Reed Again Hurls Shutout For M In Big Ten Play
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THE ANN ARBOR NEWS
Saturday, April 30, 1966
Reed Again Hurls Shutout For M In Big Ten Play
Rain Threatens Doubleheader With Wisconsin
(Special to The News)
MADISON, Wis. — Michigan baseball players may have to turn in their spikes and gloves for water wings before the 1966 season becomes history.
A local forecast of rain and thundershowers which threatens to wash out the Michigan-Wisconsin doubleheader today is being taken in stride by Wolverine Coach Moby Benedict and his crew.
April showers already have interfered with seven Michigan playing dates this month.
While Benedict has had little success with the weatherman, his players are becoming adapt at “making hay while the sun shines.”
The rains relented long enough yesterday for Michigan to record a 5-0 road decision over Northwestern, the team’s sixth straight victory in a 13-4 season and second without defeat in the Big Ten.
Righthander Bobby Reed, who has started five of Michigan’s last six games on the mound as a result of the rains, picked up his fifth win against one loss with a fine four-hit effort against the Wildcats.
The Flint junior struck out 12 in extending his personal shutout streak to 20 2/3 innings and the team’s scoreless count to 29 innings in a row. He beat Indiana, 6-0, in the Big Ten opener last week.
Northwestern southpaw Roger Benko matched Reed’s performance for four innings before his support faltered to give Michigan three unearned markers in the fifth.
Rick Sygar reached first base on an error, took second on a wild pitch and advanced to third on a perfect sacrifice bunt by Reed.
Sygar held third as Bob Gilhooley grounded out, pitcher to first, but came in to score when the Northwestern shortstop mishandled Ted Sizemore’s ground ball for the second Wildcat miscue in the inning.
Dick Schryer scored Sizemore with a triple to centerfield and Les Tanona plated Schryer with a leg single to shortstop.
The Wolverines added two insurance runs in the ninth inning on an Infield single by A1 Bara, a walk to Sygar, two wild pitches and Gilhooley’s run-scoring infield out.
The Wolverines brought their season total to 29 stolen bases m 31 attempts.
Sizemore’s three stolen bases gave him a team-leading total of seven. Gilhooley added two and Bara and Schryer each added one.