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The Battalion
SPORTS
Tuesday, April 10,1990
Sports Editor Richard Tijerina 845-2688
SFA with eye on ’Horns
Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack
A&M’s Jason Marshall scores in Saturday’s doubleheader against Rice.
Ags host
Tuesday twinbill
a stepping stone
for big Austin trip
By RICHARD TIJERINA
Of The Battalion Staff
No. 14 Texas A&M hosts Stephen F.
Austin in a Tuesday night doubleheader
that starts at 5:30, but it’ll have its eyes
down the road a bit —to a little place in
Austin about 120 miles west of Olsen Field.
Disch-Falk Field. Home of the Texas
Longhorns.
This weekend’s series against the South
west Conference-leading Longhorns will be
SWC Standings
Texas (35-10)
Arkansas (32-6)
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Houston (31-14)
Rice (25-18)
Baylor (25-16)
Texas Tech (24-18)
TCU (22-20)
Sunday’* Result*
Texas MS, Taxes Tech 2-8; Texas A&M 10, Rice 3; Ahemses
9, Centenary 5: SW Missouri St. 20. TCU 2
the most important the Aggies have faced
this year. Monday’s Collegiate Basebal
l/ESPN poll had the Aggies (35-9, 7-2 in the
SWC) at No. 14 and the Longhorns (35-10,
8-0) at No. 6.
Much will be at stake this weekend. Last
year, A&M won the series in College Sta
tion, and went on to claim a conference co-
championship with Arkansas.
It would be too easy for A&M to not take
SFA (7-32, 2-7 in Southland Conference
play) seriously Tuesday. But this is the same
Lumberjack team that outhit No. 1 Wichita
State earlier in the yeai —• even though they
ended up losing the game, G- 3
The Aggies will start Bo Seberz (2 -1,3.04
earned run average) and Brent Gilbert (3-3,
G.08 ERA) against the Lumberjacks, but
Coach Mark Johnson is planning on using
several pitchers throughout the double-
header.
The Aggies probably will have their top
three pitchers on the mound for them in
this weekend’s Texas series. Rich Rob
ertson, Ronnie Allen and Pat Sweet have
pitched for A&M in its previous two SWC
series.
The last time Johnson had a gameplanof
wanting to see a lot of pitchers, the Aggies
dominated. In last Tuesday’s win over Sam
Houston State, A&M used four pitchers —
just like Johnson wanted. _
The Aggies are coming off a crucial
three-game sweep of Rice last weekend. Af
ter dropping two of three games to Baylor
two weeks ago, A&M needed a sweep to
stay in the thick of the conference race.
A&M stands in third place behind Texas
and Arkansas. The Aggies play both the
Longhorns and Razorbacks on the road this
season.
Last weekend’s sweep of Rice was an im
pressive offensive showing by the Aggie-
s.A&M scored 33 runs in the series, on their
way to outscoring the Owls 33—12.
Third baseman Travis Williams led the
way. He went 7-for-13 (.538) against the
Owls. The sophomore from Austin leads
the team with a .315 average on the year,
.419 in SWC play.
“I hit some hard the first game, but they
didn’t drop,” said Williams, who started the
series going 0-4. “I was seeing the ball well
and I was confident.
“It didn’t matter where they threw the
ball. I knew I would hit it.”
Leadoff hitter Tim Holt went 6-for-14
(.429) and second baseman Trey Witte was
4-for-9 (.444) against the Owls.
Designated hitter David Rollen and
catcher/first baseman Blake Pyle have aver
ages above .300 for the season.
The second game of the SFA double-
header will be broadcast by KTAM (1240
AM), and it will also be Little League Night.
All youngsters will be admitted free, and a
clinic will be held between games with the
Aggies providing instruction and demon
strations.
Gates will open at 4 p.m.
Mavs’ Tarpley
passes drug test
with flying colors
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Mavericks star
forward Roy Tarpley has tested- negative
for cocaine and alcohol, clearing the way
for Tarpley to return to the team after a
suspension that started after he missed
practice and failed to notify the team Fri
day.
The test results were released Monday
afternoon by Dr. Dave Lewis, medical di
rector of the league-sanctioned ASAP Fam
ily Treatment Program.
“I feel real bad about this,” Tarpley said
in a statement issued by the Mavericks. “I
need to work on being a responsible per
son. I should have been at practice. I should
have called. I paid a price and now I’m glad
it’s over. I said I didn’t take drugs and I
didn’t. I’m excited about getting back with
the team.”
Tarpley, who is expected to play in Tues
day night’s game against the Los Angeles
Clippers, asked that the results of the drug
test be released, Lewis said.
“Roy had given us his permission to re-
ort that the levels of alcohol and cocaine in
is urine were zero.”
Tarpley, who has twice been suspended
in connection with drug problems, told
team officials he overslept Friday and was
too embarrassed to call the team. An assis
tant coach tracked him down at his house
after a 6-hour search.
He submitted to the test Friday night and
told Coach Richie Adubato and General
Manager Norm Sonju his test would be
clean of banned substances.
“He was extremely disappointed in what
he did, frustrated at his lack of judgement
... and said right away, ‘I want to be tested
right now,”’ Sonju said of Tarpley’s reac
tion Friday evening.
Sonju said in a statement Monday that
Tarpley “paid a heavy price. Roy said this
was not drug-related and the test proved
that he was right.”
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