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Mets down Astros
to take 3-2 lead
Carter breaks slump with winning RBI
NEW YORK (AP) — Gary Carter
broke out of a l-for-21 slump with a
run-scoring single in the 12th inning
that gave the New York Mets a 2-1
victory over the Houston Astros on
Tuesday and moved them within a
game of their third National League
pennant.
The game-winning hit gave the
Mets a 3-2 lead in games in the best
of-seven playoff against Houston
and sent the series back to the Astro
dome for Games 6 and 7.
Carter, confused and distressed
by his lack of production after a 105
RBI season, had only a double in
Game 2 and had gone hitless in his
first four at-bats this time, before
singling home the winning run off
Houston reliever Charlie Kerfeld.
Jesse Orosco pitched two hitless
innings for his second victory in re
lief in this series. Orosco now has
worked five scoreless innings in the
playoffs.
This game, however, belonged to
Carter, who stayed on the field well
after the game, waving to fans and
raising his hands in victory.
Nolan Ryan of Houston and
Dwight Gooden of the Mets dueled
into extra innings, Ryan giving up
only two hits as the Astros outhit the
Mets 9-4 for the game.
When Wally Backman singled off
the glove of third baseman Denny
Walling with one out in the 12th, it
was only the third hit of the game
for New York.
Kerfeld tried to pick Backman off
j first, but his throw was wild for an
| error and Backman w ent to second.
I The Astros then walked Keith Her
nandez intentionally, bringing up
| Carter.
The count went to 2-and-0 on
[Carter, before Astros pitching coach
Les Moss came out to talk wdth Ker-
| feld.
Kerfeld got back to 3-and-2, and
[Carter fouled off two pitches, before
driving a clean single up the middle
| that scored Backman easily.
As Carter, rounded first base, he
[raised both hands, the futility over,
and his teammates ran and em
braced him.
Bob Ojeda, 18-5, the Mets’ Game
2 winner, will face the Game 3 loser
for Houston, Bob Knepper, 17-12,
in Game 6.
Houston could have won the
game in regulation had it not been
for a hotly clisputed double play call
that cost them a second-inning run.
The Mets turned one other dou
ble play, started by left fielder Moo-
kie Wilson, that also saved a poten
tial Houston run.
The Astros scored their only run
off Gooden in the fifth inning on a
ground ball by Bill Doran that well
could have been a double play.
Darryl Strawberry tied the score
for the Mets with a fifth-inning
homer, his second of the series.
Ryan was gone after nine innings,
and Gooden departed after 10, his
longest stint in the major leagues.
Besides the home run to Straw
berry, the only hit off Ryan was
Keith Hernandez’ seventh-inning
single. Ryan, the loser in Game 2,
struck out 12 and walked one, while
Gooden, the 1-0 loser in Game 1,
scattered nine hits, walked two and
struck out four.
Ryan’s strikeouts helped the As
tros break the major league playoff
record. Through five games, Hous
ton pitchers struck out 46 Mets’ bat
ters. The previous record was 41, by
the 1973 Mets’staff.
Ryan started Game 5 as a replace
ment for rookie Jim Deshaies, who
was dropped from the rotation when
the game was postponed on Monday
by rain.
This time, Game 5 was delayed by
rain for 22 minutes at the start.
Denied a run in the second by a
questionable double play call, the As
tros broke through against Gooden
in the fifth inning on a double play
the Mets couldn’t make.
Alan Ashby led off with a double
down the right-field line and went to
third w'hen Craig Reynolds singled
into shallow left field.
No. 8 UT will test A&M defense
By Charean Williams
Sports Writer
The best offense is a good de
fense, or at least that’s what most
coaches will tell you.
No one knows that better than
Texas A&M Volleyball Coach A1
Givens.
“You have to play defense, no
ifs, ands, or buts,” Givens said.
“There are times when the of
fense just isn’t clicking. That’s
when the defense has to come
through.”
And defense will be the key if
the No. 20 Aggies are to beat No.
8 Texas tonight at 7:30 p.m. in G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
“If we can continue to play the
hard-nosed defense that we’ve
been playing, then we’ll be in
good shape,” Givens said.
For the past three years, no
one has played defense any better
than A&M’s “Secretary of De
fense,” Laura Hoppe.
“Playing defense, you’ve got to
love the floor,” Givens said. “Lau
ra’s attitude is such that she’ll sac
rifice her body to keep the ball
from hitting the floor.”
Hoppe, who walked on three
years ago but was put on full
scholarship before this season be
gan, says nothing is more satisfy^
ing than making a great defensive
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“There’s nothing like reading a
hitter, being there and making
the dig,” the Aggies’ spark plug
said. “It gives you a rush. Defense
can bring just as many rewards as
offense if you put everything
you’ve got into it.”
A&M put everything it had
into Monday night’s triumph
over Baylor.
It got defense from the likes of
Hoppe and middle blocker Mar
garet Spence and offense from
outside hitters Cheri Steensma
and Stacey Gildner.
But it will take even more for
the Aggies (16-4 overall, 3-0 in
the Southwest Conference) to
beat the Longhorns (12-4, 1-0),
something they haven’t accom
plished since 1982.
The Aggies will have to cut
down on their service errors and
have an effective night blocking
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A&M’s Chris Zogata (left) and Margaret Spence
leap high to block the ball. Defense is expected to
Photo by Anthony S. Casper
be a key in tonight’s 7:30 p.m. contest between
A&M and Texas in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
UT’s powerful hitters, namely
Karen Kramer and Diane Wat
son.
“Texas has a good team and
they do a lot of things well,”
Givens said. “For us to be success
ful, we have to block well and pass
and serve aggressively.”
Working in the Aggies’ favor
are the recent injuries to several
Longhorns.
“We have a bunch, of nickel
and dime injuries to Our ankles
and fingers,” UT Coach Mick Ha
ley said. “So it’s just a day-to-day
proposition. We haven’t had the
same lineup the last two weeks.
“Now we’re under the gun, es
pecially if you can’t play your top
six players.”
A&M also has the hefty advan
tage of playing at home. Last sea
son against UT, 3,500 filled G.
Rollie to set an SWC-yolleyball at
tendance record.
“It’s always exciting to play at
A&M," Haley said. “It’ll be a wild
and woolly match.
“What are ya’ll out there, about
7,000 or 8,000 fans and 100
dogs? I was watching some films
the other day and there were
about 3,000 people in the stands,
but above all that noise I heard
that dog barking.”? . . £»>_,. -
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