Thursday, October 8, 1987^The Battalion/Page 11
Sports
Lady Ags collapse in late games
to drop 2nd conference match
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By Anthony Wilson
Sports Writer
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As a result the Lady Aggies lost
he match 15-10, 5-15, 15-12, 15-
13. The loss lowered A&M’s sea-
ion record to 9-13 and their con
ference record to 0-2.
Sophomore middle blocker
be watching to seen g e iij Kellen led the A&M attack
democratic reforc vith 13 kills in 27 attempts for a
407 percentage. Junior outside
ittacker Vivian Viera added 12
ills out of 31 attempts for a .226
ercentage. Sophomore setter
fvonne Van Brandt led the team
assists with 45 out of 126 at
tempts for a .357 percentage.
Kellen and Van Brandt also led
he Lady Aggies’ defensive
harge. Kellen blocked five shots,
vhile Van Brandt chipped in 20
“I think we played well,” A&M
bach A1 Givens said. “In critical
joints in the match, we made mis-
akes.
“We probably had 15-16 serv-
ce errors in that four-game
natch,” Givens added. “You can’t
lo that and win a lot of matches.”
Givens pointed out that A&M’s
ack of ability to maintain a lead
vas a key factor in the outcome of
he match.
“We should have had the third
[ame, and it should have been
iver in four in our favor,” he
aid. “Both times we got to 12
irst and weren’t able to sustain it.
think that’s been real typical of
he way we’ve been playing. We’ll
;etto 12 or 13 first and not have
he knockout punch to finish.
“I think a part of it’s pressure,
'm not sure exacly what it is.”
Outside attacker Michelle
Photo by Robert Rizzo
A&M’s Kelli Kellen and Vivian Viera block a kill by Houston’s Lori
Blok during Wednesday’s match. Houston won the match in four
games. The Lady Aggies face San Diego State here tonight.
Whitwell said, “I don’t think it
was a matter of being nervous. I
think that our execution just
wasn’t on target. We were making
good efforts. Things just weren’t
always going our way.”
Viera agreed that mistakes and
a change in momentum were the
determining factors in the loss.
“I think the team that makes
the least amount of mistakes at
the crucial time is going to win,”
Viera said. “I think that at a cer
tain point of the game, we don’t
stop playing but things just sort of
cool down.”
“This definitely puts us be
tween a rock and a hard space,”
Givens said of the loss. “We have
to come back and win the rest of
our conference matches to have
an opportunity to challenge for
the conference championship.”
A&M will face San Diego State
University tonight at 7:30. The
Aztecs have been ranked in the
Top 20 until this week in two
polls.
Giants even NL series at 1-1
behind Dravecky, 2 homers
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dave Dra
vecky pitched a two-hitter and Will
Clark and Jeffrey Leonard homered
Wednesday as the San Francisco Gi
ants turned on the power and shut
off the St. Louis Cardinals 5-0, eve
ning the National League playoffs at
one victory each.
Dravecky did not allow a runner
past second base and did not give up
a hit after Tommy Herr’s single in
the fourth. Jim Lindeman singled in
the second for the Cardinals’ other
hit.
Dravecky managed to avoid trou
ble despite leadoff walks in four in
nings. Those were his only walks and
he struck out six.
This best-of-seven series, which
had been billed as a power-versus-
speed matchup, moves to Candle
stick Park for the next three games.
Atlee Hammaker is scheduled to
pitch for the Giants in Game 3 Fri
day night with either Danny Cox,
who missed the opener with a stiff
neck, or Joe Magrane going for St.
Louis.
The Giants, who outhomered St.
Louis 205-94 during the regular sea
son, seized control on Clark’s two-
run homer in the second against
John Tudor. Clark almost lost the
home run when he came within a
stride of passing Candy Maldonado
on the bases.
Leonard homered to straightaway
center field opening the fourth for
the second straight day. Leonard,
with a $50,000 bonus clause in his
contract for being the Most Valuable
Player in the playoffs, also had two
singles and is 5-for-8 in the series.
Gold Glove shortstop Ozzie Smith
let Jose Uribe’s bases-loaded
grounder go through his legs with
two outs in the eighth. The two-run
error put the game out of reach.
The Giants again throtded St.
Louis’ speed with a brilliant pitch-
out. Tony Pena was at first with no
outs in the third and Tudor batting
in a sacrifice situation. But Dravecky
pitched out on an 0-1 count with
Pena running, and catcher Bob Mel
vin caught him stealing.
San Francisco led the major
leagues in throwing out would-be
base stealers, and its only pitchout
Tuesday night in a 5-3 loss caught
Vince Coleman. The Cardinals, the
fastest team in baseball, stole 248
bases this season but are 0-for-2
against the Giants.
A crowd of 55,331, matching the
record attendance set for the playoff
opener, was taken out of the game
early.
Baylor's single in 8th inning
lifts Twins to win over Tigers
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Don
Baylor singled to break an eighth-in
ning tie and Gary Gaetti homered in
his first two playoff at-bats as the
Minnesota Twins drew on both
youth and experience to beat the De
troit Tigers 8-5 Wednesday night in
the opening game of the American
League playoffs.
The victory was the first ever in a
playoff series for the Twins, who
were swept by Baltimore in their
only two appearances in 1969 and
1970.
Game 2 will be at the Metrodome
Thursday night with Detroit’s Jack
Morris, 18-11, facing Bert Blyleven,
15-12.
The Twins scored four runs in the
eighth inning, erasing a 5-4 Detroit
lead and chasing Tigers’ starter
Doyle Alexander, whose postseason
miseries continued.
One run already had scored in the
eighth when the 37-year-old Baylor
came to bat against reliever Willie
Hernandez with the bases loaded
and one out. Baylor, one of only five
Twins with postseason experience,
lined a single to left for the run that
put the Twins ahead to stay and
made a winner of reliever Jeff Rear
don, who had replaced starter Frank
Viola in the top of the inning.
Gaetti hit solo homers in the sec
ond and in Minnesota’s three-run
fifth, becoming the first player ever
to hit homers in his first two AL
playoff at-bats.
Alexander came into the game
with a 9-0 regular-season record
with Detroit, but in one previous
World Series and two playoffs he
was 0-3 with a 7.65 ERA.
Dan Gladden started the Minne
sota eighth with a single. One out
later Kirby Puckett doubled to left
scoring Gladden and chasing Alex
ander. Mike Henneman relieved Al
exander and walked Kent Hrbek in
tentionally. Henneman followed
with a walk to Gaetti and that
brought on Hernandez.
Baylor, hitting for Randy Bush,
singled for the tie-breaking run and
Tom Brunansky followed with a
double to left to score two more
runs. Baylor was thrown out at the
E late by shortstop Alan Trammell as
e also tried to score on the hit.
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