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A&M junior leftfielder Steven Truitt captured tournament MVP honors
at the NCAA Regionals, batting .391 with 11 RBIs and 4 home runs over
five games.
Baseball Team wins Regional
Ags go 2-1 in first two days before taking title
BY DOUG SHILLING
The Battalion
Bestowed with a No. 7 national
seed and the privilege of hosting a
regional, the Texas A&M Baseball
Team wanted to start out the 1999
NCAA Regional at College Station
on the right foot.
Using a calculated risk of start
ing junior pitcher Chance Caple
instead of junior ace Casey Pos
sum, the Aggies kicked off the
tournament against Monmouth
University.
The risk turned out to be non
existent as Caple pitched his best
game in an Aggie uniform to lead
A&M over the Hawks 6-0.
Monmouth right fielder David
Santana led off the game with a
single, but that was all the Hawks
would get off of Caple. He struck
out a career high 14 batters en
route to a one-hit, complete game
shutout.
“I felt good tonight,” Caple said.
“I was coming off a rough outing. I
made some changes that helped.
and I just worked on throwing
strikes.”
A&M head coach Mark Johnson
said Caple’s performance was just
what the Aggies needed on the
opening day of the tournament.
“We got enough hits and scored
early, and Chance controlled the
ballgame,” Johnson said. “I’m al
ways relieved to win a ballgame on
the opening day of a tournament.”
Coming off the strong pitching
performance by Caple and with
Possum on the mound, the Ag
gies liked their chances of stay
ing in the winner’s bracket Sat
urday against Long Beach State
University.
It was not to be, however, as the
‘49ers jumped on Possum early and
used a long rain delay to help them
to a 7-5 victory.
Long Beach jumped out to a 3-0
lead before the rain delay on a two-
run home run by second baseman
Scott Redfox.
The Aggies tried to chip away at
the ‘49ers lead behind junior cen
ter fielder Steven Truitt’s two home
runs. A&M never could get ahead
as Long Beach had an answer each
time the Aggies scored.
“I thought that was a good col
lege baseball game,” Johnson said.
“Casey came back strong, but the
rain delay took it’s toll.”
With the loss to Long Beach,
A&M had to turn around and face
the University of Mississippi that
same night in an elimination game.
The Aggie bats came alive and
saved A&M from elimination as
sophomore Daylan Holt smacked
two home runs in the 13-7 win.
Holt ended the game 3-for-5
with the two home runs and six
RBIs. Senior pitcher Matt Ward
pitched a solid game going eight in
nings and giving up six runs only
three of which were earned.
“We were disappointed with the
loss earlier in the day,” Johnson
said. “We bounced back from de
feat. Ward gave us a great chance.
We got production from everyone
in the line up. I was very proud of
the way we came back and got the
bats going.”
All-tournament
selections
Pos.
Name
School
DH
Erik Sobek
A&M
C
S. Schumacher
A&M
IB
J. Scheschuk
A&M
2B
B. Henderson
Ole Miss
SS
S. Scarborough
A&M
3B
Greg Dobbs
A&M
OF
Steven Truitt
A&M
OF
Dayian Holt
A&M
OF
Terrmel Sledge
LBSU
P
Chance Caple
A&M
P
Khalid Ballouli
A&M
Super Regional
Matchups
Miami vs Wake Forest
SW Louisiana vs Rice
Alabama vs LSU/ECU
Oklahoma St. vs Baylor
Florida St. vs Auburn
Clemson vs Texas A&M
Stanford vs USC
Ohio St. vs CS Fullerton
Aggies
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Snow said the ‘49ers were pre
pared for Sunday’s action but ran into
a hot team at the wrong time.
“We ran into a buzzsaw today,”
Snow said. “I have to tip my hat to
the Texas Aggies. It was a tremendous
effort on their part.”
The Aggies made it to the second
game on Sunday due in large part to
the performance of Ballouli.
The freshman from Austin tossed
the first complete game of his career
as he led A&M to a 9-5 win.
“This is definitely the biggest
game I’ve ever pitched in,” Ballouli
said. “Coach told me my job was to
get as many innings as I could. With
a lot of good defense and a lot of run
support, it’s easy to throw your best.”
Senior first baseman John
Scheschuk said the most important
thing about Ballouli’s stellar outing
was that he trusted his abilities.
“Obviously he believed in himself,
and that was the most important
thing,” he said. “Whether or not any
one else believed in him didn’t mat
ter to KB. He took the game over.”
For Long Beach, not only did they
have to battle the Aggie hitters and
pitchers, the fans were always an is
sue.
’49ers catcher Bryan Kennedy said
the fans played a major role in the
games.
“They (A&M) probably have the
best fans in the nation,” he said. “We
not only had to battle them (A&M)
but we also had to battle the fans.”
Snow said the combination of the
fans at Olsen Field and the Aggie ball-
club should mean a trip to Omaha.
“It’s a tough place to win,” Snow
said. “It has a great atmosphere and
great fan support. I’m just really im
pressed with A&M’s ballclub. I’ll be
surprised if they’re not in the College
World Series. ”
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