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March 1 7, 1997
Cowboys round up Aggies, 11-7
A&M drops two of three to OSU in series
By Chris Ferrell
The Batealion
There were no angels in the out-
Id at Olsen Field Sunday after
noon, but the Oklahoma State Cow
boys had a leprechaun in their
pockets as they defeated the Texas
A&M Baseball Team 11-7 in the rub
ber match of a weekend series.
OSU (15-7,6-3) took advantage of
a five-run, one-hit sixth inning and
an eighth inning two-run homer by
centerfielder Billy Gasparino to put
the Aggies (16-10,3-6) away.
Trailing 2-0 in the third, A&M put
together a textbook two-out rally to
claim a 4-2 advantage.
Sophomore center fielder Jason
Tyner got the run going with a bunt
single and was driven in by senior
second baseman Brian Benefield.
After a single by senior shortstop
Rich Petru, senior third baseman Ja
son Stephens knocked in Benefield
with a double to the left field gap to
tie the game. Junior designated hit
ter Matt Garrick put the Aggies
ahead with a bases clearing single
to close out the rally.
The Aggies increased their lead to
5-2 in the fourth when senior right
fielder Johnny Hunter scored from
third base on a wild pitch by Okla
homa State starter Scott Williamson.
The Cowboys got back into the
game in the sixth inning. A tiring
Casey Possum walked three straight
batters to load the bases and was re
placed by freshman Chris Fulbright.
The same bullpen woes that have
haunted the Aggies all season came
into play again as OSU took advan
tage of the situation to claim the lead.
Fulbright faced only two batters,
allowing an RBI sacrifice fly to OSU
junior left fielder Tony Roosien and
walking Gasparino to allow anoth-
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junior catcher Matt Garrick swings at a pitch against the OSU Cowboys
at Olsen Field Sunday.
er run. He was replaced by fresh
man Colby Martin with the bases
still loaded.
Martin was unable to stop the
bleeding either, giving up a two-
run double to All-American right
fielder Jeff Guiel.
“We didn’t want to get to the
bullpen too early,” Head Coach Mark
Johnson said. “We stayed with Casey
a long time. But again it’s evident
sometimes when we go to the
bullpen, you understand why we stay
with guys sometimes.”
Johnson said Possum was tired
after coming out of the bullpen to
record a save on Friday night.
“We felt like he could do that
(come in for relief),” Johnson said.
“And he felt like he could do that,
but apparently he didn’t have as
much stuff today as he normally
does. It was an attempt, because
we weren’t coming out of the
bullpen well, to see if we could
solve that problem.
“He probably wouldn’t tell you
that, but I didn't think he had as
good of stuff, now it may have just
been one of those days, but he did
n’t have the velocity [and] he didn’t
spot the ball as well.”
For the Aggies, struggling in the
third game of a series is becoming a
habit the team would like to break.
“It has come that way for all three
series (Baylor, Missouri, and Okla
homa State),” Johnson said. “We
come down to the last ball game and
we’re in it at the end, and it's just tak
en away from us. It's frustrating, and
for young people especially, their re
solve is going to be challenged.”
Stephens, one of A&M’s team
captains, agreed.
“It makes it tough because we’ve
been in all the ballgames,” Stephens
said. “Against Baylor, we had the
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OSU senior first baseman Jamey Wood tries to prevent A&M senior Jason Stephens from stealing second at
Olsen Field Sunday.
third ball game won, against Mis
souri we were tied, and the same
thing today. We just haven’t found
the answer to get things done.”
The Aggies split the first two
games, picking up a win Friday, but
losing the second.
Junior Ryan Rupe went 6-1/3 in
nings giving up three runs in six hits
while striking out nine as the Aggies
beat OSU 8-4. Sophomore Steve
Leonard went three-for-four with an
RBI and senior Johnny Hunter added
two RBIs to pace A&M’s offense.
