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awaits the throw from the outfield as Texas
A&M’s Rob Swaim slides into home. Swaim
was safe on the play to tie the score at 2-2.
Pat James hit a three-run home run in the
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gies a 5-2 victory over the Broncs at Olsen
Field Wednesday night. The Aggies won
the series with Pan American, 2-1.
By TRAVIS TINGLE
Sports Writer
Pat James hit a three-run
homer in the bottom of the
ninth inning to propell 11th-
ranked Texas A&M to a 5-2 vic
tory over Pan American
Wednesday.
Pan American’s starting
pitcher Bill Wilson had a one-
hitter going for five innings be
fore the Aggies were able to
break the scoreless tie with a
solo home run by Mike Scanlin.
The solo shot was Scanlin’s
eighth of the season.
Wilson helped the Bronc ef
fort with a two-run homer in
the sixth to give Pan American
its only lead of the game. That
Bronc lead didn’t last for long
though, as the Aggies once
again tied the score 2-2 with a
single run in their half of the in
ning.
Wilson retired the first two
Aggie batters he faced in the
ninth, but Buddy Haney and
Shawn Choruby each singled to
set the stage for James. James
took Wilson’s first pitch and
pounded it over the left-cen-
terfield wall to win the game.
Texas A&M head coach Tom
Chandler was pleased with at
the way the Aggies responded
under pressure, especially
James.
“That homerun really sealed
it up for us,” Chandler said.
Barry Smith, coming on in
relief of A&M freshmen starter
Jimmy Flowers, struck out five
Pan Am batters in a row to re
cord his fourth victory against
no losses this year.
Chandler said he enjoys us
ing non-conference games as an
opportunity for some of the re
serve players see some playing
time, especially in the bullpen.
“In games like we had with
Pan American, we try to de
velop our pitching for the most
part,” Chandler said.
Players are limited to the;
number of non-conference-
games they can participate in,-
so Chandler had to sit a few of]
the regulars down tonight.
“Each player gets 26 non
conference games,” he said.
“We have to be careful when we
play certain folks.”
The victory boosted Texas
A&M’s record to 35-9 on the
year, while Pan American fell to
29-24.
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Thursday night with both par-
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told his co« r |r()s shortstop Dickie Thon,
ia, after the jbeaned by a pitch 10 days ago,
the man Isaid Wednesday he thought he
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hurt bad and I thought
ight never play at all again. I
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pe doctors have assured me
at although the healing proc
ss will be gradual, that a com-
lete recovery is expected.”
Thon said he still had some
start of the game, missing their
first seven shots.
—Seattle shot 76 percent in
the first quarter with Gus Wil
liams setting an NBA playoff
record by scoring 23 points in
the opening period en route to
a 37-point performance.
—Dallas’ Mark Aguirre and
Rolando Blackman, who com
bined to average 51 points a
game against Seattle during the
regular season, managed just 39
Tuesday night and, with the
game on the line, Aguirre
fouled out with 2:20 to play.
—Seattle is awash in playoff
experience and Dallas has vir
tually none.
But the final score somehow
managed to be Dallas 88, Seattle
86. The Mavericks erased a 16-
point deficit to take an early
fourth-quarter lead and then
held the Sonics scoreless during
the last 2:30 to rally from three
points behind and win on Ro
lando Blackman’s follow shot
with 11 seconds to go.
“It shows us that if we get be
hind we can still come back and
that is important,” said Black
man. “And Seattle knows that
just because they get in front
they haven’t won it. We don’t
want to get behind, but now we
know we can win even if we do.”
Dallas forward Jay Vincent,
who suffered through an in
jury-plagued and generally
non-productive season, contrib
uted 18 points and five offen
sive rebounds in the Tuesday
game and he agreed with Black
man.
“If they (the Sonics) have this
in the back of their minds
Thursday night, which I hope
they will, it will help us,” said
Vincent. “But I think we should
get off to a better start.”
Williams was a virtual one-
man show for Seattle in the first
game. Center Jack Sikma was
bothered by early foul problems
and scored just 14. A1 Wood
was the only other Seattle
player to score in double figures
with 12.
“This isn’t the Gus Williams
show or the Jack Sikma show,”
said Williams. “This is the
Seattle show. It’s not one man.
“We’re a better team than
Dallas and I think we’ll prove it
Thursday night. We have to
make some adjustments and I
am sure they will too.”
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“dark spots” in his left eye but
could see some improvement in
the blurred vision he has expe
rienced since the April 8 injury.
Astros physician Dr. William
Bryan was with Thon at the
news conference and said con
cern right after the injury was
whether he suffered any brain
damage.
“Thank God he didn’t. The
blurred vision is the result of
swelling, nothing more. There
is no damage to the eye or the
optic nerve. Our opinion is that
the batting helmet absorbed the
brunt of the blow. It really
could have been much worse,”
Bryan said.
The Astros expect Thon to
begin workouts in a week to 10
days and perhaps to be back in
the lineup in a month.
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