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t The Battalion Page 5 • Tuesday, February 25,2003
Transfers making presence felt Aggies win tourney
Ruggiano, Patton help return A&M to national rankings
By Dallas Shipp
THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M baseball team is
ranked No. 16 by Collegiate Baseball
Newspaper and No. 24 by Baseball
America thanks in large part to the six jun
ior college transfers who have made an
impact for the Aggies.
Last year’s team had strong pitching,
which has returned this year for the most
part, but lacked the ability at the plate to
get clutch hits with runners in scoring
position, which was so important to the
1999 team that advanced to the College
World Series in Omaha, Neb.
This year, two of those six transfers,
junior outfielders Cory Patton and Justin
Ruggiano, have joined the Aggie squad
and say that their goal is simple — provid
ing the run production that the Aggies
lacked last year.
“It’s all about getting hits at the right
time,” Patton said. “Coach (Mark) Johnson
always says ‘RBIs win games, not hits.’”
If RBIs are indeed the difference, then
Patton will be a huge pickup for the Aggies
this year.
The 5-foot-10 power-hitting right field
er from Seward County Community
College in Liberal, Kan., led the team with
a .465 batting average in 2002, and led the
nation with 31 home runs and 119 RBIs.
Following his standout year at Seward
County, Patton was named the National
Junior College Player of the Year and the
National Junior College Athletic
Association Male Athlete of the Year.
Patton also pitched 70 innings and finished
the season with an 8-1 record that led his
team to a conference championship and to
the Region IV finals.
A&M Head Coach Mark Johnson said
that he was extremely happy to pick up the
junior college All-American and was glad
to have his big bat in the lineup.
“(Patton) has been big for us,” Johnson
said. “He swings the bat extremely well.”
Ruggiano did not get national attention
at Blinn College in Brenham last year, but
he did receive attention from Johnson.
The 6-foot-2 center fielder from Austin
said that when he got the call from Johnson,
he didn’t have to think twice about the deci
sion and came in large part because of the
reputation and the tradition A&M has.
JOHN C. LIVAS • THE BATTALION
Junior Cory Patton was named the tournament
MVP after the Domino’s Pizza Aggie Classic.
“When Coach Johnson called me up, I
knew this is where 1 wanted to play,”
Ruggiano said.
Both players said that there are signifi
cant differences between playing at the
junior college level and Division I base
ball. Patton said that the biggest difference
to him on the field was stronger pitching.
“The pitchers here (in Division I) don’t
throw a lot harder, but they hit the spots
much better,” he said.
Off the field, Patton said that the class
es at A&M are a lot tougher than they were
in junior college.
Ruggiano said that the biggest differ
ence to him was the crowd at Olsen Field,
which was ranked No. 4 in the nation last
See Transfers on page 7
By Troy Miller
THE BATTALION
The No. 16 Texas A&M
baseball team took home the
Domino’s Pizza Aggie Classic
tournament championship by
defeating the University of Utah
5-1 and the University of
California at Los Angeles 3-0
on Monday.
Against Utah (7-5), the
Aggies (9-2) used a four-run
fourth inning to take the lead
against the Utes. Junior Scott
Beerer began the inning by sin
gling to left field. Junior second
baseman Erik Schindewolf sin
gled Beerer home two batters
later. Junior Matt Alexander sin
gled to right field in the next at
bat scoring two more runs for
the Aggies. Junior outfielder
Cory Patton added another run
when he singled up the middle
to score Alexander.
Alexander earned another
RBI in the fifth for the Aggies.
Junior pitcher Brian Finch
earned the win for the Aggies as
he threw five innings and gave
up just one run while striking
out five.
In the nightcap, the Aggies
took on UCLA (8-9) with the
tournament title on the line.
Despite a starting temperature of
34 degrees, freshman pitcher
Robert Ray threw 62 pitches in
five innings of work to earn his
first win and shutout at A&M.
“Actually the weather was
good,” Ray said. “This was a
perfect night to pitch because we
had the wind coming in and all
we had to do was throw strikes.”
The Aggies started in the top
half of the first inning with
Schindewolf doubling down the
third-base line. After Alexander
struck out, Patton singled to
right bringing Schindewolf
home in what proved to be the
game-winning run.
Patton added another RBI
in the third inning when again
he singled home Schindewolf.
Patton totalled 10 RBI’s in the
tournament and two home
runs to earn him tournament
MVP honors.
“I’ve been struggling a lot
lately,” Patton said. “I was
jumping at the ball, and we
made the adjustment and it’s
been successful. I’m a lot more
comfortable in the (batter’s) box
and I’ve settled down and found
some success.”
In the 3-0 win the Aggies
peppered UCLA freshman
starter Hector Ambriz for seven
hits despite the freezing tem
perature. The win gave the
Aggies a 5-1 record in the
weekend tournament.
■ The junior college trans
fers for A&M such as Patton
and outfielder Justin
Ruggiano are stealing the
headlines so far for the
Aggies, but the freshmen,
such as Ray, are beginning to
make their mark as well.
“We started on average four
freshmen a ballgame,” said
A&M Head Coach Mark
Johnson. “We talk about the
junior class, but there are some
freshmen that are really doing a
good job.”
The Aggies will travel to
Tucson, Ariz. to start a three-
game weekend series against the
University of Arizona on Friday.
Liberal Arts Career Week
All majors welcome!
Tonight: Behavioral Interviewing
5:30p.m.
Koldus 111
Wednesday, Feb. 26 th : Career Fair Networking
5:30p.m.
Koldus 111
Thursday, Feb. 27 th : Alumni Forum
Panel discussion and reception with former students
6:00p.m.
Reed Arena
Friday, Feb. 28 th :
Liberal Arts Career Fair
And
Communications Career Fair
10:00a.m.-3:00p.m.
Rudder Exhibit Hall
For a complete list of companies attending the career fair and other info
please check out our website.
www.lasctamu.org
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