Game Three

The Knoxville News-Sentinel Page C-1 Thursday, May 27, 1982

Admirals Navigate to State Class AAA Title

By BILL LUTHER
News-Sentinel Sportswriter

It could not have been a sweeter ending to a high school athletic career for Jeff Sexton.
Sexton, Farragut’s designated hitter, strolled to the plate with two out in the fifth inning Wednesday. He was hitless in 10 at-bats in state tournament action.
The stocky Sexton, who missed early season play after knee surgery, doubled over Memphis Christian Brothers left-fielder Scott Elliott to drive in the decisive run in a 4-3 triumph on Lower Hudson Field that gave Farragut the Classs AAA baseball title.
The blow, misjudged by Elliott, scored Randy Huffaker from first and gave the Admirals a 4-1 lead. Reliever Mike Jordan weathered CBHS’ threats over the last four innings.
Farragut, which had never won a state title in any TSSAA-sanctioned team sport until the girls’ team copped the crown Tuesday, became the first school to capture baseball and softball championships in the same season.
It is the first state baseball title for a Knoxville Interscholastic League team since Central won in 1973.
"That was a heck of a way to go out," said Sexton. "At times I’ve hit the ball well but I’ve been in a slump most of the season. I had gotten down on myself but this one hit makes up a lot."
Jordan, who came on with runners on first and second and one out in the fourth, earned his fourth win against no losses to go along with his 14 saves, a state single-season record.
The senior right-hander allowed the four CBHS singles, striking out two and walking one.
After replacing Greg Schwartz, Jordan fanned Chris Pretti, but Mike Haag singled to load the bases.
He appeared to be out of the jam when Jay Rogers hit a high bouncer to third baseman Craig Schnupp. Tim Moran scored when Schnupp attempted to make the unassisted force at third and all runners were safe.
CBHS got its other runs in the fifth on a pair of hits and two errors. Jordan escaped without further damage when a suicide squeeze by the Purple Wave backfired and Mike Blackburn was out at home.
In the seventh, Jordan walked the leadoff hitter but stranded the tying run at third by getting Mike Hammett on a shallow fly to right.
Farragut jumped on CBHS starter Denver Dahlke for three runs in the top of the first. Speedy lead-off hitter Pat Dorwin beat the throw to first on a sharply hit two-hopper to shortstop Blackburn.
Or did he?
"My foot was just coming down on the bag when I heard the ball hit the first baseman’s mitt," Dorwin said. "I was out, but the ump called me safe and I heard the first baseman groan. I knew right then and there we we’re going to win."
The All-KIL outfielder moved around to third on a sacrifice and error, then scored on Bobby Gaylor’s RBI single. A force-out set up Schwartz’s two-run single to right and an early 3-0 Admiral lead.
The Admirals, winding up with a 26-5 record, got their eight hits off Dahlke (5-1) before Jay Rogers relieved in the sixth. CBHS went from unbeaten coming in to finish at 26-2.
"We got what we wanted (three-plus innings) from Schwartz," said John Heatherly, Farragut coach. "Greg is a real competitor ... He comes to play. I felt we might have a little edge in pitching even though they had some innings left in both starters from Tuesday."
Heatherly said, "We expected the squeeze. I knew it was coming. Jordan picked it up and threw high and tight too the batter (Pretti) and we executed. I also knew we had to get an early lead to take the bunt away from them."
"The suicide squeeze was the difference," said CBHS coach Robert Crone, who has taken teams to the finals three times without winning. "Just look at the scoreboard. You have to execute to beat a team like Farragut. You don’t make mistakes (the Wave had another runner picked off first base) and win against this caliber of competition. Denver (Dahlke) had some shoddy support."

