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The Battalion ■lay •Mi ursday • March 5, 1998 ■■■ II ri\ .' now tali f’ theHoi ekend is kind \ggie pitchers ith. b»“' 1 *'L , II.® v.t\s VUT«ct> I *■ m l) louse, wl'j transpor. 1 a Lowe);[ vasimik-l onalslay sedbythf^ indusirie .08 pei th a record of 14-4, the Aggie Tiate.th-^l team is two games ahead from lav pace it set last season. After statesh' mes °f 1997 campaign, tlieir ( was t 2-6 - w ith losses to South- ided I, Texas State, UT-Arlington, throug |nd two losses to Baylor. ( | iani) aggies losses this season have ( | u ' an at the hands of Ole Miss, Sam ^ ton. State, Texas Tech and , ,, igan. With two games still to be ', , d against the Bearkats, A&M " 1 ^on all of its three-game series li ' <,n ' season, with a split against lM! ' igan and sweeps in its two- nhert .gets. v wonii." oving on up... \ggie Baseball were a stock, its would be steadily rising. :d lower in the polls or un- ?d at the opening of the season, has begun to make a move in >olls thanks to their hot start. Iggies sit at 11th in the USA To- ESPN poll, unchanged from y/eek; have moved up two spots tmber 13 nationally in the Ool ite Baseball survey; and jumped : spots, from 20th to 17th in the recent Baseball America poll. laying Long-ball inior John Scheschuk’s home [against Michigan gave him on the season in 14 games, bschuck appeared in 25 games [season and had two long fly ] that went deep into the College [on night and didn’t come back, ther Aggie who is on track to [ass last season’s totals in the ie-run column is sophomore Heaney. Heaney’s two-run : in the ninth inning ofWednes- Is game gave him three for the f, putting him on pace to better 7 ’s total of five. Weekend at Aggie’s i college baseball, the best pitch- 'typically throw on the weekends. 1 heading into the three-game se- Iwith Missouri that starts Friday, [ pitching has been stellar on the kends. The three primary Aggie ters, Casey Possum, Matt Ward Ryan Rupe have compiled a 9-1 I >rd, piling up 74 strikeouts and al ong just 14 walks. Texas A&M blanks Michigan, 12-0 By Michael Taglienti Staff writer It has been said that sports teach lessons that will help you later in life. Titesday night the llth-ranked Texas A&M Baseball Team was taught a lesson in preparation by 20th-ranked University of Michigan. The Aggies were not ready to play when they got to the ballpark, and it showed in a 8-6 loss. However, A&M showed that they are fast learners as they de feated the Wolverines 12-0 Wednesday night at Olsen Field to split the two-game series. The Aggies jumped on Michigan early, scoring four runs in the second inning to take a 4- 0 lead. That was more than enough for sopho more right-hander Chance Caple who held the Wolverines scoreless, giving up three hits in sev en innings, while striking out four and walking two. A&M added three runs in the fifth inning on a John Scheschuk three-run home run to right field. Freshman right fielder Dayman Holt led off the sixth inning with a double, and later scored on an error. Jason Tyner led off the sev enth inning with a single and was brought home on a Craig Kuzmic triple. Kuzmic scored on a Scheschuk sacrifice fly to make the score 10-0 in favor of the Aggies. Sopho more second baseman Sean Heany complet ed the Aggie scoring in the eighth, with a Johnson three-run blast over the centerfield fence. Sophomore pitcher Chris Fulbright took over for Caple in the eighth and held the Wolver ines hitless. Sophomore pitcher Courtney Weller struck out the side in the ninth to end the game. Texas A&M Coach Mark Johnson credited Caple with helping the team bounce back from the loss. “It was a pretty good bounce back. You never know what causes it, but I think Chance Caple had a whole lot to do with it,” Johnson said. “Chance Caple came out and gave us an oustanding outing against a pret ty good hitting ball club, so I’m really en couraged by that.” Caple said the key to the win was his team mates putting runs on the board early. “It’s a lot easier to pitch when you are ahead,” Caple said. “Especially with a four- run lead, all you have to do is go in and throw strikes. That’s what I concentrated on and tried to let them put the ball in play and let the defense do the work. Scheschuk said that it was important for the team to respond to Tuesday’s loss. “Yesterday, we just weren’t ready to play,” Scheschuk said. “The whole team wasn’t, and today it was really important to come back. We knew we could beat these guys, we came back today and everyone was ready to play which just shows you what we can do when we’re ready to go.” Heany said that the midweek games are important when it comes time for teams to be picked for regionals. 