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Game One Highlights: Baseball – Texas A&M vs Missouri

Highlights: The Aggies take game one after a 13-run output

The Aggies went gangbusters in the third inning putting nine runs on the board en route to a game one series win. Texas A&M (21-13, 6-7 SEC) got back on track against Missouri (21-12, 4-9 SEC) with a 13-5 after starting down 1-3 going into the bottom of the third inning. The Maroon & White will take this momentum into game two with the intention of taking the series early.

Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle wants his pitchers to clean up a few things but over was pleased with how his team hit the ball. Below is what he had to say about the game:

“Not the best game, obviously. A lot of free bases on both sides. Thankfully, we got the big hits when we had guys on base there in the third inning. But we’ll take it. I just asked [Shane] Sdao to get us through the middle innings there so we didn’t have to use a lot of pitchers. [Brad] Rudis did a nice job, so we’ll take it.”

Game two will start at 6pm on April 14th

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

How to Watch: Baseball – Texas A&M vs Missouri

Looking to get back on track The Aggies will host Missouri this week at Blue Bell Park

The Aggies dropped their midweek game to UTSA after playing a few good weeks of baseball. Sometimes these things happen, but Texas A&M will need to have a short memory as the Missouri Tigers are headed into Blue Bell Park for a three-game series.

These two teams have met a total of 93 times with Texas A&M holding a 54-37 win advantage and two ties.  Over the last 10 games, the Aggies are 5-4-1, but are currently on a two-game skid against the Tigers.

GAME SCHEDULE

Game One – Missouri – April 13 at 7 pm/CT

Texas A&M: RHP Nathan Dettmer

Missouri: RHP Logan Lunceford

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Game Two – Missouri – April 14 at 6 pm/CT

Texas A&M: TBD

Missouri: TBD

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Game Three – Missouri – April 15 at 12:30 pm/CT

Texas A&M: TBD

Missouri: RHP Chandler Murphy

WAYS TO FOLLOW THE SERIES

TV: Game 1 ESPNU & Game 2&3 SEC Network+

Radio: Locally Sports Radio 1150/93.7 The Zone

Social: Follow the @AggiesBaseball Twitter for updates

Internet: 12thMan.com / 12th Man Mobile app for live play-by-play

Contact/Follow us @AggiesWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Texas A&M news, notes, and opinions. Follow Jarrett Johnson on Twitter: @whosnextsports1

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SEC names Jace LaViolette as the Freshman of the Week

SEC names Jace LaViolette Freshman of the Week after big weekend against the Auburn Tigers

Jace LaViolette came up clutch a few times in the series win against the Auburn Tigers and the SEC took notice. The 6’6″ 230-pound freshman, represented Katy Texas well by being named SEC Freshman of the Week.

Jace got last week started with a two-run double and also crossed the plate twice himself. The Auburn series is where he really shined, hitting three home runs in the first two games. Over the course of the three-game series LaViolette had ten RBI which was good enough to lead the SEC.

The freshman has been getting better week by week and currently leads Texas A&M with eight home runs and 34 RBI on the season.

To check out highlights from these two over the course of the week follow the Official Twitter account of the Aggie baseball team

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How to Watch: Baseball – Texas A&M vs UTSA

Texas A&M riding high after their SEC series win will host the UTSA Roadrunners at Blue Bell Park

The Aggies have found the offense, but the pitching is still trying to find its way. With that being said Texas A&M (20-12, 5-7 SEC) is getting into a groove winning five of their last seven games and back-to-back SEC series. Before their next three-game SEC series against Missouri, the Aggies will take on UTSA (24-8, 9-2 CUSA) at Blue Bell Park.

Texas A&M holds a commanding series lead over the Roadrunners at 23-9 over and 9-1 in the last ten games. This will be their first meeting since 2015 when they won 11-1 in San Antonio.

MIDWEEK GAME

Tuesday, April 11th – 6 pm

Texas A&M: LHP Troy Wansing

UTSA: RHP Uli Quiroga

WAYS TO FOLLOW THE GAME

TV: SEC Network+

Radio: Locally Sports Radio 1150/93.7 The Zone

Social: Follow the @AggiesBaseball Twitter for updates

Internet: 12thMan.com / 12th Man Mobile app for live play-by-play

Contact/Follow us @AggiesWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Texas A&M news, notes, and opinions. Follow Jarrett Johnson on Twitter: @whosnextsports1

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

The Aggie take game two of the double header over Auburn for their second SEC series win of the season

Texas A&M (20-12, 5-7 SEC) jumped out to an early lead in the second game of Friday’s doubleheader against Auburn (19-12-1, 4-8 SEC) and never looked back. The Aggies take game three and win the series over Auburn for their second straight SEC series win and have now won four of their last six SEC games.

