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Monday, April 22,
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Decker's shot beats Stros, Bucs edge Cubs
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
Rookie Steve Decker homered
with two outs in the ninth inning
and San Francisco beat the
Houston Astros 1-0 Sunday as
the Giants' staff extended its
scoreless streak to 23 innings.
Decker's fourth homer of the
season came on a 1-1 pitch from
reliever Curt Schilling (0-1). The
Giants completed a three-game
sweep and posted consecutive
shutouts for the first time since
Aug. 23,1989.
Mike LaCoss went the first
eight innings, giving up four
hits, striking out seven and
walking one. Dave Righetti (2-0)
pitched the ninth for the victory,
getting Carl Nichols on a popup
with runners on first and second
to end the inning.
Pirates 13, Cubs 12
PITTSBURGH — Don
Slaught's two-run double
capped a six-run rally in the 11th
inning and the Pirates survived
Andre Dawson's second grand
slam in three days.
With Chicago leading 12-7,
Cubs reliever Heath Slocumb
walked Jose Lind and Curtis Wil-
kerson and Orlando Merced sin-
f led to start the 11th, loading the
ases with no outs and bringing
on Mike Bielecki, the Cubs' sixth
pitcher. Jay Bell doubled home
two runs and Andy Van Slyke's
sacrifice fly made it 12-10.
Dodgers 6, Padres 0
SAN DIEGO — Darryl Straw
berry hit his first home run for
the Los Angeles Dodgers and
Ramon Martinez pitched a five-
hitter and delivered a two-run
single.
Strawberry's solo shot in the
seventh inning ended the long
est season-opening drought of
his career. He connected off left-
handed reliever Rich Rodriguez
in the Dodgers' 12th game and
his 40 th at-bat.
Cardinals 7, Phillies 6
ST. LOUIS — Ray Lankford
scored from second base on a
f roundout when he knocked the
all loose from catcher Darren
Daulton in the 10th inning.
Lankford drew a one-out walk
from Mitch Williams (0-2) and
stole second. After Williams in
tentionally walked Felix Jose,
Gerald Perry grounded into a
forceout at second, and Lank
ford kept running.
Mets 9, Expos 5
MONTREAL — Kevin Elster
homered and drove in four runs
and Vince Coleman got three
hits.
Coleman's RBI triple keyed a
three-run rally in the seventh in
ning that put New York ahead 4-
2. Elster hit a three-run homer in
the eighth and singled home a
run in the ninth.
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Braves 3, Reds 2
ATLANTA — Charlie Lei-
brandt gave up two runs in eight
innings to beat Jose Rijo.
Chisox rally for first win in new park
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chi
cago White Sox won their first
game in three tries at the new
Comiskey Park when Lance
Johnson's RBI single capped a
two-run, two-out rally in the
ninth inning to beat the Tigers.
Chicago snapped its three-
game losing streak and ended
Detroit's four-game winnrng
streak. The Tigers beat the White
Sox 16-0 in the Comiskey
opener.
Detroit led 4-3 with two outs
in the ninth when Ozzie Guillen
singled off Paul Gibson (2-1) and
scored when right fielder Rob
Deer dropped Scott Fletcher's fly
ball for an error. Fletcher wound
up on second and scored on
Johnson's hit.
Brian Drahman (1-0) pitched
one inning for his first major-
league victory.
Twins 4, Angels 3
ANAHEIM — Right fielder
Max Venable's error allowed
Kent Hrbek to score the tie
breaking run.
Chili Davis led off with a sin
gle against Mark Eichhorn (0-1)
and was forced on Hrbek's
grounder. Hrbek stole second
when catcher John Orton mis
handled a pitch-out and Junior
Ortiz followed with a single to
right. Hrbek continued home
men the ball bounced off Vena-
w
ble's glove.
Scott Erickson (1-2) gave up
three runs and seven hits in 7 1-3
innings. In his first two losses,
the Twins scored one run against
Oakland and Seattle. Rick Agui
lera pitched one inning in relief
of Larry Casian for his second
save.
Brewers 11, Blue Jays 8
MILWAUKEE — Robin
Yount's three-run homer with
one out in the 10th inning gave
the Brewers a victory after To
ronto blew a five-run lead.
The Brewers, who trailed 8-3
before rallying for five runs in
the eighth to tie the score, won
the game against Frank Wills (0-
1), the fifth Blue Jays pitcher.
With one out. Bill Spiers and
Darryl Hamilton walked and
Yount hit Wills' 3-1 pitch over
the left-field wall for his third
homer of the season.
Chuck Crim (1-0) pitched the
top of the 10th and struck out
two for the victory.
