Page 12 THE BATTALION MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1981 iviwriL/fM f /“\rnn Sports Aggies fall twice to Cougars By FRANK L. CHRISTLIEB Battalion Stall The Texas A&M University baseball team, playing its second Southwest Conference road series in a row, lost two games and tied one against the University of Houston over the weekend. The Aggies lost Friday’s single game 1-0, and after a one-day postponement of Saturday’s dou bleheader, the Cougars took another one, 9-6. The final game of the series ended in a 3-3 tie when it was called after nine in nings because of darkness. The three games drop the Aggies’ record to 20-12-1 overall and 2-6-1 in SWC play. The Cougars lifted their record to 21- 15-1 and 5-6-1. Friday’s low-scoring game was a pitcher’s duel as A&M’s Rick Luecken and Houston’s Jeff Achil les matched each other pitch for pitch throughout most of the game. The only run of the game scored in the third inning when the Cougars took advantage of two of Luecken’s six walks, a sacrifice bunt and a sacrifice fly. Luecken, 5-2, gave up three hits in a losing cause while Achil les, 3-3, gave the Aggies six hits before being replaced by reliever Rayner Noble, who earned the save. Sunday’s first game began with a bang for the Aggies as they scored six runs in the first three innings and led 6-3 going into the fourth. However, the Cougars narrowed the gap to 6-5 on four successive singles in their half of the fourth. Houston took the lead for good Apartments • Duplexes • All Types Of Housing Calf for appointment or come by A&M APT. >L PLACEMENT SERVICE 693-3777 ^f( 2339 S. Texas, C.S. m "Next to the Dairy Queen" in the fifth when Brett Baker and Mark Lavespere hit back-to-back homers to take an 8-6 lead. The final run of the game was a single marker scored in the sixth by the Cougars. Bobby Taylor, 3-2, took the loss in rehef of starter David Flores, who left the game in the fourth inning. Cougar reliever Brent Bentley gained his fifth win of the season against no losses, while No ble earned his second save in two games for the Cougars. The final game of the series saw the Aggies take an early lead again, 1-0, into the fourth inning. But the Cougars’ Lavespere crack ed another solo homer to tie the game after four innings. Houston scored a single run in the fifth to take a 2-1 lead, which it held until A&M’s half of the seventh. The Aggies scored two runs in that frame to make the score 3-2. However, the Cougars came right back and scored an unearned run in their half of the seventh when Aggie centerfielder Terry TLOUPOT'S'P BOOKSTORE At Northgat* Across from tha Post Offlca WE BUY BOOKS EVERYDAY! Ken’s Automotive 421 S. 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In three years, Johnson led his Everett team to the Michigan high school championship, his Michi gan State squad to the NCAA championship and the Los Angeles Lakers to the NBA cham pionship. The first inkling of the possibil ity that Johnson just might be hu man came earlier this season when he sustained severe cartilage damage to his left knee, and it didn’t heal overnight. And the final, decisive proof that the Magic Man wasn’t bom on Pluto came Sunday afternoon. With the Lakers and Houston Rockets tied with 30 seconds re maining in the game, Johnson had three shots to make two from the free throw line. His first two shots banged off the rim. His third went in to give Los Angeles an 86-85 lead. After Mike Dunleavy gave Houston an 87-86 lead on a 15-foot jump shot with 15 seconds left in the game, Johnson got the ball (time to prove the missed free throws were a fluke) and began a frantic, length-of-the-court drib ble. He couldn’t miss. These were the moments created just for Johnson. A winning basket at the buzzer. Well, he took the shot. A 10- footer. And it fell three feet short. Maybe four feet. It was like Michelangelo using a spray can. Sherlock Holmes proclaiming, “The maid did it.” It just wasn’t the script. Moses Malone added a pair of free throws for Houston with three seconds remaining, and with one temporary demise of a hero the surprising Rockets post ed an 89-86 victory, clinched the best-of-3 mini-series, advanced to the Western Conference semi finals against Midwest Division winner San Antonio and elimin ated the defending NBA cham pions in the first round of the play offs. The first game of Houston’s best-of-seven series starts Tues day in San Antonio. “They just didn’t fall for me to day,” said Johnson, who was held to one point in the first half and 10 for the game. “It’s a big letdown. I’m real disappointed. I could have won the game. But I didn’t. Houston did. 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