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
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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
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each year it has grown. We started
small three years ago and it has has
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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
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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
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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
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San Francisco at Cincinnati
ppd. rain
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Montreal 4, St. Louis 3
Philadelphia 7, New York 5
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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
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