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Fulbright's five inning no-hitter fuels sweep
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By Jamie Burch
The Battalion
Tied for fifth place in Big 12 Con
ference standings, the Texas A&M
Baseball Team (30-15,13-8) entered
its weekend homestand against the
University of Nebraska hoping to take
two of three from the Cornhuskers.
A&M came away with a three-game
sweep and renewed hopes for a tour
nament berth.
Freshman leftfielder
Steven Truitt said the
sweep furthers the Ag
gies’ attempts to make
the postseason.
“I think it was real im
portant,” Truitt said. “We
struggled early. We’ve
gone through the meat
of the Big 12. Iowa State
and Nebraska are teams
everybody else played
early. Consequently, they
have a tough schedule to
finish out the season.”
With the win, the Ag-
“The crazy thing
is weVe got this
streak going but
we’re not domi
nating any of
those with the ex
ception of one.”
Mark Johnson
A&M head coach
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Derek Demere, The Battalion
Junior fohn Sneed comes in during Sunday's game to relieve
freshman pitcher Chris Fulbright.
gies become the second Big 12 team to
reach the 30-win plateau. A&M has won
eight straight conference games and 10
of their last 11.
Head Coach Mark Johnson was
modest when talking about the Aggies’
latest streak.
“The crazy thing is, we’ve got this
streak going but we’re not dominating
any of those with the exception of one
(Iowa State 19-4, April 5),” Johnson said.
“All of them are close. You say we’ve got
a big-time run but I don’t know if you
can call it that.
“We’re not blowing people away but
we’re getting the W’s. We seem comfort
able playing close ball games.”
The Aggies closed out the series
Sunday in grand fashion. Freshman
pitcher Chris Ful
bright (2-1) threw five
innings of no-hit
baseball, propelling
the Aggies to a 3-0
win. The no-hit bid
ended when junior re
liever John Sneed sur
rendered a two-out
double to Nebraska’s
leading hitter, Todd
Snears, in the top of
the sixth inning.
Fulbright said he
was not disappointed
with Johnson’s deci
sion to pull him after
five no-hit innings.
“I got away with just fastballs to
day,” Fulbright said. “My slider wasn’t
working and eventually they would
have picked up on my fastball. Sneed
came in and shut the door.”
Junior catcher Matt Garrick got the
A&M bats started in the fourth on a two-
out RBI single, scoring Truitt from sec
ond. Continuing to hit in the clutch, the
Aggies tagged Nebraska starter Kenny
Duebelbeis with another two-out run
on designated hitter Steve Leonard’s
bloop single to right field. The third and
final run came in the bottom of the
eighth when senior first baseman Jason
Stephens singled to right, scoring Jason
Tyner from second.
Freshman southpaw Casey Pos
sum sealed the shutout, allowing one
hit in 1-2/3 innings to earn his sec
ond save of the weekend and fifth of
the season.
A&M defeated the Cornhuskers 7-5
Friday evening, rallying from two down
in the bottom of the sixth. Freshman
designated hitter Patrick Malone
sparked the Aggie offensive attack, go
ing 3 for 4 with three RBIs. Malone, one
hit shy of the cycle, hit a double, a two-
run triple and an RBI single. Junior
righthander Ryan Rupe (7-2) picked up
the win, allowing three runs on seven
hits in 6-2/3 innings.
In the second game of the week
end, the Aggies rode the strength of
junior pitcher Matt Blank’s arm to vic
tory, winning 5-2. Blank (6-2) eco
nomically scattered nine hits en route
to his second consecutive complete
game. A&M exploded in the bottom of
the fourth inning when they sent nine
batters to the plate, scoring four runs
on six singles.
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Softball makes history with wins over 'Horns
By Nicki Smith
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Softball Team
made history this weekend at the
Lady Aggie Softball Field, captur
ing a 2-0 victory against the Uni
versity of Texas Lady Longhorns.
The Lady Aggies (25-23) met up
with the Lady Longhorns (22-18)
for the first time in the history of
both programs and came away
with the first two wins between the
Big 12 rivals on the Lady Ags home
turf Saturday.
Head Coach Jo Evans said she
could see the game meant every
thing to the seniors.
“Sometimes coaches don’t feel
the rivalry that goes on between
two teams,” Evans said. “It was sad
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that the seniors have missed out
on playing Texas all of this time,
but it was easy for me because I
didn’t have to do anything to get
them fired up.”
Going in, the Lady Longhorns
were only one win ahead of the
Lady Aggies in the Big 12 Confer
ence. It seemed the teams were
evenly matched, as the score re
main 0-0 until the fourth inning.
Senior Heather Hayden man
aged to hit a double and put her
self in scoring position just before
sophomore Kami Tucker came up
to the plate.
Tucker hit a triple to right-cen
ter field, scoring Hayden, and was
brought in off a single.
Senior pitcher Lori Gioco,
who took the win for the Aggies,
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said hitting was the main reason
the Lady Aggies were able to beat
the Longhorns.
“Our hitting was really awe
some today,” Gioco said. “It was
really a matter of when the ball
would fall in the right place for
us. It made it even better be
cause we knew going in they
could beat us because they had
the better record.”
Despite their excitement about
the win, the Lady Aggies had to
pack their bags to face the Long
horns again Sunday at the East
Austin Youth Complex in Austin.
The doubleheader was split
between home fields to give each
team a chance to host one game.
However, the pressure of play
ing against Texas on their home
field did not phase the Lady Ag
gies as they captured their sec
ond win against the Longhorns
with a score of 9-0.
Evans said the team played very
well overall against Texas.
“Even though we made a cou
ple of mistakes, our defense was
very solid,” Evans said. “Jamie
made some good stops at short
stop and all of the girls went all
out at 100 percent. On offense we
had good patience at the plate
and [we] executed well in moving
our runners around the bases.”
The team now will prepare to
host eight home games this week,
starting with a make-up double-
header against Stephen F. Austin
University on Tuesday, April 15 at
the Lady Aggie Softball Field.
Derek Demere, The Battalion
(Left to right) Mya Truelove, Kami
Tucker and Angie Long celebrate their
win over Texas Saturday afternoon.
Tiger Woods
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at Masters
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ting Masters
victory was
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Jack Nicklaus
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and waves of
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make it inevitable.
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