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Texas A&M baseball freshman third baseman named SEC Freshman of the Year

Gavin Grahovac has been named SEC Freshman of the Year

This week, the SEC Baseball Tournament begins on Tuesday, May 21, as Texas A&M (44-11, 19-11 SEC) received a first-round bye, and will await the winner of 5-seed Mississippi State and 12-seed Ole Miss for a Wednesday night matchup.

The Aggies ended the regular season on a high note by winning their final series against Arkansas. The offense finally woke up in Game 3, earning a much-needed 14-4 run-rule victory on Saturday afternoon, as freshman standout third baseman Gavin Grahovac hit his 19th home run of the year.

While the entire lineup deserves credit for ranking fifth in the country in homers with 121 on the season, Grahovac’s consistent power and shear confidence at such a young age are not just a testament to head coach Jim Schlossnagle but, of course, his dedicated Father, Mike Grahovac.

On Monday, it was announced that after hitting .322 with 19 home runs and 59 RBI, Grahovac was named SEC Freshman of the Year, as he currently sits behind Jace LaViolette (28), and Braden Montgomery (26) in home runs.

On Wednesday, May 22, 4-seed Texas A&M will face the winner of 5-seed Mississippi State vs. 12-seed Ole Miss 30 minutes after the conclusion of 1-seed Tennessee vs. 8-seed Vanderbilt or 9-seed Florida.

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‘The SEC is hard’: Texas A&M freshman phenom Gavin Grahovac previews final road series at Ole Miss

“I know they’re a good team. A lot of guys on their team can hit. We’ve gotta come out, play our game, hit, throw strikes and play defense.”

The No. 2 Texas A&M baseball team completed an undefeated non-conference schedule on Tuesday evening with a victory versus Rice at Blue Bell Park.

After the win, freshman third baseman Gavin Grahovac spoke to the media and looked ahead to the final road series of the regular season at SEC rival Ole Miss.

“I know they’re a good team. A lot of guys on their team can hit so we’ve gotta come out, play our game, hit, throw strikes and play defense. Every weekend is the same, you’ve gotta go out there and compete,” Grahovac said. “I knew that we had won a lot of games in non-conference but (being unbeaten) is huge for us. The more games we win means the better record that we have and the farther we can go on. As long as we can continue to do that, obviously we want to win every game in the SEC but like we’ve talked about, the SEC is hard, every team is good.

“As long as we can continue to win is a huge confidence boost for us, so we have to keep it going the next few weekends.”

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No. 2 Texas A&M stays perfect in midweek games after run-ruling Rice 16-3

The Aggies pull off a feat they haven’t since 2015 after run-ruling Rice 16-3 at home

Perfection in anything is rare and a tough feat to accomplish, especially in a game like baseball. There are so many games that going without a loss, or back-to-back losses is really unheard of. On Tuesday night No. 2 Texas A&M (41-8, 16-8 SEC) rule-ruled Rice at home to finish the season perfect in midweek games for the first time since 2015.

Rice never stood a chance in this game as the Aggies started off extremely hot and the Rice pitchers did nothing to help themselves. Gavin Grahovac and Braden Montgomery came out blasting each hitting solo home runs in the opening frame to take a 2-0 lead. Then in the very next inning, Travis Chestnut, Caden Sorrell, and Kaeden Kent all scored due to wild pitches allowing the Aggies to take a 5-0 lead into the 3rd inning.

After cutting the lead down to four with their own solo home run the Owls once again found themselves on the wrong side of the long ball with Sorrell’s solo shot and Jace LaViolette’s two-run home run.

Later in the inning, Hayden Schott brought home Montgomery with a single through the left side for a 9-1 lead. They added two more in the fifth to go up 11-2 before the wheels really fell off. Rice walked five straight Aggie batters for five unearned scores.

There was one more home run by Rice but that was the end of the scoring threat with A&M winning 16-3 and 25-0 in their midweek games on the year.

Texas A&M will face Ole Miss in a three-game series starting on Friday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m. CST, where the game will air on SEC Network.

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‘We played bad for 2 days’: Jim Schlossnagle reflects on how No. 2 Texas A&M avoided SEC sweep at LSU

“We played bad for two days. You deserved to get your rear end kicked when you don’t play well. Our guys care too much sometimes,” he said.

The No. 2 Texas A&M baseball team avoided an SEC sweep at reigning national champion LSU this past weekend with a 14-4 victory on Sunday afternoon.

