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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1978
Injury-riddled Ags play Bears in Wa
By DERRICK GRUBBS
The injury-ridden Texas A6cM
baseball ttiam travels to Waco this
weekend for a three-game SWC se
ries against the Baylor Bears that
could determine a new league
leader.
Currently, Arkansas is on top
with a 9-3 record, but the Bears and
Aggies are both close behind in the
standings at 8-4 and 6-3 respec
tively. Should A&M sweep the se
ries with Baylor, and Arkansas lose
just one game to SMU this weekend
up in Dallas, the Ags would become
the SWC frontrunner by a matter of
percentage points.
But sweeps in this league are hard
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to come by, especially on foreign
grounds.
“It’s always tough to win in
Waco, says A&M coach Tom
Chandler. "Baylor has a veteren
team this year with outstanding
power and overall good balance. All
of the hitters in their lineup have
the capability to put one out of the
park.”
For sure, the umpires working
the A&M-Baylor series will be
hard-pressed to keep enough
baseballs on hand. Baylor’s diamond
is well-known as a hitter’s park with
short outfield fences and a stiff wind
that is usually blowing out. Field a
pair of power-hitting teams like
A&M and Baylor under these condi
tions and it’s liable to result in quite
a few slow trots around the base
paths.
But the Aggies are hurting.
To begin with, they will he with
out the services of their starting
rightfielder Shelton McMath. The
strong-armed junior suffered a torn
cartlidge in his left knee during
pre-game warmups prior to the se
ries opener against Rice last Friday.
McMath is scheduled to undergo
surgery sometime within the next
ten days and will be out for the re
mainder of the 1978 season.
ft
weeks ago.
Catcher Buster Turner ti®,,
elbow that was injured!
against Minnesota. Kfon
And, third baseman Mail)■ j
riner is still hindered by ak.B e a ” c
extended knee that has kept|^BS ()ne
of the lineup — except as^N ''
nated hitter — since theinjkB 16 j
curred Mar. 5 in the SWcJ* ffe ^ ,,1 |
against Houston. W,, j.
All hut McMath and Warri(P a '‘ l ,
expected to be in thestarting|« Tl l 11 fl
Friday when A&M meetsijB' ,,
(lie series opener at 3 p.m, ■ (,ss ’
The order Chandler «|B e ’ w ,
against the Bears, with theiij®?' n ?
hatting averages, will have iB ie
(.343) at shortstop, Robert
(.250) at third base, Gan®, 11 ™
(.314) in rightfield, KyleHwM . i 11 '
(.312) at first base, Rodney
(.220) the designated hitter,Ik 11 ''
(.315) in centerfield, TinFpjB ret<)
(.267) in left field, Turner |j||t nes
catcher and Randv WoodnifW 1111 ^'
Centerfielder Mike Hurdle is
playing with a pulled hamstring that
has been plaguing him all season.
Shortstop Robert Bonner has a
very tender left shoulder that was
bruised in the Texas series two
at second base.
Feickert stepped in las! [I
after McMath went do\vn»i|I
knee injury and did a soli
going 2-for-3 with three mj
Friday s 8-3 win over Rice.
Another bright new
A&M lineup has been \LjjJ
who won the starting job at*
base after his outstandingdfb|
performance in theTexassi
weekends ago. The Teu
sophomore has also givenllJ
(See BAYLOR pagesetJ