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ay, April 26,1985 The Battalion SPORTS 9 Wednesday, April 26,1989 at 3 p.m. in 145 MSC. all the C.D.P.E. at 845- stralia at 7 p.m. in 407 ipper at 6 p.m. at A&M ak about job opportuni- e C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 iduct new officers at 7 els. cers and show a film at it 7 p.m. in 302 Rudder. s at 7 p.m. in 301 Rud- tin Run and FRISBEE m. Call the C.D.P.E. at he C.D.P.E. for details. . at The Edge, a C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 i, 276 Reed McDonald, \ date. We only publish i to do so. What's Up is is. Submissions are run an entry will run. IIyou arges itee oard ears financial expen is said he could bring isure there is a balance ers and consumers, e risk coverage at the ible cost to consum- you’ve got to haveafi- id, viable industry,”he ing investigators’ re ds said, “I would agree lax” in pursuing alle- irance fraud. •eceives r portions Ige Bank sf (AP) — Offers are portions of the former n, but federal regula- still are hoping to sell nsurance Bridge Bank [Otten a number of ex- Bridge Bank on a asis and a spin-off ba ker, Southwest region e FDIC’s Dallas office, “We are maintaininga dined to name inter- however, a number of ivestor groups inside Texas and the United iblicly expressed inter part of Bridge Bank, n formed in March 'em banks, al Deposit Insurance d MBank’s $15 billion arch 28. ing company Sterling is notified the FDICof acquiring two Bridge rs near Sterling’s three nks, said Chairman nez. Bank & Trust in las told the FDICof its r the two Clear Lake the agency’s bridge re available. Bancorp, of Texas, erce Bancshares Inc., ; National Bank, and Scotland, among others, g bids. Softball team wins one over SHSU Buechele’s hits key Heightley's clutch hitting sparks A&M victory in twinbill split TeXSiS past Indians By Stan Golaboff SPORTS WRITER On a day of missed opportunities, the Lady Aggie softball team used a bit of luck to split a double header, 1-2 and 4-2, with 16th- ranked Sam Houston State Tuesday in Huntsville. feel kind of fortunate to come away with a win,” Head Coach Bob Brock said. “We Finally got a break and we needed it because we were a bitlethargic in our hitting today.” In the first game, the Aggies (29- 23) missed two golden opportunities to score. In the top of the fifth and down by one, Erika Eriksson led off the in ning with a double. Dana Mitchell then moved her to third on a sacri fice bunt and was safe at first on a fielder’s choice. With runners on the corners and no outs, Michelle Mayfield popped out to second. Sharon Herd, w'ho was running for Eriksson, was then called out at home after she broke too soon for the plate following a sacrifice attempt by Barbara Kajs. “Sharon’s mistake was just inex perience and she needs to learn that if she bads for home, not to hestitate like she did,” Brock said. Stephanie Schulte, playing for Rene Blaha, then popped out to end the threat. Blaha has been sick for the last two days and did not make the trip. A&M softball • Score: A&M splits two with Sam Houston St. by scores of 1-2 and 4-2 . • Record: 29-23. • Next games: Friday doubleheader against Creighton University at 4 p.m. at Omaha, Neb. After Amy Kownacki hit a home run to give Sam Houston State a 2-0 lead, Erin Newkirk hit a two-out double in the top of the sixth. How ever, A&M was unable to get an other hit. A&M’s lone run came in the bot tom of the seventh when Mayfield, a .204 batter, hit a two-out home run. It was Mayfield’s first career home run and the third the Lady Aggies have hit in one week, after hitting just three all season. In the second game, Carrie Heightley provided some clutch hit ting when she singled in the third to drive in Kajs and give the Aggies a 1- 0 lead. A&M held the lead until the fifth when controversy arose. The umpire ruled that Mitchell had hit lead-off batter Kownacki, de spite Kownacki not trying to dodge the ball that skipped two feet in front of home before hitting her. “The umpire said the ball was thrown too hard for her to move out of the way and despite the rules say ing you have to attempt to dodge the ball, he gave her first base,” Brock said. “I believe that call directly lead to one of Sam’s runs and it almost cost us the game,” Brock said. The Ladykats took advantage of the call to quickly put two runners on with one out, when Christy Roschal doubled to score both Tami Hoover, who was running for Kownacki, and Shonta Garr. “It was obivous that Dana was af fected by the call, but she settled down and got out of the inning with out too much damage,” Brock said. Sam Houston led 2-1 going into the seventh when A&M, which com mitted six errors in the game, bene- fitted from two Ladykat errors. Kajs led off with a single and Parks reached on an error by Kwo- nacki, who dropped an infield fly ball. Heightley then bunted to third baseman Lori Nesmith, who over threw first and allowed Kajs to score. Both Parks and Heightley scored when right fielder Kasey Guentert fell and injured her knee trying to get the overthrow. Freshman Dana Mitchell (28-22) pitched both games and showed re markable control. Mitchell struck out eight and walked three. “Dana has pitched 50 games and she tired towards the end, but she pitched two great games and proba bly should have won the first one,” Brock said. A&M will end its season this week end with six games on the road. A&M will play a doubleheader against Creighton Friday in Omaha, Neb. Creighton is ranked first in the NCAA Central Region while A&M is fifth. The Lady Aggies will then play two against Kansas and one against Nebraska on Saturday. They will also play one against Nebraska on Sunday. CLEVELAND (AP) — Steve Bue- chele drove in four runs with a sin gle, double and triple and Pete Inca- viglia had four hits Tuesday night in. the Texas Rangers’ 19-hit attack as they beat the Cleveland Indians 11- 7. Buecheie and