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By Cray Pixley
Sports Writer
The Texas A&M men’s tennis
lam defeated Rice in a 5-3 dual
patch Friday at Omar Smith
Tennis Center.
The Aggies continued South-
lest Conference play with Rice
ter a dual match against Texas
Ihristian was postponed by rain
[Wednesday.
A&M has an 11-5 overall re-
rd with a 1-1 Southwest Con
ference slate.
I The Aggies won three singles
matches.
I No. 3 Shaun O’Donovan de
lated Rod Burton, 5-7. 7-5, 6-4.
^&M’s No. 5 and No.6 seeds
jlere also victorious.
I “O’Donovan set the pace to-
| day,” A&M Coach David Kent
said. “He made one of the great
est comebacks we’ve ever had on
these courts.”
Michael Chambers beat Chuck
Bratka 6-3, 7-5, and Wayne
Green dispatched Sean Wade 6-1,
6-4.
On the losing side for the Ag
gies was No. 1 Dean Johnson,
who ran into trouble against Don
Freeman 6-0, 6-4.
No. 3 Steve Kennedy was de
feated by Ken Thomas 7-5, 6-3.
Rice’s Larry Pearl won 1-6, 7-6,
6-2 over No. 4 Craig Whitteker.
Scott Campbell and Chambers
defeated Bratka and Freeman 5-
7, 6-1, 6-4 in doubles play. The
Whitteker-Johnson team beat
Wade and Thome 6-4, 2-6, 7-6.
A&M will go on the road to
play Southern Methodist Thurs
day.
Shauri O’Donovan
Scott: Astros could win NL West
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston
pitcher Mike Scott thinks the Astros
have a chance to win the National
League’s Western Division this sea
son.
But based on Scott’s previous pre
season thoughts, that could spell
trouble for the Astros.
He was pessimistic about 1986,
but the Astros won the division
crown by 10 games. He felt good
about repeating last season when the
Astros went into a late-season
tailspin and finished third.
Now, despite last season’s swoon,
Scott has a good feeling about 1988.
“If we all pitch well and we can
start scoring some runs, there’s no
reason we can’t win the division,”
Scott said.
The Astros had one of the strong
est pitching staffs in the major
leagues last season, but a lack of
timely hitting cost them dearly.
And the team went into the final
week of spring training still looking
for better hitting. Manager Hal Lan
ier even experimented with moving
second baseman Bill Doran into the
No. 4 position and dropping Glenn
Davis to No. 5.
Davis, the Astros’ most likely
home run punch, was hitting .160 as
the week started.
“We’re just not scoring enough
runs,” Lanier said. “A lot of times
the fourth-place hitter just needs to
? ;et a ground ball to get a guy home
rom third.”
Doran struck out only 64 times,
hit .283 and drove in 79 runs in
1987. Houston ranked 24th and
25th, respectively, among the 26 ma
jor-league teams with a .253 club
batting average and 603 runs batted
in.
“All of us on this team want to
gain respect for our offensive abil
ity,” catcher Alan Ashby said. “I
think we are a better offense than
we’ve shown. We just don’t have the
great power.”
Nolan Ryan knows about power
failures. Ryan led the majors in
strikeouts and tied for the lead in
earned run average and still was
only 8-16 with a lack of run support.
“If the pieces come together like
we hope they will and the pitching is
strong, I don’t see why we wouldn’t
be there,” Ryan said.
Questions plague Rangers early
ickets for Rangers’ games on sale now
■ARLINGTON (AP) — Tickets to Texas Rangers’
Baseball games can be ordered by mail, over the counter
at the Arlington Stadium ticket windows or at all Rain
bow Ticketmaster outlets in the Dallas-Fort Worth Met-
roplex.
■As of April 1, ticket prices will be: field and mezza
nine boxes, $10; reserved, $9; Plaza $8; Reserved
IGtandstand $5; General Admission $4 (adult), $2 (chil
dren). Non-alcoholic seating is offered in section 320 in
the mezzanine boxes and section N of the reserved
grandstand.
Concession prices include $1.50 soft drinks and
$2.75 hot dogs.
Arlington Stadium can be reached by exiting high
way 360 off Interstate 30, the old Dallas-Fort Worth
Turnpike.
For ticket information, call the Rangers at 871-273-
5100 or write P.O. Box 1111, Arlington, Texas 76010.
ARLINGTON (AP) — A year
ago, the Texas Rangers were fa
vored to win the American League
Western Division and crashed hard
into last place.
They open the 1988 season
against the Cleveland Indians in Ar
lington Stadium Monday night with
nobody giving them a chance.
There’s hope last year’s scenario
can be reversed.
“Nobody picked Minnesota last
year, and they won the world title,”
Rangers General Manager Tom
Grieve said. “Something unusual
usually happens in our division. I
just hope we are the ones who will
make it happen this time.”
When veteran Charlie Hough
takes the mound against the Indians,
the Rangers, who finished 10 games
behind the World Series champion
Twins, will be wrapped in question
marks.
The Rangers have questionable
pitching and defense, the two things
that started them off poorly last
year. They never could recover from
a miserable nine-game losing streak
in April.
Texas finished 11th in the AL
with a 4.63 earned run average, the
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in club history, behind the 4.64 from
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The Rangers led the majors with
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