Aggies coach Jim Schlossnagle chatted with TexAgs on Monday and reflected on the series loss.

“We played bad for two days. You deserved to get your rear end kicked when you don’t play well. Our guys care too much sometimes. If you have that level of care, it can snowball, especially in the sport of baseball,” Schlossnagle explained. “I think we have played poorly and pitched poorly before. We just swung the bat enough to cover it up. We had full control of the game with Ryan Prager pitching. He walked two guys. They bunt. They got a little flare that is just out of Ali Camarillo’s reach. Tommy White was up. This was the double play that we wanted, and a bad throw was made.

“You have to give credit to the team we faced. Gage Jump and Luke Holman are two of the best starters we will see all year. The numbers don’t accurately reflect those to guys. Griffin Herring is awesome. We knew going into the weekend their left-handed pitching would be an issue for us.

“I thought Chris Cortez gave us a shot of life. We had Caden Sorrell’s triple. That got everyone fired up and then the Gavin Grahovac homer. Baseball can eat you up. You can feel the greatest for a while. A couple of negative things happen, and you have to be careful not to let it steamroll… Thought it was great when we battled back. We needed it. Three to four innings in on Sunday, it was not a good feeling in the dugout.

“I don’t like postgame talks or speeches, but that was mine on Saturday night. ‘Just chill out.’ The game ended, and we had one of the best pitchers in the country hanging his body over the front rail of the dugout like the season was over.

“We will not be perfect. They are human beings. We have to find ways to overcome it. There will be days we do. Those two days, we didn’t.”

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Texas A&M baseball takes a dive in the newest USA TODAY Coaches Poll

After dropping two out of three games against LSU over the weekend Texas A&M falls a spot in the new USA TODAY Coaches Poll

Down goes number one. The Texas A&M (40-8, 16-8 SEC) baseball team struggled at the plate over the weekend causing them to drop their first SEC series loss since the opening week of league play. The defense was a little off and they did see a ball in the dirt they didn’t want to swing at through the first two games.

However, they did avoid the sweep with a dominant win on Sunday beating LSU 14-4, and Chris Cortez threw one of his better games of the season. SEC road games are hard, and baseball can be a game of slumps at times. Jim Schlossnagle knows this and will have his team prepared for the next series once they complete their midweek game.

Here are the complete Week 12 rankings.

Rank Team Record PTS 1st Prev Chg Hi/Lo
1
Tennessee
 39-9 750 20 3
+2
 1/8
2
Texas A&M
 40-8 734 7 1
-1
 1/10
3
Arkansas
 40-9 702 3 2
-1
 1/5
4
Clemson
 36-10 685 0 4 – 2/11
5
Kentucky
 35-10 651 1 8
+3
 5/NR
6
East Carolina
 37-9 631 0 5
-1
 5/16
7
Florida State
 35-10 585 0 6
-1
 6/NR
8
Oregon State
 35-12 531 0 7
-1
 2/10
9
Duke
 32-14 501 0 9 – 6/14
10
Virginia
 35-12 485 0 10 – 8/15
11
North Carolina
 35-11 473 0 12
+1
 7/17
12
Georgia
 35-12 376 0 18
+6
 12/NR
13
Wake Forest
 32-16 367 0 15
+2
 1/22
14
South Carolina
 32-15 364 0 14 – 14/NR
15
Mississippi State
 32-16 317 0 21
+6
 15/NR
16
UC Irvine
 34-10 289 0 10
-6
 10/NR
17
Oklahoma
 29-17 223 0 23
+6
 17/NR
18
Indiana State
 34-10 208 0 22
+4
 18/NR
19
Arizona
 29-17 188 0 24
+5
 19/NR
20
Oklahoma State
 32-16 184 0 16
-4
 16/NR
21
North Carolina State
 26-18 125 0 20
-1
 14/NR
22
Troy
 34-15 104 0 NR
+9
 22/NR
23
UC Santa Barbara
 31-12 95 0 NR
+4
 18/NR
24
Oregon
 32-15 94 0 NR
+2
 18/NR
25
Alabama
 29-18 86 0 17
-8
 10/25

Schools Dropped Out

No. 13 Vanderbilt; No. 19 Louisiana; No. 25 Dallas Baptist;

Others Receiving Votes

Louisiana 83; Vanderbilt 73; Dallas Baptist 54; Texas 40; UNCW 18; Coastal Carolina 12; Utah 11; Nebraska 11; Charleston 11; Louisiana Tech 8; San Diego 2; LSU 2; St. John’s 1; Illinois 1;

Texas A&M will face Rice on Tuesday, May 7, at 6:00 p.m. CST, where the game will air on SEC Network+.

