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sports
GLANCE
Bulls hit 69 with 98-
72 pasting of Cavs
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Chica
go Bulls reached the threshold of
NBA history Sunday, tying the
league record of 69 victories in a
season as they beat the Cleveland
Cavaliers 98-72 behind Michael Jor
dan's 32 points and 12 rebounds.
The Bulls matched the record set
in 1971-72 by the Los Angeles Lak
ers of Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry
West. Chicago can surpass it — and
become the first NBA team ever to
reach 70 wins — Tuesday night at
Milwaukee.
The game actually meant more
in the standings to Cleveland, which
dropped a full game behind New
York in a four-way race that in
cludes Atlanta and Detroit for the
fourth playoff seed in the East. The
fourth seed gets home-court advan
tage in the first round.
, The Bulls settled this one early,
taking control late in the first quarter
when Jordan capped a 7-0 flurry with
a 3-point shot that made it 21 -13. The
Cavs set the slow pace that they pre
fer, but they missed 12 of their first 18
shots and never recovered.
Ron Harper scored 15 and Scot-
tie Pippen 13 for Chicago. Terrell
Brandon led the Cavs with 21
points, and Chris Mills had 16.
Bucks stun Orlando,
await streaking Bulls
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bring on
the Bulls!
The hapless Milwaukee Bucks,
who will be the Bulls' opponent
Tuesday when Chicago shoots for
an NBA record 70th victory, upset
the Orlando Magic 114-101 Sun
day night.
Vin Baker scored 27 and John
ny Newman, taking advantage of
the absence of Magic guard Anfer-
nee Hardaway, added 25 as the
Bucks won for just the fourth time
in 28 games.
Hardaway, averaging 22.2 points
and a team-best 7.1 assists, left 2:45
into the game after aggravating his
sprained right ankle.
Shaquille O'Neal led Orlando
Tyvith 37 points and 16 rebounds and
Horace Grant scored 21.
The Bucks jumped out to a 64-
52 halftime lead and recovered after
O'Neal's two free throws tied it at
82 in the third period.
Milwaukee was ahead just 91-90
with eight minutes left, but Newman
hit an 18-footer and a breakaway
dunk in a 6-0 spurt that gave the
Bucks a 97-90 lead with 7:29 left.
The Magic never got closer than
four after that.
Sparks pitches one-
hitter, loses 3-2
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tricky
winds gave Steve Sparks unprece
dented success with his dancing
knuckleball. They also caused him
to lose a one-hitter to the Kansas
City Royals.
“The wind kept changing direc
tions, so it was hard for me to know
how hard to throw it and how much
it was going to dance,'' said Sparks,
who gave up just one hit in eight in
nings Saturday but lost 3-2 on
Michael Tucker's three-run, fifth-in
ning homer.
A gust caught the routine flyball and
blew it five feet past the wall in left.
SCORES ROUNDUP
NL
Cincinnati 5, Houston 3, 1st game
Cincinnati 9, Houston 8, 2nd game
Pittsburgh 5, Montreal 2
St. Louis 6, Philadelphia 5
Chicago 6, San Francisco 2
Los Angeles 6, Florida 1
Atlanta 4, San Diego 0
NBA
Nuggets 98, Timberwolves 91
Bulls 98, Cavaliers 72
Bullets 110, Raptors 97
Hornets 94, 76ers 78
Hawks 99, Nets 90
Lakers 118, Suns 114
Bucks 114, Magic 101
Pistons 105, Celtics 96 OT
NHL
Boston 6, Pittsburgh 5
Philadelphia 3, Tampa Bay 1
Florida 5, N.Y. Rangers 1
St Louis 2, Chicago 2, tie
Detroit 5, Dallas 1
Los Angeles 5, Colorado 4, OT
Buffalo 4, Hartford 1
AL
Seattle 9, Toronto 4
Detroit 5, California 4
Minnesota 4, Baltimore 1
New York 1 2, Texas 3
Milwaukee 5, Kansas City 2
Oakland 10, Chicago 5
Cleveland 7, Boston 6, 11 innings
Sports
Page 7
Break out the Brooms
The Aggie Baseball Team swept TCU to take over third place in the SWC
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• Evan Zimmerman, The Battalion
Texas A&M's third baseman Johnny Hunter watches as Texas Christian's second baseman goes soaring over him during Saturday's game at Olsen Field. Matzke was out on the play,
but his slide successfully thwarted the Horned Frogs' attempt at a double play. «
By Tom Day
The Battalion
The weather may have been
gorgeous following the rain and
thunderstorms that rolled
through A&M Friday afternoon,
but it continued to shower at
Olsen Field over the weekend.
