Friday, May 2, 1986/The Battalion/Page 9
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Photo by Torn Ownbey
weekend in Austin. A&M closes out the regular
season this weekend against TCU at Olsen Field.
By Tom Tagliabue
Sports Writer
Texas A&M’s last Southwest Con
ference baseball series of the year
against Texas Christian this week
end at Olsen Field probably doesn’t
mean a whole lot to the 14th-ranked
Aggies.
Texas has virtually clinched the
conference title with its sweep of
A&M last week- - ■
end. The Ag- Baseball
gies can either
keep second place or drop to third
place. And this weekend’s opponent,
TCU, is next to last in the confer
ence with a 30-27 and 5-13 record.
So, what do the 36-21 and 13-5
Aggies have to play for?
Plainly and simply, respect.
The Ags must light to keep the
national respect they earned this
year after gaining a 29-18 record
against Division 1 teams.
Second, A&M must try to keep
the respect it earned by battling for
the top spot in the SWC when most
observers predicted A&M wouldn’t
make it that far.
Finally, nine senior ballplayers
will make their last regular-season
appearance of their A&M careers
this weekend.
Starters Jeff Schow (LF), Fred Ge-
gen (IB), Pat James (DH), Robi
Chandler (2B), Dale Barry (P) and
Mike Scanlin (CF), as well as relief
pitchers Russ Swan and Barry Smith
and reserve outfielder Bill Doug
Potter will take their final regular-
season curtain calls at Olsen Field
this weekend.
The series is scheduled to get un
derway Friday at 7 p.m. and follow
with a twi-night double-header Sat
urday at 5:30 p.m. — weather per
mitting. Stadium supervisor Leo
Goertz said the field received about
S'/a inches of rain between Wednes
day and Thursday and a decision
will be made at 8 a.m. Friday to de
termine if the field is in decent play
ing condition.
If the opener is postponed, it will
be rescheduled for Saturday and the
series will conclude Sunday.
This weekend’s matchup should
be a showcase for the A&M seniors,
who lead the team in almost all cat
egories.
Gegen, an All-SWC first baseman
in 1985, has a nine-game SWC hit
ting streak and has hit safely in his
last 12 games, the longest streak for
an Aggie this season.
James, who has played nearly ev
ery position in his four years as an
Aggie, has an eight-game hitting
streak which has helped improve his
conference batting average to a
hefty .419, the highest on the team
although he doesn’t have enough at-
bats to qualify for SWC leaders.
Schow, one of four seniors who
came to A&M as transfers, is hitting
.319 in conference play and leads
the team in on-base percentage at a
.420 clip. Schow also is hitting .422
with runners in scoring position,
which leads the team.
While those players have been
getting good numbers, the Ags’ big
gest offensive weapon, Mike Scanlin,
has been struggling. Since entering
the Rice series two weeks ago with a
.467 SWC average, the senior from
Houston has gone 4-for-21 with 11
strikeouts and only one extra-base
hit.
His conference average stands at
.379, but he still leads the team in
runs scored (18), hits (25), RBI (17),
doubles (9), home runs (4), total
bases (46) and has a perfect 1.000
fielding average.
Scanlin holds nine A&M records
and is closing in on 11 others.
Barry, who is 8-1 and 5-1 with a
2.52 ERA, is expected to start the
opener, while Darryl Fry, 9-4 and 3-
1 with a 4.45 ERA, will throw in Sat
urday’s opener. Either Pat Wernig
or Gary Geiger will go in the finale.
TCU is anchored by former A&M
player Bubba Jackson, who trans
ferred two years ago to Fort Worth.
Jackson, the Horned Frogs’ catcher,
is third in the conference in hitting
with a .391 average and tied for
third in the conference in hits (25).
A&M will also have to watch out
for TCU outfielder Bernard
Walker, who leads the conference in
stolen bases with 11.
A&M, which at one time had a
team batting average of over .300
has slipped down to .294, just a few
points below TCU, which has a team
batting average of .297.
A&M gears
for v tuneup /
at UT meet
By Ken Sury
Assistant Sports Editor
The Texas A&M track and ;
field team has been running like a |
well-oiled machine this year and j
gets its final tuneup before the j
Southwest ■ m - |
Conference Track
Champion-
ships Saturday at the Texas Invi
tational in Austin.
A&M Coach Charlie Thomas
said he will be taking his largest
team ever to the meet with the
hope of having more Aggies qual
ify for the NCAA championships
Thomas said the emphasis on
this meet will on individual
events. The Aggies will not run
any relays since the men’s team
has already qualified in the 400-
and 1,600-meter events. Fhe,
1,600-meter team qualified last
weekend at the Mt. Sac Relays in
Walnut, Calif., with a time of 3
minutes, 4.65 seconds, behind
Texas Tech’s winning time of
3:03.88.
The Aggie machine, however,
will be missing a few cogs at the
UT meet.
Freshman Randy Barnes will
not compete in either the discus
or shot put due to some swelling
in his right hand, while sprinter
and relay man Gary Pervis will be
sideline with a sprained ankle.
Several A&M women have va
rious ailments which will keep
them from competing this week
end, Thomas said. Alexis Russell
has an injured sacroiliac, which
will keep the women’s relay teams
from competing.
Thomas said his main concern
is to get everyone 100 percent
healthy by the May 16-lV SWC
championships.
Among the Aggies still gun
ning for a NCAA berth are fresh
men Stanley Kerr in the 100-and
200-meter dashes, Floyd Heard
in the 100-and Matt Dunn in the
800-meter dash.
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