Davis shines
through dark
days with class
Believe it or not, there is a
silver lining to the Texas A&M
basketball storm.
Former Aggie coach Kermit Davis
Jr. is standing calmly in the eye of
theNCAA-investigation hurricane.
Sure, Davis messed up, but his
behavior throughout the whole
ordeal has been a credit to himself
and his family.
The rules Davis allegedly violated
are small potatoes compared to
infractions committed oy other
schools. Heck, they're miniscule
when you consider the 36 NCAA
allegations against Jackie Sherrill's
football program in 1988.
I don't think Davis would have
been forced to resign if these current
allegations would nave surfaced
without the threat of an NCAA-
imposed death penalty hanging
over the University.
To me, the most disturbing, and
damaging charge against Davis was
his involvement with Rob Johnson.
A man, who by all accounts is a
shady character and by some
accounts, a player broker.
Davis countered that he didn't
know of Johnson's nefarious past,
and I believe him. I could be wrong,
but my gut feeling is that Davis
really didn't know what kind of
person Johnson was.
Although my personal
involvement with Davis has been
minimal, the impression that I
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Ags take two, but miss weekend sweep
RICHARD S. JAMES/The Battalion
A&M second baseman Sittichoke Huckuntod is called safe in the first inning of Satur
day’s first game as Arkansas’ Jeff Houk (1) and Brent Birch (16) look on. Two outs later,
Huckuntod scored the Ags’ first run as they went on to win 2-0. The Hogs came back in
the nightcap to win 7-4.
By Craig Wilson
The Battalion
The Texas A&M baseball team al
most got the broom and dustpan out
against the Arkansas Razorbacks for
the first time since 1977.
But a late Hogs rally in the series' fi
nal game Saturday helped Arkansas
avoid the sweep, and salvage a victory
in the three-game set at Olsen Field.
Arkansas' overall mark dipped to 22-
11 and 2-4 in the Southwest Confer
ence.
Friday, the Ags (25-10, 2-1) blew out
the Razorbacks, 9-3, before an over
flow home crowd of 5,219.
A&M took Saturday's first game 2-0
before dropping the nightcap 7-4.
The Friday night game was a center
stage for first-baseman Conrad Colby,
who homered twice and drove in four
runs.
Colby's two-out, first inning homer
gave the Ags a 2-0 lead, one they
would never relinquish.
"I was lucky enough to come up
with runners in scoring position to
night," Colby said. "I wasn't thinking
about hitting a home run."
A&M added two more second-in
ning runs when third-baseman Travis
Williams doubled and designated hit
ter Billy Harlan singled. Shortstop Ja
son Marshall's ground out got a run
across before second-baseman Sitti
choke Huckuntod doubled.
Colby's second home run, his fourth
of the season, came in the fifth inning
and gave the Ags a 6-1 lead. Right-
fielder Dan Robinson doubled home a
run in the seventh to make it 7-2.
The Hogs did not go down easily,
though.
Aggie hurler Ronnie Allen survived
an eighth inning scare by striking out
the Razorbacks' Scott Epps with the
bases loaded.
"I just tried to fight my way through
it," Allen said of the jam he was in.
"(Epps) is a dead pull hitter most of the
time, and I just wanted to get ahead of
him and work him away."
A&M got some insurance runs from
centerfielder Brian Thomas' two-run
triple in the eighth.
Allen then cruised through the ninth
for a complete-game win, upping his
record to 5-1.
Hog hurler Doug Bennett (2-2) got
the loss.
Saturday's first game was a pitching
gem for Jeff Granger, as he blanked the
Arkansas 2-0. The shutout was the
Ags' fourth of the year.
The freshman southpaw scattered
three hits in a complete-game, seven
inning victory, and added 10 strikeouts
in his debut performance in the SWC.
"I was real nervous at the begin
ning," Granger said, "but once I got
into a groove I was okay. I was just
concentrating on throwing strikes, and
everything worked out."
Aggie head coach Mark Johnson was
thankful for Granger's standout pitch
ing.
"We were fortunate Jeff Granger did
his job," Johnson said. "He kept them
scoreless and gave us a chance to win.
We needed that because we didn't do a
good job offensively today."
* The Ags scored in the first when
Huckuntod doubled and scored on a
passed ball by Razorback catcher Kort-
ney Paul.
In the third, catcher Blake Pyle
reached on a bunt and moved to sec
ond on a Huckuntod sacrifice. Pyle
scored on leftfielder Mike Hickey's sin
gle.
Arkansas' Brent Birch (4-2) took the
loss.
The Hogs did not hold a lead in the
series until the final game.
In the fourth inning Bubba Car
penter tripled off Aggie starter Jason
Hutchins and scored on a wild pitch.
Arkansas shortstop Joe Davis hom
ered to left in the fifth to give the Hogs
a 2-0 lead.
But Davis made up for the four-bag
ger by committing tnree errors in the
fifth inning alone, helping the Ags tie
the score 2-2.
"They gave us some chances," John
son said. "I know they can play a lot
better, and we can, too."
Thomas homered to start the sixth
and the Ags scored another run when
Hickey and Robinson singled and per
formed a double steal.
A&M could not hold the 4-2 lead,
though.
Hutchins loaded the bases with two
outs and was relieved by senior Jason
Bullard.
Arkansas' big gun Kirk Piskor wel
comed the righthander with a two-run
single to tie the affair, 4-4. The Hogs
scored twice more on a wild pitch and
RBI single by Carpenter.
"We tried to get the slider away, and
just didn't get it far enough away,"
Johnson said. "(Piskor) hit it off the
end of the bat, but he came through."
Arkansas withstood an Aggie rally in
the ninth to get the victory, as Hog re
liever Phil Stidham saved the game by
coaxing a double-play grounder from
Marshall with two men on.
Hutchins' record dropped to 3-2,
while winner Dan Brown improved to
1-1.
"I don't want to get greedy, but I
thought we had a chance to sweep
them," Johnson said. "We had the op
portunities and we just didn't quite get
it finished."
The Ags host Texas Southern Uni
versity Tuesday evening in a 5:30 p.m.
doubleheader at Olsen Field.
Last season, A&M swept TSU 6-0
and 9-0 at Olsen Field. In 1989, the Ags
swept the series as well, beating TSU
11-1 and 13-3 after winning 8-4 in 1988.
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