THE JACKPOT

FARRAGUT MEMPHIS CBHS
AB R H BI AB R H BI
Dorwin LF 3 1 1 0 Bennett 2B 3 1 1 0
Mowery CF 3 0 2 0 Elliott LF 2 1 0 0
Huffaker C 4 2 0 0 Blackburn SS 4 0 1 2
Gaylor SS 3 1 1 0 Moran C 2 1 0 0
Sexton DH 4 1 1 1 Hammett CF 3 0 0 0
Schwartz P-RF 3 0 1 2 Pretti 1B 2 0 0 0
Schnupp 3B 3 0 1 0 Haag DH-3B 3 0 1 0
Rennie PR 0 0 0 0 Rogers 3B-P 3 0 1 0
Clements 1B 3 0 1 0 Strong PR 0 0 0 0
Woodhull 2B 2 0 0 0 Bryan RF 2 0 0 0

Totals

Game Three

JOURNAL SPORTS Thursday, May 27, 1982

Farragut wears state 
baseball crown with win

Admirals follow Heatherly’s plan

Winning the Class AAA state baseball championship was just a matter of following the direction set out by Farragut Coach John Heatherly at the start of the season.
"Coach told us if we played together as a team, we would win," said Mike Jordan, who came on in relief to nail down the Admirals’ 4-3 victory over Memphis Christian Brothers in the championship at UT.
"We’ve worked hard all year. We’ve played together. We followed Coach Heatherly’s plan. He was right."
Farragut’s team play was magnified in the "big one" without star pitcher Jeff Glover, who hurled Farragut to 15 wins during the season and was a workhorse on the mound throughout tournament play. With Glover, who pitched his allotted 10 innings in Tuesday’s doubleheader, watching from the sidelines, Admiral teammates more than picked up the slack.
Heatherly said Farragut’s game plan in the finale was. "to get ahead early, take away their bunting game and make sure outs. For the most part, we executed well.’
Herky Payne, Farragut assistant coach, said the Admirals’ title game brought back to mind Tennessee’s 3-2 loss to Oklahoma in the finals of the 1951 College World Series. "I was thinking today it’s so much sweeter to win it all than being the runnerup," said Payne, who was a second baseman on the ‘51 UT team. "This championship is great for Knoxville high school baseball.
Tom Schumpert, who guided Central to an 8-3 win over Tullahoma in the 1973 state finals, was among those in attendance. Heatherly was a catcher on Schumpert’s first baseball team at Central in 1967.

