Game Two Recap & Highlights: Baseball – Texas A&M vs Auburn

Texas A&M drops a close game one in Friday doubleheader against Auburn

Texas A&M (19-12, 4-7 SEC) dropped game two against Auburn (19-11, 4-7 SEC) in a game where a questionable call should have tied the game late. But when you constantly put yourself in bad positions the pendulum will not always swing your way.

It’s safe to say Brett Minnich is officially back. He got the scoring started after hitting a three-run home run putting Jack Moss and Austin Bost across home plate. Feeling good, the Aggies took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. That lead did not last long as Texas A&M gave up two runs in what’s becoming a tradition so far this year.

Tell me if you’ve heard this before, with two outs Texas A&M give up a three-run home run to tie it 3-3, then gave up a double and two singles allowing the Tigers to take the lead 3-5 after the inning was over.

The Tigers added three more scores in the third off a few wild pitches and hits to extend their lead to 3-8. The Aggies answered back a Jace Laviolette home run in the top of the fourth scoring himself and Ryan Targac for a 5-8 score. But Auburn, staying just a few steps ahead, added another score in the fifth to make it 5-9.

Laviolette hit his second two-run homer of the night to pull within two scores, but once again Auburn answered back with another score. Both teams went scored in the seventh and eighth innings making the score 7-10 in Auburn’s favor in the final frame.

The Tiger’s pitching got the jitters in the top of the ninth inning giving the Aggies a chance to tie up the game. The inning started off well with a Trevor Werner single followed up by a balk putting him on second base with no outs. A Targac single put runners at the corners and an in-field hit by LaViolette scored Werner, but fielders’ choice just left one runner on base with one out. Back-to-back walks loaded the bases and Hunter Hass hit a single through the left side scoring LaViolette, but a phantom tag of Kasen Wells at home plate took away what would have been the tying run. Unfortunately, Bost would line out on the final leaving three runners on base for a 9-10 loss to Auburn.

Final Score: Aggies 9, Tigers 10 – W: Armstrong, John (6-1); L: Sexton, Ty (1-1); S: Carlson, Parker (1)

Check out some highlights from the series courtesy of the Official Texas A&M Twitter account.