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Page 3 • Monday, June 14, 2004
Dashed dreams
Aggies fed to LSU Tigers, eliminated from College World Series in 4-run loss
By Jordan Meserole
THE BATTALION
With rally caps on and sad
dened stares from the dugout,
the No. l4TexasA&M baseball
team watched as the last out
was recorded Sunday, marking
a 4-0 loss against Louisiana
State University.
The out not only signified
the end of the super regional
game, but the end of the
Aggies’ shot for a return to the
College World Series. The
No. 8 Tigers are advancing to
their 10th World Series
appearance since 1990, and
are hoping to win their sixth
championship.
“This is a disappointing
time, but I’m still proud. I’m
very proud of this team,” said
A&M head coach Mark
Johnson. “We played great, as
did LSU, we just couldn’t get
it going.”
Sunday’s game proved to be
a pitcher’s duel, with the score
knotted at 0-0 entering the
ninth inning. A&M junior Zach
Jackson took a no-hitter into
the sixth inning, while LSU
junior Lane Mestepey allowed
only three hits in the same span.
Up to the ninth, a total of five
runners had made it farther
than first base, with all being
stranded on second by the end
of the inning.
“Both pitchers rose up and
came ready for the game
tonight and pitched good.
Outstanding even,” Johnson
said. “I couldn’t ask anymore
from Zach against a great hit
ting ball club, holding them at
bay for so long like he did.”
As the ninth inning began,
LSU fans began chanting “Go
Tigers” and “L-S-U,” attempting
to energize their team. By the
end of the inning, they would be
chanting “Omaha.”
Jackson started the inning
off by letting the first two bat
ters reach base on singles, and
then walking the next batter to
load the bases. LSU junior
infielder Clay Harris hit a tall
fly ball to center field, allow
ing the first run to cross the
plate. After retiring the next
batter, Jackson faced LSU
sophomore infielder Will
Harris, Clay’s brother. Harris
hit the first pitch from Jackson
into the left field stands, put
ting the Tigers up 4-0.
“I had been seeing him pret
ty good all day and had gotten
a couple of hard hits that didn't
fall in,” Harris said. “I wasn't
trying to lift it when I swung, it
just kind of happened.”
Johnson said he never
thought of taking Jackson out
before the ninth and felt that
Jackson wanted to stay on the
mound.
“I came in hoping to get our
backs off the wall, but LSU
played a good game and there
isn’t much more I can say
about it,” Jackson said. “It’s
tough to take the loss and face
the reality that this is it.”
Saturday’s game, the first
game of the series, proved to be
significantly different than
Sunday’s.
A total of 20 runs crossed
the plate on 28 hits in the 11-8
win by LSU. Both starting
pitchers were removed from
the game early, with A&M red-
shirt freshman Jason Meyer
being removed after three
innings of work and LSU sen
ior Nate Bumstead getting the
hook after recording only two
outs in the first inning.
“The pitchers had trouble
establishing strikes on both
sides, especially from the
starters,” Johnson said after the
first game. “If you would have
told me we were going to score
eight runs,! would be thinking
‘W,’ but we just didn’t pitch
very well.”
The Aggies jumped out to an
early 5-0 lead in the first inning
off LSU’s Bumstead.
Bumstead walked the first two
batters and allowed a single to
load the bases. Junior outfield
er Travis Bartek bounced a sin
gle up the middle of the infield,
scoring two runs.
Senior outfielder Justin
Photos by Sharon Aeschbach • THE BATTALION
Above: The LSU Tigers celebrate by piling up on pitcher Lane Mestepey
at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge after defeating the Aggies 4-0 on
Sunday. The Tigers now head to the College World Series for their 13th
appearance. Mestepey pitched nine innings and allowed no runs.
Right: Aggies catcher Craig Stinson walks off the field after the Aggies’
loss. Stinson led the Aggie offense with two hits in the game. The Aggies
were eliminated after losing two games to LSU.
Ruggiano, who hit the game
winning home run against Rice
last weekend, continued his hot
streak by lining a single to left
field and adding the fifth Aggie
run onto the scoreboard.
The Tigers slowly chipped
away at the Aggies’ lead, putting
one run on the board in the first
inning and adding three more in
the second. LSU finally cap
tured a 6-5 lead in the fourth
inning off LSU junior outfielder
Jon Zeringue’s single over sec
ond base. A&M regained the
lead in the sixth on two runs, but
LSU would answer right back in
the bottom of the inning with
three more runs.
“We had a tough first inning
and put ourselves in a hole,”
said LSU head coach Smoke
Laval. “I just told our guys we
had to keep putting guys on
base and be as opportunistic as
they were. Just come out
swinging.”
Johnson said that even
though many had dubbed
A&M’s come-from-behind win
against Rice last weekend as a
fluke, he felt that A&M
deserved to be in Louisiana.
“I don't think us beating Rice
was an accident and I don’t
think we’re going to go home
and hang our hats on the Rice
game,” Johnson said. “We were
right there with LSU, had some
chances to score some crucial
runs but their defense rose up to
the moment. That's just the way
baseball goes.”
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