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16, ists ice ted he Battalion SPORTS 9 Monday, April 16,1990 Sports Editor Richard Tijerina 845-2688 4gs fall short, drop two of three to Longhorns ave forgoi- n his letter hey will be ii sorry for ■> may have ily. ' lenz saidj way his be. ve no busi- s in the of ected to be fellow pro oof’ in that to be takec ed by allot- king an tin- d andpuni- ie picketim I fear anil » household eh is advet- of thechil- of the fam- ■ fiave pick ery day ex denionstid tax Aquinii been nim n me pus (ihtisii 'day that bt II it douoi- htldren Ht '(lit thatiin en who ate dee left By ALAN LEHMANN Of The Battalion Staff Texas A&M’s baseball team fell one hit short of taking a double- header from Texas Saturday at | Disch-Falk Field in Austin. : Although the Aggies won the I opener 5-3 on a late Jason Marshall [single, they couldn’t produce in the [key situations in the nightcap and lost 2-1. The Longhorns also won Friday’s [series opener 5-1 as ace Kirk Dres- sendorfer kept the Aggies at bay by [striking out 13. Texas improved to 10-1 is Southwest Conference play while A&M dropped to 9-4. | A&M had three chances to win the nightcap, but couldn’t score — I even after getting key hits twice, i Texas’ David Lowery gave the Ag- [gies a demonstration of clutch hit ting when he singled home David Tollison in the bottom of the ninth. Lowery’s liner spoiled Pat Sweet’s bid for a complete game and caused fans to wonder wny Coach Mark Johnson left Sweet in the game with the winning run at second base. “I thought Pat could still do the job,” Johnson said. “We were watch ing him closely, and I thought he was still effective. He didn’t give up many well hit balls.” Lowery’s was a sinking liner to shallow center field. Center Fieler Tim Holt picked it up cleanly, but his throw to the plate was late and the game — and A&M’s hopes of taking two games from Texas — was over. Since the switch-hitting Lowery hit better from the left side, he said that he wasn’t suprised that Johnson left Sweet in. Lowery said he was su prised at the location of the pitch. “I was looking for a ball out over the plate,” Lowery said. “For some reason he left it there. I just drove it.” r of the trac railer’s king- ked trailer, lers weresto- in, according gineer j Yellow d several soon as I was The Longhorns used an un earned run to grab a 1-0 lead in the second inning. After Sweet gave up two singles to start the inning, he got right fielder Mark Smith to ground into a double play. But third baseman Travis Wil liams couldn’t handle a sharp grounder, and Mike Moreland scored from third. ;aid, /OU.’ ValkerJr,, inmate king Assncia- iv little aboui i its problems got the cal tner last Au to problem in ivict becaust prison, I fell -1 hem lat beltet ii e Corps oil a ■- organization Htp had : to choose a w ho came tif and the) hast ig Cadets evei tame and ibf in their uni- II of the cadets said. "Bui this ;cause we art (-adeb art is much puli ,s they do on they are rep ityand thatet- cts Aggies, and te positive," be : ways to save -gy bills by die nsion Service, at noon at the mnity Center. \ program on lent water use turf grass field id. day-long semi- waste manage- \&M’s Depart- g Technology 9 a.m. to 4:36 Bryan Rotan itiful will spoil- irogram. Fori repe myrtle of planted in die r Da) in honor ur choice. For 1696-5391. re will be an al ii exhibit at the an from 9 a.m Photo by Eric H. Roalson The home plate umpire calls A&M’s Blake Pyle out after the junior tried to score in the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader. The Aggies answered with a gift run of their own in the third. With one out, Williams hit a grounder that shortstop Kyle Moody couldn’t handle. Williams stole sec ond and scored on Chad Broussard’s double into the left-center field gap. Trey Witte followed with asingle into left field, but Broussard was out at the plate. The Aggies failed to score in the second inning. Blake Pyle drew a leadoff walk and was bunted to sec ond. John Woods’ infield chopper got past Tollison, and Pyle tried to score. Tollison recovered quickly and his throw beat Pyle to the plate by 10 feet. “When you don’t hit the ball a lot, you have to take chances,” Johnson said. “Sending Pyle was my fault. I thought the ball would bounce fur ther away.” In the eighth, Witte struck out with runners at first and second to end the inning and preserve the tie into the ninth and set the stage for the Texas win. Although the twinbill ended on a sad note for the Aggies, it started with a dramatic win. Breaking a string of 10 consec utive losses at Disch-Falk Field, the Aggies rallied for three runs in the top of the seventh inning and hung on to win 5-3. Texas had recaptured the lead in the bottom of the sixth when they took advantage of a Witte throwing error. Witte's two-out throw sailed into the A&M dugout, allowing the bat ter, Lowery, to take second. Smith followed with a single to score him. A&M’s seventh inning rally was a bit more impressive — and much more final. The Aggies silenced the sellout crowd as they rocked ace re liever Chris Gaskill for four hits in the inning. Freshman Brian Thomas led off with a looping single to left field and moved to second when Williams bounced a single past the shortstop. One out later, Broussard used the turf to his advantage, beating out a mile-high chopper to load the bases. Witte popped up to the pitcher and it seemed the rally would fall short. But Pyle took a 3-2 pitch and walked in the tying run. Jason Mar shall — who Gaskill struck out twice last season — delivered a bouncer through the middle that scored Wil liams and Broussard. “He put it over the plate and I hit it,” Marshall said. “I’m just glad that the hit that finally fell in counted for so much.” Aggie lefthander Rich Robertson made it count. The junior transfer from San Jacinto shut down the Longhorns in the seventh inning to earn the win. Robertson, who went the distance, improved his record to 9-0 on the season and 4-0 in SWC action. Gaskill took the loss for Texas. His record fell to 5-3 and 1-1 in SWC 'I'he Saturday doubleheader fol lowed Friday night’s opening game that was a nightmare for the Aggies. Kirk Dressendorfer looks clean- cut, but he picked Friday the 13th to do his best Jason impression. Dressendorfer was a worse night mare for the Aggies baseball team than Freddie Krueger could ever hope to be, striking out 13 Aggie batters and limiting them to one un earned run as the Longhorns won 5- 1 in front of 7,408 at Disch-Falk Field. “I believe in all that superstitious stuff, but it was Good Friday, too,” See Ags/Page 11 1990 Aggie Blood Drive April 16-20 Commons 10-8 SBISA10-6 Academic Plaza 10-6 Med. Sci. Library 10-6 IIIW 319S. THE BLOOD CENTER at Wadley Another service of Alpha Phi Omega, Omega Phi Alpha and Student Government. Poster designed by Aggie Student H. Scott Gibson