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Buy and Sell Through Classified Ads Call 845-2611 Page 8 The Battalion Monday, May 1,1989 Brenham’s Peters breaks victory record Aggie baseball signee no-hits Consolidated to set national mark By Alan Lehmann SPORTS WRITER You’d expect a pitcher with 51 consecutive nigh school pitching vic tories to have a blazing fastball and an ego as big as an Alaskan oil spill. But Jon Peters, who now holds the national record for most consecutive high school victories, is as untouched by fame as his curveballs are by op posing hitters. The Brenham ace recorded his 51st victory without a loss Friday night in Brenham in front of about 4,000 spectators and droves of na tional media. He did it in grand style as he shat tered the old record held by Timmy Moore of McColl, S.C. Not only did he throw a no-hitter against the A&M Consolidated Tigers, but he provided plenty of offense as well. With his team winning 9-0 in the bottom of the fifth inning and a run ner on second base, he laced a two- out RBI single to end the game by the 10-run rule. Although Peters was three for three at the plate and drove in two runs, he would rather have ended the game on the mound. “I would have liked to have gone another inning to end the game with a strikeout,” Peters said. Peters did record 12 strikeouts, retiring the last eight men in order, seven of the outs coming on strike outs. Although Peters has struck out 10 or more hitters in 29 of his 54 career starts, he sees himself as a control pitcher. “I don’t have an overpowering fastball,” he said. “I have to put the ball where I want it to get hitters out.” Peters hasn’t had any trouble get ting the hitters out this year. His no hitter Friday was his third of the sea son. But don’t think Peters has let that fact inflate his ego. “I couldn’t win without my team mates,” he said, “Every time I go out they hit the ball and play good de fense.” Brenham’s other pitcher is no stranger to success either. James Nix is currently seventh on the national list of consecutive wins by a high school pitcher with 25. But Peters said there is no rivalry between the two. “James and I pull for each other,” Peters said. “He’s thrown the ball well for us this year. There’s no ri valry. We both just want to get back to the state championship.” If Brenham does get back to Ait tin this year, they would be defend ing their three consecutive class di state championships dating back i 1986. Off the field, Peters handli homework as easily as he does hi ters, evidenced by his 92 overal grade point average in high school “My parents taught me early it study,” he said. His strong sense of disciplinecai ries over to his conditioning prt gram. Although he works will weights only during the off-seasor. Peters runs two miles daily, and me laps around the field after game and practices. Peters also has a level-headed tude about higher education. “Even if I get drafted high, I’llji to college,” he said. “I’m not readyit play professionally yet.” The! L Mor I f PuhPs two-run triple leads Astros over Mets HOUSTON (AP) — Terry Puhl had a two-run triple and two singles Sunday and Mike Scott defeated New York for the first time in the regular season since May 16, 1985, as Houston won 7-6 to snap the Mets’ six-game winning streak. “My job is to spot start, and today was one of those fortunate days that I came to the plate and did well,” said Puhl, a starter from 1977 to 1984, until injuries in 1985 and 1986 limited him to 57 and 81 games, re spectively. “I feel as long as I’m swinging the bat well, I should start. But I’ve been saying that for five years now.” Scott, 4-1, left the game after five innings due to tightness in his left hamstring. He struck out six and al lowed five hits and three unearned earned. It was his shortest stint as a starter. “They were sitting on the fast ball,” Cone said. “The other pitches didn’t work, either. I was overthrow ing the fastball and the location was bad.” Dave Smith pitched 1 2-3 innings for his fourth save, allowing a run in the ninth inning. Kevin McReynolds led off the ninth with a pinch single and moved to third on Len Dykstra’s double. Howard Johnson, who drove in four runs, hit a grounder to first to score McReynolds, but Smith got Keith Hernandez to hit a grounder back to the mound and Darryl Strawberry ended the game with a bouncer to first base. runs. Scott, who was acquired from New York in 1982 for Danny Heep, en tered the game with a 2-7 lifetime mark against the Mets. David Cone, 2-2, lasted only 2 1-3 innings for New York, allowing seven hits and seven runs, five Johnson has a seven-game hitting streak in which he is 13-for-29 with nine runs batted in. “This would’ve been a tough one to let slip away,” Smith said. “A 7-3 lead just won’t do it against the Mets.” Ryan out-duels Clemens as Texas stops Red Sox ARLINGTON (AP) — Nolan Ryan won the first battle between the best fastball pitchers in Texas, leading the Rangers past Roger Clemens and the Boston Red Sox 2- 1 Sunday on Rafael Palmeiro’s two- run homer in the eighth inning. Under a 82-degree Texas sun, each pitcher threw his best heat. The 42-year-old Ryan allowed three hits in eight innings and struck out 11, the 184th time in his career he struck out 10 or more. His 49 strike outs in 35 innings lead the American League. Boston scored in the first when Ryan threw a wild pitch with a run ner at third. That held up until the eighth, when Cecil Espy singled and Palmeiro homered off the right-field foul pole, 330 feet away. It was the second home run of the year for Palmeiro and broke a streak of 24 consecutive scoreless innings for Clemens against Texas. The 26-year-old Clemens gave Texas a taste of inside pitching in the first inning, knocking Palmeiro down with a high, tight fastball. Steve Buechele was hit by Clem ens in the second inning after Geno Petralli had singled and moved to second on a groundout. The Texas threat ended when Jeff Stone grounded out. Russell pitched a perfect ninth for his fifth save. Cason sets mark to lead Aggies at Drake Relays c Si u ByK FEA1 FROM STAFF & WIRE REPORTS Andre Cason’s meet record in the 100-meter dash highlighted four wins by the Texas A&M track team at the 80th Drake Re lays over the weekend. Cason’s hand time of 10.06 would have been the fastest in the world this year but the automatic timing system malfunctioned. However, when a hand time is used, it must be rounded up to the nearest tenth. Thus Cason’s time was officially recorded as 10.1. Alabama’s Calvin Smith, who covered the distance in 10.11 sec onds in 1983, still holds the fast est automatic time. A&M’s 400-meter relay team of Cason, Stanley Kerr, Derrick Florence and Howard Davis ran to first place in a time of 39.67. It was A&M’s third victory in as many years in the event. Jamaican Olympian Richard Bucknor streaked to victory for the Aggies in the 110-meter hur dles in a time of 13.90 seconds.lt was his first competition since he injured his leg at the Texas Re lays April 8. A&M’s Mike Stulce remained unbeaten by collegians this year with a heave of 66-9!4. Stulce’s last defeat was at the Drake Re lays a year ago. The A&M women didn’t fare as well as they faced their tough est competition so far this year. However there were some good finishes for A&M. The sprint medley relay of Al- issa Bell, Cheryl Henderson, Ro- salynn Hunt and Jackie joaes placed third with a time of 1:43.72. Bell led the Lady Aggies indi vidually with a fourth place finisli in the longjump. Fo you histo lowir • shelt< dales • ' monl camp • i cape< build Ag softballers end year FROM STAFF & WIRE REPORTS LINCOLN, Neb. — The Ne braska Cornhuskers downed Texas A&M 4-2 Sunday af ternoon in collegiate softball end ing the Lady Aggies’ worst season ever. A&M, a perennial national power, finished the year with a 31-27 record representing the fewest wins, and most losses, in A&M softball history. 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