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By Micala Proesch
THE BATTALION
The struggling Texas A&M softball
earn is hoping to dig itself out of the bot-
om half of the Big 12 standings when it
icsts Texas Tech today in a doubleheader at
p.m. at the Aggie Softball Complex.
Despite maintaining their No. 21 rank-
ng, the Aggies (30-10, 3-5 Big 12) are
[tuck in seventh place in the Big 12. Tech
12-28, 1-7 Big 12) stands in ninth place in
me conference after picking up its first con
ference win over Oklahoma State last week.
A&M is hoping not to fall victim to the
Fate of the Cowgirls, who lost the second
pame of their matchup with the Red
Raiders, 1-0, after run-ruling Tech, 12-1, in
the first game last weekend.
“Tech came back and shut out
Oklahoma State, which is not easy because
they are a great hitting team,” said A&M
head coach Jo Evans. “We are not going to
overlook them because we know they are
capable of playing good ball.”
The Aggies split a doubleheader with
Kansas last Saturday, losing the opener
because of a poor defense that enabled
Kansas to come back and score five runs in
the final two innings.
“Our team did not play well in the first
game,” Evans said. “We were sloppy on
defense, and it hurt us in the end.”
However, the team bounced back to take
game two of the series 3-0 as sophomore
Jessica Slataper threw her third career no
hitter and her first no-hit shutout. This was
Slataper’s 16th complete game and ninth
shutout of the year.
The no-hitter helped Slataper capture Big
12 Pitcher of the Week honors, which is the
fottime she has been featured this season.
“Slataper took charge and set the tone for
tetem in the second game,” Evans said.
JOHN LIVAS • THE BATTALION
A&M sophomore pitcher Lindsay Wilhelmson throws a pitch against the Oklahoma Sooners at
the Aggie Softball Complex. The Aggies will host Texas Tech today in a doubleheader at 5 p.m.
and the Red Raiders is tied at 8-8, with Tech
winning seven of the last ten meetings. Tech
eliminated A&M from last year’s Big 12
Tournament when first baseman Carmen
Grindell hit a walk-off homerun to best the
Aggies, 1 -0.
Aggie first baseman Kelly Ferguson has
hit safely in 20 of the last 21 games, includ
ing going 3 for 4 in the opener versus
Kansas before blasting a solo homerun in
the nightcap.
The all-time series between the Aggies
Road not kind to Ags
as Cougars roll to win
By Kevin Espenlaub &
Dallas Shipp
THE BATTALION
HOUSTON — A&M sopho
more left hander Kyle Parcus
received a less than warm recep
tion on Tuesday as the University
of Houston Cougars scored five
runs in the first three innings off
Parcus en route to a 10-2 victory in
front of 2,925 fans at Cougar Field.
Cougar first baseman Brett
Cooley ripped a three-run homer
over the left field fence to close a
four-run third inning and led the
Cougars to their third consecutive
victory over the Aggies.
“Conference USA teams have
done a great job this year against
ranked teams like A&M,” Cooley
said. “That really says a lot for our
conference and for our team.”
The Cougars used three pitch
ers to combine for seven shutout
innings that included four double
plays by the Aggies in the first five
innings.
“We just could not make any
thing happen for us tonight,” said
A&M head coach Mark Johnson.
“We hit into all of those double
plays and we are just not a good
enough team to hit into that many
and still generate any offense.
Sometimes you just hit the ball
right at them, and we did that
tonight.”
A&M hit into inning-ending
twin-killings in the third, fourth,
and fifth innings.
“Anytime you are able to roll
up four double plays in the first
five innings it is really going to
stop any offensive rallies,” said UH
head coach Rayner Noble.
While A&M pitchers were able
to draw two double plays out of the
Cougar bats, they were hit hard
and often throughout the contest.
Parcus, who lasted only three
innings, allowed eight hits and
five earned runs, dropping his sea
son record to 2-3. Two of those
losses have now come at the hands
of the Cougars including a 2-1
loss earlier this season.
“We have really been looking
for a strong left-handed pitcher all
season,” Johnson said. “We just
cannot seem to get it to happen.
Kyle struggled today and got
behind in the count and left the ball
up there and it was deadly.”
Aggie sophomore reliever
Brian Finch took over in the fourth
and struck out three of the first four
batters he faced before surrender
ing two walks and three earned
runs in 1 1/3 innings.
Three other relievers combined
to finish the game that was closed
by freshman Logan Kensing’s
two-inning performance.
“Houston just really hit the ball
well tonight,” said A&M junior
catcher Rusty Meyer. “Our pitch
ers had some quality pitches and
some that were not quality pitches.
Sometimes that happens, but Kyle
came out and fought hard and just
had a couple of mistake pitches
that they pounced on.”
The Aggies broke Houston’s
shutout bid with their only two
runs of the game in the eighth
inning as Aggie sophomore short
stop Matt Alexander had a RBI
triple and Meyer capped off the
inning with a RBI single.
The Aggies will return to
College Station for their weekend
series with Big 12 opponent
Kansas State University.
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