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BASEBALL
The University of San Diego men's baseball
team heads Into the
1989
season off a
1988
season which saw thempost a
28-28
record. Al–
though hit heavY
in
the power deportment by
the graduation of Sean Boron. Dave Rois. and
Mari<
Trafton. the Toreros move In the
'89
sea–
son
on a noteof optimism. There Is every reason
to believe this team can reach, and, perhaps,
surpass last yea's win total
Much of the optimism is placed squarely In the
laps of two returnng players - senior Chuck
Graham
and
junior
Parris
Sorlanello.
Graham led
USO 1n batting average
In
'88,
hitting an even
400. Sorlanello is expected to provide much of
the
"long
bal"
threat In
'89.
Head Coach
John
Cunningham wlH also count on senior Infielders
Andy Roberts and
Chris
Bwy to provide his '89
team with much leadership
The
'89
Toreros.
In
direct contrast to Its
'88 edi–
tion.
will
go
as far as the pitcher staff will carry
them
Leading the way wHI
be
a pair of rlg\t
handers -
senior Jim
Westkxld and sophomore
James Fergason. Cunningham wlN count on two
left-handers. Tony Battllega and Dave Monast–
ero. tocaptalntheballpencrew. Thekeytothe
Toreros' pltchng success. however. may be the
hoped for resurgence of two jlxllors - Pat Fitz–
Simons. a rlghthander. and lefthander Louis
Skertlch. Both pitchers had outstanding fresh–
man campaigns before sufferlng ttvough Slb–
par sophomore seasons
In
'88.
Both FltzSlmons
and Skertlch
wil
need to bounce bock In
'89
In
order to increase the Toreros' chances of suc–
cess
Baseball