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I TORONTO (AP) — This time,
pe Toronto Blue Jays are deter-
ined to get past the break-even
oint.
The Blue Jays reached .500 for
te eighth time this season Monday
when John Cerutti pitched a five-hit
ler and two sixth-inning errors by
exas shortstop Fred Manrique led
to two runs in a 2-1 victory.
I The Blue Jays are 56-56 with 50
[feames remaining in the season, but
rave failed to break the .500 mark in
Iheir previous seven tries. They’re
B4-32 since Cito Gaston replaced
limy Williams as manager.
Cerutti’s victory was his ninth in
|iis last 11 decisions. He said being
laced in the starting rotation has
ade him a better pitcher.
If anything, it’s more of a mental
hing for me, knowing I’m going to
e out there four or five days from
ow,” he said of his recent success.
“I’m definitely in a groove right
ow. The fastball and the curve were
orking well for me. I hardly used
Ihe change at all today.”
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Cerutti, 9-5, struck out five and
didn’t walk a batter in his second
consecutive complete game and
third of the year.
The Rangers’ only run came on
Steve Buechele’s 12th homer of the
season, a one-out solo shot in the
fifth inning that just cleared the left-
field fence.
Unlike Texas starter Mike Jef-
fcoat, Cerutti had plenty of help
from his defense, especially center
fielder Lloyd Moseby.
“We won this one with the little
things today,” Moseby said. “Just the
kind of things a team has to do in a
pennant race.”
Moseby went 0-for-3 but made
two excellent catches, the second
coming when he crashed into the
fence to grab Julio Franco’s drive
leading off the ninth inning.
“We won this game on errors and
defense,” Moseby said. “If you read
the papers, I’m one of the worst cen
ter fielders in the American League.
Thank goodness I don’t read the pa
pers.”
“That was the best game I’ve ever
seen Moseby play defensively,”
Rangers manager Bobby Valentine
said. “That’s five bases he saved to
day.”
Manrique’s errors enabled the
Blue Jays to score twice in the sixth
off Jeffcoat, who fell to 5-5 despite
allowing only four hits in 7 1-3 in
nings.
Manny Lee led off with an infield
single and took second on Manri
que’s throwing error. Tony Fernan
dez followed with a high chopper to
Manrique, who threw the ball past
first again, allowing Lee to score and
Fernandez to go to second.
Jeffcoat struck out four and
walked two before being relieved by
Cecilio Guante with one out in the
eighth.
The Rangers, who have lost three
straight games, have made 12 errors
in their last five games.
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Ag Athletic Department unveils
computerized telephone network
The Texas A&M Athletic De
partment has implemented a
computerized telephone network
that will allow Aggie fans with
touch-tone telephones to receive
up-to-date information regarding
all areas of the A&M athletic pro
gram through the use of a direct
number.
The number, 409-845-2000,
will enable the public to access re
corded messages involving up
coming athletic events, specific
news about men’s and women’s
sports, ticket information and in
formation regarding athletic sup
port organizations.
Information will be updated
on a regular basis on the new
Athletic Department Telephone
Information Network, and fans
will be able to get daily results on
various sports as well as informa
tion regarding schedule changes.
Upon dialing the network
number, callers will be given in
structions on touch-tone access to
information on the caller’s area of
interest.
The access numbers include:
1#, upcoming athletic events; 2#,
men’s athletics; 3#, women’s ath
letics; 4#, summer camps; 5#,
sports news; 6#, ticket informa
tion; 7#, Lady Aggie Maroon
Club; 8#, Twelfth Man Founda
tion.
A&M freshmen football play
ers reported Monday and will
have their first workout at 5 p.m.
today.
Workouts for the freshmen
will be at 5 p.m. each day with the
exception of a 4:30 p.m. Friday
practice.
Practices are open to anyone
with an A&M student identifica
tion card or an Aggie class ring.
Varsity members will report on
Friday and the annual A&M
photo day is slated to begin at 10
a.m. Saturday at Kyle Field.
Orioles could lose bid for LSU’s
McDonald to proposed new league
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Balti
more Orioles appear to be losing the
race for Ben McDonald to an invisi
ble opponent — a baseball league
without franchises that has yet to
play one game.
McDonald, the first player se
lected in June’s free agent draft, has
declined the Orioles’ most recent of
fer and will decide in the next 10
days whether he will join the pro
posed league that plans to begin play
in 1990.
“Ben has evaluated offers from
the Baltimore Orioles and from the
external market,” McDonald’s agent,
Scott Boras, said in a telephone in
terview from his office in Pomona,
Calif.
Boras declined to elaborate on
what he meant by an open market.
But he apparently was referring to
the proposed league that was con
ceived by David Lefevre, a New
York attorney and former minority
owner of the Houston Astros and
Cleveland Indians.
According to newspapers in Balti
more and Washington, representa
tives of the new league have offered
McDonald a two-year contract worth
$2 million. Boras and McDonald met
with backers of the new league last
week in New York.
