The Battalion • Page 3
Monday • May 29, 1993
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ns turned a month old Sunday,
eadir.jnd things are so screwed up
^met;hat the Chicago Cubs were
3 ' eading the Central Division
ts awith a strong 18-10 record
sntering Sunday’s action,
in par. The people of the Windy
miskCity probably haven’t even
of f noticed however, as they con-
latt tinue to try to cope with the
sa amazing defeat of “Da Bulls”
the and his Royal Airness at the
Glut hands of Shaquille O’Neal
and his Orlando Magic.
When Chicagoans do turn
their attention to the dia-
^YTmond, they are probably
.lliwondering what the heck is
wrong with the ultra-talent
ed White Sox who are lan-
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guishing in fifth place with a
pathetic 10-16 record.
The strike crippled base
ball far worse than either the
; players or the owners suspect
ed it would. The fan base,
which had continually dwin-
ia died during the years of huge
ip free-agent salaries, is gone,
driven away by the greed of
n ® ’ the men on the field and the
men behind the scenes.
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dea
w tros’ fan these days, especially
n with distractions like the
P Rockets battling the San An-
: ionio Spurs in the Western
ie;l! ' Conference Finals every other
light and the A&M baseball
earn trying to stay alive for a
= “ r ,hot at Omaha and the Col-
icck.' World Series.
1 ^ Not only are the Astros
ik ' bulling their typical hot-and-
dupP 0 id bit of win one, lose one,
) the c yij-, two, lose eight- but even
anies. vr orse _ j e ff Bagwell .190
oanif-yith one-sixth of the season
)n of already gone.
DC n That’s right, last year’s
ries. National League Most Valu-
Shari^ig player and the holder of
t0 Tearly every Houston single-
;eason record is on the
a P er vrong side of the infamous
hats Mendoza Line.”
N 0 one knows what’s
i g° ve vrong with Bags. If it wasn’t
he cor or hot-hitting Derek
yweo^gii, the Astros could chal-
enge mighty Pittsburgh for
r an ° he NL Central cellar.
mon f The Astrodome is looking
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l er ir han a baseball stadium. The
)lace is so big that what few
ans do show up are so
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□ The A&M baseball team wins
twice to move within two wins
of Omaha.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Fresh
man John Sneed tossed a six-hit shutout
and sophomore outfielderChad Allen
banged a three-run homer to help Texas
A&M defeat North Carolina 7-0 Sunday
and advance to the championship game in
the Atlantic II Regional.
The Aggies play undefeated Miami at 1
p.m. today in the double elimination tour
nament. If Texas A&M wins, a second
game would follow to see who will go to
the College World Series.
Miami (45-14) is making an attempt to
go to the series for the 14th time.
North Carolina (39-23)lost two games
Sunday, losing earlier to Miami, 8-4.
Second-seeded Texas A&M (43-21-
1) won two games on Sunday, starting
with a 4-2 victory against Florida
International.
Sneed picked up the win for the
Aggies, his first nine-inning
complete game of the season.
He had nine strike outs, a
season high for him.
Allen’s home run, his 10th
of the season, came during
a five-run outburst in the
sixth that put Texas A&M
ahead 7-0.
The Aggies were aided by
an improved defense. After
making 11 errors the first two
games, they didn’t make any in
two games Sunday.
North Carolina went through six pitch
ers. Starter Scott McCallister didn’t make
it out of the first inning.
McCallister gave up a leadoff homer
to Allen and left with the bases loaded,
trailing 1-0. He was replaced by Jim Wal
lace, who started Sunday’s first game
against Miami.
Wallace lasted only two innings. He
was lifted after giving up a «run-scoring
single to senior Robert Harris that opened
a 2-0 Aggies lead.
North Carolina’s third pitcher, Corey
Richardson, worked the next 1 2-3 in
nings, keeping the Aggies hitless but also
issuing four walks.
North Carolina threatened in the fifth,
trailing 2-0. The Tar Heels loaded
the bases against Sneed, but Hanes
Torbett grounded into an inning-ending
double play.
North Carolina lost leadoff hitter and
first baseman Mike Stoner in the third in
ning to a pulled leg muscle. Stoner, who
hit a home run against Miami earlier in
the day, was injured running out a
ground ball in the first.
In A&M’s earlier game, junior first
baseman Jeff Bailey stroked a two-
run homer, boosting the Aggies to a
4-2 victory over Florida Internation
al. FIU finished the year with a 50-
11 record.
