_ Texas A8cM
The Battalion Sports
March 25, 1982 Page 13
A&M overcomes
tough Gophers 3-2, 4-3
Heard, Hisle bring home winning
runs as relief pitchers victorious
by John P. Lopez
Battalion Reporter
The Texas A&M University
baseball team used solid defense
and strong relief pitching
Wednesday night in sweeping a
double-header from the Univer
sity of Minnesota 3-2 and 4-3.
“We made some really great
plays on the field tonight,” head
coach Tom Chandler said.
Chandler also credited the
Minnesota pitching staff for
limiting the Aggies to a com
bined nine hits in both games.
“It wasn’t that we were hitting
bad,” Chandler said. “We just
faced good pitchers.”
In the first game, Texas A&M
took a 2-0 lead on a walk and a
pair of singles before Minnesota
pitcher Jim Francour settled
down and retired 14 consecutive
Aggie batters.
Texas A&M starting pitcher
David Flores and reliever
Robert Slavens also played well,
striking out eight and holding
the Gophers scoreless through
six innings.
Minnesota tied the game in
the top of the seventh inning,
however, on two walks and sing
les by Greg Olson and Terry
Steinbach off Slavens.
In the bottom of the seventh
inning Francour walked Kevin
Smith and gave up a game
winning double to Texas A&M
pinch hitter Clint Heard.
“He (Francour) had a good
curve ball,” Heard said, “but the
Not to be upstaged by Meyer,
Texas A&M starting pitcher
Phillip Taylor was flawless
through four innings in the
second game, retiring 11 con
secutive Minnesota batters be
fore giving up a base hit to Tom
Steinbach. Taylor was relieved
in the sixth inning by Steve Davis
after retiring 15 of the 19 batters
he faced.
Minnesota then tied the game
at three with a walk off Davis, an
Aggie error and three base hits.
Davis was relieved by Gerry Sali
nas who retired the side in the
sixth inning and then held the
Gophers scoreless in the top of
the seventh.
Clint Heard
one I hit was a fastball.”
Rock King, who relieved
Slavens in the top of the seventh,
was credited with the win for the
Aggies.
In the second game, Minneso
ta’s best defense was again its
pitching. Starter Bob Meyer
held the Aggies to only two hits
and three runs through seven
innings for the Gophers.
Texas A&M scored its runs
off Meyer in the bottom of the
second inning when Meyer
walked Buddy Haney, hit Bobby
Beach with a pitch, and then
gave up an RBI single to Kevin
Smith and a bases-clearing dou
ble to Brad Hisle.
In the bottom of the seventh
inning, Meyer was relieved by
Doug Kamson after walking
Hisle and Ronnie Risinger. Af
ter Kamson hit Texas A&M
shortstop Dave Kennard with a
pitch to load the bases, Hisle
scored the winning run on a wild
pitch. Salinas was credited with
the win for the Aggies.
With the two-game sweep
over the defending Big Ten
champions, Texas A&M raised
its record to 20-7. Minnesota’s
record is 1-4-1.
The Aggies host TCU in a
three-game series Friday and
Saturday at Olsen Field. The
two teams will play a single game
Friday night at 7:30 and a dou
ble-header starting at 1 p.m.
Saturday.
Aggie right fielder Kevin Smith slides past Minnesota sophomore, came in on a pinch-hit by Clint Heard'
catcher Greg Olson for the winning run in the first in the bottom of the seventh inning, giving A&M a
game of Wednesday night’s double-header. Smith, a 3-2 victory. The Aggies won the second game 4-3.
Tar Heels ready
for tough game
against Cougars
United Press International
HOUSTON — North Caroli
na Tar Heels coach Dean Smith
says the Houston Cougars have
a psychological edge in the
NCAA Tournament finals be
cause of their unranked status.
And Smith should know.
“The ideal way to come in
would be to be the one that
everyone ignores,” Smith said
Wednesday. “The times we’ve
been that way, we’ve played
some of our best basketball in
the Final Four. From that stand
point, I think Houston has a
good psychological situation.
“I don’t think our players are
paying any attention to being
ranked No. 1, although I
noticed Guy (Lewis) quickly
alluded to that.”
Smith pointed out the Final
Four favorite has not won in the
past three tournaments.
North Carolina, 30-2, plays
Houston, 25-7, Saturday in a
semifinal at New Orleans.
Not intending a putdown,
Smith pointed to their last 14
games — in which they’ve won
13 — as an indication how well
the Cougars are playing.
Smith said the Cougars were
the “finest rebounding team
we’ve faced to date,” but Lewis
responded that he didn’t consid
er the Cougars to be one of the
strongest rebounding teams he’s
had.
That caused Smith to say,
“I’m impressed with Houston
maybe more than Guy is.” He
added: “I think they’re a marve
lous team. They are playing ex
tremely well at this point.”
He said his primary concern is
keeping the Cougars from re
bounding on the offensive
board with 6-6 forwards Clyde
Drexler and Michael Young,
and centers Larry Micheaux, 69,
and Akeem Abdul-Olajuwon, 7-
0.
Lewis put the Cougars
through a two-hour workout
Wednesday and planned
another practice at home today
before flying to New Orleans.
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