Segui leads Rangers to victory
By Stephens Hawkins
Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Texas — David
Segui provided the Texas
Rangers another ninth-inning
victory while taking over the
American League batting lead.
Segui hit a game-winning,
two-run homer in the ninth in
ning and had five RBIs Wednes
day to lead the Rangers over the
Seattle Mariners 7-6.
After being unable to scoop
shortstop Royce Clayton’s errant
throw that led to an unearned
run and a 6-5 Seattle lead in the
top of the ninth, Segui pulled a
fastball into the right-field stands
to give Texas its third ninth-in
ning victory in six games.
“I didn’t want to fire him up. I
couldn’t have felt any worse, but
that’s what teammates do, they
pick you up,” said Clayton, who
entered the game in the ninth as
a defensive replacement.
Rafael Palmeiro reached on a
bloop single off the glove of sec
r
ond baseman Mark McLemore to
set up Segui’s game-winner off of
Kazuhiro Sasaki (1-1).
“I kind of expected him to step
up,” McLemore said of Segui. “I
know that the felt he should
have had that ball. It’s how he re
acts.”
Segui, who was 3-for-5, swung
when he saw the fastball com
ing.
“You don’t want to take any
fastballs for strikes because
you’re probably not going to get
another one. He’s uses that to set
up his split-finger,” Segui said.
“Against a guy like that, you
can’t miss the fastball.”
By going 23-for-52 (.442) dur
ing a 13-game hitting streak,
Segui has raised his average 40
points to .387, overtaking Ana
heim’s Darin Erstad for the
league lead. The Angels outfield
er’s average has dropped from
.449 to .378 since May 1.
Rangers reliever John Wette
land (3-1), still seeking his 300th
career save, won his third
straight game for the first time in
his career. He entered with the
score tied in the ninth.
Segui’s RBI single in the first
drove in the Rangers’ first run,
and then broke a 2-2 tie with a
two-run single in the fifth.
Seattle overcame a 5-2 deficit,
going ahead after McLemore
scored on Clayton’s bad throw
on Edgar Martinez’s two-out
grounder. McLemore led the
ninth off with a pinch-single.
“With this club, I’m throwing
up one half inning and the other
half inning I’m doing jumping
jacks,” Texas manager Johnny
Oates said. “I can’t be like this all
year.”
Wetteland was warming up for
the chance to get the save when
Seattle tied the game at 5 on
David Bell’s two-run double off
Tim Crabtree with two outs in
the eighth. Wetteland, who had
not pitched since Saturday, still
came out to pitch the ninth.
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Matchup pits old
against new Ducks
■The Oregon Club Sports
rugby teams get psyched up
for theirannual alumni
match this weekend
By Shigenari Matsumoto
for the Emerald
It is going to be the Ducks
against the Ducks this weekend.
It is not another football scrim
mage but the annual alumni
match for the Oregon Club Sports
men’s and women’s rugby teams.
Bob Pierce, an Oregon graduate
who was selected as an all-colle
g i a t e
American
in 1993,
said the
men’s
match has
been going
on for at
least 50 years. It is special not only
because of its history but because
the alumni get a chance to reunite
with their old teammates and play
against the younger, more physi
cal team that won the Pacific
Northwest league this season.
It’s not as if the alumni team is
an old-timers team that quit play
ing years ago. Actually, most of the
players on the alumni team still
play on various city club teams.
Pierce himself plays for the Eu
gene men’s team with several oth
er former Ducks.
“The Ducks may be younger,
faster and more physical,” he said,
“but we are smarter. We are going
to show that the older guys are bet
ter than the younger guys. ”
The winner of the match gets to
keep the Clegg Cup, a silver cup
named after former Oregon coach
Ben Clegg.
“He dedicated a lot of his time
and energy to rebuild the Oregon
rugby program into a very good
program, and we appreciate that,”
Pierce said.
Accprding to Pierce, last year’s
match was a draw, but the younger
Ducks do not agree and claim they
won for the second year in a row.
Alumni matches are typical of rug
by clubs, which are famous for
their close bonds among players,
the reason that many players con
tinue to play this physically pun
ishing sport.
“You can play rugby until your
wife tells you not to, but even then,
you can occasionally sneak out
and play,” Pierce said.
The alumni match usually
draws a crowd of about 100-200
spectators which consists of play
er’s parents, children, wives, girl
friends and friends. Considering
that regular season matches draw
around 30 spectators, this is a rela
tively large crowd.
“The most important thing
about this match is to have fun,”
Pierce said. “We’re going to have a
crazy time.”
For the women’s team, this is
going to be the first alumna match
since the team’s inception in 1998.
The women’s team also had a suc
cessful season, finishing second in
the Pacific Northwest and putting
up a successful showing at the
Santa Barbara Invitational two
weeks ago.
“We’re really looking forward to
playing this weekend because we
played the best game this season
in Santa Barbara,” senior Kathy
Gabrielidis said.
The women’s game is sched
uled at 11 a.m. and the men’s at 1
p.m. Saturday at the intramural
field.
Triathletes successful
Fourteen members of the Ore
gon Club Sports Triathalon team
were among the more than 2,500
to compete in one the biggest — if
not the biggest — competitions in
the world.
Four athletes highlighted the
Ducks efforts at the national colle
giate competition in San Luis
Obispo, Calif. Hailey Foster fin
ished 32nd, and Ashley Collins
came in 34th out of 150 competi
tors in the women’s college field.
And on the men’s side Zach
Winter finished 32nd and Brian
Fuentes came in 43rd.
Tennis
continued from page 14A
Oregon. Although they fought into
the third set, then-No. 2 Jong-Min
Lee and Brandon Kramer were, in
the end, too much for Eisinga and
Carter.
It was some consolation for the
team when they were selected for
((I like the
tournaments more. It’s
more of an individual
effort.
Leslie Eisinga
tennis player
n
the NCAA tournament, along with
a team berth against Fresno State.
With at least two matches remain
ing for Eisinga and Carter, the two
could break the school record for
wins in a season.
Eisinga has thrived in the tour
nament atmosphere, succeeding
in both the post-and preseason. In
the fall, Eisinga went 8-4, includ
ing impressive wins over Wash
ington’s Mark Woolley and team
mate Thomas Schneiter.
“I like the tournaments more;
it’s more of an individual effort.”
Eisinga said. “I have to get used to
the team matches. They bring a lit
tle more pressure. I hope I can do
better next season. ”
Eisinga has made Oregon a
much deeper team, and has bene
fited from the team’s depth. In the
past, Eisinga would have had to
play higher up in the Duck lineup.
But playing most of the season at
the No. 4 spot, Eisinga has adapted
to the Pac-10 with more ease than
if he were playing the No. 2 or 3
spot.
“It has allowed [Leslie] to see
what it takes to play at a higher
level.” Russell said. “And allowed
him to get some confidence. ”
Eisinga is eager for the future.
“I think I can improve a lot
more,” he said. “I’m going to set
more goals for next year. Now that
I know how strong the competi
tion is, I can set higher goals. ”
Eisinga is a key part of a young
nucleus of players that will lead
the Ducks into the future. That nu
cleus includes Schneiter, a soph
omore, and fellow freshmen Oded
Teig and Jason Menke, as well as
heralded Duck recruit Buck Mink.
“I wanted to help this team
build up to a higher level,” he said.
“I think we’re headed in the right
direction.”
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