Admirals hold on for 4-3 win

By STEVE WILLIAMSJournal Sports Writer

Farragut High’s determined Admirals jumped out to a 3-0 first-inning lead and held off Memphis Christian Brothers’ late charge to capture the TSSAA Class AAA, 4-3, at UT’s Lower Hudson Field Wednesday.
The baseball crown was the second state title for Farragut in 24 hours. The Lady Admirals gave the school its first-ever state championship when they swept past Gallatin in the finals Tuesday.
Farragut Coach John Heatherly called his team "a bunch of battlers" just minutes after the title conquest. "This group would go and battle the New York Yankees and make it close."
"Right now I’m sort of in a daze," Heatherly added. "Winning the state title hasn’t hit me yet. But I’m sure it will flatten me later on when I realize what we have accomplished."
In giving the KIL its first state championship since Central took the title in 1973, the Admirals posted a glittering 26-5 record, coming back to deal defeats to every team that had beaten them: Jefferson County, Karns, Halls, Bearden and CBHS.
The Purple Wave, coming into the best-of-three championship series undefeated, bowed out with a 26-2 record.
Pat Dorwin led off the Admirals’ first with a single and Bobby Gaylor later drove him in. A clutch, two-out, two-run single by Greg Schwartz off CBHS starter Denver Dahlke staked Farragut to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning. An error by CBHS third baseman Jay Rogers aided the Admirals’ early uprising.
Schwartz, Farragut’s starting pitcher, held the Memphians hitless for the first 3 1/3 innings but got himself in troubling by giving up six bases on balls, including two in the fourth. With runners on first and second and one out, Heatherly brought in senior relief specialist Mike Jordan to put out the fire.
Jordan, with 14 saves on the season, struck out Chris Pretti but was touched for singles by Mike Haag and Rogers as the Purple Wave cut the Farragut lead to 3-1.
The Admirals expanded their lead back to three runs in the fifth. David Mowery led off with a single. Two outs later, designated hitter Jeff Sexton’s shot to left was misjudged by left fielder Scott Elliott and dropped for a double, scoring Randy Huffaker, who had reached on a sacrifice.
Despite its 4-1 lead, Farragut nearly fell apart in the fifth. CBHS’s first four batters got aboard, two reaching on singles and two on errors in the Admiral infield. Mike Blackburn’s two-run single to right cut the gap to 4-3.
With runners on first and third and only one out, CBHS was looking for more., but Blackburn, trying to score on a suicide squeeze play, was tagged out when the CBHS batter failed to bunt the ball. It very well could have been the play of the game.
"After what we had seen in Tuesday’s games, we figured they would be bunting," Heatherly said. "Jordan threw high and hard when he caught the runner breaking for home out of the corner of his eye. Their batter backed out and we got the easy out."
"That play was the difference in the game," said Christian Brothers Coach Robert Crone. "When you get this far, you have to execute to win. You can’t make mistakes and expect to beat a team of Farragut’s caliber."
Rogers, CBHS’ ace pitcher, came on to blank the Admirals over the final two innings, but Jordan preserved Farragut’s one-run lead, twice stopping the Purple Wave with a runner in scoring position.
In the CBHS sixth, Rogers stroked a one-out single to left. Pinch-runner Vinnie Strong moved to second on Bubba Ryan’s sacrifice bunt. But Jordan got leadoff hitter Mike Bennett to ground to third to end the inning.
Jordan walked Scott Elliott to open the bottom of the seventh. Third baseman Craig Schnupp went into foul territory to catch Blackburn’s pop-up for the first out. Elliott stole second and went to third on Tim Moran’s groundout. With the potential tying run on third, Jordan got Mike Hammet to fly out to right to end the game.
"It was nerve wracking out there," winning pitcher Jordan admitted during the Admirals’ post-game celebration. "But winning this state title is the best thing that’s ever happened to me in my life."

