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THE BATTALION
Friday. Febw
BY BREE HOLZ
The Battalion
The Texas A&M softball team
will attempt to bounce back from
a four-game skid suffered last
weekend when it hosts the GTE
Aggie Invitational 1 at the Aggie
Softball Complex.
The tournament will start today
and continue through Sunday,
with the Aggies taking on the Col
orado State University Rams (2-3)
Friday at 4:30 p.m. Other teams
competing in the tournament are
the Centenary Ladies (1-6) and
New Mexico State University (4-4).
A&M coach Jo Evans said this
weekend could hold some fierce
competition for the Aggies.
“Colorado State has lost some
close games to ranked teams,”
she said. “They’ve got a quick
short-stop and a junior college
transfer that are both really great
players.
“New Mexico State has a new
coach that used to coach at
Southwest Texas State, so they
should also be tough for us.”
Evans said the team is most ex
cited about playing at home again.
“Our team is ready to play on
our own field,” she said. “Playing
at home should help us regain
some confidence.”
A&M is 2-4 on the season.
losing four consecutive games in
the Fiesta Bowl Classic in Ari
zona last weekend.
The Aggies won their first
game of the tournament against
No. 18 University of South Caroli
na in a come-from-behind victo
ry, but failed to continue the
streak.
Evans said last weekend’s
losses can be attributed to a lack
of consistency.
“We failed to be consistent
with our offense and defense,” she
said. “We committed too many er
rors defensively, and our offense
stranded too many runners. Con
sistency is what we really need to
work on this weekend.”
The starting pitcher for the
tournament will be junior Amy
Vining. Evans said Vining will
probably pitch at least once a day
throughout the tournament.
“I would like Amy to get a lot
of throws in this weekend,” she
said. “It all depends on her sta
mina and how she’s throwing.”
Evans said she is confident in
her other pitchers if Vining runs
into problems.
“We’ve got some great pitch
ers that have pitched very well for
us this season so far,” she said.
“They’ve given us some good in
nings, so I feel very good about
putting them in at any time.”
Softball hosts toumey Ags host ’Cats in three-game seri
BY DOUG SHILLING
The Battalion
The Texas A&M baseball team
has racked up the frequent flyer
miles at the beginning of this sea
son, playing seven of its first eight
games on the road.
These nomads have found their
way home however, getting to
play eight of its next nine games
at Olsen Field.
The home stand begins Friday,
as the Aggies (3-5) begin a three-
game series with the University of
Arizona Wildcats (9-6) at 3 p.m.
A&M senior second baseman
Sean Heaney said returning home
will have a good impact on the team.
“There’s not a better feeling,”
Heaney said. “I’m so glad. I’m
sick of being on the road. I’m
ready to get back here and play
some games. This is when we
need to start getting on our run
and win a bunch of games.”
The Aggies got a good start on
a run Tuesday, breaking out of
fensively in an 11-6 win over
Southwest Texas State University
in San Marcos.
Freshman center fielder David
Evans led the Aggie attack with
five hits while freshman shortstop
Ryan Wardinsky chipped in four.
A&M junior right fielder Daylan
Holt said the Aggies finally hit on
all cylinders Thesday.
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“It’s about time we got every
thing going,” Holt said. "We
played Tuesday like we’re capable
of playing.
“The pitchers have done a
good job all year long and they’re
going to continue to do that. So,
all we have to do is hit for them
and we’ll be very successful.”
Against Arizona, A&M will
face one of the better pitchers in
the nation in sophomore Ben
Diggins.
Diggins is a power pitcher
whose best pitch is a fastball that
has been clocked as high as 98
mph.
For the year, he is 2-0 with a
3.04 ERA with 24 strikeouts in 23
2/3 innings.
The Aggies roughed up Diggins
last year when the two teams met
in Tit scon.
A&M touched him up for sev
en runs on five hits in only 2 1/3
innings pitched.
Despite his performance
against the Aggies last year, A&M
baseball coach Mark Johnson,
who coached Diggins this sum
mer on the USA Baseball Nation
al team, said he is the type of
pitcher that can stop a team in its
tracks.
“The pitcher can stop momen
tum real quick,” Johnson said.
“It’ll be real interesting in the first
game because we’re facing Ben
Diggins, who could be the first
guy picked in the first round.
“He’s gonna run it up there 97
to 98 [mph]. He’s a good player.
He can stymie an offense not mat
ter how good you are.”
Holt, who played with Diggins
this summer, said Diggins will
easily be the hardest thrower the
Aggies have faced this year.
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ent for us because 1 think the
fastest person we've seen
has thrown 85 |mph],”Hol
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game against A&M sopbi
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(1 -1, 1.69 ERA) against An:
Michael Crawford (2-2,
ERA).
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2, 4.15 ERA) will take them
for A&M against Arizona’s
Pemble (3-0, 3.97 ERA).
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