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THE BATTALION MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1979 Page 7 ies sweep Cougars in SWC opener By MARK PATTERSON Battalion Sports Staff ‘ U P After the first weekend of baseball ‘thepoh the Southwest Conference the ;xas-A r !' exas A&M Aggies sit alone atop re gi(R standings with a perfect 3-0 rec- ^ le L rd. The Aggies opened conference dayingiJay with a three-game sweep over he Cougars of the University of have Houston. to in i The series, pushed back a day to ^ Cincaturday and Sunday because of leather conditions, had a little bit e > op t :f everything for Aggie baseball Kan ins: hitting, pitching and suspense, nights The Aggies won the initial game npion 7-2lTexas A&M clubbed out 19 alley (its oft five Houston pitchers, with Mexico very player in the lineup collecting eber Sit least one hit in the game. Shelton T lastIcMath, Rodney Hodde, Gary ryant and Randy Woodruff eacb ad three hits for the Aggies. Cougar pitcher Tom Lukish was fted in the second inning and mmy Cherry came on to shut own the Aggie uprising. But the elay was only temporary. The Aggie bats were silenced ntil the sixth when Woodruff #iii "eached base on an error. Following vo quick outs, Cherry gave up suc- essiye walks to Mark Warriner, [yle Hawthorne and Buster umer. McMath lined a double to Q Aa core two runs and give the Aggies a -1 lead. Hodde followed with a ^ouble to plate MeMath. Mark Ross got the win for the Ag- sppitching eight innings and al- J ng six hits and two runs in col- cting his second win of the season. “The wind blowing out really :uss| elps my pitching,’ Ross said about ry the elements he had to contend with. “My ball sinks more with the wind blowing out. It takes away form my slider gnd curve but helps me with my sindcer. “But I’m pretty happy with my performance. I still need to work on my control (three hit batters), but it takes a while to get my rhythm down.” The second game of the series matched Aggie Mark Thurmond against Cougar John Shannon. The two hooked up for four innings without allowing a run until the Ag gies finally broke through for ( six runs in the top of the fifth inning. Sending 12 men to the plate, the Aggies collected seven hits off of three Houston pitchers in the frame. McMath again supplied the big blow as the right fielder hit his second home run of the series, a three-run shot that drove in his eighth, ninth and tenth RBIs of the year. 1 Thurmond went the distance for the Aggies, collecting his second win of the season in as many starts and allowing only two Houston hits. The victory was his ninth lifetime shutout, his eighth SWC shutout, his 26th win, his 25th regular-season victory in a row and the 14th com plete SWC game he’s pitched. “I’ve waited 10 months for this game,” Thurmond said. “Houston was the only game I lost last year (in the SWC post-season tournament). It was nice today.” The third game of the series proved to be the most exciting of the set. The Aggies jumped off to and early 2-0 lead, only to be caught by the Cougars in the bottom of the third. The teams were tied 4-4 going into the ninth when, again, the Aggie bats came to life. Texas A&M scored four times in the last inning, working the bases full and Rodney Hodde at the plate. Hodde, pitching for the Aggies in relief of starter John Pockrus, hit a base-clearing double to drive in three runs. The Aggies added another run to give Hodde a four- run cushion going into the bottom of the ninth. In the ninth the Cougars loaded the bases and with two out Randy Watson worked Hodde for a walk to narrow the Aggie lead to three, 8-5. Alvin Ruben came on to pinch-hit for U of H, representing the win ning run at the plate. Rubin popped a ball in front of the plate that catcher Buster Turner fielded and threw to first baseman Kyle Hawthorne for the out to end the Cougar threat and give the Ag gies an 8-5 victory. The final out gave Hodde his first victory as an Aggie and extended Texas A&M’s season record to 7-1. The Aggies next travel to Coral Gables, Fla., to participate in the Hurricane Invitational Tournament March 10-17. The Aggies play 10 games in eight days before return ing home to face the University of Arizona in a double-header March 20. land. WP-Ross (2-0). LPLucas (2-1). HR- Hawthorne (A&M) 1st, one on; McMath (A&M) 2nd, none on; Beard (Houston) 4th, none on; Bryant (A&M) 8th, two on. (2-0). LP—Shannon (1-1). HR—McMath, A&M, 5th, 2 on. 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