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Joshua L. Hobson • THE BATTALION
A&M sophomore infielder Cliff Pennington steals third against the University of
iston's senior third baseman Nick Bott at Olsen Field Tuesday night.
By Jordan Meserole
THE BATTALION
The No. 15 Texas A&M baseball
team played true small ball Tuesday
night, beating the University of
Houston 8-1 with singles, bunts and
hit-and-runs.
The Aggies (30-9, 6-6 Big 12) col
lected eight singles in the game and
used the hit-and-run, or sacrifice hit
strategies, a number of times to gain the
advantage over the Cougars (14-21, 7-5
Conference USA).
“We did a great job on the whole
offensively,” said A&M head coach
Mark Johnson. “We hit some solid line
drives up the middle and consistently
put runners on base.”
A&M sophomore Robert Ray
helped the Aggies on the defensive
side in one of his best outings of the
season. Ray lasted five innings,
struck out six batters and allowed no
runs on four hits.
“The past month 1 kind of struggled
a little bit, but me and coach have beeh
working on the little things a lot recent
ly,” Ray said. “If felt good to go and
really compete again.”
Ray showed signs of struggle in the
first inning, giving up a single to the
first batter of the game and hitting the
second in the back, the first of three
Cougars beaned Tuesday. Ray was able
to get out of the inning unscathed, get
ting the next three batters to ground or
fly out. Johnson was the first person to
meet Ray in the dugout, offering words
of wisdom.
“Coach (Johnson) came and said
to me ‘It’s game time. It’s time to go
out there and get after them.,’” Ray
said. “It seemed to really help for
some reason.”
The Aggie offense posted the first
runs of the game in the first inning,
later proving to be the only runs A&M
would need to win the game.
Houston freshman starting pitcher
Shea Hancock dug himself into a hole
early in the game, putting the first two
batters on base.
A&M freshman Austin Boggs came
to the plate and lined a single up the
middle that scored one run and moved
the other runner to third base.
Sophomore Coby Mavroulis then hit a
ground ball to the right side of the infield
that would allow the second Aggie run
to cross the plate in the inning.
Hancock had more problems in the
second inning, giving up two more runs
off a double and a walk before being
pulled by Houston head coach Rayner
Noble. The Aggies added two more
runs in the inning after sending a total
of 10 batters to the plate, extending
their lead over the Cougars to 6-0.
All but two of the nine Aggie batters
collected a hit in the game, including
See Baseball on page 7
5 • Wednesday, April 14, 2004
CU coach said
football team
is innocent
By Jon Sarche
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BROOMFIELD, Colo. —
Insisting the Colorado football
program does not condone sexual
misconduct, suspended coach
Gary Barnett said Tuesday there is
“no question” there was misbe
havior at a 2001 party at the center
of a rape scandal —- but everyone
at the gathering shared the blame.
Barnett, questioned for nearly five
hours by a panel investigating
recruiting practices at Colorado, said
there were 10 people at the off-cam-
pus party, including four football ath
letes. All of them lost their scholar
ships afterward and were charged
with contributing to the delinquency
of a minor for providing alcohol.
“There is no question in my
mind that inappropriate behavior
occurred,” Barnett said. “There is
no question that the behavior of the
10 young people involved was the
result of their own poor decisions
and under the influence of alcohol.”
Two women contend they were
See Hearing on page 7
omen seek revenge against Baylor
By Ryan Irby
THE BATTALION
hoever said revenge is sweet obvi-
knew what he was talking about,
streaking Texas A&M softball
m will look to get revenge against
■lor University, a team that defeated
Aggies earlier this year.
mmm (25-16, 7-l Big 12) is coming
- (M^ e 8 ame riding a wave that has
flBied the team through five straight
iviri, including two series sweeps
nst Iowa State University and the
of Kansas and a road
Btoutover the University of Texas.
(o. 20 Baylor (37-9, 7-2) is currently
bg in third place in Big 12 standings,
one spot behind the hot-hitting Aggies.
Baylor swept games from Texas Tech
this past weekend in a rain-shortened
pair, taking the first game, 4-0, and the
second, 7-3.
Seeing the Red Raiders lose was not
the only highlight of the past week for
A&M. When weekly Big 12 honors
were issued Tuesday, the Aggies swept
the balloting. Freshman center fielder
Sharonda McDonald was named Big 12
Softball Player of the Week, and senior
pitcher Jessica Kapchinski was named
Big 12 Softball Pitcher of the Week.
Kapchinski has won three straight
contests, including the decision over
Texas and both victories against
Kansas. Last week, she held opponents
to a .056 batting average, and compiled
an ERA of 0.00.
“(Kapchinski) came up big for us,”
said A&M head coach Jo Evans about
Kapchinski’s pair of wins over the
Jayhawks this past Saturday. “She has
gotten more meticulous about hitting
her spots and not just throwing the ball
over the plate.”
McDonald continues to simultane
ously amaze and annoy the rest of the
conference with her blinding speed.
She stole home for the Aggies fourth
run in the contest with Texas a week
ago, and has gone 3-4 in stolen bases
since then.
Not known as a power hitter,
McDonald recorded her first extra-base
hit of the season, an RBI triple, in the
second game against the Jayhawks.
For the Aggies, this news could not
have come at a better time. A&M needs
a leader to carry the team into the
trenches of the Big 12 battle.
“We are playing so well as a team,”
said A&M junior shortstop Adrian
Gregory. “I can’t think of any one per
son that did not take a part in our wins.”
When Baylor pulls into College
Station on Wednesday, the Aggies will
have nothing on their minds but aveng
ing their sole conference loss.
“Baylor is the team that gave us the
See Softball on page 7
Sharon Aeschbach • THE BATTALION
Freshman pitcher Christina Smith at the
Aggie Invitational in February.
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