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THE BATTALION
MONDAY, MAY 8, 1978
Ags end season with wild series
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Rich Gossage, 2-2, the last of three
Yankee pitchers, fired four innings of
hitless relief and struck out five to
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The Rangers tied the game in the
sixth inning when they chased star
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Dock Ellis in the second inning.
Wills booted Chambliss’ bouncer to
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wall for his third homer of the sea
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INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS
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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
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polo finals will be in Downs Pool
between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
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Both innertube and standard
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water polo games will be played.
Spectators are welcome. Come
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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.