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Pf! sports 1970 ft 1 Itli All 11 emplojJ ^ Foiiril 'easonaHl wrote lers wetj ns, I lehn- ill eaiti itipale By DERRICK GRUBBS to dale; I x exas a&M has been granted the i rants'J. opportunity to win its honor, lens uf;p he couiti ise wilt,; refused. go to Michigan Mideast tourney After embarrassiang defeats at the hands of the Michigan Wolverines in baseball and football within the past year, the Aggies find them selves in a position to even the score a little. The SWC champion Aggies and 1 Big-10 champion wolverines meet at nonstnl 3 pm CDT Friday in Ann Arbor, e > butt: Michigan in the first round of the nistrain [973 NCAA Mideast Regional. Mid-American Conference I HOPE YOU WERE PRYiNG GUTS ATtENYiON f perm® ir with; >n said. I an TELE &RAM / TELEGRAM FROM ANN ARBOR. POR HCrG-tE BASEBALL TEAM/ sa id ®I-ch am p Eastern Michigan and Big-8 Tournament runner-up Missouri •equinnj etions ical mi /visions are [/vision Square off Friday at noon to kick off y indusln the three-day, double-elimination sses * immament. atic h® received the at-large bid to and hi ; compete in the Mideast last s U nivj| I Monday. This is the fourth straight ear the Aggies have been in the NCAA playoffs, their first as a par- iicipant in the Mideast Regional. The past three years, A&M has re ceived at-large bids to the Midwest Regional. reason;! ■ Michigan, due to its high ranking is depra 1 (8th in the nation according to Col- /ent neti legiate Baseball Magazine) and the >f eathlii|supposed home-field advantage, is likely considered the team to beat in enters,: tourney. question! j^g Wolves are 26-15 on the sea- “archesij son and won the Big-10 title with a unreanw_3 mark. They are lead by cen- /ing ofdftrfielder Rick Leach, who was also Buarterback of the W(/lverine foot- I ball team. Leach is hitting a lusty ■s .u)t at• 43() on the season and copped the Big-10 batting championship with a S LC ®f68 league average. The 6-1, 190- pund junior is currently on a hit- ng tear as he has hit for a .609 av erage through Michigan’s last 15 games. Lefthander Steve Howe will be the Wolverine s starting pitcher nally pn against the Aggies Friday afternoon. 9 A sophomore, Howe is 9-2 on the year with a 1.80 ERA. ! The rest of the Michigan lineup with their season batting averages has junior Jim Capoferi (.300) doing the catching, senior Dave Chapman ((293) at third base, senior Scott An derson (.235) at second base, senior Bob Wasilewski (.230) at first base, senior Jim Berra (.212) at shortstop, sophomore Vic Ray (.284) in leftfield, Leach (.430) in centerfield, and senior Mike Parker (.212) in rightfield. The designated hitter is sophomore George Foussianes (.268), who is the team leader in RBI’s with 27. As a team, Michigan is hitting .266 on the year. The other two teams in the TAIKI M'deast Tourney, Eastern Michigan 1 Am; and Missouri, have also fielded -ed by ers nearl I SU nost .284. The leading hitter on the squad is still senior shortstop Robert Bonner, who will be playing in his fourth NCAA Regional this weekend. The A&M starting lineup will re main the same as it has been the past few weeks. Coach Tom Chand ler has not announced who his starting pitcher will he against Michigan but the candidates are juniors Mark Thurmond (12-1) and Mark Ross (10-3). The tournament schedule for the Mideast Regional is as follows: The winners of the two Friday games play at noon Saturday with losers squaring off at 9 a. m. The winner of that morning game will play the loser of the noon game at 3 p.m. Saturday. In the finals Sunday, the winners of the noon and 3 p.m. Saturday games meet for the championship. Should a second game be needed, it will be played at 3 p.m. Sunday. The winner of the Mideast Re gional will join the winners of the seven other regionals at the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska June 2-10 to determine the National Champion of collegiate baseball. Baylor, SWC tournament cham pion, has already qualified for the World Series by winning the South Central Regional Monday night. All of A&M’s games from Ann Arbor this weekend will be broad cast live on Bryan radio station KAGC, 1510-AM. manor €ast 3 Theatres in manor East mall • 823-8300 n NOW SHOWING IN STEREO 2:40 5:00 7:30 9:50 H/5 s/on/ will Iun.* you singing, laughing, crying, cheering ami stomping your feet. + * Ht * * * strong teams this season although neither is ranked among the nation’s top twenty. Eastern Michigan brings a 35-25 season record into the playoffs while Missouri comes in at 35-16. The Aggies are 37-14 on the year and boast a team batting average of THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY iPGhs* 0 .„. C „..P. C » > MEL BROOKS ^ ♦ In HIGH ; ANXIETY M ~ A R*ycho-Corr»«<ly x- _ . 4 - [Vjjrq Col “ b DfWtf* / . I-Jc ljr| c 1978 20TH CENTUB Y-FOX J? - 2:55 5:15 7:35 9:45 * jcEConnally voted MVP * *i * * * □r f TheyTe not pets anymore. SKYWAY TWIN WEST Burt Reynolds EAST United Press International 'fi ARLINGTON- The all tournament team from the NCAA Southcentral Regional Baseball tournament: fc Catcher: Ken Kolhorst, Baylor; 1st base: Tim Weisheim, Miss. St.; 2nd base: Manuel Ordones, Baylor; 3rd base: Fritz Connally, Baylor; shortstop: Bill Crosby, Baylor; util ity infielder: Luke Prestridge, Baylor; outfielders: Mike Johanson, iBaylor, Mike Kelley, Miss. St., and Bobby Rutledge, Pan American. Designated hitter: Leonard I Tyrone, Pan Am. Pitchers: Shane [Nolen and John Perlman, both Baylor. 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