THE BATTALION
MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1979
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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.
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ore, Texas A&M first baseman
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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).
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