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A&M makes it hard night for Hardin-Simmons
Photo by Jay Janner
A&M’s Brian Thomas slides safely into home under catcher Kyle against Hardin-Simmons. The Aggies swept the doubleheader,
Heller’s tag in the first game of Tuesday night’s doubleheader and travel to Waco this weekend to take on the Baylor Bears.
Ag pitchers
shatter SWC
strikeout mark
By ALAN LEHMANN
Of The Battalion Staff
Most of the 1,234 fans had left Ol
sen Field by the time the Aggie
pitching staff did their best impres
sion of Nolan Ryan Tuesday night.
That’s a shame, because it was a
striking resemblance as three Texas
A&M pitchers combined for a
Southwest Conference-record 21
strikeouts against Hardin-Simmons
in the nightcap.
A&'M won 5-2 and swept the dou
bleheader as they squeaked by the
Cowboys 8-7 in the opener. With the
victories, the Aggies ran their win
ning streak to a season-high 12
games and improved to 30-7 on the
season.
Cowboy coach Marvin Stringellow
said that the Aggie pitchers were just
too much for his team — which fell
to 12-25 on the season.
“They tore us up,” Stringellow
said. “That last guy (reliever Bo Si-
berz) especially.”
Indeed he did. Siberz, a junior
righthander, came on in the seventh
inning and blew away the Cowboys,
recording all nine outs as strikeouts.
His effort, coupled with Five
strikeouts by starter Jason Bullard
and seven by lefty Sean Lawrence,
broke the old Southwest Conference
record of 19 strikeouts in one game.
Former Aggie Bruce Kaat set that
mark against Southern Methodist in
1970.
“I was pumped up,” Siberz said. “I
knew I had something that I had to
prove and I went out there and did
it.”
He said that the Aggie staff —
which had a 2.43 earned run aver
age coming into the twinbill — is
coming together well, despite the
lack of time for the relievers.
“Our staffs where it needs to be,”
Siberz said. “We relief men don’t get
much action during conference
pkty.”
Still, he said he’s happy with the
Aggies’ performance — and their
twelve-game winning streak.
“It gives us all a little rest, but we’ll
get our work in throughout the
year,” Siberz said.
The Cowboys took an early lead as
they scored a run in the first inning.
A&M didn’t answer until the
fourth inning, but it was worth the
wait. Designated hitter David Rollen
slammed a two-run home run over
the scoreboard in left field. It was his
fourth homer of the season.
Catcher Blake Pyle then walked
and stole second. One out later, he
scored on Chad Broussard’s ground
out.
Bfoussard led the Aggies at the
plate tonight, going 3-for-6 with
four RBI — three of them in the
first game. Rollen swung a hot bat as
well, picking up four hits and three
RBI in seven trips.
The Aggie# scored two more in
the fifth. With one out, Tim Flolt
and Brian Thomas drew walks. Holt
scored on Travis Williams’ single
into left field.
Rollen followed with a long drive
to the left field wall that fell in for a
single. The runners had to hold be
cause the left fielder was close, and
Rollen was called out because he
passed Williams on his way to sec
ond.
Pyle capped the scoring as he
reached on an infield single, allow
ing Thomas to score.
Lawrence picked up the win for
the Aggies, and Siberz chalked his
third save of the year.
If the second game wasathinj
beautv, the opener was an if
beast. The seven-inning ^
dragged on for two hours aniiB
minutes, only 15 minutes slwB
than the nine-inning nightcap, f
Although the Aggies abused I®
Cowbov pitchers for II hits, it tel
Thomas single in the seventhint]
to win the game for A&M.
11 a i d in-Simmons jumped ouf
2-0 lead in the first inningwherf
ignated hitter Bill Stitt slanimt:
two-run double.
It didn’t take the Aggies Ion;
answer, however, as they scored(j
runs in the bottom of the first. ;
Holt drew a lead-off walk;
moved to second on Thor,
groundout. Williams moved hit
third with a lined single to left ft
Rollen ripped a single intotij
field to score Holt. One iiut
Witte walked to load the bases.! 1 .
Broussard walked to score WiEr
Jason Marshall broke thef|?|
with a single into shallow leftfJ
that scored both Rollen and Witlt
I he Cowboys cut the lead to
on a third-inning double by
larreal.
They struck for three more it J
fourth. Hughes gave up threel|
sandwiched around a strikeout
an error. Kerry Freudenberg™
on in relief and was greeted u B
squeeze bunt that made thescortl
4.
Again the Aggies struck kK
quickie, tying the game in thebrl
of the inning.
T homas worked a leadoff«
and moved to second on Willi™
smash single to t ight held. Roi&
moved Thomas to third when®
grounded into a fielder’s th®
Pyle brought Thomas home
sacrifice flv to left field.
After Witte walked, BhiukS-
muscled a triple into the right-cer*
field gap to tie the game. Man®
foil owed with a walk, but theinrJg
ended when Broussard was tan
out tying to steal home.
Freudenberg held the Couffi
scoreless in the seventh to pick®
the victory and set the stage foi t
dramatic win.
With one out, catcher John Wo®
singled off the glove of first base™
Chris Green. He moved to set |
on I foil's sacrifice bunt.
T homas’ single into left-n:j
field scored Wood without a thro i
“It’s a great feeling togetaga. , ’|
winner,” Thomas said. “You’ve®
to like to be in that kind of situat.®
with the pressure on you. Ifsnkel
come through.”
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