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Texas A&M avoids the sweep with a 14-4 victory in Game 3 over LSU

Texas A&M rallies in the top of the fifth to take a lead and hold to win game three over LSU

Texas A&M (40-8, 16-8 SEC) had a rough weekend in Baton Rouge but salvaged the series with a big fifth-inning rally for an important 10-run win over LSU (31-18, 9-15 SEC).

Over the past three games, including the third game of the Georgia series, the Aggies have been grappling with strikeouts, a recurring issue this season. However, as the game of baseball often proves, streaks happen. On Sunday, the Aggies found their rhythm, putting 14 runs on the board despite Jace LaViolette and Braden Montgomery going 1 for 10. This unpredictability is what makes baseball such a fascinating sport.

After falling 3-0 early, the Aggies stormed back, and freshman Caden Sorrell got the ball rolling by triple to center field in the top of the fifth. Travis Chestnut’s single brought Sorrell home to cut the lead, and Gavin Grahovac homered a few batters later to take a 4-3 lead. Jackson Appel got in on the home run party with a two-run shot and a bases-loaded walk followed by a few singles capped off a nine-run inning.

Notably, Kaeden Kent and LaViolette contributed five runs with their impressive home runs in the top of the ninth, leading the team to a commanding 14-3 lead. Let’s not forget the stellar performance of Chris Cortez, who put in the work, earning the win while allowing only one hit and striking out six.

Despite losing their No. 1 ranking, the Aggies’ performance in game three was a testament to the offensive and defensive prowess in 4.1 innings we’ve appreciated over the past few months. Texas A&M will return to Blue Bell Park to face Rice on Tuesday, May 7, at 6:00 p.m. CT. The game will air on SEC Network+.

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No. 1 Texas A&M baseball team blows early 3-run lead to lose another SEC game at LSU

First pitch was delayed due to lightning and the Aggies’ (39-8) bats came out with thunder, scoring 3 runs in the top of the first inning.

Following a 32-minute weather delay on Saturday night in the Bayou, the Texas A&M baseball team attempted to tie its three-game SEC series at reigning national champion LSU.

With 11,751 fans in attendance, the first pitch at Alex Box Field was pushed back due to lightning in Baton Rouge. The Aggies‘ (39-8, 15-8 SEC) bats came out with some thunder, scoring 3 runs in the top of the first inning.

However, Texas A&M allowed 5 unanswered runs to the Tigers (31-17, 9-14) and ultimately lost 6-4 for the second straight evening. The Aggies scored their other run in the ninth frame. LSU tallied 3 in the third, 1 in the seventh and 2 in the eighth.

Freshmen, third baseman Gavin Grahovac & outfielder Caden Sorrell, sophomore OF Jace LaViolette, junior shortstop Ali Camarillo and senior pinch hitter Ted Burton each contributed a hit. Camarillo, LaViolette, Sorrell and senior catcher Jackson Appel respectively recorded 1 run batted in.

The series finale at Skip Bertman Field is Sunday at 1 p.m.

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Texas A&M baseball stays perfect in midweek games with a 10-6 victory over Tarleton

The Aggies check off a milestone as they remain undefeated in non-conference play with a 10-6 victory over Tarleton

As we learned in the Georgia series, no early lead is safe when the Texas A&M (39-6, 15-6 SEC) bats get hot. After falling 4-1 in the early few frames, the Aggies made a run in the fourth inning ending in a 10-6 win over Tarleton.

After the Texans jumped out to a 2-0 lead the hottest bat in Aggieland, Ted Burton, hit his fifth home run in the last 4 games to cut the lead in half. Tarlton followed that up with two more runs until Jace LaViolette hit a three-run shot to tie the game with his 23rd home run of the season.

The fourth saw the Aggies jump ahead with an Ali Camarillo solo home run and a Jackson Appel single that scored Travis Chestnut. Kaeden Kent, who stepped in for Gavin Grahovac added some important insurance runs with a three-run double to go up by 9-4. The final A&M run came via a balk in the bottom from the Tarleton pitcher.

