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Texas A&M The Battalion Sports Thursday, October 13,1983/The Battalion/Page 15 l< v altimore ties series with 4-1 win iLTIMORE — Rookie Mike idicker, a lifesaver on a wat- f ry field, came to the Baltimore f “ ! Boles' - ' v time in a n rescue for the second i a week Wednesday night byl tossing a three-hitter and U'liWcking in a run to spark a 4-1 mmph over the Philadelphia Phillies that evened the World () " wies at one victory apiece, nit, titMAfter a travel day Thursday, harf(thebest-of-seven Series resumes in Philadelphia Friday night Bh Mike Flanagan pitching for the Orioles and Steve Carlton gng for the Phillies. Boddicker, who blanked the licago White Sox 4-0 with a five-hit, 14-strikeout effort in second game of the Amer ican League playoffs last Thurs day after Baltimore had lost the opener, wasn’t quite as overpow ering this time. But his assortment of off- speed pitches kept the Phillies off stride and had them beating the ball into the ground. Only four of the 27 outs Boddicker recorded were on flies to the outfield, a good thing since the outfield turf was soggy from 20 hours of continual rain. The 26-year-old right hander, who posted a 16-8 re cord with a 2.77 ERA during the season, struck out six and did not walk a batter in beating rookie Charles Hudson. The only hits off Boddicker were an infield single by Joe Morgan in the fourth, a line single to right by Gary Matthews in the seventh and a bloop single to right by Bo Diaz in the eighth. Boddicker also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly — only his third at-bat in professional oase- ball — when the Orioles scored three runs in the fifth and knocked out Hudson. It appeared for a while Wednesday morning that the game might not be played be cause of overnight rain that left the Memorial Stadium field a soggy mess. However, the Orioles’ grounds crew, one of baseball’s best, worked diligently to get the field in playing shape. And, except for some unsure footing in the outfield, there were no mishaps because of the condition of the field. John Lowenstein also wore a hero’s mantle for the Orioles by collecting three of Baltimore’s nine hits, including a long home run in the fifth inning that tied the score 1-1 and triggered a three-ruh outburst. Hudson began as if he would match Boddicker pitch for pitch. Over the first four in nings, the 24-year-old right hander allowed only one hit — a double by Lowenstein in the second — and faced only one batter over the minimum during that stretch. But Hudson became unhing ed in the fifth after Lowenstein opened the inning by blasting a 415-foot homer to center field that tied it 1-1. Veteran first baseman Pete Rose went to the mound to try and settle the rookie. But Rich Dauer followed with a line single to left and 1 odd Cruz beat out a bunt when second baseman Morgan was late covering first base. Rick Dempsey then drilled a double down the right-field line, scoring Dauer, and Boddicker knocked in Cruz — and knocked out Hudson — with a sacrifice fly to left. The Orioles added a run off reliever Larry Andersen in the seventh when John Shelby beat out an infield hit with two out, took third on Dan Ford’s bloop single to right and scored on a ground single to right by Cal Ripken. The Phillies did not get a ball out of the infield against Bod dicker over the first three in nings and the only run they got was unearned because of an error by first baseman Eddie Murray. Morgan opened the fourth by beating out an infield hit and stole second. After Rose failed to sacrifice, Mike Schmidt hit a hit-and-run grounder to shortstop that Ripken fielded but his throw to first was drop ped by Murray. Morgan took third on the play and scored on a sacrifice fly by Joe Lefebvre. Boddicker, however, set the Phillies down in order in three of the last five innings and finished the game by throwing only 108 pitches — 73 for strikes. A crowd of 52,132 sat with umbrellas folded in anticipation of more rain, which never came. However, reliever Willie Her nandez sent a chill through the crowd in the fifth inning when he hit Ford on the side of his batting helmet and sent him sprawling. Ford remained on his back for several minutes while being attended by Orioles’ train ers. He then got up and trotted to first to the cheers of the crowd and finished the game. »,Aes still need to improve me I O. 1 V-ball team sweeps Baylor by Bob Caster Battalion Staff he wind may have been cold ■ Waco Wednesday night, but B Texas A&M volleyball team Is colder on the Baylor Bears, lig them on their home court ■ three straight games, 15-1, 15 1 and 15-8 and holding onto Becond place conference Biding. ■ The Aggies, who are 14-14 andijthe season, got off to a slow ctiot tan in conference play last lie c reek, losing to the University of :y Mispas in their conference open- aidTlv.But after three consecutive | pn opference wins against Hous- :93.pn, Texas Tech and now tsorM'lor, Coach Terry Condon ly. B to be breathing a little bit )I(j|ei. orcoil‘W e played pretty well,” Con- bafllhji said after the game. “I play- ich I'ffhe starting six in the first iragt sound led. is pap cton'i )f n i shard game and started playing the subs in the second game so they could get some experience.” While the players were get ting experience against the Bears, you might say that Con don was giving them a little prac tice loo. “I didn’t let them hit the ball,” she said, referring to hard shots. “I told them to work on things like corner shots and