Ads hold edge

Page D-2 The Knoxville News-Sentinel Wednesday, May 26, 1982

Admirals Carry Edge Into State Title Game

By BILL LUTHER

News-Sentinel Sportswriter

If there was an edge in the state Class AAA baseball championship, it was likely with Farragut.
The Admirals had the home crowd on Tennessee’s Lower Hudson Field. They could have had a slight advantage in Greg Schwartz, who was to open against Memphis Christian Brothers today at 3. Schwartz (3-1) is considered Farragut’s second-best pitcher while the Purple Wave countered with their No. 3 man, 5-0 Denver Dahlke.
Jeff Glover, with a two-hit, 2-1 win Tuesday, got the door unlocked in Farragut’s bid for its first-ever state crown. CBHS, a 25-game winning streak gone, bounced back for a 7-1 victory to force a decisive third game.
Glover, junior right-hander, struck out seven and walked three as the Admirals (25-5) pushed their winning streak to eight games.
Todd Dunning did not allow a hit for three innings, but gave up three runs in the fourth as CBHS rebounded. Glover came on in relief for three innings. The Purple Wave got to Mike Jordan for four runs in the fourth.
"I’m not second-guessing myself," said Admiral coach John Heatherly of his decision to bring on Glover in the nightcap with the bases loaded and no outs. "I wouldn’t throw him (Wednesday) because his arm always stiffens. If he was going to pitch 10 innings it was going to be today."
CHBS coach Robert Crone lauded Glover, saying, "he’s the best pitcher we’ve seen this year. Yes, I was surprised he was brought into the second game but I might have done the same thing. I wouldn’t have been surprised to see him if he’d been called in to protect a lead."
After a run scored, Chris Pretti’s one-out single brought in Mike Blackburn. The third run scored when Mike Haag beat the relay to first on what would have been an inning-ending double-play.
Rogers walked the bases loaded in the sixth but the Admirals had to settle for one run. They left the bases loaded in the sixth and seventh.
"We had our chance in the sixth," said Heatherly." We had a chance to tie or go-ahead."
"I felt strong after going 10 innings," said Glover. "I feel that I can pitch Thursday (if today’s game is postponed), but not at 92 miles per hour. If it comes to Thursday, I’ll just have to warm up and see how I feel."
The elbow on Rogers’ pitching hand was in an ice pack. "I’ve had tendon trouble," he said. "The heat was the big problem. I almost fainted in the third. My legs started to cramp, too. I didn’t feel a lot of pressure. I knew what I had to do."
Bob Black, athletic director at Fulton and a TSSAA-registered umpire, was called into be a standby umpire when Doug Roy of Chattanooga became ill between games. Roy, who has diabetes, worked behind the plate in the opener and completed the double-header on the bases.
In the opener, CBHS got its run in the first on a walk to Scott Elliott, a stolen base and Tim Moran’s sharp two-out single to right. However, Glover retired 13 straight hitters before walking Bubba Ryan to open the sixth. Ryan was out attempting to steal second base.
The Admirals tied the game in the third on Bobby Gaylor’s leadoff double of loser Michael Bennett, Schwartz’s bunt single and a passed ball. Gaylor launched the winning rally in the fourth with a leadoff single. Schwartz again singled and Sexton advanced the runners with a sacrifice. Randy Huffaker got Gaylor home with a sac fly to right.
Thw Wave threatened in the seventh. Mike Blackburn walked and was sacrificed to second. Mike Hammett’s long fly ball to left dropped for a double when Pat Dorwin fell down. Blackburn, however, was unable to score because he remained at second to tag up and advance to third after the anticipated out.
Glover shut the door by fanning Pretti and getting Haag on a grounder to second.
Dunning allowed only one base runner before running into trouble. Elliott and Blackburn singled. Dunnning tried to force Elliot at third on Moran’s sacrifice bunt and all runners were safe. That brought on Glover.
FIRST GAME
MEMPHIS CBHS FARRAGUT
AB R H BI AB R H BI
Bennett P 3 0 0 0 Dorwin LF 2 0 0 0
Elliott LF 2 1 0 0 Mowery CF 3 0 1 0
Blackburn SS 2 0 0 0 Schnupp 3B 3 0 0 0
Moran C 2 0 1 1 Gaylor SS 2 2 2 0
Hammett CF 3 0 1 0 Schwartz RF 3 0 2 0
Pretti 1B 3 0 0 0 Sexton DH 2 0 0 0
Hagg 2B 3 0 0 0 Huffaker C 2 0 1 1
Rogers 3B 3 0 0 0 Clements 1B 3 0 0 0
Ryan RF 1 0 0 0 Woodhull 2B 3 0 0 0
— — — ---- — — — ---
Totals 22 1 2 1 23 2 6 1
MEMPHIS CBHS..............................................100 000 1 - 1
FARRAGUT......................................................010 100 0 - 2
E - Blackburn, Schwartz. LOB--CBHS 3, FARRAGUT 7.
2B-Hammett, Gaylor. SB - Elliott, Schwartz, Dorwin. S - Moran, Sexton. SF - Huffaker.
Bennett (L, 6-1) 6 6 2 2 2 2
Glover (W, 15-1) 7 2 1 1 3 7
PB-Moran, Huffaker. T-1:45.