The game started with a based loaded walk by Auburn to give Texas A&M a free run to start the game. Ryan Targac has found his bat again and hit a single into right-center field to take a 3-0 lead going into the bottom of the first inning. Auburn not wanting to be left behind add two of their runs to cut the lead to 3-2.

Auburn’s pitching struggled in the second inning and the Aggies took full advantage. After a walk from Max Kaufer and a single by Hunter Haas Whataburger player of the month, Jack Moss hit a single scoring Kaufer. An Austin Bost single loaded the bases and that was followed by back-to-back walks of Jace LaViolette and Targac for two more free runs. The final run of the inning was an RBI single by Jordan Thompson for a 7-3 lead.

A led extending single by Brett Minnich put the Aggies up 8-2, but the Auburn followed up with a four-run inning to pull within two runs in the bottom of the third cutting the lead to 8-6. Minnich was not going to let that slide and hit an RBI single scoring Moss then Trevor Werner hit a double putting Minnich across the plate. The last run of the inning came on a wild pitch allowing Werner to score pushing the lead to 11-6.

Aggie’s pitching and some good defense kept the Tigers from being able to mount a comeback keeping them scoreless after the third inning. With the game coming to an end Texas A&M added one more insurance run in the top of the eighth by an error on the pitcher that let Travis Chestnut get home in what ended up being the final run of the game for a 12-6 lead.

Final Score: Aggies 12, Tigers 6 – W: Rudis, Brad (4-0); L: Sheehan, Tommy (0-1)

The Aggies’ pitching still has a few issues closing out innings, but the offense has now found its groove, especially with Minnich back in the lineup. They are now back in the top three in SEC West standings after hovering in the bottom during the first few weeks of league play.

Texas A&M will be back in action on April 11th to host USTA in a midweek matchup at Blue Bell Park

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

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.

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

Texas A&M beats Auburn in game one for their third straight win

Sometimes scores don’t really tell the whole story. Texas A&M (19-11, 4-6 SEC) took a few innings to retake the lead back from Auburn (18-11, 3-7 SEC), but solid pitching and consistent hitting put them on the right side of the scoreboard.

Nathan Dettmer got the Aggies off to a good start holding the Tigers scoreless and retiring the first six batters while striking out four of them. His pitching allowed the Aggies to take a two-run lead into the bottom of the third of a Ryan Targac single scoring Trevor Werner in the second inning. Then Brett Minnich, who’s been a hitting machine lately, knocked an RBI double in the third to score Hunter Haas.

Dettmers’ hot start hit a tragic halt at the bottom of the third. With a runner on second base and two outs, Dettmer walked a batter, then Auburn went in a mini hitting streak. Three straight singles and a double put the Tigers up 5-2.

Fortunately, those were the only runs scored by Auburn for the rest of the game as the Aggies clawed back into the lead. A home run by Jace LaViolette in the fourth and by Targac in the sixth put the Aggies within striking distance going into the seventh 5-4.

Texas A&M tied the game in the top of the seventh inning after Haas scored on a wild pitch. Werner is also starting to find his swing again, hitting a three-run home run to center field to take the lead 5-8.

The final run came ona sac fly in the top of the ninth by Targac getting Kasen Wells across the plate to push the lead to 5-9. Evan Aschenbeck, with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, struck out the last batter to close out the coin.

As a final note, even though Dettmer had a rough third inning he still pitched well and had a career high 11 strikeouts.

Final Score: Aggies 9, Tigers 5 – W: Aschenbeck, Evan (4-0); L: Bauman, Tanner (2-1)

Game two will take place on April 7th at 1pm.

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

Texas A&M names their Whataburger Players of the month for March

Moss and Stoiana are March’s Whatabuger Players of the month

Each month, Texas A&M athletics recognizes two athletes as the Whataburger Players of the Month for their achievements in their respective sports. For the month of March, A&M has chosen junior infielder Jack Moss from the Men’s Baseball team and sophomore Mary Stoiana from the Women’s Tennis team. Check out their accomplishments below for the month of March that earned them the honor of player of the month.

