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THE RICHMOND COLLEGIAN: FRIDAY, MAY !Spiders Soar To First PlaceBy Dave I.arsonS/tor It i. (I it nrOutstanding hitting mixed with romiiiont pitching, have vaulted the torrid Richmond Spider baseball main into »ole poaieulon o( lint place In the Southern Conference Handing*.The Spiders, 15*5 after yesterday'* V3 and 10-2 douhlelteader iwcrp of William and Mary, play ilict Indian* again today in a twinbill at Willianivburg. A iplit would guarantee Rich-inund the SC chnmpiomhip.In liietday'i 11*3 and 7-3, romp* of the lowly Krydeti of VMI, Roger Hatcher and Le« Keenan boasted hot halt, driving In eight runt between them. Krrnnn was thrre (or eight, in* t lulling a iremendoui home run, and limiting triple. He drove in five run* for tin afternoon.Hatcher, also UR'i trading pitcher (5*0 1.05 ERA) raised hi* icummm halting average from ,290 to .339 withfive hits In eight at ball. Hatcher railed hi* Rill total to II, tying him with Reggie Dunnuvanl for the team lead, Marshall Owen (three for five, with three walks and three hit by the pitches), and Pldl Rowland'* second homer also paced Richmond olFcniive-ly.Richmond scored seven run* in the fourth inning of the opener to break open a 2-2 lie. Lefty Al Selby went the distance for the Spiders allowing eight hits, and collecting two mike, out*, Selby, a senior and co-captain, upped hit record to t-2,
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Richmond Collegian
Richmond, Virginia, US
Fri, May 05, 1972
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