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The Battalion
Page 7
Aggies pounce on Tigers, 12-2
A&M erupts for
11 hits as Jansky
wins first game
By MICHAEL PLUMER
| The Battalion
As the temperatures kept dropping
Wednesday riight at Olsen Field due to a
stiff, swirling northerly wind, the Texas
A&M baseball team kept ringing up the
runs. i •
The number one ranked Aggies, who
scored in every inning but the second,
beat Texas Southern 12-2. With the win,
A&M moved its overall record to 38-5
while Texas Southern dropped to 5-39.
The game, scheduled for nine innings,
was shortened totseven because of the
unseasonably cool temperatures. A&M
coach Mark Johnson said he was pleased
with the win, especially after last night's
tough doubleheader split against Sam
Houston.
"It took us awhile to get it going
tonight but w 5 e finally got it going in the
sixth," Johnson said. "We couldn't really
cut loose at the plate and when we did
everything started going right.
"I didn't plan on shortening the game
but their coach (Candy Robinson) agreed
that it was a good thing to do."
A&M's bats finally heated up in the
sixth inning, as the Aggies put the Tigers
in their cage. Shortstop Robert Harris
started the inning off with a double,
which was followed by centerfielder Bri
an Thomas drawing a free pass from
Texas Southern pitcher Arthur Jenkins.
Catcher Rob Trimble was also granted
an uncontested trip to first base, loading
the bases for leftfielder Scott Smith.
Smith, who scored three runs, took ad
vantage of the opportunity by lacing a
single up the middle, scoring Harris and
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Aggie left fielder Scott Smith dives back in to first base as Texas
Southern Shortstop Alex Uristi applies the tag during A&M's 1 2-
2 rout of the Tigers. The ball bounced away from Uristi and
Smith was safe on the play. A&M will face Baylor for a single
game in Waco Friday night before returning to Olsen Field for a
double header against the Bears on Saturday night..
"I was trying to hit the ball hard and
get something going," Smith said. "After
the Sam Houston games, I was emotion
ally drained. Those were the first times I
didn't have fun when we played so this
game was a welcome."
But the excitement in the sixth was just
starting for the Aggies. Third baseman
Robert Lewis, who had three RBI's, col
lected his second hit of the night, a dou
ble, which scored Trimble and Smith.
"It was real cold but it felt good to hit
the ball and drive in some runs," Lewis
said. "It was not cold at the plate and
that was the important thing."
A&M wasn't done scoring runs. After
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designated hitter John Curl popped up to
Tiger third baseman Jorge A. Roque, sec
ond baseman Eric Gonzalez doubled,
scoring Lewis with A&M's fifth run of
the inning.
Rightfielder Stephen Claybrook struck
out, but the rally had not been doused.
Pinch hitter Brian Bittiker singled, scoring
Gonzalez.
"As a team, we are used to having
warmer weather so this was a little differ
ent," Johnson said. "We played solid
baseball tonight and started really dri
ving the ball when we needed to."
A&M built momentum for the rest of
th^i.game in the third inning. Harris.,,
grounded out to Tiger shortstop Alex
Uristi and Thomas followed by flying out
to deep centerfield. The Aggies, though,
had a two out rally planned.
Trimble singled, and moved along to
second on Smith's single. Trimble ad
vanced to third on Jenkins' wild pitch,
and scored when Lewis had the third
straight A&M single of the inning.
Smith, who had taken third on an er
ror by Tiger centerfielder Kelvin Owens
on the Lewis single, scored when Jenkins
attempted a pickoff throw to first base
that went awry.
See Aggies/Page 8
WILLIAM
HARRISON
Sports Writer
Raggies' antics
can be funny-
up to a point
I 've covered
my share of
Texas A&M
games this sea
son, and I have
enjoyed seeing
the same group
of fans come
out every game
to support the
team and rag
the Aggies' op
ponents.
The "Rag
gies" as they're
called sit in the
front row of the
student section,
and game after game provide some
of the most unique sideline antics to
be seen anywhere.
They are Olsen Field's regulars,
and they scream their own set of
A&M 'yells' to needle and get under
an opposing player's skin, which is
fun to watch and participate in.
Until it gets personal.
Earlier in the year, an A&M stu
dent wrote into The Battalion com
plaining of a fan's taunting a His
panic American player to go back
across the United States/Mexico
border.
As recently as Tuesday's double-
header with Sam Houston, another
incident almost ended up in a brawl
between players and fans.
Bearkat players exchanged taunts
and gestures with the A&M crowd
after beating the Aggies in the first
game, and then each group dared
the other to face off after the Aggies
beat the Bearkats on Brian Thomas'
two-run homer, erasing a Sam Hous
ton one-run edge in the seventh and
final inning.
See Harrison/Page 8
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