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Sports n gio ?c « l e<J inji. inai- socu. wiion 8 > P-Itl.j! forljotfe and.Fot 'natiomi did Ltm. '’eiconif! ENCI. i.onDi J S3 for ct Bmct $: Friday, April 27, 1984/The Battalion/Page 11 Baseball Aggies host Rice Corps night tonight, 7:30 Saturday doubieheader, 1:30 on questionable Ags wired for Owls By TRAVIS TINGLE Sports Writer Swain, Texas A&M’s and the Southwest crence’s leading hitter, will find out this ling whether or not he’ll be able to see ac- mlhis weekend’s crucial three-game series he Rice Owls at Olsen Field. Bryan oral surgeon and Aggie trainers will mine if Swain should take the field as 11th* rl Texas A&M’s starling shortstop this end against the Owls. le “Radar” Rickey, Texas A&M’s assistant trainer, said he is confident about the mgeon’s capabilities. fe lake all the athletes to him,” Rickey said, pel real comfortable with him.” rkey said he has prepared a special batting t for Swain to wear in case he’s given the h light to play. The helmet is similar to the worn by former Houston Astros’ star An e when he suffered a broken jaw several Lg°. Half of a double-barred football face mask will be attached to an existing helmet to help protect Swain’s jaw while batting. Wednesday, doctors wired Swain’s mouth shut for six weeks. Swain, hitting .492 for the Aggies, suffered a broken jaw during warm-ups in last weekend’s Baylor series. Sources initially reported that Swain was struck by a line drive ball during Bay lor’s batting practice. Later reports have revealed that Swain was actually hit by a Bubba Jackson throw while the two were loosening up their arms before the game. Jackson, a reserve catcher for the Aggies, ex plained the freak accident. “Rob (Swain) was standing in fair territory and I was on the right field foul line,” Jackson said. “We had only been warming up for about five minutes, when a Baylor player hit a shot down the line. Rob had his back turned, so everyone yelled for him to ‘Look out!’Just as I threw the ball, Rob turned the other way and it hit him in the jaw.” See SWAIN page 14 Detroit continues streak tmalofi 1 of FhJ I ;hl enc»i fuse a j [j n j te{ j p ress International tting tta RLINGTON — Lance Par- vidualsa kit his fifth homer and Bar ks conil F ar b e y ant l Chet Lemon flights Jdrove in two runs Thurs- tn saftlyi Mjht, enabling the Detroit 'ursewitiii rs 10 stretch their winning Iktoseven games with a 7-5 1S ed on I PPh over the Texas Rang- ig of 111 ironary, ji F 0 * 1 ’ which completed a ormalactt 8 ame swee P of the Rang- c withti D10v ed to within one game of the American League record for the best start in a season. Oakland’s was 17-1 in 1981. The Tigers also extended their club record for victories in April to 16. Doug Bair replaced starter Dave Rozema in the fifth inning and Aurelio Lopez hurled the final innings to gain his second save. The Tigers ended Frank Tanana’s 13-inning scoreless streak with four runs on a two- run single by Garbey. Texas’ Bobby Jones, who had three hits, ripped his second homer of the year in the second inning to make it 4-1. Marv Fo ley hit his second homer of the year in the second inning to cut Detroit’s lead to 4-2. The Rangers cut the lead to 6-5 in the fifth inning on a three-run homer by Pete O’Brien, but the Tigers added to security runs in the seventh. xima/fc^ iniercouti minute, at of (M stairs,’ Sakland outslugs Blue Jays : Uni however, s non cardiac p/ produces — and DUS - d. the dofl ing, he his regul £S )N jtti ¥’ v ; tl nited Press International |0RONTO — Oakland won be run derby with Toronto irsday with the aid of their artbeat wlslugger. xtramariui eteran Dave Kingman, ac- ed in the off-season, drove i'eruns with his eighth and homers of the season to er the A’s to a 7-4 victory Ithe Blue Jays in a game iiringseven home runs, enonemi ingman leads the major ise with tiue in homers and also jjj hearM bed his RBI total to 24. o 150 W F 311 now has nine homers 21 RBIs over the past 10 for Oakland with his third home run of the season. Tom Burgmeier got his sec ond save with 2 1-3 perfect in nings of relief. In other early AL games, Minnesota beat New York 4-2, Milwaukee edged California 2-1 and Cleveland defeated Chi cago 5-4. At Minneapolis, Dave Engle drove in the tie-breaking run with a two-out single in the sev enth inning and Pete