Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 26

mv wwwww yrMi yw wMyofi 1Wi 6C Abilene Reporter-News Sunday March 27 1988 Sports Odessa Permian throws scare into host Cougars BRANDON BERRY but rolled through highly touted lineup with ease the first time around played good defense and (Jason) Satre pitched a heck of a ballgame we probably would have lost this game just thankful we got out of it The Panthers took the early 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth when right fielder Rhett Hostenbach singled to open the inning took second on a single by teammate Arturo Ontiveros then came home on a sacrifice fly by Shawn Almond allowed both runners to score Permian came back in the sixth inning off CHS ace Jason Satre who suffered from control problems throughout much of the game Ontiveros reached on an error at third base by Ramon Moreno stole second and came home on a double by Charles Carlson But Satre rebounded to record two easy groundouts and a strikeout to escape further damage Satre finished the day with 10 strikeouts and six walks Pugh Moreno and Satre served as the offense each finishing 2-for-4 Andy Malone took off his baseball cap tnd ran his fingers through his hair "Do you see any more gray in he laid after watching his Cooper baseball earn edge Odessa Permian 3-2 in eight nnings Saturday at Cougar Field never bought they would play us this well I fuess one of those years everybody eems to play out of their minds against 4-5A boys DISTRICT OVERALL Midland High 1 I 11 I Caopar I 1 12 Abitana High 2 I I a Midland Laa 2 1 7 Odnaa High 2 2 4 7 SA Cantral 1 2 7 Parmlan 0 4 II GAMES Angale Cantral at Caapar 4 pmi i High at Abilana High 4 pm Midland Laa at Odaaaa Parmlan 4 pm SATURDAY'S GAMES Caapar 2 Odaaaa Parmlan 2 (I hmlngali Abilana High 4 Midland High 2 Innlnga) Hlgh i San Angala Cantral 4j MM- Bracken then rolled through it again surrendering two unearned runs and did it again The right-hander almost aH it through the rather placid Bow" a fourth time before the Cougars put an unearned run on the board in the bottom of the eighth to escape with their second district victory against one low Permian who scored first and then tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the piirvli dropped to 0-4 in district play with the loss hard for me to Malone said of the Panthers' record we is' The starting pitcher James Jracken entered the game with a 1500 iarned run average in District 4-5A play Pugh a walk to Scott Malone i and a stolen base that advanced the" runners and a costly error at third base that HSU stands watching as twinbill walks away LONE STAR LITTLE LEAGUE REGISTRATION REGISTRATION Johnston Elementary Cafeteria Tuesday March 15 1988 7-9 PM Tuesday March 29 1988 7-9 PM Nurch 31 pm REGISTRATION Saturday April 2 10-12 Noon and PM Children not already on a major league team must attend at least one tryout and be 9 years old before August 1 1988 to be eligible for draft PRACTICE BEGINS Tuesday April 5 SEASON BEGINS Monday April 18 Tryouta will be at Lone Star Little League ballpark located In Cobb Park at Forrest State Streets REQUIREMENTS: Please bring a xerox copy of chi birth certificate (for retention by league) to registration A $20 per child fee will be charged Uniforms and safety equipment provided by league jJRBwb hi children attending or living in the Lee Johnston or Valley Vfew Elementary School area and Lincoln Frankfln and Mann Middle Schooh LUBBOCK Hardin-Simmoni University couldn't take advantage of 16 walks by Lubbock Christian University pitchers and lost the second game of a doubleheader 8-4 HSU lost the opener by a score of 5-3 In the second game the Cowboys who stranded 12 runners had rallies in the second and sixth innings snuffed when designated hitter Joe Piazza hit into 3-2-3 double plays LCU 29-19 has turned 54 double plays this year The Cowboys jumped on starter Mike Betcher for three rims before he was lifted for Randy Robbins with two on and no outs in the second Robbins worked the next four innings allowing three hits and eights walks for one run Bill Hunter worked the final two innings for his fifth save Paul Nicholson 2-0 was the starter and loser for the Cowboys now 21-18 on the year Marc Tepper knocked in three runs for the Chaps while Brian Pitaniello had two RBL LCU scored five runs in the second in the opener The big blows were a two-run triple by Pitaniello and a two-run single by Tepper HSU rallied with three in the sixth George Banda knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly Lynn Turner scared on an error and Bart Rodgers knocked in a run with a single Abilene High stuns leader of the pack MIDLAND Chalk one up for Abilene and parity in District 4-5 A The up-and-down Abilene High Eagles picked a good day to be up Saturday as they downed formerly unbeaten in district Midland High 4-3 in nine innings at Bulldog Field With the victory the Eagles find themselves tied for second in the district standings at 2-1 with Cooper and Midland Lee a half game behind Midland High kids played AHS coach Brian Burton said was a good team effort We started out on top made some mistakes and got down but then fought back grew up a lot In the top of the second inning the Eagles struck first using two walks a bunt single and an error to score two runs then added another on a choice by Tony