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d Texas A&M The Battalion Sports i Wednesday, April 20, 1983/The Battalion/Page 13 start as one; owers; Honen test o[ [ofdi Aggies win behind 13 first-inning I runs at Olsen Field’s ‘Corps Night’ ythiJ Bouzal b y J ohn p - Lopez Battalion Staff If every home game was “Corps Night,” the xasA&M baseball team would have one of the (home records in the country. At least that was impression left Tuesday after the Aggies iped Lamar on “Corps Night” at Olsen Field. amTh nearl Y 2,000 cadets literally stomping and rming in the stands, the Texas A&M baseball i 0 fp.: im defeated the Cardinals 18-4. Aggie head j ich Tom Chandler said the noise echoing ough Olsen Field definitely made a difference. orotesi “Psychology in sports is really a great thing,” emban iandler said. “And man, those guys were really Iren.In a i ot Q f noise and it rubbed off on our stoi tyers. It was really great for those guys to come ^ W (like they did.” But the cadets weren’t the only people who neoutin full force. The Aggies wasted no time determining the outcome of the game, batting und twice and scoring 13 runs in the first in- red e world imiticdi entos :e van, er nam lovouii said. •S' notra nent 1 or •ecoi Every Aggie scored at least one run in the first ringwhich lasted 50 minutes and saw ten marks upon the “hit” column of the scoreboard. Billy nnon accounted for six runs as he brought in ir on a triple and a double and scored two iself. Clint Heard also went two for two in the ing. trespaa Shortstop Tim Cartwright started the v jl e slaught with a walk. Heard reached base for the liustici it0 ^ Ive times on the night with a single and .i.. vinSmith doubled to right-center field to bring one ei5t o p 11wright and move Heard to third. -said Cardinals then managed to get Tony [ne {(! toyer out on a grounder to shortstop, but the sbia« P retaliated by putting ten consecutive men Ibase. ^ Billy Cannon brought two men in on a scream- ^ oua [triple that bounced off the right field wall and i in PJJ s brought in himself after Tom Thompson, crosstl *ke Scanlin and Buddy Haney all walked. Thompson and Scanlin scored after catcher Ibba Jackson singled and Haney scored when pwright singled to left. Vith Jackson on second and Cartwright on |st, Heard loaded the bases with his second hit of iinning. All three Aggie runners scored after lith walked, Metoyer singled and Billy Cannon libled. Scanlin brought in Cannon and Metoyer with a base-clearing single to right-center field to round out the Aggie first-inning slaughter. The Aggies scored two more runs in the second inning and three in the fourth for their final total. Texas A&M was, to say the least, successful at the plate against Lamar. But that hasn’t been the Aggies’ problem this season — Texas A&M’s team batting average is .312. The trouble has been on the pitcher’s mound where the Aggies carry over a five-run earned run average. So with a non-conference game on the sche dule, Chandler decided to test his inexperienced pitchers to see if they could have a good outing — they did. Left-hander Scott Deskins started for the Aggies and got his second win of the year while shutting out the Cardinals for three innings. De skins performed well while on the mound for the Aggies, but Chandler also gave Mike Perkins, Todd Tschantz and Kelly Keahey game-time ex perience. “It’s been a rough season on the mound and we just wanted to take a look at those guys,” Chandler said. “They did well. They’re getting better com mand 6f their breaking pitches.” The Aggie pitchers gave up eight hits to the Cardinals and struck out six. Lamar’s hurlers, needless to say, had a tougher time on the hill. Included in the 18 runs and 18 hits given up by the Cardinal pit_hers were home runs to Metoyer and Don Robison. Texas A&M also slammed seven other extra-base hits off Lamar. With the win, Texas A&M’s record moved to 23-16 on the year while Lamar dropped to 28-21. Texas A&M will travel to Houston this weekend to face Rice in a three-game conference series. The Aggies will finish conference play at home in a series with the University of Texas starting May 6. AGGIE FACTS: Among the fans at Tuesday’s game were Wayne Jackson and Robert Swain, who were visiting the Texas A&M campus from Yavapai Junior College in Arizona. Both Jackson, a pitcher, and Swain, an infielder, are highly re garded recruits who would be the first baseball signees of the year for Chandler should they de cide to commit to Texas A&M. One source said Jackson was a fastball pitcher who could step right in and do well for the Aggies. matiop -Tw: l VP : S. A' 11 !; sa V Perth ft the 1 '; r ia lei#' j4' ioH', tariff ns4; the K man. nerefl ar# aid ^ face ^ rtVe* r in.fi M coca' 1 is h aS jieV*! aeai'h'l. , ne" 1 ; in# Our penny beer special went over so big the first time, Hoffbrau decided to bring it back. Purchase any great tastin' Hoffbrau meal anytime, seven days a week, and enjoy up to three beers for a penny each. That's a thirst quenchin' deal that's hard to beat! And, Hoffbrau's regular draft beer is now 50<t whether you purchase a meal or not. Stop by and try our terrific lunch specials, offering a wide variety of menu items to suit your taste. LUNCH SPECIALS Fried Catfish $5.00 Chopped Sirloin $3.95 7 oz. 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