game so I never felt in complete control." But after adding an insurance run in the second, the Pirates were in com plete control. UNC rel ie ver Mike Lanier walked Eason to start the frame, and Brown bounced a single in the hole between first and second. Roberts with strikes changeup and slider all thrown sidearm the 6-foot-1 , 200-pounder has not allowed more than three earned runs in any of his starts this season, and he struck out 10 in a March 23 victory over Maryland. "Our confidence has risen dramati cally this year in Jim Dougherty," Roberts said. "I think that he and Michael Hoog are the best two pitch ers in the ACC, and I think Jimmy can beat anybody in the country." Roberts has been most pleased with Dougherty's switch to the sidearm delivery from the overhand motion he used last season. Coming out of the bullpen most of 1989, Dougherty posted a 6-3 record with a 3.61 ERA and four saves not shabby num bers by any means, but ones Roberts and pitching coach Mark Halvorsen felt could be better. "Jimmy's biggest problem his first three years was his consistency in the strike zone," Halvorsen said. "So what we did was we played around in the fall with him just dropping his arm down and being kind of in between a sidearmer and a submariner. "What it did immediately was it helped his consistency in the strike zone. His walk ratio (2.52 per nine innings, second in the ACC) has been outstanding." For now, Dougherty will keep mixing business with pleasure in helping UNC in its quest to return to the College World Series. Nothing would make him happier than aveng ing a 6-0 loss to Mississippi State in an NCAA South Regional game last year. Nothing, that is, except winning a national championship. "I'll even take another loss in the regional if we get a chance to go back to the World Series again," he said. "No one on the team's going to be satisfied unless we go back to Omaha and do better than we did last year." Beyond that, Camp Dougherty will travel wherever its director finds a need for a few laughs and a good starting pitcher. lis ' s s f W 1 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm sr ft'..',, , ' " s ' , ' ' x --V fflhttiwMiiajaiiiiiiflii'ilfriiiiii'iiiig DTHKathy Michel I , UNC reliever Rich Hernandez mopped up Wednesday's disappointing 8-1 loss to East Carolina ' brought in lefty Rich Fernandez, who enticed Gast into a fly ball to left. Eason appeared to tag and score from third but was called out when the Tar Heels appealed. But Fernandez could not escape, as Short drove a run-scoring triple to the base of the wall in right. Oiled Expos down Cardinals 6-4: From Associated Press Reports ST. LOUIS Oil Can Boyd won his first National League start and Tim Raines hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the seventh inning as the Montreal Expos beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 Wednesday and averted a three-game sweep. Boyd, who left Boston to sign with Montreal as a free agent on Dec. 7, gave up four hits and three runs in six in nings, struck out four and walked two. 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