SECOND GAME
MEMPHIS CBHS FARRAGUT
AB R H BI AB R H BI
Bennett 2b 4 1 2 0 Dorwin LF 2 1 0 0
Elliott LF 3 2 1 1 Mowery CF 3 0 1 0
Blackburn SS 4 1 2 2 Schnupp 3B 2 0 0 0
Moran C 4 1 0 0 Gaylor SS 3 0 0 1
Hammett CF 4 0 0 0 Schwartz RF 1 0 0 0
Pretti 1B 4 0 2 1 Dunning P 1 0 0 0
Green PR 0 0 0 0 Glover P 1 0 0 0
Haag 3B 4 0 0 0 Sexton PH 1 0 0 0
Rogers P 2 0 0 0 Rennie PR 0 0 0 0
Marable PH 0 1 0 0 Jordan P 0 0 0 0
Ryan RF 3 1 1 0 Huffaker C 2 0 1 0
Clements 1B 3 0 0 0
Woodhull 2B 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 8 4 21 1 2 1
MEMPHIS CBHS..............................................000 300 4 - 7
FARRAGUT......................................................000 000 1 - 1
E - Rogers, Schnupp, Jordan. LOB - CBHS 6, Farragut 9.
2B - Pretti. SB - Bennett, Moran, Mowery. S - Moran, Schwartz. SF - Gaylor.
IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers (W, 10-0) 7 2 1 1 7 6
Dunning (L,4-2) 3 2 3 3 0 1
Glover 3 3 0 0 0 3
Jordan 1 3 4 3 1 1
HBP - By Jordan (Elliott) by Rogers (Schwartz). PB - Huffaker
T - 1:57 A - 935 (paid)

Farragut goes after title

B2 The Knoxville Journal Wednesday, May 26, 1882

Title game today at 3 at UT
Farragut, CBHS split

By STEVE WILLIAMSJournal Sports Writer
The entire season has boiled down to one game, seven innings, 21 outs ... winner take all.
Farragut and Memphis Christian Brothers square off for the TSSAA Class AAA state baseball title today at 3 at UT’s Lower Hudson Field after dividing the first two games of the championship series Tuesday.
Ace pitchers Jeff Glover of Farragut and Jay Rogers of Christian Brothers took turns in hurling their respective clubs to victories in the opening day action.
Glover (15-1) fired two-hitter and struck out seven as the Admirals handed the previously unbeaten Purple Wave a 2-1 setback in the opener. Rogers (10-0) came back to toss a two-hitter in the second game as the Memphians posted a 7-1 victory.
Even though the momentum swung toward CBHS (26-1) in the second game of the series, both coaches feel good about their chances heading into the finale.
"Even though we lost the second game, we’re not down," said Farragut skipper John Heatherly, whose Admirals are 25-5.
Said Christian Brothers Coach Robert Crone. "Each team went with their best (pitchers) and split. The title is up for grabs now."
Farragut junior Greg Schwartz (3-1) will oppose CBHS senior Denver Dahlke (5-0) in the championship. Both are left-handers and have seen little action since post-season tournament play began. The rubber match could turn out to be a high-scoring shootout.
Christian Brothers pushed across an unearned run to take a 1-0 lead in the first inning of the opener. Tim Moran’s two-out single to right field got past Schwartz, allowing Scott Elliott to scamper home uncontested.
Glover, adding still another gem to his dazzling junior campaign, retired the next 13 batters he faced, while the Admirals tallied single runs in the second and fourth to go ahead.
In the Farragut second, Bobby Gaylor led off with a double off losing pitcher Michael Bennett, went to third on Schwartz’ bunt single and raced home on a passed ball by Moran.
Gaylor and Schwartz got the Admirals rolling again in the fourth, leading off with back-to-back singles. Jeff Sexton moved both runners up with a sacrifice bunt and Randy Huffaker’s sacrifice fly plated Gaylor.
CBHS gave the Admirals a scare in the seventh. Glover walked Mike Blackburn to open the inning. After a sacrifice, Mike Hammett doubled to deep left, putting runners on second and third. Glover slammed the door by fanning Chris Pretti and getting Mike Haag to ground out to second.
Junior lefty Todd Dunning started the second game for Farragut and held the Memphians hitless through the first three innings before running into trouble in the fourth when the Purple Wave jumped out to a 3-0 lead.
The Admirals cut the margin to 3-1 in the sixth, but CBHS put the game away with a four-run explosion in the seventh.
Blackburn led Christian Brothers’ winning attack with two hits and two RBIs. Pretti and Bennett chipped in two hits apiece.
Rogers, who is high on South Alabama’s recruiting list, allowed only a bunt single by Huffaker through the first five innings. He had control problems (four walks in the sixth), but the Admirals failed to capitalize on his wildness, scoring only one run, that coming on Gaylor’s sacrifice fly.
"It wasn’t one of Jay’s better games," said Coach Crone. "The heat caused him to tire. But he was courageous. He showed a lot of heart."
Farragut’s Heatherly said: "We had some breakdowns in the seventh, but other than that we played six good innings of baseball. The kids seemed to get tired late in the game. I’m not at all disappointed with how we played."
CBHS’ Crone paid Glover a high compliment, saying, "He is the best pitcher we’ve seen this year by far."
Glover, who pitched three innings in the second game, has pitched his allotted 10 innings, and can not pitch in today’s title game.

