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Battalion/Page 9
March 4, 1983
ggies, Cal-Fullerton meet here Sunday
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by John P. Lopez
Battalion Staff
od fieldMid-term exams — a dreaded
ti said |] ut I inevitable experience for
The o ountless Texas A&rM students,
in indooiMj After mid-terms, Aggies
lash, an sually can tell how the rest of
ive thes ^ y ear w *ll go. And af ter Cali-
lin e\eti 6 rn ' a ^ tateat Fullerton tests the
omeiM tgg'e baseball team Sunday at
[otagood® 0 Field — a mid-term, of
on said or 4 — Texas A&M will know a
pretn |t more about the 1983 season.
®'be first game of the double-
quarter->®. er ^ e K' n s at 1:00.
typj JBl he Titans, (College World
are ni ,er 'rs participants a year ago
Thev ,| ( md ( urrently ranked fifth in the
/ell." :ountry, will be the sternest test
•aim thai ^ die young season for Texas
•nger Aggie head coach Tom
| s , mi( ’.handler said 1 exas A&rM has
j n t | )eii lone its homework and is ready
season oplav^
compeu® We re untested,” Chandler
romp, Mid. “The teams we’ve played so
|imimH‘ ar a,ete, ta ' , dy 1101 any Califor-
tst in (kitilStates. So it should he an out-
.1 sciaiJ u,,,ll| y ''•' M s-'mk-
nipd [Jf handler added th.u thedou-
)V file-header with the Titans has
ini p all i he ingredients of an exciting
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ball game,” he said. “Cal State is
a very aggressive team that runs
a lot and has good hitting and
strong pitching. 1 think we can
surprise some people though, if
we get good pitching from our
guys and we keep up our good
infield play.”
Some people might classify
that “good” infield play Chand
ler mentioned as “great.” The
Aggie infield of Buddy Haney,
Clint Heard, Todd Edwards,
Tony Metoyer and utility infiel
der Tim Cartwright has been
more than good. It’s been close
to perfect.
In the past six games, the
Aggie infield has only commit
ted one error — a streak that
Cartwright would like to keep
intact.
“We need to have as near
perfect a game as possible,”
Cartwright said. “This game is
going to tell the story for us. It's
a very, very big test.”
Third baseman Metoyer
agreed with Cartwright, but
added that the Aggies will have
to produce on the offensive end
too.
“We really need to have a pro
ductive day at the plate.” he said.
“This series will tell us a lot about
what shape we’re in. To tell you
the truth, I really think we’re
going to win Sunday.
“I also think we should be in
the top 20. But we haven’t play
ed anybody ranked yet so we’ll
have to see after this series.”
Shortstop Edwards agrees:
“We could easily be 10-0. Abil
ity-wise I think we can compete
with anybody in the top 20. But
we’ll have to play good defense
and have good pitching.”
Indeed.
Pitchers Rick Luecken and
Phillip Taylor will carry the load
for Texas A&M and will have to
have good outings against the
multi-talented Titans. Taylor
said he’s up for the task.
“This is the biggest start of my
life,” Taylor said. “But 1 feel
confident and feel like I can get
the job done. I’m not an over
powering pitcher. I just try to
get people to hit the ball on the
ground and let the infield hand
le it — and they have. Our in
field has been doing a great job.
But we’re really going to have a
big job Sunday.
“It’s one of the biggest tests
we’ve had here in two years.
We’re going to learn what it
takes to beat a team like this and
there’s going to be a lot of press
ure on us. We’ll find out who can
handle it and who can’t.”
But outfielder Kevin Smith
said the Aggies will easily handle
the pressure of playing a top-
notch team.
“1 think we can sweep them
because they know very little ab
out us and we’re going to sur
prise them. I think it’ll be a
tough game, but we know how
good we are and we know we can
do it.”
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