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Keith, the 1 told the Bi Station Eagle it Fails died a terri zing death. ie, much less some : Brandon, shi red,” he said. a tremendous the Fails’ said that as done to prevent i suffering and tie i the wrong i he went for help, is County medical concluded of natural causes of a blood clot that m his right leg and Valerie Fa ulable for cot Sports The Battalion Page 3 • Monday, June 2, 2003 ‘UNBELIEVABLE’ A&M commits seven errors in two games, loses four run lead in game two meltdown By Dallas Shipp THE BATTALION It was in the bottom of the eighth inning, Texas A&M All- American closer Scott Beerer was on the mound and the Aggies were up by four against the University of Houston in the final game of the College Station regional Sunday night. More than 4,500 fans were ready to celebrate the Aggies' first trip to a Super Regional since 1999 when the Aggies advanced to the College World Series. But the celebration ended when Houston scored two runs in the eighth, two runs in the ninth and a game-winning run in the bottom of the 10th to beat the Aggies 7-6. It was the third time this season and the second time in one day that Houston (36-28) came from behind to beat A&M. Houston head coach Rayner Noble said that he couldn't have been prouder of the ways his team fought through the loser’s bracket after losing its first game on Friday. AM NCAA COLLEGE STATION REGIONAL, ‘‘This is definitely the biggest win in my time here at U of H,” Noble said. “It’s just unbelieveable. I can’t say enough about our guys, it real ly chokes me up.” Noble said his team fought the heat and lived off of inten sity and emotion to advance to the Super Regional, where the Cougars will meet the Rice Owls. Cougar center fielder Michael Bourn led the way offensively for Houston with three hits, an RBI and three runs scored, including the tying run in the bottom of the ninth. Houston pitcher Ryan Wagner came in to pitch the top of the tenth and retired the side to earn his sixth win of the year for Houston. Things were looking good for A&M (45-19) early on as >d. One arrest, l/arrant arrest, est. a king alcohol arf ersity. One arrest, iving while liscer Texas. One arrest vading arrest, 71 est. ing under i e arrest. JON ing tlie fall and spring sems holidays and exam peW* POSTMASTER: Send aJ» 7843-1111. rrsityin the Division of IcDonald Building. Nert B vww.thebatt.com mtbyThe Battalion, Fon# ig, call 845-0569. Advett hrough Friday. Fax:845-2618- nt to pick upasinglecop|ri ar school year,$30fortlielil Isa, MasterCard, JP BEATO III • THE BATTALION 1 closer Scott Beerer delivers a pitch during the eighth inning Sunday it. Beerer entered the game in the seventh, but gave up two runs. the Aggies jumped out to a 6-2 lead with the help of solo home runs by Cliff Pennington, Scott Beerer, Justin Pouk and John Infante. Pouk and Infante scored two more runs in the top of the sixth. Robert Ray struck out seven batters and gave up two runs (one earned) on four hits in 6 2/3 innings to earn a curtain call from the A&M fans. But his effort wasn’t enough to hold off the Cougars. Beerer entered the game with two outs in the bottom of the seventh but gave up two earned runs in 1 1/3 innings of work to cut the lead to two. “There was nothing left in the tank tonight,” said Beerer,who was lifted in the ninth for Kyle Parcus. “I knew Parcus had a better shot than me. It wasn’t that I didn’t want the ball, I just wanted to win for the team.” But Parcus didn’t fare any better than Beerer did, giving up two earned runs in the inning to tie the game. Matt Farnum pitched the 10th inning and gave up the game-winning run on a throw ing error to first base that would have ended the inning. A&M committed five errors in the first game, including three in the first inning. The errors proved costly, as Houston picked up a one-run win and forced a second game with the Aggies. A&M head coach Mark Johnson said it was a tough loss for him and his players. “Everybody but one team loses in the end and it’s always frusrating when it ends/’ Johnson said. “Give Houston credit. They had to win two ballgames and they came out and got it done.” It was the second time in Johnson’s career as head coach add the Aggies were beaten twice on Sunday to be eliminat ed from a regional at Olsen Field. In 1989 A&M was ranked No. 1 in the country and lost twice to LSU on Sunday to end their season short of the College World Series. f' CsT . PHOTOS BY JP BEATO III • THE BATTALION