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Neumann’s clutch hitting helps A&M overcome upstart SFA
Photo by Frederick D. Joe
A&M shortstop Chuck Knoblauch reacts angrily after being
thrown out attempting to steal second base in game one.
Rangers sale OK’d
by League owners
By Jerry Bolz
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
It was the encore that nobody
asked for — and nobody expected.
After taking two dramatic games
from Texas Sunday, the No. 1-
ranked Texas A&M baseball team
pulled out one more dynamic finish
Aggie Update
• Score: A&M sweeps a double-
header with Stephen F. Austin by
scores of 7-5 and 6-5.
• Record: 46-2.
•Ranking: First.
• Next game: A&M travels to Fort
Worth for a three-game series with
Texas Christian. The opener is Fri
day at 3 p.m. followed by a twinbill
Saturday beginning at 1 p.m.
to win a doubleheader from Stephen
F. Austin Tuesday at Olsen Field.
The victory pushed the Aggies to
44-2 on the year and dropped SFA
to 9-33.
The Aggies came into the twinbill
flat after the emotional games
against Texas and the Lumberjacks
took advantage of A&M’s lack of
drive, jumping out to a 5-0 lead in
both games.
But the Aggies managed to sal
vage the first game 7-5 and rallied
from a ninth-inning, 5-3 deficit in
the second game to win 6-5.
Left fielder Jim Neumann drove
in second baseman Terry Taylor
with no outs in the last inning to win
the nightcap.
“I just told myself to sit back and
drive the first pitch and end the ball-
game,” Neumann said. “We have the
confidence we can do it no matter
who's at the plate.”
A&M Head Coach Mark Johnson
said winning in the last inning was
easier since the team has done it be
fore.
“It’s always a plus when you come
from behind because it gets built in
their memory bank,” he said. “The
guys responded again tonight.”
Freshman pitcher Sean Lawrence
(2-0) got the win for the Aggies in
the nightcap after coming on in re-
Ijef in the sixth inning. Lawrence
struck out the first eight batters he
faced and finished with 10 strikeouts
in four innings. He gave up only one
hit and no runs.
A&M was sluggish coming out in
the first game and SFA jumped out
to a 1-0 lead as Raul Garcia scored
from third on a throwing error by
A&M starting pitcher Tim Her
rmann.
SFA built on the lead in the third
on two doubles. Paul Brewster rang
a two-base hit to the gap in left-cen
ter field and scored when Garcia hit
a shot over Neumann’s head in left
to make it 2-0 SFA.
In the fourth inning, the Lum
berjacks got to A&M reliever Kerry
Freudenberg for three more runs.
Mike Innerarity opened the in
ning with a double and scored on a
double by Blake Boydston. Desig
nated hitter Kevin Kelley cleared the
bases with a two-run homer to left
field and SFA led 5-0.
A&M came alive in the bottom of
the fourth as third baseman John
Byington walked and Mike Easley
put the ball over the right field fence
for his eighth homer of the year.
A&M was only down by three, 5-2.
The Aggies turned up the heat in
the fifth inning, getting the first two
batters on base. Taylor walked and
Chuck Knoblauch singled to set the
stage for Byington, who had hom-
ered in three straight games. He was
up to the call again, tying the score
5- 5 with a towering shot over the left
field fence, his ninth homer of the
season.
The inning continued to be prof
itable for the Aggies as two batters
walked and Neumann hit a single
through the right side to give A&M a
6- 5 lead.
Taylor hit his 15th home run of
the year in the sixth inning for an in
surance run.
Freudenberg got his first win of
the season in the opener.
A&M pitcher Randy Pryor, who
has missed most of the season with a
knee injury, got his third start of the
year in the second game.
SFA got to Pryor in the first in
ning of game two, taking him for
three runs on a hit and five walks.
Brad Gilbert relieved Pryor with two
outs in the inning.
The Lumberjacks built on their 3-
0 lead against Gilbert in the fifth in
ning. Jeff Dungen singled and Steve
Jeffus walked and each runner ad
vanced on a bunt attempt by Michael
Teal.
Gilbert threw a wild pitch and
Dungen scored from third. Jeffus
scored on a sacrifice fly by Boydston
to SFA a 5-0 lead.
Andy Duke and Taylor singled
for the Aggies in the sixth, followed
by a Byington sacrifice and a Kirk
Thompson single to score Duke.
Neumann produced for the Aggies
again, doubling to left field to bring
home Taylor and Thompson.
A&M was down 5-3 and the crowd
of 3,807 was sniffing for another
Aggie comeback.
But the Aggies were held scoreless
in the next two innings and their
left-on-base total rose to 13.
Meanwhile, Lawrence was terror
izing SFA hitters, striking out all but
one starter.
But the seemingly inevitable rally
began in the bottom of the ninth as
Easley and Duke singled to start the
inning and Easley moved to third on
a wild pitch by SFA reliever Wayne
Boering.
Taylor tied the score 5-5 on a
triple to the gap in left-center and
the crowd went wild. The stage was
set again for Byington to drive in the
winning runs, but SFA Coach Pete
Smith signalled his pitcher to inten
tionally walk Byington and Thomp
son to load the bases.