Incaviglia each knocked in two runs during the Rangers’ five-run fifth inning, which snapped a 5-5 tie. Cleveland lost for the ninth time in the last 11 games. Texas im proved its best start ever to 14-4. Bobby Witt, 3-0, allowed seven runs on seven hits in five innings. Brad Arnsberg pitched four See Baseball Results/Page 10 scoreless innings for his first career save. Scott Bailes, 1-1, took the loss, giv ing up five runs on four hits in three innings of relief after Rich Yett sur rendered four runs on seven hits in 11-3 innings. The Rangers and Indians were meeting for the first timfe since their four-player trade last December, and all four players had hits in their first at bats. Julio Franco singled for Texas in the first, and Oddibe McDowell, Jerry Browne and Pete O’Brien scored for Cleveland in the bottom of the inning. The Rangers scored in the first on an RBI single by Ruben Sierra, and they chased Yett with three more runs in the second. Incaviglia tripled and scored on a double by Rick Leach, who came in on Buechele’s triple. Buecheie scored on Cecil Es- py’s groundnut. The Indians had scored three in the first on an RBI double by O’Brien and a two-run single by Cory Snyder. They took a 5-4 lead in the second on Joe Carter’s two-run single, but Texas tied it on a double by Incaviglia and a single by Bue cheie in the fourth. A single and two walks loaded the bases in the fifth for Incaviglia, who chased Bailes with a two-run single. Mike Stanley singled off Brad Ha vens to teload the bases before Bue cheie doubled in two runs. Espy fol lowed with a sacrifice fly. Sierra singled for his second RBI in the eighth inning and Incaviglia got another single in the ninth for the first four-hit game of his career. It’s time for the 1988-89 sports awards — both good and ba The year is coming to a close and seeing bow I will be unemployed next week, I’ve decided to end the year with an awards column, (sports teams have awards banquets, so I can have an awards column.) The following awards are for the 1988- SDschool year and have been carefully compiled after long hours of research by prs truly. They reflect the opinions of no one other than me and that’s the way it should be since this is my column. •Best Recruiting Job by a Coach or Staff Head Baseball Coach Mark Johnson for recruiting the best baseball team in the country (I don’t care what the polls say.). Johnson was a cinch for this honor when he went out and got Jon Peters, who has won 50straight high school games, to come play atA&M next year. Honorable mention Lady Aggie Head Basketball Coach Lynn Hickey for next year’s freshman class and Stan Golaboff Sports Writer to Lady Aggie Tennis Coach Bob Kleinecke for getting Tami Agassi, who is ranked 14th in the nation, to play at A&M. •Worst Recruiting Job by a Coach or Staff Shelby Metcalf and the men’s basketball staff. Shelby again failed to recruit any top high school prospects and will rely on junior college transfers again next year. Look for A&M to start slow again next year and catch fire too late for the NCAAs or the Southwest Conference title. •Best Coaching Job Lynn Hickey, Lady Aggie Head basketball coach, for guiding her team to 17 wins, the most by an Aggie team under Hickey and most by an A&M team since 1980. The Lady Aggies also come within two minutes and eight points of beating Texas for the first time in 11 years. •Worst Coaching Job Jackie Sherrill. Sherrill had the best paid talent outside of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, yet he failed to win the SWC or beat any non-conference team other than Louisiana Tech. •Best Game of the Year It had to be the third game of the A&M- Texas baseball series. A&M squared up against Texas and simply outplayed them. If Scott Centala hadn’t choked in the ninth, A&M wouldn’t have even had to rely on Byington’s heroics. •Worst Game of the Year Without a doubt, the second game of the Texas series. How can you blow a seven-run lead and go into the ninth inning down by five runs? Only the Aggies could find a way. Which brings us to... Best Performance by an Athlete Who else could it be but Big John — Big, Bad John Byington. His three home runs in the Texas series almost single-handedly beat the Longhorns. Darren Lewis was a close second in this category, but Byington gets the award because he helped us finally beat the dreaded Horns. The winner of the worst performance by an athlete is Scott Centala. He gave up seven runs on two home runs during the Texas series. What a stopper he proved to be that weekend. Best Quote Concerning Sports at A&:M The first one is real and the second one is made-up. The best quote actually heard: Erin Newkirk, centerfielder for the Lady Aggie softball team, for the way she described the pitch she hit for a home run against Sam Houston State last week. “It was a pitch I like to hit,” Newkirk said. If the quote was apy more candid I might not have been able to print it. The best quote not heard (but I wish it had been said): “Hit the road, Jack,” President William Mobley to Jackie Sherrill after Sherrill resigned amid controversey concerning George Smith, every Aggie’s favorite football player. So there you have it, the first (and probably last) Battalion Sports Awards. If you will excuse me, I have to try and find 13 tickets for my graduation ceremony being blessed by President George Bush. So this is it from the obnoxious, privileged CT, who writes for the commuftfst-pinko Battalion. August/December Engineering & Computer Science Graduates Advanced Technology, Inc.: The Right Environment For Your Success Advanced Technology, Inc. is a nationally recog nized provider of profes sional and technical servi ces to government and private industry. Our suc cess is best measured by our performance-based growth. Since our founding in 1976 we’ve experienced uninterrupted revenue gains. 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