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Page 10 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1981 Sports Ag softball team falls to fourth after Series By RITCHIE PRIDDY Sports Editor The 1980-81 Texas A&M softball season came to a close Saturday, leaving the number one ranked team with shattered dreams and without the national title that has eluded them the past three years. Coach Bill Galloway’s squad came home from Nor man, Okla. with a fourth-place finish in the 1981 AIAW World Series. Utah State won the Series and captured the national crown for the second year in a row by defeating Cal-State Fullerton Sunday. The Aggies opened play Thursday, May 21, drop ping a 2-1 decision to Utah State behind the pitching of Shan McDonald. “They are an excellant defensive club. They don’t beat themselves,” Galloway said of the eventual national champs. He said that Utah State defeated teams that had earlier in the season had beaten them and that sur prised him. “I was really surprised. They just seemed to play well. They have one outstanding pitcher and got the hits at the right times.’’ The Ags began play in the loser’s bracket Friday and sailed almost completely through for another chance to play in the winner’s division. The women met South Carolina on Friday, defeat ing them 4-0 with Lori Stoll oil the mound. McDo nald replaced Stoll in the fifth inning to give her a chance to rest. Later that afternoon, behind Stoll, the Ags heat powerhouse Western Michigan, 1-0. On Saturday the Aggies defeated Michigan State, 3-2, and Missouri, 1-0, before losing to UCLA Satur day night in eight innings. The Ags have lost twice to UCLA this season, both extra inning games, the first lasting a record 29 in nings. Galloway acknowledged the disappointment the team suffered after losing to UCLA hut was quick to point out that all was not lost. “It’s only natural to he disappointed when you set your sights high and fail to achieve what you worked so hard for. But, I guess you could classify these girls as thoroughbreds. They are the type of athletes that expect a lot of themselves and they will never quit. “They can look hack and see the records they have set this year and say ‘By golly we did accomplish a lot,”’ he said. The Aggies finished with a 78-10 record, 48-9 in the spring. It was the second consecutive 70-plus win season. Galloway said that his team was dedicated to achieving their goals and that a lot of individual and team effort went into every game. Looking back over the year, he pointed out the pluses and minuses his team encountered: “I guess our ability to win the close games was a big plus. We are not a power team so we had to take advantage of the other team’s mistakes and create our own opportunities. “These girls have been under a lot of pressure all year long. There’s not many teams that can come back (after the past two years, finishing fifth and third in World Series) and duplicate those feats.’’ On the minus side, Galloway said that the team didn’t achieve their offensive goals and, thus put more pressure on the defense- “Overall we feel that we are one of the best teams in the country and we have proved it again by finishing in the top five in the country. “We had a good shot at our goals — we didn’t achieve them but we are going to pick it up (next year) and give it our best shot.” Galloway said the team played well in the Series. They committed no errors and hit the hall decent. “The basic thing it that the other teams got a break or two and took advantage of them. You don’t always have to be the best team to win.” He pointed out several players who he said had a good Series. “Mary Lou Youngblood, Patty Holthaus and Karen Guerrero each had a good hitting Series. De fensively, Garrie Austgen played really good. Some of her plays kept us in the hall games. Pam Whigham came off the bench to add some offensive punch, she had a good Series.” Stoll was voted unanimously to the All-American squad for the second year straight. She was also nominated for the Brodrick Award, which is given to the best woman athlete in each sport each year. The sophomore pitcher recorded five no-hitters, four one-hitters and eight two-hitters this year before post-season play. Stoll has set nearly every Aggie pitching record, winning 42 games this season alone. She has 347 strikeouts and posts an amazing 0.36 ERA. Stoll’s efforts payed off as she was named Player of the Year in the regional playoff and named to the regional All-American team along with five other Aggies, including three infielders and two outfiel ders. Second baseman Austgen, shortstop Nancy Sulli van, third baseman Maria Resendez, rightfielder Guerrero and leftfielder Melody Pritchard were named to the region team for their