Texas A&M
The Battalion Sports
October 20, 1982/Page 15
ards win
Rookie four-hits Brewers, 13-1
. United Press International
■UST. LOUIS — Though Bud Selig was re-
■ ! Muring specifically to his Milwaukee Brew-
j ers. his comments apply to both clubs play-
n|g in tonight’s seventh and deciding game
of the World Series.
■ “I suppose it would have been unwise for
■yone to assume they would choose a diffe-
|nt course of action,” the Brewers’ owner
id Tuesday night while the St. Louis Car-
tals were evening the Series at three vic-
^ (pries apiece with a 13-1, rain-delayed
Crashing of Milwaukee.
S I What Selig meant was, the Brewers have
spent most of October working themselves
Ho the corners where they do so well. But
[e Cardinals followed form too, getting
Itch pitching from rookie John Stuper
d playing their ballpark like a violin.
jStuper pitched a four-hitter, Darrell Por-
and Keith Hernandez hit two-run hom-
andDane lorg collected three extra-base
i to set up a decider between the Cards’
iquin Andujar and the Brewers’ Pete
ckovich.
emperatures for tonight’s game are ex-
ted to be in the low to mid-50s by game-
e.
‘Our job was to get ahead early,” said
Hernandez, who added a two-run single in a
game delayed twice by rain for a total of 2
hours and 39 minutes. “That enables us to
run, run, run. if we fall behind, it takes that
away from us and we’re in trouble. Our job
was to get ahead and it’s the same thing
tomorrow. We must get ahead.”
Milwaukee’s defense, which played so
well in Game 5, faltered enough to help St.
Louis in its aim. A misplayed fly ball by Ben
Oglivie that was scored a double and an
error by shortstop Robin Yount helped give
St. Louis a 2-0 lead in the second, and a
two-run homer by Porter, a triple by lorg,
and a suicide squeeze bunt by Tom Herr
made it 5-0 in the fourth.
By that time, the Cardinals had their run
ning game going, spraying hits all over the
park, and the only question was whether the
expected rain would allow the game to reach
the official stage. It did, and now for the
third time this month the Brewers place
their entire season on the line in one game.
“It has gone down to the last day,” Brewer
right fielder Charlie Moore said. “It’s prob
ably more exciting for the fans. But we’ve
been through this before. It’s a bigballgame
tomorrow and we have to win.”
To do that, the Brewers must play better.
They committed four errors and appeared
sluggish in running down balls in the out
field. Veteran Don Sutton committed a balk
in the fourth directly before Porter’s homer.
About the only thing the Brewers did right
was to nail Lonnie Smith on an electrifying
attempt to steal home.
The Cardinals capitalized on virtually ev
ery mistake and Stuper, who lifted the Car
dinals’ starting rotation with a 9-7 record
during the regular season, pitched master
fully despite the rain delays.
“It was a must game for us, that was ob
vious, and you have to tip your hat to John
Stuper,” Hernandez said. “He’s a 23-year-
old rookie and this was probably the biggest
game he was ever gonna pitch in his life.”
Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn re
ceived some criticism for his decision to wait
out the rain and finish the game despite the
Cardinals’ big lead. But Milwaukee Mana
ger Harvey Kuenn supported him.
“I think the game is meant to be played
nine innings and that’s the way it should be,”
he said. “I would have felt bad, not only if we
were behind, but if the shoe would have
been on the other foot and they were be
hind.”
t. Louis’ display of power
nots Series; finale tonight
United Press International
ST. LOUIS — They might not
mistaken for “Whitey’s Wall-
ngers,” but Keith Hernandez
Skys the St. Louis Cardinals are
ipable of some solid hitting.
J “We’re not a power-hitting
club,” the St. Louis first baseman
sajd, “but we’re by no means a
Series, but now has five hits in
his last nine appearances.
“I never really thought I lost
it,” Hernandez said of his bat
ting stroke. “I just ran into tough
luck. I knew sooner or later the
worm would turn.”
Cardinal second baseman
Tom Herr was mired in a similar
bunch of singles hitters, either.” slump, getting just one hit in his
1 The Cardinal batters put on a
first 19 at-bats and losing his
leadoff spot to Lonnie Smith.
Herr also broke out in Game 6
with a double, single and suicide
squeeze bunt for two runs batted
in.
“I’ve gone through spells
where I haven’t gotten hits. But
I’m a contact hitter, I spray the
ball around,” Herr said. “I’ve
lands for deep ci
t, especially in loo
)sidies.
.er, lose Carral.
power display Tuesday night in
^ Ol their 13-1 trouncing of the Mil-
■ waukee Brewers, which evened
their World Series matchup at
Bee games apiece heading into
today’s finale.
