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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St.
Louis ■ Cardinals came alive on
Jose Oquendo’s three-run homer
and behind the pitching of Danny
Cox to win the National League
playoffs Wednesday night, beat
ing the San Francisco Giants 6-0
in Game 7.
The Cardinals earned their
15th World Series trip by winning
the final two games at home be
fore raucous crowds of 55,331.
St. Louis and the Minnesota
Twins, making their first World
Series appearance since 1965,
play Game 1 Saturday night at
the Metrodome.
Cox allowed eight hits and ex
tended the Giants’ scoreless
streak to 22 innings, a playoff re
cord. He also ended their chance
at reaching the World Series for
the first time since 1962.
Oquendo’s homer off Atlee
Hammaker capped a four-run
second inning and sent Busch
Stadium into a frenzy as the Car
dinals came charging out of the
dugout to greet the utility player
who had just hit the third home
run of his career — all against the
Giants.
St. Louis is 8-2 in seventh
games, winning more Game 7s
than any other team. The New
York Yankees are next at 5-5.
This was the first Game 7 in NL
playoff history since the best-of-
seven format began three years
ago.
The Cardinals, who were out-
hit, outhomered and outplayed in
the field for the first six games,
were humming. Everything they
did worked, while the Giants
could do little but watch.
Only Jeffrey Leonard, the se
ines Most Valuable Player, made a
contribution for the Giants by
Igoing 2-for-3. But even his luck
jran out in the sixth inning when
jhe hit a line drive that Gold Glove
(shortstop Ozzie Smith deflected
in the air and then caught on the
carom.
Five sacks against Houston
makes Morris toast of SWC
By Anthony Wilson
Sports Writer
In the span of one week, A&M
cornerback Alex Morris went from
being a billy goat to a human blitzk
rieg.
In A&M’s 27-21 loss to Texas
Tech two weeks ago, Morris was
beaten for a 76-yard touchdown pass
from Billy Joe Tolliver to Wayne
Walker. Actually, beaten is putting it
mildly. Morris was roasted up one
side and toasted down the other. He
finished the day with only three
tackles.
However, in A&M’s 22-17 win
over the University of Houston last
week, Morris was a one-man
“Wrecking Crew.” He racked up a
career high 15 tackles, 14 of which
were unassisted, caused two fumbles
and pressured the quarterback twice.
But his most impressive statistic
was listed under “QBS” — as in quar
terback sacks. Five of them to be pre
cise. Not bad for a 6-foot-2, 190-
pound cornerback who, by the way,
now leads the team in sacks.
Since defensive backs are usually
too busy covering receivers to get in
on a good pass rush, and Morris
seems to excel at blitzing, the A&M
coaches decided to line him up in a
linebacker’s spot and move either
John Roper or Aaron Wallace to a
down lineman position.
Last season, Morris was given
plenty of opportunities to blitz from
his strong safety position. He was
second on the team with six sacks.
Obviously Morris’ agility, quick
ness and 4.4 speed gives him an ad
vantage over bulkier, less mobile of
fensive linemen when blitzing. But
it’s the dropback of the quarterback
that often depends on whether he is
successful, Morris said.
“If he gets a deep drop, it’s hard
for a lineman to block me,” the cor
nerback said. “But on a two or three
step drop, it’s kind of hard to get to
him because I can’t run over line
men. But usually I’m pretty effective
at getting some pressure on him
when he gets a pretty deep drop.
“I try to get past the lineman and
get one-on-one with a running
back,” he added. “Most of the time
running backs don’t want to block
you because they’re not that good at
blocking. ”
Although he was pleased with his
performance against Houston, Mor
ris said he would rather have had an
outstanding game at his usual cor
nerback spot than at linebacker.
Nonetheless, he was proud of the
game he played.
“It’s something that I feel like
somebody else probably couldn’t ac
complish . . .,” he said. “I went out
with an extra, added incentive.”
That incentive was to play espe
cially well after a lackluster showing
against Tech.
“I wasn’t out there to prove myself
to anybody because I know that I can
play,” Morris said. “I just wanted
some self-satisfaction, just to say
that, ‘Hey, I am good. I can play.
And things were just not going my
way (against Tech).’
“All I needed was a chance to get
in position to where I can make
some things happen, and that’s what
happened.”
After the Tech game, Morris took
a lot of flak from the media about his
play. But with the help of his coaches
and teammates, Morris kept a posi
tive outlook.
“I know something bad happened
to me that week,” he said. “But I
didn’t have a bad game overall
against Tech.
“The coaches weren’t down on
me. I caught a lot of slack from the
fellas — a lot of joking around. They
were calling me Burnt Toast all
week.
“And then with the article in the
paper about the Ore-Ida crisper
award (a term used in last week’s
Battalion), I caught a lot of slack
about that, but it didn’t bother me. I
knew I didn’t deserve that award. It
was just something I had to over
come. It wasn’t a big deal.”
Walker’s 76-yard catch, the first
time Morris had ever been beaten
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for a touchdown, came when the
wide receiver made a move in the
open field at which the cornerback
“bit.” Walker then changed his pat
tern and was able to outrun Morris
in to the end zone.
Initially it bothered him a lot, but
he said he now realizes that those
things are just part of the game.
“It kind of had me down because I
knew that I was much better than
what I showed on the play,” he said.
“But it doesn’t bother me because I
know that guys are going to get beat
for touchdowns. It’s not a big deal. It
hurt me a whole lot inside knowing I
got beat. But those things happen.”
For his play against Houston,
Morris was awarded the SWC De
fensive Player of the Week honors.
Because of the award, Morris knows
he will be closely watched and scruti
nized for the remainder of the sea
son.
“I think that’s great that some
body recognized me as being the
Southwest Conference Player of the
Week,” he said. “This way I won’t go
unnoticed. . . . Everything I do good
will be noticed, like everything I was
doing bad was noticed.”
Morris said he doesn’t know exac
tly what schemes the defense will use
Saturday against Baylor. He had his
1986 season high of 10 tackles
against Baylor, but doesn’t remem
ber much about the game because he
was sick.
As a freshman, Morris played cor
nerback in practices but always
switched back to strong safety in
games. He moved to right cor
nerback in spring practices and is be
ginning to feel comfortable at the
position.
“The only thing is that I’m cover
ing faster guys,” he said. “It makes it
difficult some times because you
can’t make a mistake and make up
for it.
“I liked my performance at strong
safety more than I do at cornerback.
I’m getting a good feel for the posi
tion, so it’s easing up out there.”
Photo by Robert W. Rizzo
A&M’s Alex Morris closes in on Houston quarterback Andre Ware
during last Saturday’s 22-17 win over the Cougars. Morris sacked
Ware five times while racking up 15 tackles against the Cougars.
Women's tennis team starts
qualifying tourney today
The Texas A&M women’s tennis
team will compete in the Intercolle
giate Tennis Coaches Association
qualifying tournament, beginning
today on the University of Texas
campus in Austin.
The winners of the qualifying
round will go to the national indoors
tournament to be held in February.
Freshman Cindy Churchwell will
lead the Lady Aggies, along with
Cindy Crawford, Lisa Keller, Jenifer
Jones, Sandi Klein and Lori Davis.
Doubles teams will consist of Gaye
Lynne Gensler and Keller, Crawford
and Klein and Churchwell and
Jones.
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