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    Monday • March 30, 1998
The Battalion
SPORTS
fVggies power way to series sweep against KSU
IR do.
By Jeremy Furtick
Sports editor
si ilned and ready for a weekend
25 ies against the Kansas State Wild
es (11-15, 3-7), the No. 14 Texas
M Baseball Team (26-10, 10-5)
inded out 31 hits and 29 runs and
i3i le I lie live arms of senior Ryan
?< pe, sophomore Casey Possum and
22 lot Matt Ward to its first Big 12 se-
: fisteBveep of the season.
'%Rupe took the hill Friday night
s ' ha perfect 4-0 conference record
5 i worked a complete game, strik-
out nine in the Aggies’ 10-2 win.
Freshman right fielder Daylan
It was the spark for the Aggies as
®Hive in four runs with a double
: Ihome run. Junior first baseman
n Scheschuk also hit a home run
: i sophomore second baseman
3ga? s —
•JURTICK
-Btinued from Page 6.
Bsxas returns one of baseball’s best
ill] tens and closers and a powerful batting
der. It should have enough to carry it into
e ] layoffs via the Wild Card.
^.Bnportant Additions: RHP Aaron Sele; SS
J^jVi Elster; OF Roberto Kelly; 2B Luis Alicea.
iHig Losses: C Jim I^eyritz.
■rojected Record: 87-75; 2nd in ALWest.
r AHEIM ANGELS
84-78; 2nd in AL West
Sean Heaney picked up two hits and
scored twice.
Saturday’s starter was Possum,
who was coming off his first confer
ence victory last weekend against
Oklahoma. He carried his success
over the So oners into the KSU game
and was flawless until the eighth in
ning. Trailing 5-0, KSU tagged Pos
sum for four runs on five hits and cut
the Aggie lead to one.
A&M responded with its biggest
inning of the night, a five-run explo
sion highlighted by Scheschuk’s tow
ering blast over the 25-foot wall 400
feet away in dead center field for a
grand slam. Possum would finish the
ninth for the Aggies’ second consec
utive complete game.
Scheschuk tallied five RBI on
the night, sophomore shortstop
Steve Scarborough would add
three hits and two RBI and sopho
more DH Chad Hudson cranked a
two-run homer to help Texas A&M
to the 10-4 win.
The Wildcats took their first lead of
the series 2-0 in the second inning of
yesterday’s game and led the Aggies
going into the bottom of the third.
Singles by junior third baseman
Craig Kuzmic, senior catcher Scott
Sandusky and sophomore left fielder
Steven Truitt, three KSU errors and
back-to-back jacks by Holt, his sec
ond of the series, and Scheschuk, his
third to go with seven RBI, put A&M
on top for good after third.
Ward would surrender a lone run
in the fourth inning and an unearned
run in the sixth, but did an overall
nice job on a day when the wind was
whipping out to left field.
Scarborough belted a two-run
blast in the bottom of the fourth and
redshirt-freshman Darren Heimichs
added an RBI-single in the fifth. Fresh
man Clancy Possum and senior Eric
French would close out the last 2-2/3
innings of the game to seal the 9-5 vic
tory for the Aggies and Ward (5-2).
The win was the Aggies’ fifth in a
row and their eighth in the last nine
games. With the sweep, A&M match
es Baylor with 10 Big 12 wins to lead
the conference, but stays percentage
points behind the Bears (24-7-1, 10-
3) for first place in the conference.
“We’re going to have to sweep
some people if we want to win the Big
12,” said junior center fielder Jason
Tyner. “It’s fortunate that we’re get
ting hot right now, we’re in the home
stretch—this is where we’ve got to do
it or we’re going to end up second or
third in the Big 12.”
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Sophomore Steven Ttuitt nails KSU catcher Yancy Ayers after attempting to
steal home in the second inning. A&M would likewise bowl over the Wildcats,
outscoring them 29-11 for the three-game sweep. Truitt was out on the play.
