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By Anthony Wilson
Sports Writer
Ihe Texas A&M baseball team opened
Iseason at Olsen Field in grandiose style
|outscoring Lubbock Christian University
S in a three-game sweep this weekend.
&M won Friday’s contest 12-0 behind
|e timely hitting and the pitching of
Snedeker and Jeff Jones. After pitch-
lout of a first inning bind, Snedeker took
Krol, giving up two hits in six innings
lie striking out eight. Jones struck out
land allowed one hit in his three inning
jef stint.
&M’s Jim Neumann went 3-for-4, in-
ling a two-run homer, with three runs
led in and three runs scored. Tim Mc-
iam added three runs on a three-hit ef-
Terry Taylor and Scott Livingstone
led homers.
&M won handily again in the first game
iaturday’s double-header, 10-2. After
ig up a run in the second, the Aggies
led for six runs on five hits in the bottom
of the inning.
atcher Tom Carcione started the inning
a walk and advanced to third on Mc-
iam’s double. Carcione then scored on a
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Hi the fourth inning, Livingstone hit a
sole homer to the power alley in right-cen-
teriicld. The RBI moved Livingstone into a
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ats to remai: MM’s career list with 170.
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In the second game of the twinbill, A&M
scored the winning run in the bottom of the
ninth to clinch a 2-1 victory.
LCU threatened in the ninth inning
when Kevin Short led off with a double to
right field. But reliever Scott Centala re
tired the side on two strikeouts and a flv
ball.
Neumann led off A&M’s half of the in
ning with a double off the base of the right
field wall. Pinch runner Andy Duke moved
to third on a passed ball and scored on
pinch hitter John Byington’s RBI fielder’s
choice.
Centala, 1-0, pitched two innings and
struck out four. Starter Randy Pryor also
pitched well, striking out seven and allow
ing three hits in seven innings.
"For our initial series, I was pleased with
our hitting and defense,” A&M CoachMark
Johnson said. “Our pitchers threw well. But
we’re going to have to do well with the
breaking ball.
“We didn’t consider them a pansy. We
felt fortunate to sweep them.”
Johnson was especially glad to see his
team respond well to the second-game
scare.
“The blowouts are good, but you don’t
see what you do under pressure. Close
games build chemistry.”
A&M’s pitching staff is the only question
mark on the team at this point, but Johnson
was impressed with its play and particularly
with Centala. Johnson didn’t start the vet
eran so that he could give some of the
younger players some experience.
“I just kind of got hungry waiting to
throw,” Centala said. “I made up my mind
to do well. I got in a clutch ballgame and it
was a lot to chew for the first time out.
“Until I understood the situation, I was
disappointed. I’ll stay in the pen all year
long if he’s (Johnson) willing to use me. I
love the pen. I just want to get in the ball-
game. It’s not a matter of starting or reliev
ing, but getting across the line.”
Knoblauch said it was important for
A&M to beat the Chaparrals to start gaining
some momentum early in the season.
“We can’t win the championship without
winning these games to get into a groove
for conference,” Knoblauch said. “It helps
out the team a lot.”
A&M will play a double-header against
Southwest Texas State Tuesday at 1 p.m. at
Olsen Field.
lose to Baylor 74-73 in double overtime
By Hal. L. Hammons
Assistant Sports Editor
/Ml in all it was a pretty average Texas
A&M-Baylor men’s basketball game,
invents,pant Bthad it all: two overtimes, brutal board
every 25 yol-pi, high intensity and a nip-and-tuck
among more tone almost all of the game. And in the end
for local got feylor avenged its 1-point loss earlier this
ioff elections year with a 74-73 heartstopper.
of the Soviet Hmes McGhee’s driving 15-footer at the
ricts because |uz/er would not fall, leaving a gutty series
o|A&M comebacks barely short,
las been no dropped to 5-5 in conference play,
thei the ex-all but eliminating any chance for the
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Southwest Conference title. Baylor is also 5-
5.
Chris Cokinos missed the front end of a
one-and-one free-throw attempt that could
have put the Aggies ahead by four with 28
seconds left in the second overtime. Bay
lor’s Darryl Middleton rebounded a missed
shot by Robert McLemore and put it in
while being fouled with 7 seconds remain
ing. His free throw put Baylor ahead for
the first time in the second extra period.
A controversial four-point swing late in
the first overtime looked like it would kill
the Aggies. Baylor’s Michael Williams
caught a long inbounds pass and was fouled
by Darryl Duncan while going up for a
layup. The referee called an intentional
foul despite Duncan’s obvious swipe for the
ball.
Williams hit both free throws, Baylor got
the ball back, and Michael Hobbs hit two
more. That gave the Bears a five-point lead
with 24 seconds left.
McGhee hit a 22-foot three-pointer to
pull to within two, hut then he missed the
first of two free throws that could have tied
it.
He missed the second intentionally, and
A&M’s Doug Dennis got the rebound and
was fouled. His two free throws with 3 sec
onds left sent the game to the second over
time.
A&M trailed by six with 1:38 left in regu
lation, but Baylor hit only one of four free-
throw attempts the rest of the period — in
cluding two front ends of one-and-ones —
to allow the Aggies back in. Cokinos hit a
three-pointer, and Darryl McDonald con
verted on a drive to pull to within two with
19 seconds left.
See Aggies, page 13
Ags do me proud
by looking tough
in loss to Bears
I didn’t say this after I watched them beat
Southern Methodist and Arkansas. I didn’t
say this when they were 4-0 and in sole pos-
ession of first place
in the Southwest
Conference. But
I’m going to say it
now.
I was proud of
the Aggies Satur
day.
Sure they lost,
but they played
hard. They played
well. They played
without three key
players.
They tried. And
they weren’t
Hal L.
Hammons
Sports viewpoint
ashamed of their effort.
No players showed up in the interview
room after A&M lost to Texas. With good
cause — they smelled against Texas. But
there was no avoiding the media Saturday.
Darryl McDonald sat there with blood
splattered all over his shirt and shorts.
Doug Dennis stood there with ice on his in
jured thumb.
And when Shelby Metcalf came in, the
sportswriters waited for him to get a drink,
afraid of how Metcalf would be taking the
loss. No need. The coach was as proud as he
could be of his team, and he didn’t mind
talking about their effort.
I was proud of D-Mack, even though he
committed some stupid fouls that would
end up getting him disqualified when the
team needed him most.
I was proud of Chris Cokinos, even
though he chose the worst situation in the
world to place one of his rare missed free
throws — when making it probably would
have cinched the game.
I was proud of James McGhee, even
though he took and missed some poor
shots, and missed four out of five free
throws.
I was proud of Dennis especially, even
though his defense and rebounding posi
tion on Darryl Middleton broke down some
in the second half.
Sure, there were plenty of reasons to say
they lost a game they easily could have won,
See Proud, page 13
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