V Designated hitter Dane lorg,
lo boasts a .500 average for
ft series, led the hit parade
nior vice presideiph a triple and a pair of dou-
America and itsttfts. Hernandez knocked in
in Mexico,voiced!four runs with a homer and
runtry. jingle and Darrell Porter also
ugh we knowt!u belted a two-run homer,
normous, we bWTlie crunching homer by
e good managenidjernandez easily cleared the
gon gate in right field despite
riving rain.
“I hit it as well as I could hit
said Hernandez. “I knew it
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been disciplined to hit the ball
on the ground. I’ve hit ground-
balls in this series — they just
haven’t found any holes.”
Both Hernandez and Herr
agreed the final game, which
pits the Cardinals’ Joaquin
Andujar against Pete Vuckovich
of Milwaukee, will be a fitting
climax to the series.
“We got the two aces going at
it,” Hernandez said. “We have
two good teams here and it’s
going to Game 7.”
Herr said: “It’s anybody’s
series now. Both teams have
showed they can blow the other
out.
Vint finds A&M
his kind of place
by John Wagner
Battalion Staff
When the Lamar Cardinals
came to Texas A&M Universi
ty on M, Bob Vint was one of
the coaches wearing red.
Vint, one of Pat Foster’s
assistant coaches, watched
from the visitors’ side of G.
Rollie White Coliseum as the
Cardinals lost to the Aggies,
60-58.
But the next time Vint en
ters the Coliseum on game
day, he’ll walk to the home
team’s bench and no doubt
will be decked out in maroon.
Lamar Cardinal coach Bob
Vint became Texas Aggie
coach Bob Vint over the sum
mer, and Vint says it’s a job
transition he’s enjoying.
Vint took over the vacancy
created by Barry Davis, the
former Aggie player and
assistant coach under Shelby
Metcalf. Davis is now the head
coach at Western Texas Col
lege in Snyder.
And Vint is now an Aggie.
“It (changing schools) is a
bit of a transition at first, but
I’m fortunate in that I was
already acquainted with
Coach Metcalf,” Vint said
Tuesday.
“He’s made the transition a
lot easier, and the players
have been very receptive to
me. I feel real comfortable
around them. We’ve got some
classy players.”
Vint got his first look at the
Aggie basketball program as a
player at the University of
Arkansas. That’s when he was
introduced to Metcalf.
He then served as an assis
tant coach for the Razorbacks
from 1972 to 1974, before be
ginning an eight-year stint as a
high school coach.
Foster, who served as a
Razorback assistant at the
same time as Vint, hired him
Assistant Coach Bob Vint
has found transition easy
away from the high school
ranks last year to join his staff
at Lamar, where Vint worked
until July.
Vint and John Thornton,
the Aggies’ other assistant
coach, are involved in scout
ing, planning practices, re
viewing practices, and prac
tices themselves. But Vint says
the biggest job facing assistant
coaches is recruiting.
And recruiting is much
easier at a school like Texas
A&M, Vint says.
“You can go to a youngs
ter’s home anywhere in the
country and he’s heard of
Texas A&M,” he said.
“From an assistant coach’s
standpoint, I think that’s
good. It’s a lot easier for an
assistant to go into a place
where he can identify with
you than it is if they have to
wonder exactly where that
school is.
“Texas A&M is in a posi
tion to attract a more quality-
type athlete. We feel like if we
can convince someone to visit
our campus, we can convince
them to come to school here.”
His experience as a high
school coach is helpful now,
Vint says, not only when he’s
on the recruiting trail, but also
on the court.
“I think you can identify
with what a high school
youngster is going through,
the fact that you know his
maturity level, and can antici
pate what his home situation is
like. I think having been a
high school coach gives me an
advantage.
“As a high school coach,
you don’t want people
around, getting in your way.
From a recruiting standpoint,
being aware of that, you don’t
want to be overbearing.
There’s a fine line between
what it takes to convince a kid,
and what might be doing too
much.
“From a coaching stand
point, coaches in high school
don’t have any control over
their talent year in and year
out. Therefore, you’re forced
to do a lot of coaching, from a
technical standpoint and a
strategy standpoint.
“I think high school pre
pares you for the X’s and O’s
of coaching.”
Vint, 33, is working those
X’s and O’s, trying to improve
last season’s 20-11 record.
The Aggies were 11-2 at
home last season, 8-8 on the
road and 1-1 on neutral
courts. They finished the
Southwest Conference regu
lar season at 10-6, good
enough for a third-place
finish.
Vint says the Aggies have a
good returning nucleus of
players to tackle what many
people believe is Texas A&M’s
toughest schedule ever.
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