1998 ANGELS
C-Todd Greene*
1 B-Darrin Erstad
2B-Randy Velarde
3B-Dave Hollins
SS-Gary DiSarcina
LF-Garret Anderson
CF-Jim Edmonds
RF-Tim Salmon
DH-Cecil Fielder*
SUB-Phil Nevin*
*greene in 34 games with Angels; Fielder
with Yankees; Nevin with Tigers
W-L ERA IP
AVG. HR RBI SB
.290 9 24 2
.299 16 77 23
PLAYED ONE GAME
.288 16 85 16
4 47 7
8 92 10
26 80 5
.296 33 129 9
.260 13 61 0
.235 9 35 0
.246
.303
.291
The Angels re
bounded last season
to challenge Seattle
for the AL West
crown.
Bhuck Finley and Jason Dickson will be a
olk! one-two punch, and Troy Percival is as
)0< l as they come in the closer department.
Whit or the Angels to compete for a playoff
1 )0t Ken Hill will have to have a big season.
JgBnaheim has a very balanced lineup and
defense across the field. They added
ecil Fielder to produce some power for a
neup that only had two players hit more
1£SJl! . lan 16 home runs. In a division where every
Kr team had at least four players with 20
onie runs, and three players in the division
u |or1 , kpver 40 homers, Fielder’s power will be a
ugc factor for the Angels.
■he Angels have a lot of guys who fre-
uently get on base. If they can drive them in
lirK often, and their weak middle-relief can
~eep the game in hand for Percival, Anaheim
/31 battle down to the wire for the Wild Card.
Important Additions: DH Cecil Fielder;
1 Omar Oliveras.
RHP Jason Dickson
LHP Chuck Finley
j RHP Ken Hill*
| RHP Omar Oliveras*
j LHP Allen Watson
I RHP Troy Percival
! RHP Mike James
13-9 4.29
13-6 4.23
4- 4 3.65
1-4 5.49
12-12 4.93
W-L SV
5- 5 27
5-5 7
*Hil! in 12 games with Angels; Oliveras in 13
games with Mariners
the role as star of this team since the depar
ture of Mark McGwire last season. Big shoes
to fill, but Grieve has excelled at every minor
league level and was impressive in his short
stint with the big club last season.
Rickey Henderson and Tom Candiotti,
along with Mike Blowers and Kurt Abbot,
were brought in to keep a few spots warm for
Oakland’s promising ftiture stars.
Oakland will probably be out of the race
by the end of April, but the ftiture looks
promising for the As
Important Additions: OF Rickey Hender
son; RHP Tom Candiotti; RHP Mike Fetters;
LHP Kenny Rogers.
Big Losses: 3B Scott Brosius; RHP Steve
Karsay.
Projected Record: 72-90; 4th in ALWest.
Big Losses: OF Rickey Henderson; 2B
Tony Philips; RHP Dennis Springer.
Projected Record: 84-68; 3rd in ALWest.
OAKLAND
ATHLETICS
65-97; 4th in AL West
Rebuilding is such a light term for Oak
land’s 1998 season. The good news for Oak
land is that many of its fresh faces have the
chance to be household names in a fewyears.
One of these prospects, however, has a
jump on his new teammates. Ben Grieve is
the most promising youngster in the game
today and is the early favorite for AL Rookie
of the Year accolades. He has been handed
1998 ATHLETICS
AVG.
