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Aggies face Longhorns in pivotal 3-game Big 12 series
BY JASON LINCOLN
The Battalion
April has not been kind to the Texas
baseball team. After an April 4th
win over the No. 9 University of I lous-
In Cougars, ihe Aggies dropped a
record 12 straight games and fell from
Jcond to eighth in the Big 12 stand-
ilgs. Tuesday, after 21 days without a
wm, A&M rallied in the eighth and
Jiith innings to defeat Sam Houston
It,ite University.
With that it was over. The streak
[Jas gone just as quickly as it had be-
gi i. And it was just in time as the Ag-
jes prepare for what would likely have
bivn the pivotal conference series of
tlk year against the No. 6 University of
ikas Longhorns.
Now the Aggies do not have to take
any excess worries into the weekend and
can concentrate solely on going after the
Longhorns and winning their first week
end series since March.
“It’s big just because we got the los
ing streak off our mind,” said junior
right fielder Daylan Holt. “Now that
we finally won, we don’t have to wor
ry about the streak hanging over our
heads. It takes a big load off and will
allow us to go in and be totally focused
on Texas.”
The series will open in Austin on Fri
day at 6:30 p.m. The game will mark the
second sellout of the season for the
Longhorns’ Disch-Falk Field. However,
the Aggies will have the benefit of clos
ing the series at Olsen Field. Saturday’s
7 p.m. contest in College Station will be
televised by Fox Sports Net and the se
ries will end Sunday at 2 p.m.
A&M baseball coach Mark Johnson
has characterized the series as one of the
hardest series the Aggies will play.
“We’re going to have to pitch well,
play solid defense, but most of all we’re
going to have to hit,” Johnson said.
“Teams haven’t hit well against Texas
because they have some strong pitching.
To win you have to have more runs and
that’s been one of our problems right
now. So the match-up from the outside-
in doesn’t look good, but that changes as
teams pick it up.”
Despite the problems in matching
up, the Aggies have one thing on their
mind — a series win. And with the los
ing streak in the past, A&M is in posi
tion to do just that.
GUY ROGERS/'I'HK BATTALION
A&M catcher Brent Howell slides into second against the Sam Houston State on Tuesday. The Aggies broke a
12-game losing streak with the win and look to carry over the same success to this weekend’s series against UT.
Killer crossover
Sepulveda joins list of Longhorns jumping ship to come to A&M baseball
BY JASON LINCOLN
The Battalion
Texas A&M baseball has had
its share of crossovers — players
that have decided to join the na
tionally acclaimed Aggies after
falling outs with the University
of Texas.
Eric French and Shawn Schu
macher both made the switch
from burnt orange to maroon.
The change paid dividends
as French followed his A&M
career by entering the collegiate
coaching ranks and Schumach
er was drafted by the St. Louis
Cardinals.
The most recent switch over
promises to be just as successful.
Carlos “Los’.’ Sepulveda
knows he made the right choice
when he decided to leave the Uni
versity of Texas baseball team.
He also knows the move to
Olsen Field was necessary to keep
his game in top form.
Now Los will get his chance
to prove how big the decision to
transfer has paid off for the
sophomore as the Aggies and the
Longhorns meet for the first
time this season in the Aggies’
second to last Big 12 series of
the season.
“It’s a pretty normal situation
for some of us older guys who
played with Shawn Schumacher
and Eric French, but it’s always
fun watching how [the former UT
See Sepulveda on Page 11.
1998
Pos.: CF/DH
19 RBI’s
5 HR
BA rank: 7th
vs. A&M: 2 runs
2000
Pos.: LF
33 RBI’s
8 HR
BA rank: 3rd!
vs. UT: TBP
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