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i Page 8 THE BATTALION MONDAY, MAY 8, 1978 Ags end season with wild series -M6-6714 mnr UNIVERSITY SQUARE SHOPMC-I CINEMA By DERRICK GRUBBS The SWC champion Texas Aggies wrapped up regular-season play for the 1978 baseball season last Friday by sweeping a doubleheader from the Lubbock Christian College Chapparals in a pair of the wildest games the Ags have been involved in this season. A&M pounded 18 hits and scored in every inning to coast to a 21-1 win in the opener but had to scratch for their lives in the nightcap to claim an 11-10 victory. The Aggie bats, having been somewhat silent the past few weeks, came alive Friday — especially that of centerfielder Mike Hurdle. The Victoria sophomore went 8-for-10 with 12 RBI's in the two games and also had the game-winning hit in the ninth inning of the second game. While the A&M hitters took bat ting practice at the expense of three LCC pitchers, lefthanders Mark Thurmond and Jim McWilliams were putting the Chapparal batters down without much difficulty. The two Aggie hurlers combined for a four-hitter, the only LCC run com ing on a solo homerun by Tommy Inman in the third. Thurmond pitched five innings and struck out nine in picking up his 12th win of the year without a loss. He also ran his consecutive regular- season winning streak to 23 games. Offensively, the show belonged to Hurdle. He went 5-for-5 in that first game with a school record nine RBI’s. Included in that barrage was the first grand slam of his baseball career which came in the fifth in ning. The homer was Hurdle’s sixth of the year. The 21 runs were the most scored by the Angies in a game this season. The victory in the second game did not come as easy as LCC scored eight runs in the third inning off Aggie starter David Pieczynski to take an 8-2 lead at that point. McWilliams came in again and did a superb job of cooling down the Chapparal bats as he retired the side in order through his three innings on the mound. McWilliams also struck out five of the nine batters he faced. Meanwhile, the Aggie offense, which had been shut down since the first inning when they scored two runs on three straight singles, perked up again. A&M scored twice in the fifth on three hits and an LCC error. A tow ering three-run homer over the 400-foot sign in centerfield by freshman Rodney Hodde brought the Ags to within a run at 8-7. The Chaps made it 9-7 with a run in the seventh, but A&M tied the game in the eighth on an RBI triple by Hurdle and two LCC errors. Lubbock Christian took the lead again in the ninth on a solo homer by Tim Leslie off A&M reliever John Pockrus. Robert Bonner led off the Aggie ninth by flying out to deep center- field. Robert Verde then ripped a double off the leftfield wall that mis sed being a homer by a foot. Gary Bryant then appeared to have won the game as he belted a long drive to left. The LCC left- fielder raced back and made a nice over-the-head catch, however, for the second out. Randy Vinson then come on in re lief for the Chaps and gave up suc cessive walks to Kyle Hawthorne and Steve Robinson to load the bases. Hurdle then capped off a great day by bouncing a hit past the LCC shortstop to drive in the winning bases in a season with 101. The Aggies will now take a 36-12 season record into the SWC Tour nament this coming weekend in Au stin. A&M will battle the Houston Cougars in Friday’s first-round ac tion at 8 p.m. Arkansas takes on Baylor at 2 p. m. the same day in the other first-round contest. The double-elimination tourney will conclude Sunday unless an extra game is needed to determine the champion. That contest will be played Monday night. The winner of the tournament will be the host team at the South Central Regional at Ranger Stadium in Ar lington May 19. The story of twow 9:15 whose friendship | I suddenly beca of life and death Should the Aggies not win the SWC Tournament, they will still likely get an at-large bid to play in the Midwest Regional. The date and site for that tournament have not been set, but should A&M be a par ticipant, there is a good chance it will be held at Olsen Field. 1^1 The doubleheader win completed a four-game sweep by A&M over LCC. The Chaps drop to 42-22-1 on the year. The Ags finished the regular sea son with 13 straight wins at 01se:n Field. Other highlights of the Friday doubleheader were Kyle Hawthorne tying the school record for RBI’s in a season with 48. The bigfirst baseman also broke the A&M mark for total Yankees defeat Texas in front of large crowd ADULT 1 $3.00| CH I LDl $1 .501 o WINNER < — 'academy / CINEMA II § Us lime !