Above: Players from the University of Houston celebrate on Olsen Field after defeating Texas A&M 7- 6 to clinch a spot in a Super Regional. Houston won after a throwing error by A&M pitcher Matt Farnum in the bottom of the 10th inning. Left: University of Houston right fielder Matt Farrington slides safe ly into third base under the tag by A&M third baseman Cliff Pennington after a wild pitch by Aggie starting pitcher Robert Ray. Farrington finished the game 1- for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. BIG 12 BASEBALL RESULTS Texas advances with 6-3 win AUSTIN (AP) — Dustin Majewski went 2-for- 4 with one RBI and Taylor Teagarden had a two-run single to lead Texas to a 6-3 victory over Lamar Sunday night to win the NCAA Austin regional. Lamar (40-18) had forced a second game with a 6-2 victory over Texas ear lier in the day. Bears edge Southern Miss HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - David Murphy hit a two-run, game-tying double and Josh Ford followed with an RBI single as Baylor ral lied with three runs in the eighth to beat Southern Mississippi 3-2. The top-seeded Bears (44-21) advance to a Super Regional for the second time. 7-0 loss sends Nebraska home LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Southwest Missouri State junior right-hander Bob Zimmermann threw a complete-game five-hit shutout to earn a 7-0 win over top-seeded Nebraska and claim the NCAA Lincoln Regional title. Six Aggies qualify for NCAA Outdoors Staff & Wire Reports LINCOLN, Neb.- Texas A&M added six more NCAA qualifiers on the final day of the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships, bringing the Aggies’ two-day total to nine individuals qualified in eight events for the 2003 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The Championships will be con tested in Sacramento, Calif, on June 11-14. In the regional team race, the Aggie men’s squad placed second with 61 points, just 4.5 points behind champion Minnesota (65.5) and ahead of host Nebraska and Texas Tech (56). On the women’s side, the Aggies were 10th with 25.5 points, while Nebraska emerged as the champion with 103 points. “I’m really proud of the way we competed,” said(add) A&M coach Ted Nelson said. “I thought we would have a chance to do well in several events here, but we did a little more than I expected. It’s a tribute to the guys because they really fought hard. I’m a little tired of being a brides maid, but there are about 45 teams here that would trade places with us.” “On the women’s side, to get 10th out of 45 schools is an outstanding effort. “All of the women who scored in this meet are young and they will be back next year, so that looks good for the future,” he said. Qualifying for nationals on Saturday were: Chris Pinnock in the men’s 110-meter hurdles, Chris Sitka and Luke Marrs in the men’s javelin, Ronny Jimenez and Josh Ralston in the men’s shot put and Angeles Pantoja in the women’s 800-meter run. Qualifiers from Friday’s events were: Fabrice Lapierre in the men’s long jump, Katy Doyle in the women’s javelin, Ralston in the men’s discus and Abby Ruston in the women’s shot put. Leading the Aggies on Saturday was Pinnock, who notched the Aggies’ lone gold medal of the day. The senior from Dallas set a stadium record with a 13.63 clocking in his victory. A three-time All-American and the Big 12’s 2003 champion in the high hurdles, Pinnock was even with the pack at the first hurdle but steadily took a lead he - would not relinquish. “I didn’t have a very good start,” Pinnock said. “I wasn’t very happy with my time but then I learned that we were running into a headwind, so I feel better about it now. I guess it was pretty good considering we were running in a headwind.” The victory sends Pinnock to the NCAA Outdoor Championships on the heels of victories at the Big 12 Championships and the NCAA Midwest Regional. At last year’s NCAA Outdoor, Pinnock was third with a 13.57 clocking. “I’m just going to keep working on my starts and trying to stay healthy,” Pinnock said. “If I’m healthy, I’m ready.” The men’s javelin crew got the Aggies? out to a fast start in the first event of the day by qualifying two individuals for the NCAA Outdoor meet and contributing 17 points to the team race. Sitka placed second with a seasOn-best effort of 224-8, while Marrs was third with a throw of 223-7. Also scoring for the Aggies was redshirt freshman Anthony See Track on page 4 I# ISOOVC i io. 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