The Orioles have offered McDon
ald a package worth more than
$600,000. The offer includes a sign
ing bonus of $300,000 a guaranteed
contract for 1990 and an option year
for 1991.
“The Baltimore Orioles tendered
an offer last Friday, and Ben Mc
Donald has declined,” Boras said.
The deal is the second-biggest
ever offered an amateur player, ex
ceeded only by the three-year,
$1.06-million contract given to Bo
Jackson in 1986 by the Kansas City
Royals. The Royals outbid the NFL’s
Tampa Bay Bucaneers, who made
Jackson the first pick in the 1986
draft.
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Football season has finally arrived at
Texas A&M with freshman and walk-on
players scheduled to take the field for the
first time as Aggies in a practice session
today at 5 p.m.
This.year’s recruiting class is small, but
by no means insignificant.
Only 13 freshmen scholarship athletes
from this year’s class are on hand, but each
one has all the talent and potential to
contribute to the team, either this year or in
the future.
These players include running back
David Drapela of Kerrville Tivy; tight end
Steve Sagraves of North Mesquite; linemen
Brad Cooper of Arlington, Tyler Harrison
of Arlington, Lowell Hutchens of Munday,
Lance Teichelman of Austin Westwood,
Larry Wallace of Irving Nimitz and Dexter
Wesley of Rockdale.
Also, linebackers Jason Atkinson of
Houston Westfield, Marcus Buckley of Fort
Worth Eastern Hills, Jason Medlock of
Dallas Roosevelt and Louis Rose of
Sweetwater; and place kicker Terry
Venetoulias of Deer Park.
Athlon’s Southwest Football magazine
names Sagraves, Harrison and Buckley
“among the best at their positions in the
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state” and Venetoulias as “the best kicker in
the state.”
All of these freshman players chose
A&M despite a potential death penalty
threatening the Aggies, which gives head
coach R.C. Slocum an added element to the
special emotion he has for his first
recruiting class. The students at A&M
should recognize these 13 players’
dedication to A&M as well.
One position A&M failed to recruit this
year is quarterback, but the arrival of Paul
Johnson from Cameron will solve this
problem. Johnson was recruited in 1988,
but was ineligible to play last year. This
year, he has made the grades and is ready
to show his talent, as a heralded blue chip
with a lot of potential, if he is called upon.
This year’s freshman class has been
highly commended by Slocum for its
strength of character, because the recruits
stayed with A&M despite all the negative
publicity and uncertaity the team faced.
On Friday, the Aggie veterans arrive and
bring experience and a hunger for success
with them.
The Aggies have one of the best running
games in the nation, with starting tailback
Darren Lewis positioned to make a spirited
run at the Heisman Trophy and a record
setting season as a junior for the Aggies.
Starting fullback Robert Wilson is
coming off a record breaking 10
touchdowns for his freshman season in
1988, and has been described as being as
good at fullback as Lewis is at tailback. The
talent of these two is renowned throughout
the conference, and will be a major part of
the Aggies’ success this year.
Backups include Keith McAfee and
Randy Simmons. Simmons was rated the
nation’s best running back out of high
school and was highly recruited in 1987. If
he regains his prowess, A&M’s ground
attack will be that much stronger.
Quarterback Lance Pavlas will finally
have his chance in the spotlight after two
years of limited duty.
The key to an outstanding 1989 season
for the Aggies is that Pavlas overcome a
shaky start and regain sdme of the
confidence and respect that gained him the
nickname “Little Vmny,” after quarterback
Vinny Testaverde, who won the Heisman
and led the Miami Hurricanes to the
National Championship in 1987.
Former coach Jackie Sherrill once said
thatall Pavlas needs is experience, and this
still rings true today.
The receivers have become the forgotten
men of the Aggies attack in the last two
years. This year, they will finally have an
opportunity to show their talent and speed.
Both Slocum and offensive coordinator
Bob Toledo have promised to feature the
passing game more, which is welcome news
to the players and should provide even
more excitement for fans.
The defense features such standouts as
linebacker Aaron Wallace, the only
remaining “Blitz Brother,” who is one of
the nation’s best linebackers and guard
Terry Price, who has gained respect
throughout the conference.
The secondary is loaded with talent.
Mickey Washington, Larry Horton and
Gary Jones will be starters, and some of the
defense’s major strengths.
Defensive coordinator Bob Davie said
the defense will be the same cutloose and
reckless team as always, but the team
doesn’t have as much depth as in past
seasons. A big reason was the small
recruiting class this year, which should
dramatically increase next year as the
Aggies have a fifth straight winning season
and go to another bowl game.
Some unproven players on the defense
will probably bolster the team and make a
big difference in some games down the
road. Look for linebacker Trent Lewis and
noseguard Pat Cunningham to be at the
forefront when team strength is discusssed
later this season.
This year has the look of a great one for
the Ags, and possibly their fourth Cotton
Bowl bid in half a decade. The offense will
have a multiple pro style attack, contrasted
with last year’s “run like hell” approach.
The defense will carry on the tradition of
the Wrecking Crew, and boast the same
aggressive hard-hitting style.
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