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SPORTS
THE BATTALION
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Baseball falls to Bobcats, 6-4
Aggies lose five straight games for first time in 13 seasons
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The Battalion
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nocrat since 1973. Thisyeewic Texas A&M tbotball team's spring practice
'dice under the GOP bannet pbut ended yesterday as the team had its final
flack said the dearth ofDrjftmage and final workout in pads,
indidates in statewiderac^Sphey got to moving and that’s the way it goes
tering the GOP setTonc tmctimes,” Slocum said. “I thought overall it was
rocrats. ptxi scrimmage. I saw some positive things.”
The main focus is on who will be quarterback in
tefall and all three men auditioning for the job had
tnt days.
Sophomore Mark Farris had the best day, going
3-of-20 for 168 yards. He led the offense on one
iuchdown drive and one field goal drive.
Sophomore Vance Smith ended the day 6-of-15
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for 65 yards while freshman Colby Freeman was 6-
of-12 for 73 yards and one touchdown pass.
Freshman running back Richard Whitaker had a
solid day with 84 yards on 17 carries while sopho
more running back Joe Weber managed only 38
yards on 12 carries.
Notes: Senior linebacker Jason Glenn was king of
the one-liners during Tuesday’s scrimmage. After
the defense stopped the offense on one drive,
Glenn trotted off the field and yelled, “Call St.
Louis and get the Rams in here.” Then later in the
scrimmage, Glenn shouted into the stands and
asked if there was anyone in the stands who want
ed to play ... Defensive back Jason Frederick was
dismissed from the team for disciplinary reasons
for violating team rules.
BY DOUG SHILLING
The Battalion
The bleeding did not stop for the
Texas A&M baseball team Tuesday
night.
In fact, it got much worse.
Southwest Texas State Univer
sity used a four-run sixth inning to
send the Aggies to their fifth-
straight defeat, 6-4, in front of 3,733
fans.
It is the first time since 1987 that
A&M has been defeated five
straight times.
Southwest Texas improves its
record to 19-21, while the Aggies
fall to 21-21 on the season and 12-
12 at Olsen.
“This is a real, real hard time for
us,” A&M baseball coach Mark
Johnson said. “Since I’ve been
here, it’s probably the hardest. The
guys are trying hard, but we’re just
not hitting right now.”
A&M fell behind early when
Bobcat second baseman Louie Car
mona slapped a two-run double in
the second inning to give South
west Texas a 2-0 lead.
The Aggies chipped away at the
lead in the fourth inning when ju
nior first baseman JefTFreeman hit
a double down the right field line to
score junior right fielder Daylan
Holt and make it a 2-1 game.
A&M pushed ahead the next in
ning when sophomore shortstop
Ryan Wardinsky smacked a two-
run home run to right field to give
the Aggies a 3-2 lead.
The advantage would be short
lived, however.
The Bobcats used clutch hitting
and A&M wi Idness to score four runs
in the sixth inning to take a 6-3 lead.
With two men out and two men
on, A&M freshman pitcher Zach
Dixon hit Southwest Texas right
fielder John David Janek with a
pitch to load the bases.
Dixon then walked Carmona to
force in Bobcat third baseman
Bryan Kent and tie the game up.
With the bases still loaded.
Southwest Texas shortstop Bryan
Anderson hit a bases-clearing dou
ble down the left-field line to put
the Bobcats up for good.
Dixon (1 -3), pitching in relief of
A&M senior pitcher Chris Ful-
bright, took the loss for the Aggies.
CHAD ADAMS/The Battalion
A&M junior first baseman Jeff Freeman digs a ball out of the
dirt during the Aggies’ 6-4 loss to Southwest Texas State.
Dixon gave up four runs on two hits the Bobcats in his first collegiate
in 3 1/3 innings of work. start. Casanova gave up four runs
Jacob Casanova got the win for on five hits in 5 1/3 innings pitched.
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BY BREE HOLZ
The Battalion
After starting off on the wrong foot, the
Texas A&M softball team has won its last three
conference games and will travel to Waco to
take on Baylor University in a doubleheader.
The first game is set to begin at 5 p.m.
Wednesday and will be televised by College
Sports Southwest.
The Aggies are 23-14 overall and 3-4 in the
Big 12 Conference, while the Bears have a 21-
24 record and are 1-6 in conference play.
A&M and Baylor last met on May 1, 1999
in a doubleheader with the teams splitting
games.
Baylor beat A&M in the first game, 1-0, and
the Aggies were victorious in the second, 6-2.
Baylor was swept by the University of Ne
braska last weekend in Lincoln, Neb. The
Bears lost 8-0 on Saturday and 7-3 on Sunday.
However, A&M swept Iowa State Univer
sity in Ames, Iowa last weekend with two
come-from-behind wins.
“I was pleased that we never gave up,”
A&M softball coach Jo Evans said. “This was
a great boost for our confidence. To get down
and come back is huge, and these were great
wins for us on the road.”
On Sunday, the Aggies scored two runs in
the fifth and sixth innings and five in the sev
enth for the win.
The Cyclones took a 1-0 lead in the fourth
inning, but in the fifth, junior right fielder
Tiffany Esters belted a two-run home run over
the left field fence to give the Aggies the lead.
In the seventh, sophomore second baseman
Lisa Klam found the fence for a three-run
home run, her sixth of the season.
A&M had 11 hits in the game, while junior
pitcher Amy Vining gave up four hits to im-,
proveto 15-9.
On Saturday, A&M once again fell behind
early and were down 4-2 heading into the final
inning of the game.
Freshman catcher Selena Collins stepped
up to the plate and quickly had two strikes
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tying the score 4-4. Sophomore Kelly Fergu-!
son followed with a single to score Collins for
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