The Texas A&M baseball team faced off with the the #3 ranked Arkansas Razorbacks this weekend in a key Southeastern Conference tilt in College Station. The series represented an important opportunity for the Aggies to continue their recent momentum, and pull closer to the Hogs in the SEC West standings.
The Aggies took game one of the series 2-1 as Nathan Dettmer followed up his stellar outing against Georgia, with another strong performance, striking out 7 while giving up only 3 hits and 1 run in 5 innings on Friday night. Dettmer was relieved by Jacob Palisch, who struck out 7 of his own over 4 innings.
Saturday’s game didn’t go A&M’s way, as they mustered only a single 4th inning run after the Razorbacks scored in each of the first three innings, and the Aggies fell 3-1.
The excitement came in Sunday’s rubber match up, as Aggies designated hitter Austin Bost, and First baseman Jack Moss combined for 7 hits and 7 RBI. The Aggies jumped out to a 7-0 lead, before the Hogs battled back, pulling to within a single run in the top of the 8th inning. But it was Palisch again who was called on to slam the door shut, and although he surrendered a two-run double to his first batter, he proceeded to retire 6 in a row to end the game and secure the series win for the Aggies.
The Aggies are now 25-14 overall, and 10-8 in SEC play, tied with LSU for 3rd in the SEC West.
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