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Lady Ags barely get by Sam Houston
ByNicki Smith
The Battalion
It took nearly five games for Sam
Houston State University (13-29) to
figure out how to beat the Texas A&M
Softball Team (30-23)—well almost.
The Lady Aggies defeated the
Lady Kats four times this season
and were prepared to add two
more to that list last night at the
Lady Aggie Softball Field, but this
time around the Lady Kats were
not so quick to give in to A&M.
Not only did the Lady Kats sur
prise the Lady Aggies with two-
nine inning games, but they were
able to hold the Lady Aggies score
less until the bottom of the ninth
inning in the first game.
The only run came when junior
Trina Solesbee reached second base
Tim Moog, The Battalion
A&M freshman pinch runner Emmie Melancon runs into SMSU third
baseman Katrina Emerick and is tagged out during last night's game.
off a throwing error made by Lady
Kat third baseman Katrina Emerick.
Then, A&M sophomore Kamie
Johnson stepped-in to pinch run for
Solesbee, stole third base, and scored
the only nan of the game off a single
to left field by junior Amy Schmaltz.
Head Coach Jo Evans predicted the
Indy Kats were going to play tough.
“We know that Sam Houston has
three or four aggressive hitters who
can hit the ball well,” Evans said. “In
order to win, we had to play hard,
keep the intensity level up and not
play to other team’s levels.”
In the second game, Sam Hous
ton jumped ahead scoring four runs
off base hits by the fourth inning.
It took a home run from Solesbee
to spark the Lady Aggie offense in the
bottom of die fourth inning, and the
Lady Aggies were able to tie it up by
the bottom of the fifth inning at 4-4.
Four innings later, the score re
mained at 4-4 until freshman
Jamie Smith won the game scoring
freshman Angie Long off a base hit
to left field.
The win marked the sixth
against Sam Houston this season
and increased the Lady Aggie win
ning streak to eight games.
The Lady Aggies will have little
time to enjoy their wins over Sam
Houston as they resume Big 12
Conference action on Saturday at
the Lady Aggie Softball Field
m
against 17th-ranked Oklahoi
State University.
Currently, OSU has an oven
record of 28-16 while standingft
in the Big 12 with a record of4-5.
Despite being ranked abi
A&M, the Lady Aggies are24
for the series which ranksasil
third highest number of wins
OSU’s opponents.
Evans said the Lady Aggies
happy they are playing OSU at horn
“Right now we have agoodir:
ning streak and our pitching
looking really good,” Evanssai;
“All facets of our game areattlij
peak right now.”
On Sunday, the Lady Aggiesu
have to face seventh-ranked Unii?
sity of Oklahoma (43-13) and the 15!
Big 12 Co-Player of the Year JIM®
Evans said the team will have!
look out for Most andherstylti
pitching.
“She is probably the bestpiiilY]
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best in the nation,” Evans
“ We need to be our best at theph ,
this weekend but since we be® T|
them in the fall we have a lot
confidence to play them now.'
This weekend’s doubleheade
will close out A&M’s eight
home stint but the team will non
sume playing action until m
Wednesday.against the Univet
ofTexas-Arlington.
Keens
Continued from Page 9
“He’s pretty skinny and about a
foot tall. He was kind of shaggy at
first, but we cleaned him up —
made him more clean cut to fit
our image.”
Habib, complete with his own
Aggie uniform covering his wiry,
coat hanger body and Copenhagen
— lid eyes now offers support to all
bullpen pitchers. The players have
joined in his ninth-inning, two-out
ritual of holding their hands out in
a “meditation position” and bounc
ing up and down in order to sum
mon Habib’s power.
Once the would-be final batter
has two strikes on him, the players
chant “Haaaaaaa... ” until the pitch
smacks that catcher’s mitt, when
they all yell "-beeb!!!” This sum
mons the makeshift Jobu’s power
and induces a lazy
fly ball, groundout
or strikeout.
Interestingly
enough, Keens
possesses an alter-
ego on the mound,
a polar opposite
from his locker
room shenanigans.
Assistant Head
Coach/Pitching
Coach Jim Lawler
says Keens has as
much presence
on the mound as any pitcher on
the team, which is an invaluable
“His attitude is,
Tm coming after
you and I’m go
ing to make you
beat me.”’
Jim Lawler
A&M pitching coach
trait for a hurler usually asked to
slam the door on opponents.
“He’s a real closer,” Lawler said.
“Robert plays the role and gets him
self focused. On the
mound, he has the
presence of a closer.
His attitude is, Tm
coming after you and
I’m going to make
you beat me.’”
Unfortunately for
Keens, opposing
teams did beat him
early in the year, in
cluding Baylor, who
j won on a ninth-in-
■■■■■■ ning grand slam off
him. As the season
progressed, Keens re-evaluated his
practice regimen and focused on
getting his arm to recoverc
quickly after outings. Inthej
few weeks he has beenci
pitch in the late innings ofcm
games. Statistically, keens
been as steady as theycom&p
ing a 3-2 record with ;i 3.86EE
16 appearances.
“I got to a point whereIi
throwing a lot and 1 felt like ran
kind of leveled offbecauselM
getting enough rest and
things it takes to getmyarmbai
shape,” Keens said. “NowIVeffi
some time off and I’ve gotteni
routine where J fee)inorecDik
that l have the stuff that an 5
people out. I’ve gotten!
dence back.”
Uh-oh, better steerc
locker room.
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