The Texas A&M baseball team is on a roll. Coming into Tuesday, they’d won 4 straight Southeastern Conference series, (3 against top 25 teams), and 5 straight non-conference games (3 against top 25 teams), which catapulted the Aggies up to #13 in the national rankings.
On Tuesday night, the University of Texas-Arlington Mavericks made the journey to College Station to take on the Aggies in a mid-week non-conference tilt.
The Aggies took an early one run lead in the bottom half of the first inning when Austin Bost grounded into a fielders choice that scored Kole Kaler, and then extended the lead to 2-0 when Trevor Werner scored on a sacrifice fly by Jordan Thompson.
The Mavericks plated three in the 4th and 1 in the 5th to take a 4-2 lead, before the Aggies answered in the bottom half of the 5th. Dylan Rock got them started with a solo homerun, and two singles, and some help from the Mavericks in the form of a wild pitch, a walk, and a throwing error pushed two more runs across, putting the Aggies back up 5-4 after 5 innings.
The Mavericks pulled even in the top of the 6th, but it was their last gasp, as the Aggies would rally in the bottom of the frame, as Rock and Bost each hit two run doubles, and Werner hit a sacrifice fly to score Jack Moss.
The 10-5 lead held, and the Aggies picked up yet another victory, moving to 28-15 on the season.
The South Carolina Gamecocks will make the trip to Blue Bell Park for a weekend series as the Aggies continue their extended homestand and their charge up the SEC standings.
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