Mariners 7, A's 2
SEATTLE — The Mariners
completed a three-game sweep
as Ken Griffey Jr. sparked a five-
run eighth inning with a sacrifice
fly.
The M's swept the A's for just
the third time in club history.
Bertsch leads A&M, team finishes 7th
From Staff and Wire Reports
Texas A&M's Shane Bertsch finished sec
ond in the Southwest Conference Men's
Golf Championship this weekend in Fort
Worth.
Bertsch finished five strokes behind tour
nament champion Justin Leonard of the
University of Texas.
Bertsch finished with a score of 215 in the
54-hole tournament. He shot a tournament-
low 67 (par 71) in the second round of play.
The A&M golf team finished seventh in
the tournament, just one stroke behind
sixth-place Southern Methodist University
and 27 strokes off the lead.
A&M coach Bob Ellis said he was disap
pointed with the Aggies' performance dur
ing the final day of the tournament.
“I thought coming in that we were ready
and we just never seemed to get anything
going," Ellis said. "It would have been diffi
cult to catch Texas, but I hoped we could
work our way up and finish in the upper di
vision."
Ellis said he was pleased with Bertsch's
performance.
"He responded very well and played
some intelligent golf," he said. "Anytime
you place second in the SWC tournament, it
is an accomplishment."
Leonard's individual championship
helped the Texas Longhorns capture a third
straight SWC Men's Golf Tournament title.
Texas, ranked seventh in the country, fin
ished at 876 for the three-day, 54-hole tour
nament, besting runner-up Texas Christian
(891) by 15 strokes.
With the victory, the Longhorns became
the first school since Houston (1976-80) to
win three consecutive SWC Tournament ti
tles. Arkansas finished third (892) followed
by Rice at 895.
"We were the favonte going in so there is
always a little pressure in that situation,"
said Texas coach Jimmy Clayton. "Because
of that. I'm real proud of the way this team
responded.
"They played well and Justin played es-
ecially well. It was a great performance by
ustin. Winning this tournament has been
one of his goals this year, since last Septem
ber even."
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Leonard, a freshman from Dallas Lake
Highlands, strung together rounds of 73-68-
69 to become the first Texas player to win
the individual title since Brandel Chamblee
in 1983.
We were wondering if anyone else has noticed that this
year's sportswriting is even more incompetent than the pathetic
level that the sports fans who read The Battalion have become
accustomed to. Case in point: Scott Wudel's April 17 column.
What easier assignment could a writer ask for than "irres
ponsible reporting dogging A&M athletics?" With a plethora of
material at hand, WudeY failed to keep his article on track.
Any sports fan knows that the recent rumors concerning
Coach Johnson have no place in the same column as alleged
rules violations committed by other programs here on campus.
Does Wudel not realize that to even be considered for the
head coaching position at one of the nation's finest collegiate
baseball programs is an honor of great magnitude? How does
this "dog" A&M athletics? No sports fan would begrudge Coach
Johnson this opportunity of a lifetime.
Perhaps this is the heart of the problem. The writers do not
seem to be knowledgeable sports fans, or at most one-dimensio
nal. Alan Lehmann fails to recognize that there are two profes
sional baseball franchises in Texas (really, some do care about
the Astros).
Recruiting, the lifeblood of collegiate sports (especially foot
ball), received shameful coverage. You do not need a large staff
to cover the activities of the "second football season," just the in
terest and desire to keep up with this crucial process. There
were plenty of regular students who followed the recruiting bat
tle to fanatical degree, but The Batt can not seem to hire such de
voted and knowledgeable fans.
The recent column describing Coach R.C. Slocum's reduc
tion of the 12th Man return team's responsibilities as a bad pub
licity move was, again, obviously not written by a sports fan.
Perhaps people in the press box did not feel the anxiety of the
students as tney crossed their fingers and covered their eyes af
ter frantically cnecking the scoreboard to make sure the Aggies
were up by more than a touchdown (we have a great respect for
the dedication and effort of the athletes making up the squad,
but it was not working).
It is not that we expect columnists' opinions to be the same
as our opinions (we almost always disagree with each other), we
would just like to see some informed, competent and fresh (we
know we are asking too much) commentary by real fans.
Michael Maham'92
Glenn McCabe'92
Editor's Note: Applications now are being accepted for the fal!
sports staff. They can be picked up in 216 Reed McDonald and
must be dropped off Friday by 5 p.m.
Also, we encourage sports columns from fans and readers. If
you have one to submit, call Alan at 845-2688 or 845-3313.
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limited space, shorter letters have a better chance of appearing. There is, howevei.
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