Facing Texas Christian in a
must-win three-game series, the
Aggie Baseball Team showered
the Horned Frogs with 49 hits in
two days, completing a badly
needed sweep in Southwest Con
ference play.
Outscoring TCU 37-17 in the
process, the Aggies powered
their way into third place in the
conference and extended their
winning streak to five games.
Following two A&M blowout
victories over the Frogs, the se
ries finale came down to the
wire with the Aggies finding a
way to win in their last at bat.
Making up for a fielding
miscue in the top of the ninth
inning that allowed TCU to tie
the game at seven, junior right
fielder Johnny Hunter drove in
third baseman J.J. Matzke
with a double in the bottom of
the inning to win the game for
the Aggies.
After watching his team suf
fer through a stretch of six loss
es in nine games during the pre
vious two weeks, A&M Head
Baseball Coach Mark Johnson
said the Aggies proved a lot to
themselves against TCU.
“It was a good weekend for
us,” Johnson said. “We elevated
our game and we had some
chances to show ourselves we
know how to win ball games.”
In contrast to their 13-3 and
16-7 shellackings of TCU in
games one and two, the Aggies
had to play comeback ball in
Saturday’s nightcap. After
watching the Horned Frogs
build an early 5-2 lead, A&M
clawed back to take the lead on
the strength of first baseman Ja
son Stephens’ two-out, bases-
loaded triple in the bottom of the
fourth. The hit drove in three of
the junior’s nine runs batted in
in the doubleheader.
Stephens said he and his
teammates employed a new
strategy to end their recent hit
ting woes.
“We were more aggressive at
the plate (this weekend) and
were not taking as many good
pitches,” Stephens said. “We’ve
been struggling, but we kept on
punching and played good this
weekend and hopefully we can
carry it on.”
Aggie senior hurler Dean
Mitchell took over from there,
scattering five hits over five and
two-thirds innings while allow
ing just one run in relief of
starter Jamie Smith. However,
the lone run was a home run by
TCU designated hitter Casey
Smith that knotted the game at
S1X The Aggies (30-14, 8-7 SWC)
carried a 7-6 lead into the top of
the ninth courtesy of junior
shortstop Rich Petru’s JLBI sin
gle in the eighth. However, with
A&M hurler Matt Blank on the
mound, the Frogs (25-23, 7-6)
would take advantage of a lucky
break to strike back.
TCU third baseman Matt
Howe’s fly ball to right field to
lead off the inning was catch-
able, but after he covered a lot of
ground to track it down, Hunter
watched the ball pop out of his
glove. Howe eventually scored to
tie the game again.
“I felt bad about that ball,”
Hunter said. “I was on a full
sprint and it just flat out hit my
glove and popped out.”
Hunter would waste no time
in making up for the error, dri
ving in the game-winning run in
the bottom of the inning.
“It was a hard catch, but he
can make that play,” Johnson
said. “He felt bad about that, so
I’m glad he got the chance to re
deem himself.”
The rest of the weekend was
not much of a mystery for A&M.
The Aggies swept to a 10-run
victory in Friday night’s opener
— led by Petru’s five RBIs and
senior catcher William Shiflett’s
three-run homer.
Sophomore pitcher Shane
King did the rest, allowing just
three runs while striking out six
and walking two in going the
distance for A&M.
It was just as easy for the
Aggies during Saturday’s first
contest. Stephens’ home run
and six RBIs and homers by
Hunter and sophomore catch
er Matt Garrick paced A&M to
a 16-run outburst.
Sophomore John Sneed
struggled early, but hung on
to pitch six frames in the sev
en-inning game.
“He gave us a pretty good out
ing,” Johnson said. “We had the
long fifth inning, and when he
came out in the sixth, he wasn’t
quite as effective. In a short ball
game, if he can get us to the
sixth, then hopefully, we can
come out of the bull pen and get
some (outs).”
Johnson said the Aggies’
sweep was a noble accom
plishment.
“It’s really tough to sweep in
the Southwest Conference,”
Johnson said. “I don’t care
where you’re at or who you’re
playing.
“TCU has a good ballclub,
and they were shooting for first
place depending on how the oth
er teams did this weekend.
“They were ready to play, but
our guys were ready, and I was
pleased with their performance.”
Evan Zimmerman, The Battalion
Texas A&M third baseman Johnny Hunter is congratulated after blast
ing a home run against TCU this weekend at Olsen Field.
Evan Zimmerman, The Battalion
Despite the high throw, the TCU runner is dead in the water as Jeff
Bailey proceeded to come down on the bag for the out.
"It's really tough to sweep in the
Southwest Conference. I don't care
where you're at or who you're playing.
They were ready to play, but our guys
were ready and I was pleased ..."
— MARK JOHNSON
Texas A&M Head Baseball Coach