Farragut attempts 'double'

B2 The Knoxville Journal Tuesday, May 25, 1982

Baseball, softball finals open today

Farragut goes after ‘double’

By STEVE WILLIAMS
Journal Sports Writer
Farragut High has never won a state championship in a TSSAA-sanctioned team sport. But today the school has a shot at capturing not one but two state titles.
The "double" could come in baseball and softball.
"This is an excellent way to end what has already been a good sports year for us," said Farragut principal James Bellamy. "We won district titles in football and basketball earlier. Winning both the state baseball and softball titles would be like a father having twins."
The Admirals (24-4) take on unbeaten Memphis Christian Brothers (25-0) in a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. at UT’s Lower Hudson Field. The Lady Admirals (26-1) host Gallatin (20-4) in a twinbill at 4:15 p.m. at Farragut.
Third games in the best two-out-of-three championship series will be played Wednesday, if necessary.
Farragut’s starting pitcher will be Jeff Glover, who has compiled a sparkling 14-1 record. Either Greg Schwartz (3-1) or Todd Dunning (4-1), both southpaws, could get the nod in the second game. Mike Jordan, senior relief specialist with 14 saves, will be waiting in the wings, if needed.
Memphis CBHS’s top three pitchers are Jay Rogers, Mke Bennett and Denver Dahlke.
The Lady Admirals will open with sophomore standout Missy Beard and junior Beth Chaney in the nightcap.
Both Farragut coaches, John Heatherly and Javonne Hall, expect the final step to the throne tough ones to make, but believe their teams have excellent chances of going all the way.
"I’ve had a good feeling about this team all year because they’ve got guts," Heatherly said after the Admirals eliminated Chattanooga Baylor in the semifinals last week. "I’ve seen these boys play so hard at times this season they actually had to helped to the car afterwards. When you put out that type of effort, play that hard, you’re going to win."
In the last two playoff games, the Lady Admirals knocked off two unbeaten teams - Morristown East and defending state champions Red Bank. Rhonda Snow (11 HRs) leads the team offensively.
Coach Heatherly says one of the key’s to his club’s success has been the strength of the lineup from top to bottom. "When the top of the lineup hasn’t come through, the bottom of the lineup has picked up the slack." Second baseman Kenny Woodhull, the team's leading hitter last season, bats in the ninth slot.
Admiral third baseman Craig Schnupp said he heard Heatherly tell assistant coach Herky Payne that Pat Dorwin is the "best leadoff hitter I have seen - at any level." Dorwin, a senior leftfielder and All-KIL, leads Farragut with a .425 average and topped the club in hits, runs, walks, stolen bases and on-base percentage.

