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Wednesday, March 31,1993 The Battalion Page 5
Aggies win!! Aggies win!!
Clutch hitting paces A&M to doubleheader sweep of Mary-Hardin Baylor
By MICHAEL PLUMER
The Battalion
Mary-Hardin Baylor attempted to do
something Tuesday night that only two
other teams have been able to accomplish
at Olsen Field this season.
Win.
But the third-ranked Texas A&M Ag
gies spoiled those plans by sweeping a
doubleheader, 8-7 and 11-4. With the two
victories, A&M moved its overall record
to 31-3.
In the first game, Crusader starting
pitcher Brian Strickland had a no-hitter
through five innings. Mary-Hardin capi
talized, building a 7-2 lead through seven
innings. But A&M, who has made a habit
of coming back, pulled another trick out
of its bats by putting together another late
rally.
A&M catcher Robert Lewis started the
bottom of the seventh with a double.
Third baseman Lee Fedora walked as sec
ond baseman Eric Gonzalez did.
David Minor, pinch-hitting for first
baseman John Curl singled, scoring
David Martin, who was pinch-running
for Lewis. Rightfielder Stephen Clay-
brook then delivered the big blow.
He tripled, clearing the bases and
bringing A&M to within one run as Fedo
ra, Gonzalez and Minor scored. Left
fielder Billy Harlan singled home Clay-
brook, tying the score at 7-7.
Harlan promptly stole second, took
third on on Crusader catcher Bill Scrivn-
er's throwing error, and scored on second
baseman Robert Harris' throwing error.
Jason Chesson was the benefactor of
the rally, picking up his first victory on
the season.
"You have to give their pitcher credit,"
A&M coach Mark Johnson said. "He had
a good split-finger working which took us
a while to catch up to. We have had a
Texas A&M pitcher Chris Clemons hurls a ball to the plate
Wednesday night during game one of the doubleheader against
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Mary-Hardin Baylor. Clemons did not figure in the decision.
characteristic of coming back which is a
plus.
"Of course, I don't like to wait until the
last inning but we got the win. Clutch
hitting was the key and Claybrook's hit
was the loudest."
Claybrook said the triple was satisfy
ing.
"I have gotten my swing back and be
cause of that I have been hitting the ball
well," Claybrook said. "After this week
end against Houston, I felt real good."
Centerfielder Brian Thomas said the
slow start in the first game could be at
tributed to the series against the Cougars.
"At the start of the game, we were a lit
tle down and it showed," Thomas said.
"1 think we weren't ready to play and the
reason was because people were tired
from this weekend after playing Houston.
My body was still aching and I could tell
we were a little down before the game.
"But we picked it up. He (Strickland)
kept us off-guard with the split-finger but
we were able to battle back.
A&M did not joust around in the sec
ond game, putting the Crusaders away
with two big innings. Mary-Hardin took
a 1-0 lead in the second inning, which
A&M quickly erased in the third.
With one out, leftfielder David Minor
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San Antonio's buzzerbeater nips Sonics 99-97
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SAN ANTONIO-San Antonio's second
team turned in a first-rate effort Tuesday
night to help the Spurs qualify for the
playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.
Sparked by the quartet of Larry Smith,
Sam Mack, Lloyd Daniels and Vinny Del
Negro, the Spurs came back from a 20-
point third-quarter deficit to nip Seattle
99-97.
"That group won the game for us,"
said Spurs coach John I^ucas. "They were
unbelievable. I thought we needed a new
look. That's why I went with those guys."
The unit's fifth member, David Robin
son, led the Spurs with 21 points, while
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Sean Elliott scored 19, including |he
game-winning eight-footer with 2.4 sec
onds to play.
"We've got one of the best benches in
the league," Robinson said. "We just
haven't been able to get the consistency
out of them. I was very aware of who I
was out there with."
Ricky Pierce, who led Seattle with 24
points, also credited San Antonio's re
serves with the stirring final-period turn
around.
"That bunch came in and picked the
tempo up. They started scrapping and
reaching for the ball. They got us in a
halfcourt game and that's been our weak
ness," Pierce said.
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Sam Perkins added 19 points for Seat-"
tlej while Shawn Kemp had 17.
The Sonics scored just 16 fourth-quar
ter points, hitting only four field goals in
the period.
"A win like this will pick everybody's
spirits up," said Daniels, who scored 16
of his 18 points in the second half.
Seattle’ led 78-58 with 3:26 left in the
third quarter when San Antonio went to
its second unit.
A 36-13 run turned the 20-point deficit
into a 94-91 lead with 3:04 to play.
A pair of free throws by Eddie Johnson
left the score tied at 95 with 33 seconds
left.
Antoine Carr hit a 20-footer to put San
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Antonio ahead, but Johnson countered
Wfih two free throws to rnaifce it 97-97
with 8.5 seconds left.
After Elliott's eight-footer put San An
tonio ahead with 2.4 seconds left, the Son
ics were unable to get off a final shot.
"We had every opportunity to win
against a good team on the road," Seattle
coach George Karl said. "I thought the
lead was big enough that they wouldn't
catch us, but they did. If Daniels and Del
Negro (9 points, 4 assists) don't play that
game, they don't have the confidence to
win."
The victory moved the Spurs within
half a game of the Midwest Division
leading Houston Rockets.
Basketball team
celebrated tough
year on the court
By HAimSON
The Texas A&M men's basketball!
team honored their 1992-93 season at a
banquet Tuesday night, with coaches
and speakers awarding outstanding
players and roasting the many people
that contributed to coach Tony Barone's
second year at the helm
A&M point guard David Edwards
took the Coaches Award for overall pe~
formance, as well as the Free Throw
Proficiency Award. Edwards did it all
for the team, averaging 13.3 points, 6.6
assists, 5.1 rebounds, 2.6 steals, and a
team-high 36minutes per game.
For the evening, A&M guard
Michael Smith and forward Tony
McGinnis shared the Academic Award,
g uard Chuck Henderson recieved the
fustle Award, forward Brett Murry
took the Most Improved Awar, and Da
mon Johnson took the Windex Award
for rebounding.
Barone praised his team for their ac
complishments, and with all of the
team returning next year, Barone took
the chance to set the tone for next
year's season.
"These are the type of people that are
going to make this basketball program
top-notch. The challenge for you guys
is you are going to have to get better,"
Barone said.
"You're going to have to work in the
summer, you are going to have to push
yourself - not today, not tomorrow, but
four weeks from now when it's hot and
other things can happen. That's your
challenge athletically arid academical
ly."
Barone also took time out to thank
the families close to the team, express
ing special appreciation for his wife
and two sons, Brian and Tony Jr, Tony
Barone Jr. has played at A&M since
Barone took over in 1991.
"I want to thank my son Tony for
putting up with me for two years,"
Barone said.
"He has only verbally criticized me...
30 or 40 times this year. Tony, you're
the best."
. Barone opened the banquet at the
College Station Hilton by praising
A&M radio play-by-play announcer
DaveSouth. South was ejected during
coverage of the Southwest Conference
tournament in A&M's loss to Houston
after South criticized a referee's call
with a choking sign.
"Dave South is my idol, " Barone
joked.
The assistant coaches took their
turns ragging South, with Porter Moser
joking that South once consoled him af
ter a loss by saying Moser was last on a
list of people he'd love like a son.
Then, Mitch Buonaguro took over.
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