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The Battalion
SPORTS 7
Wednesday, April 18,1990
Sports Editor Richard Tijerina 845-2688
Tisch’s trying tales: baseball
traumas for an Ag first-timer
Susan M.
Tisch
Reader’s Opinion
Don’t take me
anywhere near the ballpark.
During the spring you can’t get
most men away from baseball.
Men love this exciting time of the
year.
Boy, I sure do wish / could get
that enthusastic about baseball.
I attempted to watch a baseball
game at A&M recently. And as I
sat up in the stands, baking under
the sun, I started to ponder ...
First off, what does one wear
to a game?
I’d hate to show up at a game
and violate baseball fashion.
Once, while watching the
Astros play, 1 observed a woman
wearing a straight skirt.
How does anyone walk up
steps when their legs are
pratically bound together?
So I wore a t-shirt and shorts to
Olsen Field. My ticket was for a
seat under the netting behind
home-plate, facing the student
section.
It was here that I learned what
the game of baseball is really all
about.
D.D. Grubbs anounces the
fighting Texas Aggie baseball
players as they run to their
positions on the field.
The game begins with an
opposing team member up to bat.
“One Shamu, two Shamu,
three Shamu, Oof!”
Finally, our team is up to bat.
Over the P.A. system plays
theme songs that introduce the
A&M player. These include
“Rawhide” (David Rollen),
“Theme from Corner Pyle”
(Blake Pyle), and “They Call Me
Bruce” (Chad Broussard).
The score is a challenging 7-6.
A&M is still at bat.
Suddenly, faint screams are
heard throughout Olsen Field.
The theme from Jaws is being
played, and spectators are
“fishing” off the sides of the
upper balcony.
The opposing coach yanks the
pitcher out of the game. The
crowd responds.
“Na-Na-Na-Na-Hey-Hey-Hey-
Go-od-Bye”.
Next, in walks the new pitcher.
Here’s the wind up and swing.
UP, UP the ball flies ... foul ball!
Everyone is pointing in
different directions, frantically
trying to help the Diamond
Darling find the ball.
The girl recovers the baseball
in an exchange for a chance at a
free trip.
Once again, the wind up and
the swing. Travis Williams hits
the ball. At the same time, the
spectators position their bodies in
the shape of an “E”.
There seems to be some
confusion out in left field. Four
more runs come in.
The Aggies finish the inning. It
is now the seventh inning stretch.
At this time the entire stadium
stands and tests their singing
ability — “Take Me Out to the
Ballgame”.
And I begin to realize that I’m
having a good time.
“It’s lucky number time!”,
D.D. anounces. The stadium has
a majestic white glow to it as
spectators wave their programs in
the air.
The winner receives a free
dinner for two at Duddly’s Draw.
The opposing team has their
last at bat. The score is 11-8. The
bases are loaded. The team’s
powerhouse is up to bat. Full
count.
Rich Robertson winds up and
See Tisch/Page 9
A&M sets
pitching record in sweep
Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack
A&M third baseman Scott Daniels tags out a double into a triple in Tuesday’s first game. The
Texas Southern player who tried to stretch a Aggies swept the doubleheader with the Tigers.
By ALAN LEHMANN
Of The Battalion Staff
Texas A&M pitchers have fired
more blanks this season than you’ll
see in a whole week of bad westerns.
The Aggies fired two more shut
outs Tuesday night and swept the
Texas Southern Tigers 6-0 and 9-0.
A&M improved to 40-11 on the
season. TSU dropped to 14-30.
With the shutouts, A&M pitching
has now blanked their opponents 12
times this season — the most in
school history.
That beats the 11 shutouts turned
in by the 1979 team. That staff fea
tured eventual major-league pitch
ers Mark Thurmond and Mark
Ross.
Coach Mark Johnson said he ex
pected his pitching to be good this
year, but has been pleasantly su-
prised by how good they’ve been.
“I knew going into the season that
pitching would be the key to our bal-
tclub, but I didn’t expect us to throw
12 shutouts,” Johnson said.
“I think our record is a testimony
to the strength of our staff. It’s an
impressive record when you look at
the calibre of pitchers that have
come through this program over the
years.”
The Aggies have been impressive
on the mound even when they
haven’t been throwing goose eggs at
their opponents. A&M has a spar
kling 2.47 staff earned run average
this season, and has held opposing
hitters to an anemic .207 batting av
erage.
While the Aggie bats weren’t exac
tly on fire Tuesday, they at least
smoked. A&M outhit TSU 18-6 in
the twinbill. Both teams showed
lackluster defense, however, and
A&M’s winning run in both games
scored on balks.
A&M didn’t put either game away
until the late innings. In the night
cap, left fielder Chad Broussard
scored the first Aggie run without
the benefit of a hit.
In the second inning, Broussard
walked, moved to third on two
ground-outs and scored when the
Tiger pitcher balked him home.
The Aggies made it 2-0 in the
third when Trey Witte slammed a
triple and scored on Brian Thomas’
ground out.
A&M starter Bo Siberz pitched
three innings, allowing two hits and
two walks. Reliever Steve Hughes
held the Tigers to one hit through
the fifth, and the Aggies started to
pull away in the sixth.
A&M got two runs that inning on
a Travis Williams RBI single and a
David Rollen sacrifice fly.
The Aggies upped the score to 7-0
with three runs in the seventh on
RBI singles by Rollen and substitutes
Sean Drinkwater and Ron Johnson.
Senior Kerry Freudenburg
pitched the final three innings to re
cord his second save of the season.
Hughes (1-0) had the victory.
In the first game, A&M got a com
bined two-hitter from Brent Gilbert
and Jason Bullard. Bullard pitched
the final four innings of the seven
inning game, striking out seven to
improve to 4-0 on the season.
Center fielder Tim Holt provided
most of the offense with two doubles
and three RBI in three trips. Senior
Blake Pyle was also two-for-three in
the eight-hit Aggie attack.
The Aggies didn’t score until the
fourth inning, when Rollen came
home on a balk by TSU starter Ce
dric Robinson.
A&M added two more in the fifth.
Holt, batting in the ninth spot in
stead of his usual leadoff role,
slammed a lead-off double. He
scored one out later on Thomas’ sin
gle.
Thomas stole second, went i *
third on a wild pitch and scored on
Williams’ groundout.
The Aggies scored three more
and knocked out Robinson in the
sixth.
“We needed this sweep to get 40
wins,” said first baseman Jeff Ber-
net, who had a triple in the second
game. “We need 40 wins to get into
the (NCAA) Tournament, and it
gives us momentum going into the
weekend against TCU.”
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