Jack Moss – March Snapshot

  • 12-game hitting streak
  • Hitting .387 in March
  • Hitting .366 in March during SEC play
  • 3 Home runs
  • 9 RBIs
  • 2 Doubles

Mary Stoiana – March Snapshot

  • Named SEC Player of the week three times in March (1st, 8th, and 29th)
  • 29-4 overall this year
  • 15-1 in dual matches this year
  • Currently ranked No.3 in the latest ITA rankings

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Game Recap & Highlights: Baseball – Texas A&M vs Texas State

Texas A&M gets a hard fought win over the Texas State Bobcats

I’ve never seen this many pitchers in a game in a very long time. Texas A&M (18-11) went through eight pitchers and Texas State (19-10) also went through eight pitchers. But I totally get it, the starting Aggie pitcher didn’t even get out of the first inning and the Bobcats’ starting pitcher didn’t come back in the second. Both teams gave up way too many runs in the opening frame irritating fans of both teams. Texas A&M was able to outlast the Bobcats for the win, but it did not come easy.

To open up the game Texas A&M gave up five runs in a predictable fashion. Two singles and two walks gave the Bobcats their first easy run. Then with two outs and bases loaded Texas State blasted a home run to left field for a 0-5 lead. The Texas State pitcher didn’t fare much better giving up multiple hits to the Aggies. Brett Minnich and Trevor Werner both hit RBI singles scoring Hunter Hass and Austin Bost to cut the lead to 2-5. That was followed up with a Jace LaViolette two run double to center field scoring Werner and Minnich. The last score of the inning was on a throwing error by the shortstop allowing LaViolette to score tying it 5-5.

The Aggies slowly started to pull away in the fourth inning with a Haas two-run homer over the left field fence then Jordan Thompson went yard to left center for another two runs extending the lead to 5-9.

Texas State tried to make a comeback with a three-run double bringing them within one point followed up by a solo shot in the top of the seventh to tie the game 9-9. Moving into the bottom of the seventh, Austin Bost put the Aggies up 10-9 after a double to center field scoring Jack Moss.

Chris Cortez, who’s been having a up and down season, came into the game with one out and a runner on third base in the top of the eighth. He struck out the next two batters then in the top of the ninth, he had three straight ground outs giving Texas A&M the mid-week win over Texas State 10-9

Final Score: Aggies 10, Bobcats 9 – W: Garica, Brandyn (1-0); L: Dixon, Triston (1-1); S: Cortez, Chris (1)

The Aggie will be back in league play starting their three-game series against the Auburn Tigers starting on Thursday.

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

Game Three Recap & Highlights: Baseball – Texas A&M vs Ole Miss

The Aggies get a much needed victory over Ole Miss for their first series win in SEC play

The Aggie pitchers must have seen my game two recap because, after the first inning, they threw a really solid game. Texas A&M (17-11) beat Ole Miss (16-11) in game three to win their first SEC series of the season.

An uninspiring start by pitcher Shane Sdao saw Ole Miss hit two doubles and a sac fly for a 0-2 start at Blue Bell Park. In the top of the third inning, the Rebels hit a solo homer and Sdao, after a mixed bag of work, was pulled for Brad Rudis who got them out of the inning. Then a solo homer by Hank Bard in the bottom of the third cut the lead.

Brett Minnich in his third game back hit his third home run against of the season for two runs tying the game at three apiece. Both teams traded out until the sixth inning with Jack Moss strolling across the home plate on a bases-loaded walk.

The Aggies took a 3-4 lead into the top of the ninth but after a hit-by-pitch and a sac fly to tie the game 4-4 going into the bottom of the ninth. Ryan Targac, who’s been struggling, hit a full-count walk-off home run to win the game and take the series.

Coach Jim Schloss gave his thoughts on the series:

On the series win…
“I still believe in our team. How valuable is Evan Aschenbeck? Even Brad Rudis came in and got some big outs and that catch in centerfield by Tab Tracy ended up being a bit tougher play than it looked. We’re battling and we’re going to see if we can get out there on Tuesday night and string a few wins together.”

On Targac’s walk off home run…
“I’m just so glad to see him rewarded. He’s such a great kid. He’s such a great teammate and he works his rear end off and he’s in there because he’s capable of changing the game with one swing.”

Final Score: Aggies 5, Rebels 4 – W: Johnston, Will (3-1); L: Nichols, Mason (1-2)

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