&M bats spark Lamar sweep
Aggie offense gets on track
to pull team out of slump
Wednesday, February 26, 1986AThe Battalion/Page 9
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Photo by DEAN SAITO
A&M’s Robi Chandler fires the ball to first base for an out during
the second game of Tuesday’s double-header against Lamar.
By TOM TAGLIABUE
Sports Writer
The Texas A&M baseball team
got just what the doctor ordered — a
convincing two-game sweep of the
Lamar Cardinals, 6-5 and 15-2,
Tuesday at Olsen Field.
A&M Coach Mark Johnson said
this sweep might heal what’s been
ailing the Aggies, who outhit the
Cardinals 25-11.
“Games like today help to loosen
you up and improve your play be
cause you play relaxed and you’re
not playing under pressure,” John
son said.
The Aggies improved to 4-6 over
all, while Lamar fell to 6-6.
A&M jumped out front 2-0 in the
First inning after a Jeff Schow lead-
off home run and a Gary Geiger
RBI double.
But Lamar bounced back to tie it
up, 2-2, with two runs in the second
off A&M starter Darryl Fry (2-1),
who recorded the Aggies’ First com
plete game of the season.
A&M chased Lamar starter Mike
Wilkins off the mound in the third,
after connecting for three more runs
on four hits to lead 5-2. The big
damage in that inning was Robi
Chandler’s First home run of the sea
son with David Rodriguez aboard.
Lamar battled back once again in
the seventh, as Mike Sarbaugh hit a
three-run homer to move the Cardi
nals to within one of the Aggies, 6-5.
But Fry shut down the Cardinal
rally, retiring the next two hitters to
preserve the win.
Aggie pitching coach Jim Lawler
said Fry baffled the Cardinal hitters.
“Fry was exciting today in the first
ball game,” Lawler said. “It was as
good a show of somebody mastering
the off-speed pitch, using it and
messing the other hitters up totally.”
A&M’s hitters were anything but
messed up in the second game as
they rattled three Lamar pitchers for
10 runs in the first.
After the Cardinals scored two
runs in the top of that inning, the
Aggies literally walked away with the
game.
Lamar’s starting pitcher Jimmy
Terrills didn’t record a single out as
he gave up five A&M runs on one
hit and three walks.
Mike Perkins and then Brian Shep
ard were sent in to relieve Terrills,
but both allowed A&M to score five
more runs.
The Cardinals finished their re
volving-door pitching rotation,
when Jeff Hellwig came in and
forced Chandler to fly out to end La
mar’s disastrous first inning.
Kyle Atkinson cruised through six
innings for A&M, giving up only the
two runs in the first. Atkinson al
lowed four hits and walked two to
even his record to 1-1. He was
helped by a steady Aggie defense
which completed three double plays.
Pat Wernig tossed two innings
and Barry Smith threw one after At
kinson exited. Wernig and Smith al
lowed just one hit and two walks.
Schow was the big gun for the Ag
gies offensively, going 6-for-7, scor
ing seven runs and driving in two
RBI.
“Today I was concentrating more
on waiting for my pitch,” Schow
said.
Schow has more than doubled his
batting average since Friday. He is
now batting .388, after hitting only
. 190 in the Aggies first five games.
Lubbock Christian College visits
Olsen Field for a three-game series
with a single game Thursday at 3
p.m. Friday’s double-header is
scheduled to start at 1 p.m.
A&M BASEBALL NOTES —The
cast on the left thumb of All-South
west Conference first baseman Fred
Gegen was taken off late Monday.
A&M Assistant Coach Bill Hickey
said Gegen may see action this week
end if the hana is not sore. . . Magal-
lanes, Chandler and Livingstone
have nagging injuries, but are ex
pected to play this weekend. . .
Catcher Maury Martin, who hasn’t
played since the St. Mary’s series, is
still nursing a bruised right hand
but may see action this weekend.
Lady Aggies
survive Owl
scare, 59-58
HOUSTON — Rice freshman
Marci Zajac missed a 25-foot shot
at the buzzer allowing the Texas
A&M women’s basketball team to
escape with a 59-58 win over the
Owls Tuesday night at Autry
Court.
The Lady Aggies were leading
56-50 with 3:30 to go, but Glenda
Jensen came off the bench to
score the Owls’ final eight points
to pull them within one with 14
seconds left.
Jensen led the Owls with 14
points.
A&M guard Lisa Langston had
a game-high 15 points and pulled
down eight rebounds. Evelyn
Sanders, Lisa Jordan and Donna
Roper each scored 10 points.
A&M women’s tennis team
surprises UH in SWC opener
By KEN SURY
Assistant Sports Editor
HOUSTON — The Texas A&M
women’s tennis team opened its
Southwest Conference season Tues
day by defeating Houston 7-2 at
UH’s John Hoff Courts.
“I’ll take the wins any day ,” A&M
Coach Bobby Kleinecke said. “It was
a great day for us.”
Entering Tuesday’s matches, the
Aggies and Cougars were close in
the Head Intercollegiate Tennis
Standings (H.I.T.S.) List — Houston
at No. 22 and A&M at No. 23.
The Aggies had clinched the
match early, winning five of the six
singles matches. A&M’s only singles
loss was the No. 2 match as UH’s
Stina Almgren beat Kim Labus-
chagne 6-2, 6-3.
I he key match for the Aggies
came in the No. 1 singles. A&M’s
Vanne Akagi beat Kathy Foxworth
5-7, 6-4, 6-3 for the Aggies’ fifth
match win to seal the overall team
victory.
Houston’s No. 1 doubles team of
Foxworth and Almgren got revenge
for their consolation semifinals loss
to Akagi and Gaye Lynne Gensler at
the Rolex National Indoor Intercol
legiate Tennis Championships.
The Cougar duo defeated Akagi
and Gensler 6-1, 6-3 for UH’s only
doubles win.
Foxworth and Almgren were 13th
in the nation in the preseason dou
bles rankings, but in the latest rank
ings they are not listed among the
Top 20. Akagi and Gensler, how
ever, cracked the H.I.T.S List at No.
16.
The other two doubles matches
were defaulted by Houston because
some of its players had injuries the
coaches didn’t want to aggravate be
fore UH’s weekend matches at the
Florida State Invitational.
Singles Results:
A&M’s Vanne Akagi defeated
UH’s Kathy Foxworth 5-7, 6-4, 6-3;
UH’s Stina Almgren def. A&M’s
Kim Labuschagne 6-2, 6-3; A&M’s
Gaye Lynne Gensler def. UH’s Hee
Back 6-3, 6-3; A&M’s Karen Mar
shall def. UH’s Vicki White 6-4, 7-6;
A&M’s Helen Christiaanse def.
UH’s Fran Ind 7-5, 6-0; A&M’s
Laura Liong def. UH’s Mary Liberra
6-2, 6-0.
Doubles Results:
UH’s Foxworth-Almgren def.
A&M’s Akagi-Gensler 6-1, 6-3;
A&M’s Labuschagne-Marshall def.
by default UH’s Baek-Ind; A&M’s
Christiaanse-Liong def. by default
UH’s Liberra-White.
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