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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1977
Sports
Horns, Aggies clash in first of three-game series
By STEVE MARTAINDALE
Of the past 12 Southwest Confer
ence baseball seasons, the Univer
sity of Texas has won or shared every
title.
Of those 12 seasons, Texas A&M
University has placed second or tied
for first seven times, but has not won
an outright championship since
1964.
If either of these patterns change
this year, it may happen this
weekend when Texas visits the Ag
gies for a three-game series.
The series, beginning at 3 p.m.
today, will be the last on A&M’s
existing field, which will be replaced
by a $2 million, 5,000-seat stadium
next spring. The two teams will meet
again Saturday for a doubleheader at
1 p.m.
A&M brings a 13-3 SWC record
into the series with a pair of losses to
Texas Tech and one to Baylor. Texas
has an 11-1 record-—its one loss
going to Rice. With its 3-2 win, Rice
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broke a 34 game Longhorn winning
streak, a collegiate record. The Ag
gies have a 30-10 season record while
the Horns stand at 39-1.
The conference championship is
decided by winning percentage mak
ing the biggest statistic the “loss”
column. Texas has a two-game lead.
The Aggies will also have two rec
ords on the line this series. The next
A&M home run will break a 16-
year-old record of 37, and if catcher
Buster Turner can hit safely in all
three games, he will break the 19-
game streak established last year by
shortstop Robert Bonner.
The Aggie baseballers have had
more than the customary amount of
difficulty in breaking the home run
record.
Twice in the past two series the
record-breaking hit has sailed over
the fence, but has not yet entered
the record books.
When Baylor visited A&M,
freshman center fielder Mike Hur
dle hit what appeared to be an in-
the-park double. After the play,
however, fans in the outfield said the
hit cleared the fence, bounced off a
trailer and back into the field where
it was played by the right fielder.
Last weekend the Aggies went to
Houston and Friday took a 4-3 win
over Rice without a home run.
Saturday the Aggies had taken a 4-0
lead, aided by a Turner homer (ex
tending his hitting streak to 18
games) only to have a fourth-inning
rainstorm wipe the slate clean, as if
the game had never been played.
After the series, A&M will lack
only a visit to Houston to wrap up its
conference play. Texas will host
Houston and visit Arkansas and
Baylor while finishing SWC play.
Last season, Texas won two of
three games when the Aggies visited
Austin. The Longhorns won by
scores of 3-0 and $_2 while A&M took
one 2-0 win.
Leading Texas in hitting is right
fielder Jerry Jone S) who brings a .383
average into the game. Turner leads
the Aggies with a .355 norm.
Teamwise, th e Aggies have the
upper hand in batting with a .309
average. Texas is hitting .295.
Longhorn coa c h Cliff Gustafson
will choose his starting pitchers from
righthanders Tony Brizzolara (with a
7-0 record), Kem Wright (7-0), Don
Kainer (9-1) and lefthander Bob
Heuck (7-0).
Aggie coach Tom Chandler is ex
pected to go with righthander Mark
Ross (7-1) on Friday, lefthander
Mark Thurmond (g-O) and righthan
der David Pieczynski (5-1) on Satur
day.
Sophomore John Pockrus could
also see plenty of action. As a relief
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Intense heat fails to slow
Ag spring training workouts
By NATHAN HINES
Heat radiated off the Astroturf
and the sun showed no mercy while
the Aggies went through spring
training this week. Temperatures
reached the upper 80s and the team
went through its hottest week of
workouts since spring training
started.
But the sun did not stop the Ags.
Plenty was accomplished this week,
Coach Emory Bellard said.
Kevin Monk, one of three return
ing defensive starters, said that the
defense has improved steadily since
training started.
Tuesday when Gerald Galloway,
freshman defensive tackle, broke
his leg.
“Gerald was a real fine ball
player, and he could help the
team,” Bellard said. “He got
pinched in between three people,
and that bent his leg back and broke
both bones in his lower leg.”
The only serious injuries we have
are Zach Guthrie and Gerald Gal
loway,” A&M’s team trainer Billy
Pritchard said. “But we have a lot of
minor injuries like cuts, scratches.
Most of the team will suck up’ a
small injury like this and never let it
slow them down,” Pritchard said.
The Ags have practice today, then
an intersquad scrimmage tomorrow
morning. This Scrimmage, along
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“All of the younger players have
the desire and the ability to play top
notch defense, but they only lack
experience,’ Monk said. “These
players, after a couple of games, will
probably look like they are four-year
lettermen. I have confidence in our
defense.”
The defense suffered a setback
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Taber won first in the Men s
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The club will hold a doubles
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