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.
FOR
SPRING CATALOG
Texas A&M 000 060 2— 8 12 0
Houston 000 000 0—0 2 1
Thurmond and Turner; Shannon, Lukish (5),
Minielly (5) and Copeland. WP—Thurmond
Texas A&M 011 010 014— 8 12 1
Houston 002 101 000— 5 10 4
Pockrus, McDonald (5), Hodde (7) and
Turner; Krampitz, Cherry (9), Hollis (9) and
Copeland. WP—Hodde (1-0). LP— Krampitz
(2-1).
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