accomplishments. Austgen, a sophomore, led the Aggies in stolen bases and posted a .950 fielding average. Sullivan, a four-year letterwomen for the Aggies, enjoyed her finest year for Texas A&M. Holding the school record for defense from her shortstop posi tion, she accounted for 140 assists and put-outs this season. Resendez, a junior, finished the year with a .281 hatting average and .959 fielding average. Holding the school record for sacrifices, she is one of the team leaders in RBIs and game-winning hits. Guerrero finished as the leading hitter for the Aggies, posting a .318 hatting average. The junior rightfielder led the team in stolen bases. Pritchard, a junior, led the team in doubles, tri ples and RBIs and finished with a .309 batting av erage. Rangers win fifth straight United Press International ARLINGTON — A manager is always delighted when he sees one of his pitchers who had been down in the dumps suddenly come through with a good outing. But when two of them do it on the same night it is enough to bring about flip flops. Don Zimmer’s rotund shape precludes his doing any flip flops, but the Texas Rangers’ manager would have if he had been able Tuesday night. First of all Ferguson Jenkins, who had experienced a tough ear ly season and who had been walk ing hatters at an unprecedented rate, held the Minnesota Twins to one run through eight innings and did not give up a single base on halls. Then Charlie Hough, the for gotten man of the Texas hull pen, came on in a critical ninth inning situation and recorded his first save of the year. It all added up to a 2-1 Rangers victory, their fifth straight. “Fergie had been pitching de fensively, said Zimmer. “He wasn’t missing the plate by much. But tonight the man walked out there and said he just wasn’t going to walk anybody. That’s pitching offensively.” Jenkins had walked 21 men in 38 innings before Tuesday night, but his win over the Twins evened his season record at 3-3. “I don’t ever remember walking that many people before,” said Jenkins, who worked his way out of a seventh-inning problem spot to preserve the win. “I just hadn’t had the kind of control you need to carry into the late innings. The guys had been playing good be hind me, hut I hadn’t been doing the job and that made me feel bad.” Hough had seen only 18 innings work this year and seeing the knuckle ball specialist enter the game at such a crucial moment was a surprise. “It won’t he the last surprise you will see this year,” said Zim mer. “When we were in spring training all I heard was Jim Kern, Jim Kern. I told everybody we didn’t have a one-man hull pen. ” With a runner on first and no body out in the ninth Hough got Danny Goodwin to ground into a double play and then struck out Pete Mackanin to end the game. Texas’ runs came on a solo hom er by Pat Putnam in the second off loser Pete Redfern, now 3-5, and an RBI single in the fourth by Mario Mendoza. He has now driven in 16 runs, one more than he did all of last year while with Seattle. “Those are situations where you have to throw your best stuff and hope they strike out or hit the ball on the ground. Fortunately, both struck out,” said Ryan. Howe, who saw his 23-game hitting streak snapped Monday Head tennis coach David Kent recently announced the dates and times for the Third Annual 1981 Texas A&M University Tennis Camp. The camp, directed by Kent and Dr. Ronnie Smith, features individual instruction for each camper from some of the top ten nis coaches and players through out the state. The camp is divided into three sessions, the first beginning May 31 and extending through June 6. The second begins June 7 and runs night, said he was glad to see Pitt man do well. “We really needed it. Without his hitting, we were justing standing around out there,” Howe said. “He’s a good fielder and he can play any posi tion.” through the 13th. The third ses sion is scheduled for July 5 through July 11th. Each session is limited to the first 100 applicants and is open for advanced, intermediates and be ginners between the ages of 9 and 17. “It’s a good chance for people to see A&M and for us to make some money. We provide a service and each year it has grown. We started small three years ago and it has has gotten bigger and better,” Kent said of the camp. DIETING? Even though we do not prescribe diets, we make it possible for many to enjoy a nutritious meal while they follow their doctors orders. You will be delighted with the wide selection of low calorie, sugar free and fat free foods in the Souper Salad Area, Sbisa Dining Center Basement. OPEN Monday through Friday 10:45 AM-1:45 PM QUALITY FIRST The Corps of Cadets gets its news from the Batt. Aggie tennis camp opens Monday Player strike could be delayed United Press