THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1977
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though the Aggies got 15
lits, the Longhorns elimi-
latedA&M from Southwest
[Conference tournament
'ith a 9-5 victory. The
orns lost to Baylor to give
the tournament crown to
Baylor. Both Baylor and
A&M begin NCAA playoffs
this weekend.
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Baseballers face Southern Illinois
By PAUL MCGRATH
Battalion Sports Editor
The Texas A&M baseball team
ins its second round of
umament-hopping Friday as they
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All games will be played at the
niversity of Oklahoma field in
orman as the hosting Sooners(36-
_ w iB be matched against Michi-
iis Con a ,
l )r i ze i' C° at 'h Tom Chandler’s Southwest
°t wl onference champions received a
layoff bid Monday, slating them
jainst the Missouri Valley champs,
st klahoma won the Big Eight crown
jest rri bile Michigan was the runner-up
a by Minnesota in the Big Ten Con-
rence.
We haven t had any opportunity
check Southern Illinois out,” said
Assistant Coach JffrT
ampson. “We probably know
aout Oklahoma than any of the
hers.”
The Aggies are now 37-14 after
king a win and two losses in the
WC tournament. The Salukis are
15-10.
Southern Illinois comes in with
)me impressive statistics. They are
lird in the nation in team defense
ut have a disappointing team bat-
ng average of only .293. Disap-
ointing, that is, because they bat-
id .355 as a team last year.
George Vukovich (.376) and Craig
iobinson (.359) are Southern Il
linois’ top hitters and also lead the
team in runs batted in. Vukovich
has pilfered 29 bases during the
season—nine more than the entire
A&M team.
Saluki Coach Itchy Jones will
have a solid pitching staff pitted
against the free-swinging Aggies.
Jim Kessler (7-0) and Kevin Wal
drop (7-2) are the stalwarts, while
reliever Dewey Robinson (5-2) is
heavily depended upon to squelch
Tallies. Robinson has eight saves to
his credit.
Southern Illinois is yet to name a
starter for Friday’s game. The Ag
gies will go with Mark Ross (11-3),
who also pitched the first game for
A&M in the SWC tourney. Ross de
feated Arkansas 5-2 on five hits and
pitched in relief of David Pieczynski
against Texas, allowing two runs on
three hits.
Many people claim the first an
nual SWC tournament to be an over
whelming success — most of them
being Baylor supporters as the
Bears won three straight to win the
tournament and a playoff berth in
Arlington. Baylor made it four in a
row over the Longhorns by defeat
ing Texas twice, 3-2 and 7-0. In be
tween those two victories was a 2-1
win over the Aggies.
A&M, carrying a .302 team bat
ting average, outhit every team they
played, but was plagued by a failure
to deliver in clutch situations. The
Aggies left 31 men on base in their
three tournament games, while
^gs march on Georgia
or Southeastern meet
The 31st Southeastern Intercol-
egiate Golf To rnament gets
mderway today in Athens, Ga. with
be University of Georgia and the
University of Houston cited as fa
vorites in the team race.
Texas A&M Golf Coach Bob El
is, named the Coach of the Year in
the Southwest Conference, will
lave a five nan squad competing.
The Aggies placed second at the
Southwest Conference tournament
behind Houston and were tenth in
the team standings at the South
eastern Intercollegiate last year.
The Aggies will he led by all-
SWC performers Monte Schauer,
Bobby Baker and Dave Ogrin.
Schauer placed fifth in the indi-
idual standings at the SWC tour-
>ey. Doug Ward, Tim Carlton and
perry Orebaugh round out the rest
pfA&M’s roster.
The tourney matches the winner
jbT the Southeastern Conference,
|Georgia, against the Southwest
■Conference winner, Houston. The
■Bulldogs won the tournament last
year while the Cougars were
|! runner-up.
The Bulldogs, playing on their
home course are led by Chip Beck,
the individual winner in Athens last
year with a 209 on the par 72, 749-
yard course. Georgia also has Joe
Walter and Jim Becker to contend
with, as it was this pair which led
Georgia to the SEC crown.
Houston is led by SWC indi
vidual champ David Ishii. Coach
Dave Williams’ Cougars will also
have Ed Fiori and John Stark in the
thick of the race for individual hon-
Rob Jackson-led Indiana and
North Carolina are also expected be
amongst the top contenders for the
team title. Jackson tied Beck for the
individual crown last year, but lost
in a playoff.
TCU is the only other SWC
school in the 25 team field. The
Horned Frogs of Coach Mel
Thomas, who tied Ellis for Coach of
the Year honors, are led by Bobby
Baugh and Bill Murchison.
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Rolex-Chrysler, will be concluded
on Friday.
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stranding 14 in the 9-5 loss to Texas.
“It was just one of those days,”
Sampson said of the Texas game,
which saw A&M outhit the Horns,
15-10. “When we got a man on sec
ond it seemed we would hit line
drives to an outfielder or hit balls so
hard the man couldn’t score. We
were behind and had to play con
servatively.”
The Aggies filled the bases four
times in the tournament, twice with
no outs, and managed only to obtain
two runs.
Sampson added, “There were two
innings (against Texas) where we got
three hits in an inning and didn’t
score. That’s rare in baseball.”
The Aggies also suffered from a
lack of speed on the bases compared
to their opponent’s ability to seem
ingly run at will. Eight bases were
stolen off the Aggies, including six
by Texas. Not a single enemy
baserunner was thrown out.
Aggie catcher Buster Turner was
not completely at fault as he was hit
on his throwing arm by a foul ball in
the Baylor game. The A&M pitch
ers did a poor job of keeping the
runners at first base, often allowing
the baserunner to get a good run
ning start.
The tournament was highly com
petitive and was as close as had
been expected. Baylor took a pair of
one-run victories and while the Ag
gies were eliminated from the tour
ney, they were only outscored 13-11
in their three games.
“A lot of things could have gone
either way,” Sampson said. “A lot of
Baylor’s hits were six inches either
way.
“Any club can get hot all at once
and get momentum. They win a few
games and that gives them con
fidence and they can take control of
a short tournament such as this one.
They get in and get hot and it’s all
over before you know it.”
Like the SWC tourney, the Mid
west Regional will be a double
elimination. Momentum will in
deed be a key as Sampson inferred.
The Aggies were definitely off their
regular season pace as they batted
only .274 as a team in Austin last
weekend.
Texas A&M first baseman Kyle
Hawthorne and third baseman
Winston Whiddon were the only
two Aggies named to the SWC all
tournament team.
Baylor, going to the National Col
legiate Athletic Association playoffs
for the first time since 1948, had
three players named. Texas did not
receive a playoff bid and will not go
into the playoffs for the first time in
12 years.
The Aggies will play Southern Il
linois in the second game Friday at
4 p.m. All of the games will be
played in the afternoon as the Okla
homa ballpark has no lights.
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