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By Chris Ferrell
The Battalion
What a difference a week makes.
Last Wednesday, theTexasA&M BaseballTeam
(18-13, 5-7) appeared to hit rock bottom. Fresh
off a weekend series, which saw the Aggies drop
two of three to conference foe Oklahoma State,
A&M found itself on the losing end of the box
score again against the University of Houston.
The Aggies also had time to sandwich a Tuesday
extra-inning loss to Lamar in to form a four-game
losing streak.
Then came Oklahoma.
Just as the roof appeared to be caving in on the
Ags, a team which had been the preseason fa
vorite to win the Big 12 and had been ranked in
the top 10 just three weeks earlier, they went into
Norman and took two of three from the confer
ence’s best team. A&M picked up wins Friday and
Saturday before losing in extra innings Sunday.
“We got some positive reinforcement,” Head
Coach Mark Johnson said. “To go on the road and
win a series against the leading team in the confer
ence. It took a little luster off it when we lost in the
10th.inning of the third game. Nonetheless, when
we look back, we hadn’t won a series this season.”
As the Aggies’ swagger begins to return, they
will host the University ofTexas-San Antonio in a
twi-night doubleheader at Olsen Field. The Road-
runners come in with a 15-9 mark on the year.
UTSAs bats have kept them competitive this sea
son. Senior outfielder Sean Alvarez leads the Road-
runners with a .356 average and holds the team lead
inRBIswith 18. UTSAis hitting .284 as a team.
A&M will look to counter with freshman
pitcher Steve Scarborough, who will make his
first start of the year as a pitcher. Scarborough
has made nine starts in the field and the desig
nated hitter spot for the Aggies.
As a pitcher, Scarborough is 1-1 with a 9.00
earned-run average in 10 innings pitched. He has
made six relief appearances this season.
“We’ve got to snore up our bullpen,” Johnson
said. “We’re going to start Steve Scarborough just
because we’ve only been able to give him relief
work. He can’t really work on his pitches (out of
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Lefties Fernando Valenzuela
and Sterling Hitchcock will com
bine with Andy Ashby, Joey Hamil
ton and Sean Bergman to create a
starting five with some problems.
Valenzuela may have given last
season his last ounce of golden in
that arm, Hitchcock is changing
leagues, Bergman has never started
and Ashby and Hamilton are still
labeled as up-and-coming. The
bullpen will be full of former Tigers
to fill in the middle innings before
handing the ball to Trevor Hoff
man, who was the majors’ best
closer last season.
If LA plays to their potential
and Colorado improves to at least
a .400 record on the road, San
Diego may be battling the Giants
for the division cellar.
Projected Record: 89-75
Key Series: Sept. 23-24 <® Los
Angeles Dodgers; Sept. 26-28 @
San Francisco Giants: The Padres
have to finish strong against these
division rivals if they want to have a
chance at the National League Wild
Card or even the West Division title.
COLORADO ROCKIES
What can you say about the Col
orado Rockies that everyone does
n’t already know? They will score
runs at home and win 50 games,
but they don’t have the pitching to
win on the road. But why would
you spend money on pitching if
you were going to be playing half
your games in a stadium where the
fans catch more balls than the out
fielders? So you can improve on
your 28-53 road record, where you
play at normal elevations.
The Rockies have two additions
to their lineup that will make them
a better team. Larry Walker will re
turn to the field after breaking his
collarbone last season and Kurt
Manwaring has been brought in to
catch and add a stable presence to
the pitching staff. The rest of the
lineup is still terrifying. Dante
Bichette and Ellis Burks will join
Walker in the outfield. Vinny
Castilla, Walt Weiss, Eric Young
and Andres Galarraga will field
third through first. Nothing more
needs to be said about them; we
all know what they can do.
Bill Swift and Kevin Ritz are the
two sure things in the rotation. Af
ter them, manager Don Baylor
has to work out some problems.
The rest of his staff will be filled
with a committee of guys sent to
the mound to take their beating.
Mark Thompson, Jamey Wright
and Roger Bailey will probably
start the season in the No. 3
through No. 5 spots, but that will
change often. Colorado didn’t do
anything to bulk up their rotation,
but they did add some middle re
lief depth to baseball’s most used
bullpen in Jerry DiPoto and Mike
Dyer. Steve Reed and Mike Munoz
will return with Bruce Ruffin start
ing the season as the closer.
Projected Record: 88-76
Key Series: Sept. 12-14 @ Atlanta
Braves; Sept. 15-16# Florida Mar
lins; Sept. 17-18# San Diego
Padres; Sept. 19-21 @ Ins Angeles
Dodgers: The Rockies will be in the
playoff hunt when this nine-game
road trip begins. With baseball’s
worst road record last season, Col
orado has to somehow win at least
five of these games if they want to be
close in the end. They’ll have only
six home games to salvage the sea
son if they fail on the road.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
If J.T. Snow can return in time to
save this team, the Giants could pos
sibly contend in this unpredictable
division. When you look at their line
up, the Giants aren’t that bad off.
Darryl Hamilton was signed as
the new center fielder, and Barry
Bonds, baseball’s best player, and
Glenallen Hill will round out the
outfield. Matt Williams is gone, but
JoseViscaino (short) and Jeff Kent
(second), who were acquiredfoi
the third baseman position,coii
be more valuable. Third basewi
be filled by potential star Mark
Ix'wis, who came over from the
Tigers, and Snow should be bad
the end of April to play first base
Another good hitter in Rick Wilt
will be behind the plate. The line: 11
is good and so is the defense,bu: ^
pitching will be a problem.
Mark Gardner was the Giants
best starter last season and hewli
back. Osvaldo Fernandez, Wtlbam
Van Du i d in gham and Kirt Rueter
were all huge disappointments las
year, but they will join anotherpo
tential star, Shawn Estes, to fill out
tiie rotation. Joe Roa and Julian
Tavarez, the other half of the Matt
Williams deal, give San Franciscoa
solid middle relief core, and Rod
Beck is a consistendy good closet
If the arms in San Francisco's
rotation live up to their former
billing, this team could actually
in the Wild Card hunt in August.
Projected Record: 80-82
Key Series: Sept. 17-18 vs. Los
Angeles I lodgers: Baseball's most I
storied and heated rivalry fires up
again as the Giants will look to knoj
the I lodgers into an early off seasoril
Also look for Barry Bonds to clinch L]
his unprecedented second 40-hont
run, 40-stolen base season against L
Mike Piazza’s pathetic throwing air ^t ( ,
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