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Open Sam - 8pm (across from Kroger Center) Sports . ! ■ 111 II ■' ■ m -m Texas A&M’s Scott Livingstone slides in to second base as shortstop Mark Dugas of Northeast Louisiana applies the tag. The Aggies Photo by Bill Hulk • swept their 3-game series with the Indians and will face Texas Southern today in a game starting at 3 p.m. at Olsen Field. Ags open season with sweep of NLU By Doug Hall Sports Writer Texas A&M Head Coach Mark Johnson couldn’t have asked for a better way to start off the 1987 baseball season than with three victories in three games. Unlike last season, when the Aggies dropped all three of their opening games to Pan American University, Johnson’s squad gave the Northeast Louisiana Indians a long bus ride home after win ning Friday’s game 16-4 and Sat urday’s double-header 2-0 and 12-3. Johnson, whose team is trying to repeat as Southwest Confer ence Champions, said strong pitching, good hitting and the good weather all combined to make it a successful weekend for the Aggies. “The pitchers did a really good job for us,” Johnson said. “Coach Lawler (pitching coach) had them geared up and ready to throw strikes. We didn’t have to go get anyone before we wanted to. ie g< made a difference for us. Last year, the (rainy) weather set us back. But we were able to get in three intra-squad games this week so that each pitcher got to cross the line before this weekend. Those games really made a dif ference.” Offense was not a problem for the Aggies, either. For the three game series, Aggie batsmen com bined for 30 runs on 43 hits and 26 RBI. Johnson said the first several games of a season are often low- scoring affairs because the hitters haven’t found a good rhythm, or the players have a tendency to chase bad pitches. “Offensively, we did a good job,” the third-year coach said. “A lot of times teams will go out real shaky, but I thought we swung the bat real well.” Leading the way for A&M were senior right fielder Don Wren, who went 7 of 10 over the three games, and senior shortstop Ever Magallanes, who hit safely in six of his 13 at-bats. But Johnson, who started three freshmen in each game, also was pleased with the performance of Ins younger players. Freshman centerfielder Chuck Knoblauch had five hits in 14 at- bats over the weekend, while sec ond baseman Terry Taylor went 4 of 10; designated hitter John Byington contributed six hits over the three-game series. Darryl Fry, who was second in wins on the Aggie rotation last year, pitched five innings of out | hit baseball in Friday’s opener if notch bis first win ol the season. The one hit he did given) however, was a home run to It dian right fielder JohnStites. The homer gave the Indiaisl their first two runs ol the baij game and the only leadoftlj weekend. “I just hung up a changeuft Fry said. “That’s what happel with a good hitter up there, liil confident, though. In the firs:-1 ning, anything can happen.’’ Sean Snedeker, who led I Gulf-State Conference in striltl outs last year for Southwsl T exas State, matched Fry’s (Wj hit performance in Saturdaiil opening game. Wren, who ail lected two of the Aggies fivefel also had the game-winning Raiders overcome Ags for 65-58 win A&M squanders 9-point lead in 7th SWC loss From Staff and Wire Reports LUBBOCK (AP) — Sean Gay led Texas Tech with 16 points as the Red Raiders beat Texas A&M 65-58 in Southwest Conference basketball Sunday afternoon. The Raiders used a tenacious pressing defense to limit the Ag gies to six points during the final nine minutes. Texas Tech trailed 52-44 with 9:03 remaining when Tech Head Coach Gerald Myers went to his three-guard, lull-court pressure game. Fueled by four points apiece from guards Sean Gay and Mike Nelson and forward De- wayne Chism, the Raiders out- scored A&M 15-4 to go on top 59- 56 with 4:04 remaining to play. T he guard trio combined for 40 of Tech’s points. Gay paced the Raiders with 16 points, Wen dell Owens added 14 and Nelson finished with 10. The Aggies cut the deficit to 59-58 on a Todd Holloway lay-in — one of only two A&M field goals during the final nine min utes — but the Raiders scored the final six points to improve their record to 13-11 overall and 8-5 in SWC action. A&M, which scored on only three of its final 16 possessions, was paced by Holloway’s game high 24 points. The senior guard scored 16 of those points in the first half to help the Aggies fash ion a 31-30 advantage at intermis sion. A&M Coach Shelby Metcalf said the Aggies, now 5-7 in the SWC and 13-10 overall, let their guard down in the second hall, and the game slipped away. “We fought hard, but we had a few too many turnovers,” he said. “When we got ahead a little bit in the second half, we let them have some easy baskets and they were able to get back in the ball game quicker than we should have let them.” Tech’s Wendell Owens said his team did a good job of finishing Announcing FAJITA RITA’S NEW Lunch Specials 11-4 ■Mi $3. 50 L.& February is Tecate Month! 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