Herrera AHS kept its 8-0 lead intact until starting pitcher Jeff Reese ran into trouble in the bottom of the sixth With one out the Bulldogs strung together a single and two walks to load the bases Reese walked in a run with the bases loaded and gave up another run on a passed ball by AHS catcher Michael Ortiz Matt Sherwood relieved and pitched the last 3Vfc innings for the Eagles shutting the door on any further comeback attempts after yielding a single run in the bottom of the seventh after two infield errors AHS finally broke the tie on the scoreboard in the top of the ninth when Ortiz singled moved to third on the hit-and-run off a sacrifice bunt by Herrera and scared on a fly ball by Lance Finley Sherwood shut down the Bulldogs in the bottom of the ninth to secure the victory Ortiz led the way at the plate for the Eagles with a 2-for-3 performance In other District 4-5A action on Saturday the surprising Odessa Bronchos surprised San Angelo Central 5-4 at Broncho Field Designated hitter Brad Elder and shortstop Alex Spencer led the way for OHS now 2-2 in district play by going 2-for-4 and 2-for-2 respectively Spencer also homered for the Bronchos Central 1-2 in district with the loss was led by shortstop Manuel Gnmaldo who tripled and batted in two runs Aggies sweep a pair in Hoggies backyard SWC roundup AsgodsM Pises FAYETTEVILLE Ark Texas ranked sixth nationally 'swept No 7 Arkansas 6-1 and 845 Saturday in a Southwest Conference baseball doubleheader The Aggies are 28-6 for the year and 2-1 in league play Arkansas dropped to 21-8 and 1-2 In the first game Aggie Kirk Thompson scored on a Scott Livingstone sacrifice fly and Chuck Knoblauch singled and scored on a John Byington double to get a 2-0 advantage for Arkansas scored one in the fourth when Greg Alexander reached on an error and scored on a Troy Eklund double to center The Aggies score again until the seventh and final inning when erupted for four runs with the help of a two-RBI single by Knoblauch and an RBI infield single by Tom Carcc Texas 10-11 TCU 3-10 FORT WORTH Texas down 10-1 after five innings battled beck and beat Texas Christian 11-10 on John lOth-inning single Saturday tableheaSer onerence Texas won the first game 10-3 behind the strong pitching of freshman pitcher Kirk Dressendorfer 8-1 who was backed by a 3-run homer by Brian Johnson and a 2-run double by Mik Petri The Umghorns jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning and widened their edge over foe middle in But he retired all five Horned Frog batters he feed and picked up his second SWC win in as many days Houston 5-1 Texas Tech 3-4 LUBBOCK Texas Mike Beiras scattered seven hits and allowed only one run in a 4-1 victory over Houston that gave the Rea Raiders a split of a Southwest Confer-' ence doubleheader on Saturday Houston won the first game 5-3 Houston now is 25-7-2 for the season and 1-2 in league play Tech is 23-11-1 and 4-2 The Cougars got only four hits in the first game but three of them were home runs Woody Williams 7-1 went the distance far Houston to raise his record to 7-1 Kevin Kirk 3-2 took the loss In the second game Tech took a 2-0 lead in the third inning on one-run singles by Mike Humphrey and Tommy Hernandez Houston cut the lead to 2-1 in the fifth but the Raiders added two more runs in the eighth to ice the win Beiras raised his record to 4-2 with the win Eric Rasbeny 3-4 Mike Humphreys went 3-for-4 in the doubleheader for the Red Raiders Baylor 4-3 Rice 1-7 WACO Bruce Aguilar shackled the Rice Owla on two hits in a 4-1 victory Saturday improving his record to 34) for the year Rice gained a split with a 7-3 victory in the second nme Baylor won a single game on Friday Baylor iw i 16-16 for the season and 2-1 in play Rice is 25-11 and 2-4 Aguilar walked two and struck oui two while allowing only singles by tlu Jay Knoblauh and Mike draco Rice starter and loser John Pope alec went the distance and allowed only five hits Baylor broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning of the first game Stevs Kliafas single drove in thefirst offeur runs in the Inning There were 21 hits in the second game but Rice managed 7 runs oh its The game- was tied 1-1 after five innings but the Owls exploded for three runs in the sixth and two more in the seventh that put the game out i reach Tim Vannaman and Sean Broderick drove home two runs each for Rice nings Texas which won a single from fTCU on Friday improved cordto 35-6Jbr the season and 3-0 in fell to SWC play The Honied 14-20and0-3 In the second game 8cott Chalk Mike Lose and Terry Mooney each hits that drove in two runs as TCU Pmded Longhorn for 7 runs in the fifth inning for the 10-1 Texas cut the deficit to 10-8 in the "4 Jensen's two-run double highlighted a 4-run rally in the seventh off starting Horned Frog pitcher John Briscoe Two more runs in the eighth made it 10-9 and the Long- horns tied the game in the ninth Eric Stone 10-1 the winning pitcher Texas on Friday came in with one out in the bottom of the ninth with the -potential winning run on second base Now one of the most requested premium cable channels is here! hse retails for $695month and is available only on the new Starcom VI Remote Control Converter Boxes Call today for more information and ask us about our free HSE installation! 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