Filson turned in 6 1-3 innings of shut out relief to carry the Twins. Engle snapped a 2-2 tie in the seventh with a single that scored Darrell Brown. Houston Jime nez started the inning with a triple and scored the tying run on the play when second base- man Willie Randolph hobbled the throw from center field. Tom Brunansky added an in surance run with a leadoff homer in the eighth off reliever Dave Righetti. Former Cy Young Award winner Rollie Fingers, pitching in County Stadium for the first time since September, 1982, turned in two strong innings of relief to pace the Brewers. Mavericks beat Sanies United Press International DALLAS — Rolando Black man scored six of his game-high 29 points in the final 1:52 to boost the Dallas Mavericks to a 105-104 overtime win over the Seattle SuperSonics Thursday night and into the second round of the NBA playoffs. The Mavericks will meet the Los Angeles Lakers in a second- round best-of-sevenseries be ginning Saturday in Los An geles. The game ended in some controversy as referees dis cussed a play in which Dallas’ Jay Vincent tossed the ball at a Seattle player.to cause the final second of the game to expire. But one official blew a whistle and after a lengthy discussion it was decided to give the Sonics the ball with one second on the clock in a last chance to win. The ensuing desperation shot, however, was not even close. Seattle seemed to Have the game in control, leading 98-86 with 2:08 left in regulation be fore Blackmon began the final surge wth a stuff shot. Seattle’s Jack Sikma fouled out shortly thereafter and the Sonics could only manage two more points in regulation. Dallas, meanwhile, got a free throw from Mark Aguirre aNd two more from Pal Cummings to gel within 95-91 with 47 sec onds left. Blackmon then stole the ball and went in for a layup. Just six seconds later he hit a 15-footer to lie the game at 95 with 16 secons left. The Mavericks scored the first six points of the overtime period with Jay Vincent gettng a bucket and Aguirre two field goals to, in effect, send Dallas into the NBA’s second round. Dallas led almost the entire first half before Seattle struggled back for a 49-49 in termission tie. The Sonics had to overcome themselves, having one string in the first period when they got only two points, a Sikma baseline jumper, in eight possessions. That cold spell allowed the Mavericks to build an 18-10 lead with Aguirre getting four points. Aguirre’s shots came during a 46-second span in which Dallas scored six points for the early control of the game. Seattle got to within two points at 28:26 early in the sec ond quarter only to hit another frigid spell. The Soncics man aged only two points in a five- minute span to allow Dallas to move ahead, 40-32. Crowd favorite Brad Davis highlighted that Maverick run by picking the ball cleanly from Seattle and going in for an un contested layup. Cus Williams had 27 points to lead Seattle while Sikma scored 26 before fouling out. Photo by JOHNMAKELY Texas A&M shortstop Rob Swain, who suf fered a broken jaw last weekend, fires the ball to first base during action earlier this season. Why Settle For Less? Of Lou Pays More For Used Books. LOUPOT’S BOOKSTORE FREE PARKING IN REAR FOR CUSTOMERS AUTO INSURANCE FOR AGGIES Call: George Webb Farmers Insurance Group < 3400 S. College 823 8051 man gave Oakland a 2-0 hi Iwith two out in the fourth ch his W 111 he hit the first pitch off 72 to Gott into the left-field titers to drive in Davey ts. (illie Upshaw pulled To- >o within one in the fourth his first of two opposite- Ihome runs. he broke it open with a •run sixth inning in which sent nine men to the plate, lyne Murphy and Bruce te hit back-to-back singles Carney Lansford drove in a with a sacrifice fly. Lopes led, setting the stage for an’s three-run homer to it 6-1. he Blue Jays narrowed the to 6-4, raking starter Mike rren, 3-2, for three consec- ehomers in the sixth inning Upshaw, George Bell and J *eBarfield. In the ninth inning, Rickey person capped the scoring % m 4 KUBOTA TRACTOR SALE LAWN AND GARDEN EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES SPRING CLEAN UP 105% FINANCING Diesel Water Cooled Lawn Tractors 10-12-14 HP Plows, Cultivators Tillers & Post Hole Diggers EXPERT SERVICE •PARTS •INVENTORY MUST BE MOVED! 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