Monday, April 29, 1985/The Battalion/Page 9
SPORTS
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Longhorns leave Ags up in the air
By CHAREAN WILLIAMS
Assistant Sports Editor
Olsen Field sat quiet Sunday.
Trash was the only thing left moving
in the spring wind.
Likewise, the Texas A&M baseball
team sat quietly Sunday. Its playoff'
hopes left up in the air.
The No. 17 Aggies entered this
weekend’s three-game series against
No. 10 Texas looking for the South
west Conference Championship. Af
ter a 9-5, 8-7 and 9-2 sweep by the
Horns, the Ags left looking for
[ourth place and just a chance to
host the SWC tournament.
To qualify for the tournament
and earn the right to host it, the Ags
(37-15, 10-8 in SWC) need help —
and lots of it.
The Aggies are put in the unusual
postilion of rooting for arch-rival
Texas (49-10, 13-5), the team that
put them in their current bind.
The Horns must sweep Houston
and A&M, in turn, must sweep TCU
in Fort Worth to get the Ags the
fourth playoff spot.
Arkansas, Texas and Baylor
clinched post-season berths this
weekend.
“It’s always hard when you have to
count on others,” said A&M Coach
Mark Johnson. “But, I think we have
a real good chance. Texas is hot.
They have a good ball club. Hous
ton's not as hot as they were, so
Texas has a good chance to sweep
them.”
The 1983 NCAA Champion
Longhorns out-hit, out-pitched and
just out-played the Aggies in all
three games.
“We just didn’t play as well as they
did,” said Johnson. “We didn’t exe
cute. We didn’t hit well or pitch well.
They hit well and they pitched well.
“I thought they earned the wins.
They played on our turf in front of
our fans and they swept us. They
were certainly the better ball club
this weekend.”
Like the little girl in the stands
Texas second baseman Bill Bates slides (1)
behind the tag of A&M third baseman Scott
Livingstone (3). Horn Coach Cliff Gustafson
Photo by ANTHONY S. CASPER
(left) also watched his team slide right by the
Ags into first-place in the Southwest Confer
ence. The Aggies (37-15, 10-8) slid to fifth.
who swung her baby doll by the arm,
the Horns took the Ags by the arm
and swung, and swung, and swung.
Friday night, it was Texas’ David
Denny who had the biggest swing in
front of the biggest Olsen Field
crowd ever— 5,217.
The Horn’s left fielder had a fifth
inning grand slam to make a close
game a blowout. The five-run inning
did the Ags and ace pitcher Phillip
Taylor (8-3) in.
In Saturday’s double-header, it
was miscues and blown chances that
closed the door on the Ags.
In the early game, Horn left
hander Bruce Ruffin only gave up
three hits in going the distance to up
his record to 8-1 on the year.
Texas third baseman Dodd John
son was the hitting hero. Johnson
had a three-run homer in the third
to run the score to 5-0. His solo
homer in the fifth made it 7-2 and
ended what little Aggie hopes re
mained.
In the ninth inning of game three,
it looked as if the Ags would finally
wrap up a win and improve their
playoff chances.
A&M held a 7-(5 lead with two outs
in the ninth and ace reliever Beje
Mahoe was on the mound ready to
say “Aloha” to the Horns with one
pitch.
Johnson didn’t hit a home run,
but, more importantly, he didn’t get
out. The junior college transfer
slapped a single up the middle to
keep the Horns in the game.
A&M second baseman Kobi Chan
dler made a crucial mistake when he
missed a Rusty Richard’s grounder
which rolled into right field. John
son rounded third and headed
home. A&M right fielder Shawn
Choruby misplayed the ball allowing
Johnson to score the tying run.
After a walk, reserve catcher
Chuck Oertli was sent in to pinch-hit
for starter Robbie Byers. The Ags
seemed to give a sigh of relief since
Oertli was hitting only .197 and had
only two hits in SWC play.
However, it was the Horns’ night.
Oertli drove a Mahoe fastball to left
field, allowing the game-winning
run to cross the plate.
Photo by ANTHONY S. CASPER
Home plate umpire Chuck Swallow breaks up an “disagree
ment” between Texas A&M catcher Steve Johnigan (right)
and Texas batter Dennis Cook (left). Cook claimed Aggie
pitcher Tom Arrington intentionally threw a ball at him.
A&M Coach Johnson said the Ag
gies will get over the losses quickly.
“It was tough,” said the Ags’ first-
year coach. “Good ball clubs always
rebound. That’s just the structure of
athletics. One day you’re a hero, the
next day you’re a bum.
“In athletics, the wins are magni
fied and the losses are exaggerated.
You’re never as good when you win,
and you’re never as bad when you
lose.”
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