THE BATTALION
Tuesday, April 7, 1970
College Station, Texas
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Ags Mesh Maroon With Orange For SWC Baseball Lead
By Clifford Broyles
Battalion Sports Writer
The Texas Aggie pitching staff
extended its string to 31 consecu
tive innings without allowing a
run this weekend by shutting out
the SMU Mustangs in a three
game series on the scoreboard
as well as in the win column.
Doug Rau, Dave Benesh and
Bruce Katt took turns blanking
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the Mustangs as the Aggies mov
ed into a first place tie with the
Texas Longhorns in the South
west Conference race.
Katt started the streak with
six scoreless frames against Mis
souri Tuesday.
A&M and Texas have 5-0 rec
ords and Rice is a step back with
a 5-1 mark. The Aggies play Rice
in a three game series here this
weekend and host Baylor today
at 3:00.
Rau pitched a three-hitter in
the opener of the series and the
first game of a Friday double-
header. The junior southpaw hurl
ed his second shutout in a row
and lowered his earned run aver
age to 0.26.
He aided his own cause by
starting a two run rally in the
third inning with a single.
Butch Ghutzman walked mov
ing Rau to second. Dave Elmen-
dorf’s grounder was mishandled
by third baseman Dave Laughlin
allowing Rau to score. Laughlin
then cleanly fielded Billy Hodge’s
grounder but overthrew first and
Ghutzman scored.
The Aggies added two more
runs, to the 5-0 win, with a pair
of runs in the fourth.
R. J. Englert, Boyd Hadaway
Katt Fans
When Texas A&M baseball
coach Tom Chandler nominated
sophomore lefty Bruce Katt to
start the third game against
Southern Methodist, he admitted
to a certain uneasiness.
After all, the 6-2, 195-pound
rookie from New Braunfels had
pitched only 15 innings of varsity
ball and was yet to face his first
league competition.
Katt himself confessed to a
little uncertainty. “I was scared
to death,” the bespectacled young
ster said after setting a South
west Conference record by strik
ing out an incredible 19 SMU
batters while pitching a four-hit
shutout.
Such a stunning debut would be
too fantastic for even the most
melodramatic fiction, but Katt
made it happen in real life, thanks
to a hopping fastball and a sharp
breaking curve.
Dave Benesh, the senior right
hander who blanked SMU on six
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and Chris Sans singled to pro
duce the first run and when the
Pony left fielder let the ball go
through his legs Hadaway scored
the second run.
The fifth Aggie run scored in
the seventh when Elmendorf
walked stole second and scored on
a double by Hadaway.
Benesh zipped the Mustangs
7-0 with a six hitter in the sec
ond game lowering his era to
an outstanding 1.05.
Englert started the Aggies in
the second game with a single
leading off the fourth and when
pitcher Pete Stare overthrew first
he journeyed to third. Hadaway’s
single knocked in the run.
Hodge tripled to begin a two-
run outburst in the sixth. He
scored when the Mustang short
stop let Sans’ grounder get away.
Sans stole second and scored on
a double by Jim Raley.
The Aggies added three runs in
the eighth with Hodge leading
off and being hit by a pitch.
Hadaway sacrificed moving him
to second and he scored on Sans’
single. Ragland’s grounder went
through the firstbaseman and
Sans scored when the throw to
the plate was dropped by the
catcher. Ragland scored on an
other of the Mustangs eight er
rors.
Hodge led off the ninth with a
repeat performance as he was hit
by a pitch. Hadaway’s single ad
vanced him to third and Jim
Sampson’s single sent the Aggie
catcher across the plate.
The most outstanding perform
ance came Saturday, however,
as Bruce Katt broke a South
west Conference record by strik
ing out 19 batters while pitching
the Aggies to an 11-0 win.
Katt’s performance was two
better than the old mark of 17
whiffs by Larry Hardy of the
University of Texas at Austin.
A&M scored the only run they
needed in the second as Sans
singled but was forced at second
by Jim Raley. Ragland was hit
by a pitch and Ghutzman walked
loading the bases. The Ponies
second baseman Sam Cangelasi
babbled Englert’s grounder and
Raley scored the Aggies’ first
run.
Randy Moseley put the halter
on the Aggies until they scored
twice in the fifth and was re
lieved after allowing two runs
in the seventh.
Englert started the A&M fifth
with a single and stole second.
Hodge reached first on an error
19 To Lead A&M
hits in the second game of the
series, had an idea that Katt
would have a good game. “I
watched him warming up and his
fastball was really doing tricks.
I figured if he could get it over
the plate he would be real tough,”
Benesh said.
Adding to the brilliant per
formance was the fact that Katt’s
longest mound stint this spring
was only six innings way back
on Mar. 14 against St. Mary’s in
San Antonio. But the rookie didn’t
get tired. Ten of the last 11 put-
outs were via the whiff route.
The SWC record was 17 strike
outs by Larry Hardy of Texas
against Rice in 1967. For the
record, Katt fanned one in the
first inning, one in the second,
two in the third, two in the fourth,
three in the fifth, two in the
sixth, three in the seventh, three
in the eighth, and two in the
ninth.
and Hadaway singled driving in
Englert. Sans single scored
Hodge.
Hadaway and Sans hit back-
to-back home runs for the Aggies
in the seventh as they kayoed
Moseley.
Elmendorf singled to open the
eighth, moved to third on an error
and scored on a sacrifice fly by
Hodge.
The Aggies saved their best for
last scoring five runs in the ninth.
Raley and Ragland singled to
lead off and Katt was safe on
an error that allowed Raley to
score. Ghutzman doubled scoring
Ragland and Englert’s fourth sin-,
gle scored Katt.
Elmendorf walked loading
bases and Hodge grounded out
as Ghutzman scored from third.
Englert scored on a similar play
by Hadaway.
Englert, Hadaway and Sans led
the Aggie hitters who seem to be
in the groove after a slow start.
Englert collected 7 hits, Had
away 6 hits and 6 runs batted in
and Sans 5 hits and 3 RBI’s in
the series.
A&M plays Baylor today at 3
p.m., in a makeup of the game
postponed from Tuesday March
21 because of the death of Pres
ident Rudder.
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