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THE BATTALION MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1981 Wm, -Ags y FRANK L. CHRISTLIEB Battalion Staff |“Snakebit” and “shell- ked.” exas A&M baseball coach Tom iandler accurately described condition of his team after |ach of its two weekend losses to Arkansas Razorbacks. first description came after ^™iday night’s game, in which bad iaks for the Aggies helped the lorbacks and pitcher Scott ibor to a 4-0 victory over the uggling Aggies, who have now t seven of their last nine confer ee games. Tabor, considered by ^any to be the best pitcher in the uthwest Conference, is now 8-1 the season. Chandler’s second interpreta- n came after the second game of today’s doubleheader, won by hard-hitting Hogs 19-6. In that me, third baseman Kenny Ro- rs was 5-for-5 with five RBI and ir runs scored. The Aggies managed to win the [st game Saturday 9-2 behind the -hit pitching of Steve Davis, \v4-0. Davis stayed ahead of the kansas hitters the whole game, d as a result, didn’t walk yone. Pitcher Rick Luecken started I In - Friday’s game against Tabor, and 1 ' i for three innings, outpitched the ■kansas righthander, giving up [) hits while Tabor gave up two. after throwing his fourth- |ning warm-ups, Luecken came the field following a discussion 1th Chandler and some of the her coaches. I 1 announcement came that I yiuecken had pulled a groin mus- JL A ■ do and was being relieved by avid Flores. The muscle pull las only the first bad break for the jggies on a night when, as Flores 'Everything went their hen scoredftrkansas’)way.” up Gerail Luecken said: “I was just start- Reid’s mjagto get in a good rhythm, and en when I was pitching to the raid batter in the third inning, I lied the muscle.” Flores, 3-3, pitched well in |uecken’s relief, but Tabor pitch- better, giving the Aggies two ts in the last eight innings for a taloffour in the game. A&M’s bad luck returned in the jighth, when Aggie leftfielder Joe !aul BramhaJJ moved over toward II close in “(befoul line to catch Arkansas first ly night. Baseman John Hennell’s sinking im an offefflBner, Just as he was about to catch ; quartersffl the ball, Bramhall slipped, allow- teanimate- ingHennell to reach second for an practice a RBI double, making the score 1-0. >nio guards’ * The Hogs’ Reggie Thomas led caused Ifi Page 11 r by Greg Gib ory overt] >ring camti wfl icfore Oil ith 40 ser Staff photo by Greg Gammon Head Aggie baseball coach Tom Chandler shows his disgust with an umpire’s call during the scond game of Saturday’s double header. The Aggies won the first game, 9-2, but lost the nightcap 19-6. The 21-14-1 (3-8-1 SWC) Aggies return to ac tion Tuesday against Sam Houston at Olsen Field. led off with a walk, and one out later, was doubled off of first base on a liner to second by Tim Boyes. In their first-game win Satur day, the Aggies picked up 15 hits and looked like the team everyone expected them to be this year. Rodney Hodde and Kevin Smith led the offense with three hits apiece, while leftfielder Billy Can non hit a double and a single to break the slump which had seen him go 0-for-25 in the Southwest Conference. The Aggies decided the game in the first inning when they put eight men on base and six of them scored, with the big hits being back-to-back homers by Hodde and Joey Szekely, and triples by David Kennard and Clint Heard. Eight of the Aggies’ 15 hits went for extra bases with Hodde accounting for three of them with a homer, double and triple. In Saturday’s second-game slaughter, almost every Razorback who played contributed to the 18- hit attack, with Rogers and catcher Dave McClure combining for eight. The Aggies couldn’t keep Rogers off the bases, as he walked once to go along with two home runs, two singles and a double. Rogers’ first homer traveled ab out 420 feet as it cleared the 400- foot center field wall for only the second time since the Aggies have been playing in Olsen Field. His homers, however, were not the only ones the Hogs collected, as Marty Rogers hit a three-run hom er and McClure connected on a two-run homer. The Aggies used five pitchers in the game, none of whom could stop the Hogs’ bats. They also hurt themselves by making four errors. with three coming in one inning when Arkansas scored three runs. The two-out-of-three game series loss to Arkansas all but eli minates A&M’s chances of finishing in one of the top four spots in the SWC to qualify for the May conference tournament. To do so, the Aggies must win almost all of their remaining nine confer ence games and teams like Texas, TCU, Arkansas and Houston must lose nearly all of theirs. Right now, that’s not very likely. After Saturday’s split. Chandler said although the team is young, the players have good morale and attitudes about the job ahead of them. And as pitcher Davis said: “We’ve just got to do the best we can.” The team has a doubleheader against Sam Houston State Uni versity here Tuesday at 5:30 and goes to Lubbock to play Texas Tech Thursday and Friday. Ags third in own tourney By CAROLYN BARNES Battalion Staff Intense competition was the name of the game during the Aggie Invitational tournament this weekend in which the second- ranked Aggies battled to a third place finish. UCLA won the tournament by taking Arizona State University Sunday afternoon. The competition began with a marathon game Friday night with the Aggies and UCLA going 29 innings with the Bruins winning 2-!. “It was the kind you hate to lose. We played good enough to win, we just didn’t get the timely hits,” Aggie Head Coach Bill Gal loway said. ' Saturday the Aggies went 10 innings against Cal State- Fullerton winning 1-0. Galloway pointed out Mel Pritchard for her defensive play during the game. Shan McDonald picked up the win as Mary Lou Youngblood tri pled during the Saturday after noon game against Texas Women’s University which the Aggies won 3-2. The Aggies followed the after noon contest with a 1-0 victory over Kansas Saturday night. Sunday the Aggies were down 5-0 against Arizona State Univer sity but started a comeback in the fifth inning. After scoring twice, the Aggies ended the inning leav ing the bases loaded resulting in a 5-2 final score. Five of the eight teams in volved in the Aggie Invitational were ranked in the Top 10 of the latest Coaches Poll. “I think the tournament was good, the teams involved enjoyed the competition. It was intense,” Aggie Assistant Coach Sue Becher said. Four Aggies were elected to the All-Tournament Team: Pitch er Lori Stoll, Leftfielder Mel Pritchard, Catcher Rhonda Reese and Centerfielder Mary Lou Youngblood. The Aggies are now 29-5 for the spring and will play Cal State- Fullerton 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Bee Creek Park. ) had a c e secondJ 121 points] including et ninutes as!| ect their If ns to San An sday night] iston We off the ninth with a homer, for all practical purposes ending A&M’s chances for a win, since Tabor’s mastery of the Aggie hitters was not likely to end. However, Arkansas was not through scoring in that inning, as it combined two more hits, a walk and a two-run single by Billy Dees for the final 4-0 score. In the bot tom of the ninth, the Aggies’ frus trations peaked when Bramhall CLASS OF ’84 T-SHIRT LOGO CONTEST April 9 - April 21 Submit Entries to Class Cubicle in Rm. 216 MSC WIN $25 SPECIAL BUT I SPUD AMD BET A 2ND SPUD (LEAST EXPENSIVE) FDR ■/* PRICE. DODD HOM.-THVRS. AFTER S P.M. 775-4775 WE ALSO SERVE DELICIOUS SALADS AND 3 DIFFERENT SUPER SANDWICHESI 10 DIFFERENT SUPER POTATOES AND 4 KINDS OF NACHOSI NOTHING OVER S2.69I GOOD THRU 4-23-81 OPEN I I AM-9 PM MON.-SAT. 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