International WASHINGTON — Major- league baseball players were awaiting a National Labor Rela tions Board decision today that could lead to a court injunction forcing club owners to open their financial records. The NLRB was expected to de cide on a ruling by general counsel William A. Lubbers authorizing issuance of an unfair labor practice complaint against the 26 club own ers and the Players Relations Committee, which represents management in collective bar gaining with the Players Associa tion. Lubbers’ complaint alleged the owners failed to bargain in good faith by “adamantly refusing to produce the financial data to sup port their claim” that more com pensation for free agents is needed for the economic survival of many major-league clubs. His announcement came just three days before a threatened strike by the Major League Base ball Players Association. The two sides have reached an impasse over the disclosure of financial re cords. The NLRB also may rule on Lubbers’ request for an order compelling the 26 clubs to turn over to the Players Association the requested financial information and to bargain in good faith. Lubbers said he would decide today whether to ask the NLRB to seek the Federal District Court injunction — as requested by the Players Association — against the owners for the financial data the players claim they need to verify the owners’ need for additional free-agent compensation. Should the NLRB agree with Lubbers’ position, the planned strike could be averted for a mini mum of 30 days. The board must approve Lubbers’ requests for them to have any effect. National League player repre sentative Bob Boone of the Phi ladelphia Phillies said Tuesday that he hoped a strike could be averted. “The players do not want a strike,” said Boone in New York. “I certainly like the idea of buying more time because whenever you can buy more time you have hope. I want to reiterate that we do not want to strike.” Major League Baseball American League National League East East j|. 74 No. 12 Pages Baltimore 26 14 .650 St. Louis 22 14 .611 Cleveland 22 14 .611 2 Philadelphia 25 17 .595 New York 23 18 .561 3 Vz Montreal 23 18 .561 Milwaukee 23 18 .561 3 Vi Pittsburgh 17 18 .486 Boston 23 19 .548 4 New York 12 26 .316 Detroit 21 21 .500 6 Chicago 9 29 .237 Toronto 13 31 .295 15 West West Los Angeles 31 12 .721 Oakland 30 17 .638 — Cincinnati 24 18 .571 Texas 24 16 .600 2'A San Francisco 23 22 .511 Chicago 23 16 .590 3 Houston 22 22 .500 California 22 24 .478 7 Vi Atlanta 19 21 .475 Seattle 15 28 .349 13 San Diego 17 27 .386 Kansas City 12 24 .333 12'/ 2 Minnesota 12 29 .293 15 lO'/i e Tuesday’s Results Texas 2, Minnesota 1 Cleveland 5, Boston 2 Baltimore 6, New York 4 Milwaukee 7, Detroit 3 Kansas City 5, Seattle 4 Toronto 8, California 4 Chicago 4, Oakland 1 Wednesday’s Games Tuesday’s Results Wednesdays Garni By Minnesota at Texas Chicago at Oakland Cleveland at Boston New York at Baltimore Detroit at Milwaukee Toronto at California Kansas City at Seattle Houston 1, San Diego 0 Los Angeles at Atlanta ppd. rain San Francisco at Cincinnati ppd. rain Pittsburgh 6, Chicago 4 Montreal 4, St. Louis 3 Philadelphia 7, New York 5 San Diego at Houston Pittsburgh at Chicago St. Louis at Montreal Los Angeles at Atlanta San Francisco at Cinciniuj Philadelphia at New Vorl Rookie leads Houston to win over San Diego United Press International HOUSTON — When rookie Joe Pittman walked into the Hous ton Astros locker room Tuesday he saw something new had been added — his name on the starting lineup. “When I came in, I looked at the lineup and when I saw my name on~it, I had to look again,” said Pittman, who slapped a game winning triple in his first major league start to give the Houston Astros a 1-0 decision over the San Diego Padres. Pittman, replacing injured third baseman Art Howe, picked up two other hits in a 3-for-3 per formance to back up a combined five-hit effort by Nolan Ryan and Joe Sambito. “In spring training I always had it in the back of my mind that I could get here,” said Pittman. “When I first came up they told me it would be for 15 days, but other players have come up for 15 days and stayed the whole season. I hope that happens to me.” Pittman’s winning hit came in the seventh inning after catcher Alan Ashby singled with one out in the seventh. Ryan pitched seven innings be fore leaving the game for a pinch hitter, lowering his major-league leading earned run average to 0.98. He also recorded six strike outs, upping his total to 5-4 for the "he bod) ■dent whe on the aircr be buried T [Marine C s pilot of .shed Ma injclear-pov other aircral pd, 14 pe( Djured vvhc ished wh ion. The b rship. Funeral be held at Faiths Cha nus. Burial year. 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