Viking_Yearbook_91

MARK PETERSON HAS OUTSTANDING SEASON P e.rhaps th. e mu.lti-talented Mark Pe– terson has his golf game to thank for another outstanding baseball sea– son. On a pleasant Friday in early April, Peterson stepped off a golf cart and ~rained his ankle. And his mid-season hopes, as well as the team's, turned with his injury. "That was the turning point of the season," said head coach Jack Dunn of the psychological effect of the sudden loss. The team was dismayed by not only losing its pitching ace, bur its start– ing first base· man and clean-up hit– ter. Peterson however re– turned in only a wee'k's tfme and ptoduted st<;llarresults. For the sea- £,?:; son, theju- ritor southpaw fromClinton; Washington was named Pac~ 10 Nort9 pitch~ of the week. three times and player of the week three times. While his win totals dropped from his first two years; Peterson still led the staff in wins and earned the recognition as one of the top pitchers in the co~ference. During a fiv,e-game }Vinhing streak lri J?acJO North conference play, Peterson ove~hefft\e&opponents :ith relative ease. Re' threw11 rwo-hitteragi¥nsti'Gon.zaga and then fol– lowed it,ji~sh,nto~J,th~ Unjversir.yf £Waslf ~ ington. For the season, Peterson nailed a 7-4 record with two saves. He amassed a 2.Jl earned run av– erage, which lead the team. Realso threw 94 in– nings, which also lead the team, in '15 games. Pe– terson threw with precise control ashe had an outstanding strikeout to base-on-ball$,ratio vi:ithaw 63 strikeouts compared to 20 walks. ... 'tfifi i\ li At the plate, Peterson batted .280, siXth t5est> for the starters. He had 33 hits in 118 ting 14 runs, 20 RBls, seven d.oublesr o .. while whacking a slugging (l6rctnt~~e ol3~p. He had a .988 fielding percenra~e atfrrs~·base. ·· H~ad coach Jack Dunn spe,ci- 9 fied t{tree ar– eas that Peter~ son excelled as a pitcher: con• trol, fielding and crafty pitch selec– tion. "He dis– rupts the tim– ing of the hit– Photo by Dan Martin ters,"Dunn ··· w said of the pro wm .~ d::: .:f.:~>. ...• w~s ~idt .: 1 : . ..• and fifth in with!9o. BASEBALL ROSTER Name .Eric ~ljkin i!tt,, JL il)'ahn CamPbell GoretJ Yukumoto ,J)errkk Foss Ken Feist losoo Porter Rick Schimmel q: Dane Walker ,.fAike Hdlman Steve Bevens lony~Preliike Sports/Baseball