Title preview

Page C-2 The Knoxville News Sentinel Monday, May 24, 1982

Farragut Goes After State Baseball Crown

By BILL LUTHER
News-Sentinel Sportswriter

Pat Dorwin isn’t being cocky when he says Farragut can give the Knoxville Interscholastic League its first basebal championship since Central won in 1973.
Dorwin’s plan is simple: "Keep playing the way we have the last eight or 10 games."
The Admirals (24-4) hook up with Memphis Christian Brothers (25-0) Tuesday at Lower Hudson Field in the Class AAA best-of-three series. The opener of a double header is at 1.
Farragut’s Jeff Glover (14-1) will oppose Jay Rogers (9-0) or Mike Bennett (6-0).
Dorwin, All-KIL and leading Farragut hitter with a .440 average, insists the Admirals have jelled at the right time.
"When the season started, I thought we’d have a pretty good team," he said. "We got a good start but slumped in the middle of the season. We seemed to peak just at tournament time.
"We can win if we keep playing the kind of baseball we have since the tournaments started. Coach says they (CBHS) are a lot like Bearden and that they have an excellent catcher, four good hitters and good pitching."

State semifinals

Page C-2 The Knoxville News-Sentinel Friday, May 21, 1982

Admirals’ Fireman Jordan Extinguishes Raiders

By BILL LUTHER
News-Sentinel Sportswriter

If Farragut fans begin referring to Mike Jordan as Mr. Fireman, it is well deserved. The Admiral senior righthander keeps responding to each call. He couldn’t have been any sharper in save No. 14.
Jordan needed only nine pitches to preserve a 3-0 victory for Jeff Glover over Baylor Thursday on Lower Hudson Field and send Farragut into the state Class AAA championship series.
The Admirals will play Memphis Christian Brothers or Nashville McGavock, who were rained out and will play tonight.
The best two-of-three finals will open Tuesday with a double-header at Tennessee. If a third game is necessary, it will be played Wednesday.
It marks the first time a Farragut team has reached the finals in any sport. Farragut’s girls are in the AAA softball title round.
Jordan (3-0) came on with no outs, a runner on first and a 3-0 count on Raider Doug Manley.
He fanned Manley on a 3-2 pitch. Catcher Randy Huffaker made a sensational catch, falling into the Baylor dugout, on Greg Newsom’s pop foul for the second out. Jordan then struck out Alan Carmichael.
"I’ve never been called into a game in a tougher situation," said Jordan. "Those were the biggest three outs I’ve had. My heart was jumping and my stomach was full of butterflies. I came in there to throw strikes and I grooved them. I threw nothing but fast balls.
"Sometimes, it is frustrating coming out of the bullpen," Jordan, who hasn’t made a start, said. "Today, I enjoyed it. I was ready because Coach told me he was going to bring me in if Jeff began to stiffen."
Glover, shaky at the start, ended up allowing only three hits to a Baylor team coming off an 18-run outburst in the quarterfinals. Glover got out of a bases-loaded jam in the first by fanning Archie Smith and Rich Panner.
"Jeff’s arm is the most important thing," said Admiral coach John Heatherly. "I watch him closely. When his arm begins to stiffen, I don’t hesitate to pull him. Jeff wasn’t sharp, but he showed a lot of guts pitching out of a couple of spots early."
Farragut (24-4) scored in the sixth. Shortstop Bobby Gaylor led off with a single and took second as Jeff Sexton grounded out on a swinging bunt. Greg Schwartz got Gaylor home with a sharp single to right.
In the seventh, loser Greg Smith (6-1) retired Kenny Woodhull and then Pat Dorwin, who had already gone three-for-three. David Mowery and Huffaker then singled and the Raider defense became unglued. Third baseman Panner couldn’t handle Gaylor’s hard smash and Mowery scored. A throwing error by shortstop Newsom on Sexton’s grounder allowed Gaylor to score.
The Admirals wasted a Craig Schnupp triple in the second and left two runners in the first and fifth.
Besides the first inning, Baylor (22-3) had runners in scoring position in the second, third and fourth but Glover wiggled off the hook each time. The loss halted a 12-game winning streak.
"That was a super job by their relief pitcher," declared Gene Etter, Baylor coach. "I thought we’d be in good shape when Glover left the game. You have to figure you’re in good shape when a guy like him goes out. You have to feel this is the chance you’ve been waiting for."
It marked the third time in four years Baylor has lost in the semifinals. "I guess that’s got something to do with the strength of teams in this area," said Etter. "They seem to be stronger. Farragut’s pitchers were better than we had heard."