Junior Dean Mitchell(8-1) got the win
for the Aggies. He worked seven innings,
giving up 10 hits and striking out seven.
Senior Brian Parker was credited with his
fourth save of the season.
The loser. Rich Palacios(9-1), had
won 15 straight games, starting in the
1994 season.
Florida International took a 1-0 lead in
the first on a double by Manny Vazquez,
scoring Dorian Speed from first.
Bailey’s two-run homer, his ninth of
the season, scored junior outfielder
Chad Alexander and put Texas
A&M ahead 2-1 in the third.
Alexander hot on with a
fielding error by FIU
third baseman Malcolm
Warfield.
The Aggies took a
3-1 lead in the fourth
when sophomore infield
er Rich Petru doubled and
scored on junior catcher
William Shiflett’s single.
Florida International closed
to within 3-2 in the seventh
when Warfield drove in Vazquez from
second with a single. Warfield then
tried to score from second on a high-
bouncing infield single by Juan, but
was cut down at the plate by shortstop
Robert Harris.
Texas A&M made it 4-2 lead in the
eighth. All-American senior John Curl led
off with a single, knocking Palacios from
the game. Curl took second on a sacrifice,
then scored on a single by sophomore out
fielder Sean Alvarez.
The Aggies will attempt to return to
the College World Series for the second
time in three years. In 1993, the Aggies
compiled a 53-11 record while winning
the conference crown for the first time
since 1989.
In 1993, A&M hosted and won the Cen
tral I Regional, winning four straight
games to advance to the championship in
Senior first baseman John Curl led the conference
named first All-American DH.
File photo
in homeruns with 18 and was
Omaha. After beating Kansas 5-1 in
their first game, the Aggies lost back-
to-back games to Louisianna State
and Long Beach State and were
eliminated.
Picked in several top 25 polls enter
ing the 1994 season, A&M had an
extremely disappointing campaign,
dropping to 6-12 in the SWC and 31-
22 overall. The Aggies lost key pitch
ers Kelly Wunsch and Jeff Granger
from their 1993 team to, the major
league draft.
This season, A&M bounced back
to a 12-6 conference mark and finished
as the runner-up to SWC champ
ion Texas Tech in the SWC Conference
Tournament two weeks ago. Tech
received a No. 1 seed in the region
al held in Wichita, Kan. Both Rice
and the University of Texas, the
other two teams in the SWC
Tournament, received at-large bids
to regionuls.
A&M track and field trio looks to bring home the gold
Stew Milne, The Battalion
Junior Anjanette Kirkland flies over a hurdle during practice at Ander
son Track Complex.
□ The NCAA Champi
onships begin Wednes
day in Knoxville.
By David Winder
The Battalion
When the Texas A&M track
and field team went to the Uni
versity of Tennessee for the
NCAA Outdoor Championships
in 1969, Aggie sprinter Curtis
Mills set a world record in the
440-yard dash.
When the Aggies return to
Knoxville this Wednesday for the
1995 NCAA Outdoor Champi
onships, A&M head track coach
Ted Nelson will be satisfied with
just first-place finishes.
“It was a real turning point
for Texas A&M track,” said Nel
son, an assistant with the 1969
team. “I hope that it would hap
pen again. It was very exciting.”
This year, Larry Wade (110-
meter hurdles) and Neri
Kennedy (javelin) from the
men’s team, and Anjanette Kirk
land (100-meter hurdles) from
the women’s team are among
the favorites to take home
NCAA crowns.
Wade currently holds the
third-fastest time in the 110 this
season, .07 seconds behind the
front runner.
“I don’t think there are any fa
vorites going into the race,” Wade
said. “The winner is going to be
the one who is willing to run.
“I’ve had a lot of problems at
the end of the outdoor
season.Winning nationals would
be the icing on the cake.”
Kirkland has only been beat
en by another collegiate once
this season in the 100-meter
hurdles. Both Kirkland and Ju
lian Russell of Florida State had
the exact same times, but Rus
sell was declared the winner
when the judges looked at the
photo finish.
“Anjanette has been running
well,” Nelson said. “She has a
great chance at being an All-
American and a national cham
pion. Tying Russell gave her a
real boost to her confidence. She
said she was feeling drained
that day, and she still ran a
great race.”
Kirkland said she cannot af
ford to worry about Russell.
“I’m not going to be looking at
just her,” Kirkland said. “It’s go
ing to be a fast race. I’m subtle,
but I have always had confi-
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