setting up — not just pounding the ball. They got pretty frustrated out there.” Condon seemed to emphasize the point that the team’s hitting isn’t what it should be. “We haven’t been hitting the ball like we should,” Condon said. “We need to work on mix ing up our hits more.” Overall, Condon said she was pleased with the performance given by the team, including freshman standout, Sherri Lesha Beakley Brinkman and sophomore Lesha Beakley. “Sherri had a real good game hitting about .800 tonight -and Lesha played very well in the backcourt.” With Baylor behind them now, the team is looking down the road at their next opponent- .Nationally ranked Tennessee will travel to College Station for a match that Condon promises to be a barn burner. “Tennessee is ranked 13th in the nation so it should be a real good game,” Condon said - with just a trace of revenge in her voice. It was not long ago that the Aggies had a shot at Tennessee while playing in the LSU tourna ment in Baton Rouge. “They beat us at LSU,” she said, “but we played them three close games. To come out on top of of the Volunteers this time, Condon said that the Aggies will have to play consistent in the front and concentrate on hitting their shots. The Aggies take on Tennes see Friday night at 7:30 in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Texas boxer ‘chickens out’ of proposed match United Press International HARTFORD — Texan Don Curry, the welterweight cham pion of the World Boxing Asso ciation, is “chickening out” of a proposed match with contender Marlon Starling, it was claimed Wednesday. The Hartford fighter’s man ager-trainer, F. Mac Buckley, said the two camps had agreed with New York promoter Bob Arum last month to fight for the title in either Fort Worth or Dal las, Curry’s “own backyard.” “Now for unkonown reasons Curry himself is scared to fight Starling,” Buckley said. Curry defeated Starling in a split decision over 12 rounds a year ago in Atlantic City. I can t understand why he doesn t want to fight us in his ° W A ho r town ’ Particularly af- for nl < : a,m f d ,le onl y Gained inti Z d l ys lasl y ear and had rib Plenty rff P roble n> s He's had known about‘h f‘ ready '“f? Ul it lor a month. “I’ve known for a week some thing’s strange was going on. The claim supposedly involved money. That’s not true. I don’t know why. I don’t care why. He doesn’t have to fight us if he doesn’t want to — but I don’t think it should be for unknown reasons. He shouldn’t vaccilate,” Buckley said. 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(UPI) — Mis- jpfonp Oklahoma sophomore run- ” Bg star Marcus Dupree, sus- Bded earlier in the day, was pled in Jackson, Miss., and /as apparently all right, a pokeswoman for the Oklahoma thletic department said Nm Wednesday. 4\ajks° n police found Dupree Pvrhjprtly after the athlete’s ^ywfther called police to join the irch, OU athletic spokes man Lisa Youngquist said, e’sjust there and he’s okay 1 we’re glad to hear that,” she le said coaches had not talked n Dupree and did not know ■ere he was. She said it is up to pree to make the next move, le ball is in his court and if he its to come back, he’ll have to itact’’ the coaches, she said, iwitzer said he gave Dupree mission to fly to his home in iladelphia, Miss., after OU’s 16 loss Saturday to Texas t dropped the Sooners’ re- d to 3-2. 3upree was to return to the ipus Monday — but Switzer flp Dupree did not show up for practice Monday or Tuesday I efforts to locate him had not n successful. “We don’t know where he is,” Switzer said Wednesday. * Mrs. Dupree said her son made the trip home and she thought he was going to the air port Tuesday to fly back to Okla homa. She said she last saw him “when I left going to work yes terday (Tuesday).” “All the leads I thought I had where maybe he could have gone turned up blank,” she said. “As far as I know, he was sup posed to catch the plane.” Asked if Dupree would play Saturday against arch-rival Oklahoma State if he returned Wednesday, Switzer said “as of now, he’s off the team.” Switzer said will talk with Dupree and then decide whether to make the suspension permanent or take some other form of disciplinary against Dupree. In any event, Switzer said, the 6-foot, 3-inch, 230-pound run ning back will not play Saturday against OSU. The highly recruited high school senior did not start his first three games as a freshman, but burst into prominence with a series of spectacular touchdown runs that established him as one of the nation’s premier running backs. His running ability caused OU to switch from its long- favored “wishbone” offense to the “I” formation in order to take advantage of Dupree’s speed and strength. He rushed for more than 900 yards last year and was named Big Eight conference newcomer of the year. In the Fiesta Bowl against Arizona State — then the na tion’s top-ranked defensive team last year — he gained 245 yards even though he played only two quarters due to in juries. His name was mentioned often this summer as a Heisman candidate, along with running backs Mike Rozier of Nebraska and Ernest Anderson of Okla homa State, both of whom also play for Big Eight schools. But nerve damage to his knee in the second game of the season this fall against Ohio State kept Dupree out of the lineup for the following game against Tulsa and allowed him only limited ac tion against Kansas State. 0B Lag e Bu <lweiser"flt& le °f the Month g m KjckOff Yoi ASK ABOUT PRIVATE PARTY Special Offer V; 1037 S. 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