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The Battalion
Page IB • Thursday, April 17, 2003
ggies sweep doubleheader
By Pete Burks
THE BATTALION
After a long road trip to Kansas last
eekend, the No. 18 Texas A&M softball
am (32-14) was more than ready for its
midweek home games. In a non-con-
erence doubleheader with Texas A&M-
brpus Christi, the Aggies showed no signs
)f relinquishing their home field domi-
ance, defeating the Islanders (24-17) 7-0
n the first game and 6-1 in the second.
In the first game, the Aggies got a boost
romjunior pitcher Jessica Slataper (11-10),
vho led the defense with five strong innings
if pitching, striking out five hitters and
valking none.
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:econd baseman Adrian Gregory blasted
wo home runs off Islander pitcher Sarah
^auly, going two for four with two RBIs.
ienior shortstop Crystal Martin hit two for
hree with three RBIs, including her sev-
nth home run of the season.
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mly four hits. For Pauly, these types of
games are anomalies, as evidenced by her
0.52 ERA entering the contest. But, the
Islanders’ star pitcher had an off night, sur
rendering seven earned runs on eight hits in
her six innings of work.
While A&M also took the second game,
the score was quite deceiving. In the bot
tom of the first, the Aggies jumped out on
top, scoring a run on two hits. After that.
Islander pitcher Dani Darnel stonewalled
the Aggies until the bottom of the sixth
inning. Keeping the ball down. Darnel was
able to induce several groundouts and pop
ups as the Aggies could not get anything
solid to hit.
Darnel’s counterpart, junior pitcher
Lindsay Wilhelmson, was just as stifling.
Fresh off a no-hitter against Kansas,
Wilhelmson effectively shut out the
Islanders, allowing only one run during an
Islander rally in the top of the seventh.
Finally, in the bottom of the sixth, A&M
broke through again against Darnel, scoring
five runs to increase its lead to 6-1.
Freshman pinch hitter Nicole Robinson,
Gregory and Wilhelmson all came through
with clutch RBIs to help the Aggies’ cause.
Gregory has continued to be successful
offensively after being named Big 12
Player of the Week two weeks ago.
“I’ve just been working hard with my
hitting,” Gregory said. “I feel like I’m hit
ting my peak at the right time.”
Corpus Christi Head Coach Missy
Phillips-Dickerson said she was frustrated
by her team’s performance.
“We’ve been up and down all year, and
unless we bring our ‘A’ game, we get beat
like we did tonight,” she said.
This weekend, the Aggies will again
defend their home field as streaky Iowa
State (16-22,4-7 Big 12) comes to College
Station. The Cyclones are led by current
Big 12 Player of the Week Katy Ruby, who
hit three three-run homers in the Cyclones
sweep of Baylor.
“We know they keep upsetting people,”
said Aggie Head Coach Jo Evans. “They’re
having a good year having beaten No. 4
OU and Baylor. They never quit, and we
can’t afford to take them lightly.”
Saturday is Senior Day for the Aggie
softball team, and before the first game of
the doubleheader, the Aggies will honor
their five senior athletes. The two games
will begin at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., respectively.
ALISSA HOLLIMON • THE BATTALION
Second baseman Adrian Gregory fields a ground ball. In addition to her work in
the field, Gregory hit two home runs in Wednesday’s doubleheader.
Baseball team to host series against Cowboys
JOHN C. LIVAS • THE BATTALION
(Junior Matt Alexander turns a double play on Tuesday night.
By Michael Crow
THE BATTALION
When the Texas A&M baseball
team hosts No. 21 Oklahoma State
on Friday, both teams will enter
the game on the heels of winning
efforts. However, the two teams
went about their recent wins in dif
ferent manners.
The No. 16 Aggies (30-11, 10-5
Big 12) used a bit of “Olsen
Magic” to defeat a visiting
University of Texas-Arlington
team in the bottom of the 11th
inning, 7-6. Meanwhile, the OSU
Cowboys (24-11, 8-4 Big 12) were
busy offensively in a 24-1 rout of
Texas-Pan American.
A&M’s extra-inning heroics
came in the form of an RBI double
off the bat of junior Erik
Shindewolf. Moments before, jun
ior pinch hitter Brian Bowie
reached base on a single, and soph
omore pitcher Logan Kensing then
replaced him as a pinch runner. A
sacrifice bunt from freshman
Parker Dalton then set up
Shindewolf’s game-winning hit.
“It felt really good,” Shindewolf
said. “Things weren’t really going
our way in the beginning of the
game, but it seemed like it started
to change there at the end.”
Shindewolf and senior short
stop Matt Alexander had solid
defensive outings for A&M.
Prior to their two-run sixth
inning, the Aggies had little suc
cess against UTA starter Pierce
Loveless. A&M Head Coach Mark
Johnson said the left-hander defi
nitely had his team confused in the
game’s early innings.
“We couldn’t get it going
early,” he said. “Our rhythm was
off on him. I thought the second
time through (the batting order),
we’d make a better adjustment,
and we started getting hits.”
The Aggies will surely need
plenty of hits against an offense as
strong as OSU’s. A&M’s offensive
spark typically begins with its trio
of juniors: Justin Ruggiano, Cory
Patton and Scott Beerer. On
Tuesday, Ruggiano was named the
Big 12 Player of the Week, follow
ing a week in which he went seven
for 15 with three home runs.
OSU third baseman Josh
Fields had a home run of his own
in the first inning of the
Cowboys’ blowout victory of
Texas-Pan American. During the
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