• relurn your Refrigerator PLACE: MSC LOADING DOCK (WED., THURS. & FRI. 10-4) SBISA AREA (WED. 10-4) COMMONS AREA (THURS. & FRI. 10-4) NOTE: NO SUMMER RENTALS OR RENEWALS! ALL UNITS MUST BE RETURNED TO AVOID PENALTIES (Please clean and defrost your machine before returning.) United Press International NEW YORK — Chris Chambliss slammed his first homer of the sea son with one out in the 12th inning Sunday to give the New York Yan kees a 3-2 victory over the Texas Rangers before a Helmet Day crowd of53,829 — larges t in the majors this year. Texas reliever Len Barker, 1-2, struck out Reggie Jackson to open the 12th before Chambliss, used as a designated hitter, smashed a 2-2 pitch over the right-center field fence. Rich Gossage, 2-2, the last of three Yankee pitchers, fired four innings of hitless relief and struck out five to gain the victory. The Rangers tied the game in the sixth inning when they chased star ter Jim Beattie. With one out, Beat- tie hit Bump Wills with a pitch and Al Oliver followed with an RBI dou ble into the right-field comer. Richie Zisk then singled up the middle to score Oliver with the tying run. New York grabbed a 2-0 lead oft Dock Ellis in the second inning. Wills booted Chambliss’ bouncer to second and Craig Nettles belted El lis’ next delivery over the right-field wall for his third homer of the sea son. Nettles also added a single and a double. DAILY 7:30 9:45 ADULT $3.00 CHILD $1.50 ANNE 1 BANCROFT] D i rected Award Winn Herbert Rc cxmiTriuurm 25 0/o off current rates for summer lease. Call Jean or Shirley now. 693-6716 \ .APARTMENTS 1601 Holleman, College Station, Texas 77840 McDonald's DRIVE-THRU WINDOW MCDONALD’S INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS McDonalds BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING Super Novae The superstars update this week is the final episode. It was an excit ing contest and all who partici pated had a good time. 3) Mark Klima 4) Bob Bruchmiller 5) Brian White In The Interim The New Racquetball Champs TENNIS Men 1) David Cardwell 2) Larry Ellis 3) Steve Cagle 4) Ken Irvin 5) Brian White Women 1) Jill Neans 2) Cindy Gremillion 3) Cheryl Houghton 4) Tina Kormanik 5) Rhonda Naylor 1 Women 1) Cindy Rogers 2) Rhonda Naylor 3) Deeann Cisco 4) Jeannie Buckles THE FINAL STANDINGS Men 1) Steve Cagle 2) Brian White 3) Kurt Amst OBSTACLE COURSE s : Men 1) Steve Cagle 2) David Cardwell Women 1) Jill Neans 2) Deeann Cisco 3) Rhonda Naylor Yes, your friendly neighborhood IM staff will be working during the interim break between the spring semester and the first sum mer session. (Of course, we all know they 11 be there dur ing summer school.) If you will be around between May 12 and June 4, come on up and use the facilities. Here are the hours the buildings will be open. Weekdays G. Rollie White 4:00-8:00 p.m. DeWare Fieldhouse 4:00-10:00 p.m. Tennis Courts 4:00-8:00 p.m. Weight Room 5:00-7:00 p.m. Weekends G. Rollie White CLOSED DeWare Fieldhouse 10:00-6:00 p.m. Tennis Courts 2:00-6:00 p.m. A flip of the racquet and a twist of the wrist — Garlands of flowers to these who we list. Those enduring young souls who have last it out — To the new All-Univf champs, congrats we dosta Men’s Class A Corli Men’s Class B DickES Men’s Class C Robert' 1 Women’s Class A&B Women’s Class C Chrisli# Short But Sweet The 3-man volleyball season wasn’t as long as some of the other team sports but it was exciting, Do it in Spades Refs Corner Calling all sports-oriented per sons — would you like to officiate this summer? The IM Office is looking for summer referees for all sports. Clinics will be held to train people for the job. If interested, come see James Welford at the In tramural Office in DeWare Fiel dhouse before June 8. it nevertheless. Just ask champs about the compel T The new All-University« are: Men’s Class A Duros Men’s Class B Jedi Knights Women’s Class A Wall-eyed Spikes Women’s Class B BB's Co-Rec Class A Deep Digs Co-Rec Class B Wrecks This week’s Intramural photos are by Corey Gaskill IM is in to a little bit of every thing. Our bridge tournament ended recently with two teams coming out on top. Congratula tions to the All-University win ners: “I SPY’S” PARTICIPANT OF THE WEEK Vickie Maxwell stretches out to set the volleyball during the Wo men’s Class “A” All University Championship game. Vickie played for the Tang Gang team and she should come by the Intramural Office to pick up a free “Be Our Guest” card from McDonalds. Class A Henry Robin Dr. G. L. Hogg John Blackstone Sashi Sathaye Class B Mark Bums Beau Sharbrough Wendell Hodde Robert Denton Steven Fine Double Your Fun A Softball Variation Fast pitch softball has had its Men’s Champions Vet III, Etc. last pitch thrown for the season Women’s Champions and new winners’ names appear on Lemon Drops the scoreboard. Three rahs to: Just a reminder that the water I in polo finals will be in Downs Pool between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. SPORi Both innertube and standard . / SHORTS water polo games will be played. Spectators are welcome. Come / A | i*A 4 back your favorite team. What doubles your pleasure and doubles your fun? Why, golf dou bles, of course. Expert witnesses to the fact are these new All- University golf doubles cham pions. Class A Men’s Wayne Tiner and David Hickson Class B Men’s Gene Fulcher and Ken Barbutti Class C Men’s David Winslow and Miles Johnson The co-rec competition has been delayed. Hopefully, the re sults will be available for Wednes day’s issue. Robert Mills and Tom Wilkes prepare to feast during thelnW 1 al’s annual Steak-Fry. The IM department uses this opporturi' recognize special individuals and to distribute awards. Watch For Wednesday's Issue Due to finals, the Battalion schedule, and playoff dates, k'nl nesday’s paper will have the (L edition of the McDonald’s Hifk lights for this semester. It w elude a wrap-up of the semester last events still going on at th writing and information for summer session. Don't forget watch for it.