7, L”~' '’>* * * ■■m-' JtL BRANDON BOLLOM/The Battalion Sophomore Steven Ttuitt contributes a hit to the Aggie offensive explosion against Michigan. “These are big games,” Heany said. “Mid week games are what is going to help you get into a regional, and hopefully host a regional. “We came out in the second inning and scored those four runs, and we didn’t let up. We kept scoring on them the whole game, and we just kept putting it on them the whole game.” Caple said the win shows the character of the team. “That’s the thing that is so good about this team,” Caple said. “We’re not gonna make the same mistake twice. We knew we weren’t ready to play yesterday, and you have to give them (Michigan) credit. They put runs on the board and they beat us. We knew we weren’t going to lose two to these guys and we had to come out ready to play today. We all came out and the bats were hot, and we put the bat on the ball and produced some runs.” The Aggies’ next game is Friday at 3 p.m. against the Missouri Tigers at Olsen Field. A&M Softball team sweeps doubleheader with UTA zLJ RYAN ROGERS/The Battalion Sophomore shortstop Jamie Smith drops the ball in the fourth inning as a University of Texas - Arlington player gets a stolen base in A&M’s 3-2 win. By Robert Hollier Staff writer The Texas A&M Softball Team (13-8-1) swept a doubleheader against the University of Texas-Ar lington (2-11) 3-2 and 5-0 night in front of200 enthusiastic fans at the Aggie Softball Complex last night. In the first game, the Aggies jumped on the Mavericks early when freshman centerfielder Tiffany Esters belted her second home run of the season in the bot tom of the first inning to give A&M a quick two run lead. However, UTA came right back in the top of the second when Maverick center- fielder Tammy Freedman connect ed on a solo home run off of fresh man starter, Ashley Lewis, which brought the score to 2-1. In the top of the third, UTA tied the score at two all when second baseman Elizabeth Harsma dou bled in right fielder Stacy Cham bers, and that was the way the scored stayed until the bottom of the fifth. Freshman first baseman Bree Whisenhunt led off the inning with a double but was thrown out at home plate when freshman left fielder Amy Lawler tripled. How ever, one batter later, freshman third baseman Amanda Whalen singled in Lawler to give the Ag gies a 3-2 lead. Lewis then struck out five of the next six batters she faced to pick up her sixth win of the season and her seventh complete game. Lewis threw seven innings and gave two runs on six hits, striking out nine and only walking one. “I think once we got out of the third inning still tied, we knew we were okay,” Lewis said. “I was real ly happy with my control tonight. When I walk too many batters, it puts too much pressure on my de fense. Only giving up one walk re ally helped us tonight.” “The whole year has been rocky for me because I given up too many walks,” Lewis added. “After the fourth or fifth inning I just got into a zone.” In game two, the Aggies jumped out to a comfortable lead early when freshman pitcher Amy Vin- ing helped herself when she dou bled in two runs and a third run scored on a bases loaded error to give them a 3-0 lead. That would turn out to be all the Aggies would need as the Maver icks were totally dominated by Vin- ing, but the Aggies padded their lead in the sixth when, with runners Please see Softball on Page 10. wing ‘99 INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS in 154 Bizzell Hall West -Monday, March 2 10:30-11:00 AM -Tuesday, March 3 3:00-3:30 PM -Wednesday, March 4 10:30-11:00 AM -Thursday, March 5 3:00-3:30 PM -Friday, March 6 1:30-2:00 PM -7,3'- [ck up an application at the meeting or drop by the Study Abroad Program Office, itudy Abroad Program Office, 161 Bizzell Hall West, 845-0544 L MSC Film Society jos'ese/2/s. . . n Saturday, March 7 Tickets: $3.00 at the door or $2.50 in advance at the MSC Box Office (845-1234) All films shown in Rudder Theatre Complex. Avoid Long Lines! Purchase an Aggie Cinema Season Pass at the MSC Box Office for only $15.00. Questions? Call the Aggie Cinema Hotline - 847-8478. h- Persons with disabilities please call 845-1515 to inform us of your special needs. 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