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By Tom Tagliabue
Sports Writer
Texas A&M’s Dale Barry almost
|flidn’t have a team to pitch for this
icason.
Barry, a senior left hander from
Anaheim, Calif., played for the
lexas-EI Paso Miners last year, but a
lack of finances forced UTEP to
eliminate the program. This left sev
eral players without a team and with
out much time to transfer to another
hool.
"They (UTEP) dropped the pro
gram late — real late,” Barry said.
|They told us in the summer.”
I A&M Assistant Coach Jim Lawler
jaw Barry at UTEP and contacted
nim about making the move to
IpM.
I "Coach Lawler was there (in El
: Paso) last year,” Barry explained.
"He said they (A&M) needed an
other pitcher.”
| Several baseball powerhouses
tried to woo Barry’s services, but he
decided against Arizona Slate and
Florida State for the chance to be a
starter for A&M.
|> Barry, who started his playing ca
reer at Santa Ana Junior College be
fore transferring to UTEP, said he
just didn’t want to attend ASU, even
though his parents wanted him to
stay closer to home.
I "They would have liked me to go
to Arizona to be a bit closer, but I
just got used to Texas,” he said,
fc With only a week left before fall
classes were to begin, Barry arrived
at A&M, but his pitching didn’t.
| “I didn’t have a good fall,” he said.
“(A&M Head Coach Mark) Johnson
pretty much gave me a chance (to
start pitching well). In the spring, 1
made the best of it. I’m in the (start
ing) rotation now.”
For the season, Barry has the
staffs best record, 5-0, the best ERA,
1.67, most innings pitched, 54, and
most strikeouts, 47.
Barry has been equally impressive
in his two Southwest Conference ap-
Dale Barry
pearances. He’s 2-0 with a 0.53 ERA,
which rates second best in the SWC,
and ranks fourth in the league in
strikeouts with 14.
Barry is, by his own admission,
not a power pitcher, but has two
complete games in five starts and
nearly finished two more. He credits
the A&M defenders for his suc
cesses.
“I have some great defense be
hind me,” he said. “It seems every
day they play good defense. Ever
(Magallanes, A&M’s shortstop) plays
better than flawless.”
Barry said Lawler helped him de
velop his pitching style.
“Coach Lawler works you a lot on
mechanics,” Barry said. “He’s been
working with me and it has helped
my placement (of pitches).”
Barry will be trying to help the
Aggies with their placement in the
SWC standings Friday at 7 p.m.,
when A&M battles conference-lead
ing Texas Tech at Olsen Field.
A&M, which is tied for second in
the SWC with No. 6 Texas at 4-2,
finishes the three-game series Satur
day with a double-header against
Tech beginning at 1 p.m.
Barry said the Aggies, 25-17, will
be pumped up for the Red Raiders,
29-9 and 5-1 in SWC play.
“Every team in the conference is
good,” he said. “There’s no team you
plan on sweeping. Winning two out
of three won’t win you the confer
ence. You’ve got to sweep somebo
dy.”
Tech comes into the series ranked
No. 23 in the Collegiate Basebal-
7/ESPN poll and are the surprise
team of the SWC. The Red Raiders
were dead last in the conference last
season, but now have rebounded in
’86 to sweep Rice and take two of
three from Houston.
Tech is led offensively by out
fielder Mike Humphreys, who is hit
ting .524 with 11 hits, including two
doubles, a triple and eight RBI.
Tech’s offense ranks third in the
SWC with a .304 team batting aver
age.
In other SWC series this weekend,
Arkansas, 5-4, travels to Houston, 2-
4. Baylor, 3-3, takes on Texas in
Austin and TCU, 3-3, is on the road
against Rice, 1-8.
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