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THE BATTALION MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1979 Page 11 [the sports nies no pushover f' Ags sweep series le the By DAVID BOGGAN Battalion Sports Editor lies to a dwindling bull pen sinking sun, the Texas A&M ill team got an early Easter it last weekend. As darkness over Olsen Field Saturday |g, the Aggies had found three dnning eggs to add to their of victories, having swept a sjame series with the SMU figs. Aggies took a narrow 5-3 'in Friday’s game and an even ;r 3-2 victory in Saturday’s the score tied 3-3 in the bot- the 12th inning of Saturday’s p, the game was called be- f darkness. After a team vote SMU locker room, the Mus- decided to forfeit the final ather than return on Easter k to complete the series. Thus, gies, who had gone through chers in the game, were cred- jith a 9-0 victory in accordance buthwest Conference rules, s A&M led 1-0 through six > of the nightcap on strong g by freshman starter Steve But an error in the seventh to Uowed SMU to score three un- arned runs and take a 3-1 lead. The Aggies tied the game in the inth on an error and an RBI triple y Bryan Little. Neither team could ush across the winning run through le next three innings. Talk about a home field advantage! heEggies will be the first to admit latraie last game could have gone ither way. “Th; s team isn’t a pushover any- ore, Texas A&M first baseman dfTlawthorne said of the Mus- ‘We haven’t run away from low in two years. They’ve us some good, close ball out n ithe led oul^" he pd hat ten so l questj ig the bble, y, ash ng ilant s coi igram I icarclil hat, ill ’re go« iter 1 iood olj jutittl ceofal) not ] :ss «| ; Sato rner I hilosof isetotl seemsj ypri ds of* ie veiyl games. Last year the Aggies defeated SMU twice, 2-1 and 3-2, but the Mustangs won the final contest 3-1. The Ponies proved early that this year would be no different. In Fri day’s game, SMU scored two quick runs off of Mark Ross in the first in ning. The Aggies came back in the fourth when Shelton McMath drove in a run and a triple by Harry Francis scored two more. In the fifth, after SMU scored its final run, Hawthorne and McMath each scored an RBI to give the Aggies the winning margin. “It was a combination of good pitching and timely hitting,’’ Aggie coach Tom Chandler said of the first victory. “Harry Francis really picked us up with his triple. He had a good day for us.” Francis is starting at third base for Texas A&M, a position usually filled by Mark Warriner. Warriner is benched for an unde termined amount of time with stretched muscle fibers in his leg. “We got clutch hitting today and that’s what counts,” Francis said. “For two years we’ve been a clutch club. When the pressure is on, when we’ve had to have it, we’ve had it.” McMath had it on his first trip to the plate in Saturday’s opener. In the bottom of the second, with Hawth orne on first base, McMath hit his fifth home run of the season, driving the ball over the left field fence about 350 feet from home plate. Little scored for the Aggies in the fifth on an overthrow error by SMU third baseman Pat Garcia. After beating out a perfect bunt to start the inning, Little flew toward second when the next batter, Randy Wood ruff, knocked the ball to Garcia. Gar cia overthrew first and Little rounded third and crossed the plate untouched. The Mustangs scored in the sixth on an error by Harry Francis and again in the seventh on a sacrifice by SMU’s Rene Strong. Texas A&M is now 24-12 on the year and 10-4 in Southwest Confer ence play. SMU dropped to 17-21 for the season and 4-13 in league action. The Aggies play Texas Tech this weekend. “This thing is a long way from over,” Chandler said. “We’ve got to play each game one at a time. Every ball game will be like we re going for the pennant. We re going to have to fight from behind. Linescores SMU 200 010 000— 3 7 1 Texas A&M 000 320 000—5 8 0 Hollister and Kover. Rqss and Turner. W—Ross (6-3). L—Hollister (3-5). Att—2,100. SMU 000 001 1—2 11 1 Texas A&M 020 010 0—3 6 4 Janosko and George, Kovar (7). Thurmond and Turner. W—Thurmond (8-1). L—Jonosko (2-3). Hrs—McMath (A&M). Att—3,000. SMU 000 000 300 000—3 6 1 Texas A&M 000 100 002 000—3 13 1 (Game called; darkness; A&M awarded 9-0 for feit victory). McLeon, Hughes (5) and Kovar. Davis, McDonald (7), Hodde (7), Pockrus (10), Thur mond (11) and Turner, Hawthorne (10). W—not recorded; forfeit. L—not recorded; forfeit. Att—2,500. SWC Standings Texas 14-1 .933 Arkansas 14-4 .778 Texas A&M 10-4 .714 Baylor 11-8 .579 Houston 11-10 .524 Texas Tech 7-11 .389 TCU 5-13 .278 SMU 4-13 .235 Rice 3-15.167 Last week’s results FRIDAY: Houston 11, Texas Tech 1; Baylor 7, Rice 6; Texas 3, TCU 1; Texas A&M 5, SMU 3. SATURDAY: Houston 67, Texas Tech 1-2; Baylor 8-10, Rice 3-7; Texas 5-15, TCU 1-5; Texas A&M 3-9, SMU 2-0 (second game for feit). you MAK£ tut CHOICE.. BUT l r M SURE YOUR MOTHER WO 1/E O WANT YOU HOME JPor EASTER r LOOK... A SU/EEP I S A S WEEP/ I 97 9 race he ^— orseff H ‘^trd Boston Marathon held today Fooii Y United Press International BOSTON — An elite field of long runners, led by defending ion and favorite Bill Rodgers, (her today with thousands of pre- nders for the 83rd annual running thejprestigious Boston Marathon. College Station is well repre- nted in the Marathon. Scott lyers. a 20-year-old pre-vet student at Texas A&M, and Charles W. 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