Neumann came up and knocked
reliever Randy Davis’s first pitch into
left field for the game winner.
ARLINGTON (AP) — George W.
Bush, the managing general partner
of the Texas Rangers, said on Tues
day his group will write Eddie Chiles
a check on Friday to transfer own
ership of the American League fran
chise.
“It’s about an $80 million trans
action,” Bush said. “Eddie’s check
will be for a lot more than I’ve got.”
American League owners on
Tuesday approved the sale of the
Rangers to a group headed by Bush
and Rusty Rose. Bush said there are
12 major partners and about 20
“small players” in the deal.
He said the current Rangers’
front office is safe.
“Mike Stone is the president and
chief operating officer and I don’t
intend to end that,” Bush said. “ Fom
Grieve (general manager) is the
baseball man and nothing will
change there.”
Bush said, “It’s apparent that this
is a well-run organization and this
club is well-budgeted.
“There is a thin line between be
ing a meddlesome owner and some
one who shows concern. We hope to
be the concerned type. We will not
be hip shooters. ”
The Rangers are off to a 10-2
start, best in the club’s 17-year his
tory.
“I’ll take credit for that,” Bush
quipped.
Bush said he will still work in the
oil business besides the hours he
puts in with the Rangers. He will
have three offices, including one in
Arlington Stadium.
“I will still be preoccupied by the
energy business and I think politics
will still be part of my life,” said
Bush, son of the President.
Bush would not name all the part
ners in the Rangers’ ownership.
“Some expressed a desire not to
be named,” Bush said.
Bush said he and Rose will call the
shots but added, “we’re not dictators
for life. We can be removed.”
He said he and Rose were “stew
ards of trust” in the agreement.
Asked how he and Rose could be
removed if there was a disagreement
among the minor partners, Bush ad
mitted “it would take a mighty rebel
lion inside. It would take major dis
content.”
Bush said the new owners won’t
be free spenders.
“Unfortunately, the Texas Rang
ers are one of the poor boys of base
ball,” Bush said. “We’ll treat this as a
business. We’ll listen to the experts
on the ways to spend money on sala
ries, etc.
“But this isn’t a toy. It has to be
run like a business.”
Bush said the Rangers want to do
a market study survey.
“I’ve not seen a sophisticated mar
ket survey on expanding Arlington
Stadium,” Bush said.
Gretzky, Kings spice up NHL playoffs
With the National Basketball Association
playoffs rapidly approaching it is easy to
understand why many people might have missed
the beginning of the National Hockey League’s
annual hoedown, the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
There are several reasons why the NHL
playoffs usually doesn’t create a ruckus
nationally. However, this year could be different.
The first strike against the NHL is that the
Stanley Cup Playoffs have the dubious honor of
being the only playoffs that are longer than the
revised NBA get-together scheduled for next
week. The NHL allows 16 of its 20 teams into the
playoffs and while the NBA lets 16 teams in also,
all the NHL series are of the best of seven variety.
Another factor that limits interest in the
layoffs is the lack of television exposure the
eague gets. The league used to have an exclusive
contract with ESPN. However, this year the
league decide it wanted more money for its
games and opted for the smaller SportsChannel.
While they may have gotten more money,
exposure plummented by almost 75 percent.
The main reason why many Americans could
careless about the NHL and the Stanley Cup is
because the American teams routinely get their
clock cleaned by the Canadian teams.
It used to be the Montreal Canadians who
ruled the league. In fact, the Canadians hold the
record for consecutive Stanley Cup wins and the
most Stanley Cup titles. Montreal’s name appears
on the Cup more times than any other team in
the league, American or Canadian.
After a short respite in the early eighties, when
an American team named the New York
Islanders won four consecutive Cups — a feat
only Montreal can match — Canadian
dominance returned.
This time it was the Edmonton Oilers led by
Wayne Gretzky that was ripping the league to
shreds enroute to four titles in five years.
Despite these liabilities, the outlook for this
year could be better not only for American
teams, but the sport in general.
Last year, when the outgunned and outclassed
Boston Bruins took on Edmonton for the Cup,
America rallied around them and made them
America’s darlings.
Unfortunately for Boston, national pride
could not overcome raw talent and the Oilers
won again.
This year the Montreal Canadians will be
severely tested by the Bruins and then they will
have to play the winner of the Pittsburgh-
Philadelphia series. Both the Penguins and the
Flyers have the talent to knock Montreal for a
loop. The Penguins have Mario Lemieux, the
next Gretzky, and the Flyers have about as much
tradition as the Canadians.
The other Canadian team, Calgary, does not
have the playoff experience, but does have the
talent. Only the Kings, led by Gretzky, should
challenge them, because neither St. Louis nor
Chicago should even be in the playoffs.
No matter who ends up fighting it out for the
Cup, the absence of powerhouse teams such as
the Oilers, the New York Rangers, the Detroit
Red Wings and the Washington Capitals, should
raise fan interest in both the United States and in
Canada.
Then maybe the Olympics won’t be the only
time hockey takes the spotlight.
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