Saturday night, the Aggies had
no answers for OSU freshman
pitcher Thom Drier who held them
to three runs on four hits in six and
two-thirds innings. Guiel went four-
for-six with a home run and two
RBIs as OSU won 9-3.
A&M comes out of the weekend
series, which was supposed to be a
battle of the two teams expected to
compete for the Big 12 title, trying
to get back to where they need to be.
“We’ve got a sour taste in our
mouths right now,” Stephens said.
“We know we’re a better ball club
than what we’re showing. Hopeful
ly we can get some more wins un
der our belt and make a run at the
conference tournament.”
March Madness has narrowed to Sweet Sixteen
Pac-10 teams lead way into third round of NCAA Tournament
Texas slides by Coppin State, 82-81
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Reggie
Freeman scored 22 points and Texas
stole an inbounds pass with four
seconds left as the Longhorns with
stood Coppin State’s scrambling
guards and held
on for an 82-81
win Sunday in
the second round of the
NCAA tournament.
The Longhorns, ad
vancing to the final 16 for the
first time in seven years, sur
vived a close call against the
Eagles, who were bidding to be
come the first No. 15 seed to move
into the Sweet Sixteen.
With the Longhorns holding a
one-point lead, Dejuan Vazquez
stole an inbound pass from Fred
Warrick with four seconds left to
preserve the win. Warrick had just
replaced Coppin State star Terquin
Mott, who fouled out.
Freeman, who had 31 points in a
first-round win
over Wisconsin
in the East Re
gional, shot only 35 per
cent, but scored 17 of his
points in the second half for
the lOth-seeded Longhorns, the
only team with 16 regular-sea
son wins to get an at-large bid.
Texas, which reached the re
gional finals in 1990 and then lost
to Arkansas, plays Louisville on Fri
day in Syracuse, N.Y.
See Longhorns, Page 10
(AP) — Two rounds are complete in the
NCAA tournament and so far the Pac-10 con
ference and the selection committee are perfect.
Four of the tournament’s final 16 teams are
Pac-10 partners with one
in each of the tourna
ment’s regions.
Stanford made it a
clean sweep for the con
ference, eliminating
Wake Forest 72-66 in the
West Regional on Sun
day and joining Ari
zona, UCLA and Cali
fornia who all had
advanced earlier.
“For a long time, a lot of
people have been down on the Pac-10 and said
we couldn’t win big games,” Stanford’s Brevin
Knight said. “And we’re showing we deserve the
number of teams we got in.”
As for the tournament committee, it came
through the first weekend with its four top seeds
intact. Minnesota completed that sweep Sun
day, ripping Temple 76-57 in the Midwest Re
gional and joining North Carolina, Kansas and
Kentucky in the next round.
In Sunday's other games, it was Louisville 64,
New Mexico 63 and Texas 82, Coppin State 81 in
the East; Providence 98, Duke 87 andTennessee-
Chattanooga 75, Illinois 63 in the Southeast;
Clemson 65, Tulsa 59 in the Midwest; and Utah
77, North Carolina Charlotte 58 in the West.
Providence 98, Duke 87
Derek Brown scored a career-high 33 points,
making 12 of 16 field-goal attempts and Austin
Croshere added 21 points for the lOth-seeded
Friars (23-11), who outrebounded No. 2 seed
Duke 43-24.
Croshere played in foul trouble most of the
day. But it was his 14-footer with just over five
minutes to play that broke a 74-74 tie and trig
gered an 11-1 Providence run.
Jeff Capel closed his career with 26 points, in
cluding 19 in the second half for Duke (24-9).
Tennessee-Chattanooga 75, Illinois 63
The 14th-seeded Mocs knocked off another
higher seed, ousting No. 6 Illinois after stunning
No. 3 Georgia in the first round.
UTC (24-10) held Illinois to one basket in the
final 10:09 and advanced to the round of 16 for
the first time.
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