FARRAGUT BAYLOR
AB R H BI AB R H BI
Dorwin LF 4 0 3 0 Newsom SS 3 0 0 0
Mowery CF 3 1 2 0 Carmichal C 3 0 0 0
Huffaker C 3 1 1 0 G. Smith P 3 0 1 0
Gaylor SS 4 1 1 0 Breakshire 1B 2 0 0 0
Sexton DH 4 0 0 0 A. Smith LF 3 0 0 0
Schwartz RF 3 0 1 1 Panner 3B 2 0 0 0
Schnupp 3B 4 0 1 0 Powell CF 2 0 1 0
Clements 1B 2 0 0 0 Clark RF 1 0 0 0
Woodhull 2B 3 0 0 0 Manley DH 2 0 1 0

Totals 30 3 9 1 21 0 3 0

FARRAGUT............................000 001 1—3
BAYLOR.................................000 000 0—0
E-Panner, G. Smith, Newsom. LOB–Farragut 10, Baylor 5
3B–Schnupp SB–Powell, G. Smith S–Mowery

IP H R ER BB SO
Glover (W, 14-1) 6 3 0 0 5 8
Jordan (S, 14) 1 0 0 0 0 2
G. Smith (L, 6-1) 7 9 3 1 2 6
T—2:13 A—756

State quarterfinals

B4 The Knoxville Journal Tuesday, May 18, 1982

Farrragut starts fast, hangs on for win

MORRISTOWN - Knox Farragut erupted for a fast 7-0 advantage, then squelched a late Morristown East comeback to best the Hurricanes 8-6 in the TSSAA Class AAA state quarterfinals at Sherwood Park Monday night.
Trailing 8-4, the Hurricanes’ Kevin Emert and Tony Hayes worked Farragut reliever Mike Jordan for walks to lead off the seventh. David Bewley’s single pushed across Emert and Hayes came around on a single by Charles Cole before Jordan got Jamie Elliott to bounce into a game-ending double-play, stranding the potential tying runs on the corners.
Farragut hosts Chattanooga Baylor in Thursday’s semi-final pairing at Tennessee’s Lower Hudson Field. Baylor thrashed Columbia 18-2 to advance,
The Admirals made most of their noise early. In the Farragut second, a walk to Bobby Gaylor, a run-producing infield hit by Craig Schnupp and Bill Clements’ two-run blast staked winning pitcher Jeff Glover to a fast 3-0 lead.
In the third, the Admirals padded the cushion to a seemingly comfortable 7-0 margin, scoring four times on only two hits. Pat Dorwin reached on an error, David Mowery walked and Gaylor was walked intentionally walked following a sacrifice. Dorwin dashed home on Emert’s wild pitch, Greg Schwartz squeezed across Mowery with a single, Schnupp lofted a sacrifice fly and Clements capped the outburst with his second hit.
Jordan replaced Glover in the sixth after the Admiral ace had breezed through the early going. Glover, a 13-1 junior, no-hit the Hurricanes through the first four innings.
Elliott snapped the drought with a single to open the fifth. Glover lost his shutout bid when Brian Keller followed with a single and Robbie Wampler’s sacrifice fly plated Elliott. Emert walked in front of Tony Hayes who unloaded a bases-clearing triple to pull East within 7-3.
Singling in the seventh, Schwartz knocked in Gaylor with an insurance marker to make it 8-6.
Emert was tagged with the loss as East winds up 26-10.
FARRAGUT........................................034 000 1—8 9 0
MORRISTOWN EAST.......................000 031 2—6 7 1
Glover, Jordan (6) and Huffaker; Emert, Martin (3), Price (7) and Bewley