The Daily Tar HeelThursday, April 12, 19907
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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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.
He was only 3-2 last season, missing
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