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By PAUL ARNETT
Battalion Staff Writer
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s easy. ()Sie Aggie baseballers tuned up
is gea ir the Houston series this weekend
aryingijith a convincing doubleheader
‘ its nriJfenofMcNeese State. The Aggies
Wthe opener of the twinhill 14-4,
those h ad took the nightcap 8-2.
idea is 4| Aggie pitcher, Clint Thomas, had
taff. Ho>i®ly warmed up before McNeese
F will ( late s lead-off hitter, Jackie Rober-
if the vi )nJ stroked a home run on the third
nduriiJtch. Catcher Tom Stelley followed
a base hit to rightfield, and
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Rodney Paulette brought him home
on a misplayed ball to center.
The Aggies did not do too badly in
their half of the first. After two quick
outs and a walk to Bill Raymer, des
ignated hitter, Randy Blachard
picked out a pitch he liked and hit a
home run over the right field fence.
The Aggies went ahead to stay when
Mark Thurmond rapped a base hit to
center, and Winston Whidden fol
lowed with a run scoring double to
left.
All the base raps didn’t stop there.
The Aggies added four runs in the
second and five runs in the third.
Robert Verde led off the second in
ning with a single to left and was
batted around to score on John
Biersner’s hard hit double. After an
infield single and two outs, Blachard
was walked to load the bases. Thur
mond hit a single to center which
brought home three runs, when the
Cowboys’ center fielder misplayed
the ball.
The highlight of the five-run third
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their sell Randy Blachard slides safely into second
sdayancH base with a stolen base. Blachard had an
homeiuB excellent day at the plate, including a
_ home run over the right field fence. The
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Photo courtesy of Steve Krauss
Aggies swept a doubleheader from Mc
Neese State 14-4 and 8-2. The Aggies will
host Houston this weekend in a crucial
Rocket manager mellows
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d four ® Associated Press
neen saillkoUSTON — Tom Nissalke, the
oeen sildisciplinarian new coach of the
aponentHouston Rockets, and Ray Patter-
/s?” Pouiftm, the team’s vocal president and
2 days to general manager, have reached a
gentlemen’s agreement.
mes taKfThe only thing Tom has said is
m0 ves that if I will stay out of the locker
nday aniSP 111 anc ^ awa y from the officials, he
HQ stay out of the front off ice, Pat-
die said Bon said Tuesday in announcing
s mudi Nissalke will replace Johnny Egan,
linger? Egan, whose three year contract
3a st I li Coded this season, led the Rockets
[ m ]), into the NBA playoffs for the first
going a', dme ever l as t season, but a lack of
defense kept them from returning
. this season with a 40-42 record.
?ad coati
Patterson, who can be seen at any
Rockets game squirming in his seat,
shouting at officials and Rockets
team members, says he’ll take a dif
ferent posture next season.
“Tom Nissalke never has been
called for a technical foul and he’s
never been one to ride the officials,
Patterson said.
“If he can do it, I can too or I won’t
come to the games.”
Patterson disagreed with some of
Egan’s coaching tactics and has ad
mitted he resisted the urge to try to
make on-the-court decision.
“Tom Nissalke is my man and he
can’t do it, we go down together,”
Patterson said.
The Rockets are recognized as one
of the top shooting teams in the NBA
and also one of the worst defensive
teams. Nissalke says his first major
job will be to improve on defense.
“We played the Rockets once in an
exhibition game and we felt the Roc
kets were a soft team, not hard nosed
on defense,” said Nissalke, who has
coached three American Basketball
Association teams and one in the
NBA. “We want to change that.”
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inning was Bob Dulak’s home run to
right. Right fielder Phillip Smith ran
into the wall when trying to catch the
long fly ball. He was momentarily
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game.
Thomas settled down after his
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check for three innings before being
relieved in the fifth by Dave Loc
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runs and three of the hits coming in
the first inning.
The Aggies were handcuffed in
the fourth and fifth innings, but
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and strolled home in front of team
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Lockett did an excellent job in re
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The Aggies had a shaky start in the
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Through the first four innings the
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