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sports Pitchers lead Aggies to sweep by John Wagner Battalion Staff The women’s softball team defeated Sam Houston State University twice Monday night, sweeping a double- header and running its winning streak to 15 games. The Aggies, 30-3, continued to use solid pitching and just enough hitting to beat the Lady Bearkats. Lori Stoll was the winning pitcher for the Aggies in the First game, striking out two and giving up three hits as Texas A&M won 4-0. The Aggies scored in the first inning when Josie Carter scored Iva Jackson with a triple down the right field line. Texas A&M picked up its other three runs in the sixth. Jackson reached First on an error by the SHSU second baseman and moved to second on a single by Carter. After Patti Holthaus lined out, Carrie Austgen singled and Linda Lancaster hit an RBI single to score Jackson. Debbie Rollman then singled in Car ter, and Gay McNutt walked to load the bases. Cindy Foster walked to score Austgen for the Aggies’ final run. Texas A&M collected nine hits in the second game but could only come up with two runs as they won 2-1. Shan McDonald was the winning pitcher for the Aggies, striking out six and giving up four hits. SHSU scored first in the fifth inning on two hits — a triple and a single, but the Aggies tied the score in the top of the sixth. McDonald gave up a hit in the bottom of the ninth, but was able to keep the Lady Bearkats from tying the score. The Aggies’ next competition is a dou ble-header against Louisiana Tech Oct. 15 in Ruston, La. HEY FRESHMAN Help form a strong Class of ’86 VOTE MARY THERESE LEISER & TOM TAGLIABUE for FRESHMAN SENATORS Montreal’s league-leaders not enough for pennant What are Chicarrones? FUIM • FOOD • DRINKS L i M CULPEPPER PLAZA! United Press International PITTSBURGH — A1 Oliver wrapped up the batting crown Sunday, Steve Rogers won the ERA championship and Tim Raines took the stolen base title. But despite their stellar seasons, the Montreal Expos had to settle for clinching third place in the National League East with a 6-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pi rates. And, as the game drew to a close Sunday, an Expo official quietly handed out a release announcing that Manager Jim Fanning had decided to return to the team’s front office as vice president of player personnel and scouting. No replacement was named, but it was believed Expos presi- MSC CAMAC presents BALLET gran CO de MEXICO tt OCTOBER 10, 1982 8:00 P.M. RUDDER AUDITORIUM TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY Tickets Available at MSC BOX OFFICE in RUDDER TAMU students $ 3 00 GENERAL PUBLIC $ 5 00 dent John McHale would hire former Houston Astros mana ger Bill Virdon, a personal friend. The decision by Fanning, 55, to return to the front office en ded a 13-month tenure in which he guided the Expos through the 1981 stretch drive to win their first NL East champion ship in a post-season playoff with the Philadelphia Phillies and then lost the league pennant in five games to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fanning had taken over the team Sept. 8, 1981, when Dick Williams was fired and said at that time his tenure would be for “an indefinite period of time.” The Expos were an almost unanimous choice to sweep NL East in 1982 but a slow start and a disastrous 5-15 slump before the All-Star break dropped them from first to fourth place. The team made 18 roster changes during the season attempting to find the perfect combination of players to move up in the standings, but to no avail. “I am returning to the front office with no regrets,” said Fan ning, who was in charge of play er development before becom ing manager. “The last year as manager of the Expos has been one of the most exciting periods of my life. “I love all of baseball. In Atlanta I was scouting director. I’ve been involved in player de velopment all my life, even as a manager. That’s one of the big gest responsibilities of a man- ager.” Sunday, Oliver went 2 for 3 against his former Pirate team mates to take his first batting crown over Pittsburgh’s Bill Madlock. Oliver had finished as runner-up in both the National and American leagues. “I think it was appropriate I got the crown here,” Oliver said. “This is were I got my start, where I spent the first nine years of my adult life. Pittsburgh is a city I always liked, and the fans have always appreciated me here. “And I won the batting crown the same day as Willie Stargell retired,” Oliver added, re miniscing about his early years as Pittsburgh’s center Fielder, when Stargell played left and the late Roberto Clemento play ed right. Rogers, 19-8, pitched a five- hit complete game to win the NL ERA title with a career-best fin ish of 2.40. He finished second, at 2.47, to Craig Swan at 2.43 in 1978. FOOTBALL VICTORY SALEBRATIOIM 20% OFF ALL LOOSE DIAMONDS SET IN AGGIE RINGS THIS WEEK! Layaways Charges 415 UNIVERSITY 846-5816 TONIGHT! msc CENTRAL AMERICA: POUT CAL FORUM CAN THE FUSE BE EXTINGUISHED ? ROBERT WHITE FORMER AMBASSADOR TO EL SALVADOR Tuesday, October Rudder Theatre 5 8 : 00pm FREE Aggie shortstop Carrie Austgen heads for firsti after hitting a grounder to the infield against!» Unite Houston State. Texas A&M relied on the pitch: HOUS' efforts of Lori Stoll and Shan McDonald to deltostseaso the Bearkats twice in Huntsville Monday, winning! 111 a g arr first game 4-0 and the nightcap by a score of:^ e Hou umber c Akers believl __ 1C Sooners betti than 2-2 oster pos jOwne eneral lust deci teais ■iok over ie first t McMu $ide wh |sJoe Sai ijured d ready t tsjros’ c iust be onv Sco -39-hittii United Press International AUSTIN — The Texas- Oklahoma game won’t be tele vised by the networks this year for the first time in seven years, but Longhorns Coach Fred Ak ers says he still thinks the game has “national appeal.” But Akers told reporters at his weekly news conference Monday that he wasn’t upset that the game won’t be televised. “I’m not concerned about who watches,” he said. “That’s the least of my worries. I’m con cerned about who is playing it.” ABC and CBS both passed over Saturday’s game in Dallas between 12th-ranked and un beaten Texas and the unranked Sooners, who are only 2-2. But Sooner Coach Barry Switzer said he understood why the networks picked matchups between Washington and Cali fornia and Penn State and Ala bama. Akers said: “It’s one of the longest rivalries in the country and it usually has a bearing na tional rankings and even the na tional championship.” Jpix mi Switzer agreed, cailitipp, M game one of the great cbhampion “There’s more exct&m finis around this game thanrRi place ever been associated wiitP Atlani said. “Certainly, as for as J appeal, it’s the biggest g£ F the year in the southwest Texas is an early two | favorite, but Akerssaidhiii ^ coming off a 34-7 win | Southwest Conferencef« p is in poor physical conditi j. “We haven’t face anyoi* | comes close to Oklahoma lent,” he said. “Oklahoma! much more speed than other teams. “Oklahoma is a now more talented football than they were a year a? ^ said. “Oklahoma has a! football team than most? ( jiif give them credit for.” • ! 11 Three Texas starters,a M ’• i i i ^ sive end Kiki DeAyalalspt jlj AH ankle), guard Doug D ; |p \ (knee) and center Mike If) . er(pinched nerve in the *' ^ were injured. * * * * * * Discount Liquor sfetTlemonial Student Centen * * * * + * * * * i * * * POST OAK VILLAGE HWY. 30 693-8012 & 0 COME CHECK OUT FOR SPECIALS! \ FRt erv Da