HR
RBI
SB
C-A.J. Hinch*
.309
20
73
8
1 B-Jason Giambi
.293
20
81
0
2B-Scott Spiezio
.243
14
65
9
3B-Mike Blowers*
.293
5
20
0
SS-Kurt Abbott*
.274
6
30
3
LF-Rickey Henderson*
.183
2
7
16
CF-Jason McDonald
.263
4
14
13
RF-Ben Grieve*
.312
3
24
0
DH-Dave Magadan
.303
4
30
1
SUB-Matt Stairs
.298
27
73
3
*Hinch with A Modesto; Blowers with
Mariners; Abbott with Marlins; Henderson in
32 games with Padres; Grieve in 24 games
with A’s
W-L
ERA
IP
LHP Kenny Rogers*
6-7
5.65
145
RHP Tom Candiotti*
10-7
3.60
135
RHP Ariel Prieto
6-8
5.04
125
RHP Jimmy Haynes
3-6
4.42
73.1
RHP Mike Qquist
4-6
5.02
107.2
W-L
SV
ERA
RHP Mike Fetters*
1-5
6
3.45
LHP Billy Taylor
3-4
23
3.82
‘Rogers with Yankees; Candiotti with
Dodgers; Fetters with Brewers
Men’s tennis team takes two on Friday
By Al Lazarus
Stajf writer
The No. 19TexasA&M Men’s Tennis Team
swept a Big 12 doubleheader Friday at the
Omar Smith Tennis Center, trouncing Mis
souri 7-0 in the afternoon match, and rolling
over Oklahoma 6-1 in the nightcap.
A&M (9-2,4-1) showed its superior depth
against the Tigers, playing only two regulars
from its top six, freshmen Rafael de Mesa
and Cody Hubbell, and still winning 7-0.
Coach Tim Cass expressed his satisfac
tion with diis accomplishment.
“Some of the guys who hadn’t been play
ing as much came in and did a great job, so
I was really happy for them,” Cass said. “Our
depth is probably one of our str ongest suits.”
The Aggies started their match against
Mizzou by winning all three doubles
matches to get the doubles point, which
they have won against every team this year
except OSU.
De Mesa and Hubbell, playing No. 1 dou
bles for A&M, won 9-8 (7-4). Sophomore
Juan Aramburo and freshman Brian Lubin
played in the No. 2 slot for the Aggies, and
won 8-6. Rounding out the Aggies’ doubles
sweep of the Tigers were sophomores Gon-
zalo Anderson and Tony Young, who won
their No. 3 doubles match 8-1.
Playing No. 1 singles and winning 6-0,6-
0 for the Aggies was de Mesa, who is cur
rently ranked 38th in the nation. Moving up
to play in the No. 2 position was Hubbell,
who also rolled to an easy victory 6-0,6-0.
Aramburo, Lubin, Anderson and Young
rounded out singles play for the Aggies
against Missom i, and all won in straight sets.
Emotions ran high in the Aggies’ night
match against Oklahoma. In de Mesa’s No. 1
singles match against Oklahoma’s Adam
Neal, both players repeatedly questioned
each other’s calls, and at one point Neal re
ceived a point penalty for hitting a ball into
the crowd, which was one of the largest this
year at the Smith Tennis Center. In the end,
though, de Mesa let his superior skills do the
talking, and he won 6-3, 6-1.
De Mesa, who had lost his last three
matches coming into Friday’s double-
header, said he was more concerned with
getting back on track than with his McEn-
roe-esque opponent.
“After losing a few tough matches, I
just wanted to win, because once you
start winning again, you get more fired
up,” de Mesa said.
Senior Carlos Tori, playing No. 2 singles
for the Aggies, won 6-0,6-4. In the No. 3 slot
for A&M and winning 6-2,6-0 was freshman
Shuon Madden, who improved his singles
record to 10-0.
Also winning in singles play for the Aggies
were freshman Dumitru Caradima, 6-3,6-2,
and Aramburo, 6-3,4-6,6-2.
A&M again started the match by win
ning all three doubles matches to win the
doubles point.
The Aggies will next take on No. 31TCU
on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Omar Smith
Tennis Center.
Looking ahead to several tough
matches, starting with TCU on Thursday,
Aramburo said that overall, the Aggies
are in good shape.
“We are in a good position right now, but
we don’t really care about our ranking that
much,” he said. “We just want to go out there
and make a statement every match.”
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