Jim Schlossnagle was able to get a lot of pitchers some work with Brad Rudis getting the win and strong outings from Kaiden Wilson and Josh Stewart. The big milestone of the night was the Aggies crossing the 100-homerun mark for only the 2nd time in program history.

Texas A&M will face LSU in a three-game series in Baton Rouge starting on Friday, May 3, at 7:00 p.m. CST, where the game will air on SEC Network+.

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Texas A&M baseball remains No. 1 in the newest USA TODAY Coaches Poll

Texas A&M see no change in the rankings as they stay No. 1 after a 3-1 week and another Top 25 SEC series win

Texas A&M (38-6, 15-6 SEC) holds the title of King of the Mountain as they tally another midweek win coupled with a Top 25 SEC series win on Georgia. They started the week by outlasting a competitive Houston team in a 13-11 win. Then, after beating Georgia in game one, they had an epic comeback victory in game two to seal another SEC series in their favor.

The Aggie continues to look like the team to beat in a three-game series, and so far, the only team to do it has been the Florida Gators in the opening SEC series. Since that series, they haven’t dropped another once since climbing their way to the top spot.

Here are the complete Week 11 rankings.

Rank Team Record PTS 1st Prev Chg Hi/Lo
1
Texas A&M
 38-6 772 29 1 – 1/10
2
Arkansas
 37-7 739 1 2 – 1/5
3
Tennessee
 37-7 717 1 3 – 3/8
4
Clemson
 34-9 662 0 4 – 2/11
5
East Carolina
 35-8 643 0 7
+2
 5/16
6
Florida State
 34-9 602 0 9
+3
 6/NR
7
Oregon State
 33-10 572 0 10
+3
 2/10
8
Kentucky
 33-9 555 0 5
-3
 5/NR
9
Duke
 30-14 474 0 6
-3
 6/14
10
Virginia
 33-12 468 0 12
+2
 8/15
10
UC Irvine
 32-8 468 0 13
+3
 10/NR
12
North Carolina
 33-11 425 0 14
+2
 7/17
13
Vanderbilt
 31-13 383 0 8
-5
 3/14
14
South Carolina
 29-14 306 0 21
+7
 14/NR
15
Wake Forest
 27-16 292 0 11
-4
 1/22
16
Oklahoma State
 30-14 286 0 22
+6
 16/NR
17
Alabama
 28-16 217 0 18
+1
 10/18
18
Georgia
 31-12 211 0 17
-1
 17/NR
19
Louisiana
 33-13 199 0 16
-3
 15/NR
20
North Carolina State
 25-16 169 0 23
+3
 14/NR
21
Mississippi State
 29-15 166 0 NR
+7
 21/NR
22
Indiana State
 31-9 139 0 25
+3
 22/NR
23
Oklahoma
 26-16 114 0 18
-5
 18/NR
24
Arizona
 26-16 107 0 20
-4
 20/NR
25
Dallas Baptist
 31-11 90 0 NR
+1
 8/NR

Schools Dropped Out

No. 15 Coastal Carolina; No. 24 Oregon;

Others Receiving Votes

Oregon 60; UC Santa Barbara 44; Utah 40; Virginia Tech 28; West Virginia 26; Troy 13; Louisiana Tech 13; Coastal Carolina 13; Nebraska 12; Georgia Tech 11; Lamar 10; Northeastern 9; UNCW 7; Charleston 6; San Diego 3; Texas Tech 2; Kansas 2;

Texas A&M will face Tarleton on Tuesday, April 30, at 6:00 p.m. CST, where the game will air on SEC Network+.

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Update: Texas A&M freshman star Gavin Grahovac receives good news on injury

Gavin Grahovac’s MRI comes back clean and he should be ready for the LSU series this weekend

In a worrisome site in game three of the Georgia series, Texas A&M freshman third baseman Gavin Grahovac appeared to injure his leg falling to the ground and grabbing his knee while running to first base. It was enough of an issue that he was eventually taken out for the rest of the game. Coming off back-to-back SEC Freshman of the Week honors, Grahovac has settled in well and the only thing that seemed to be able to cool him off would be an injury.

However, he received some promising news reported by Ryan Brauninger of TexAgs that his MRI came back clean. So, with some rest and no structural damage to his knee, he should be able to be back on the diamond for the LSU series this weekend. This is the best news for the young player as he’s been a star on both sides of the ball and will get to continue his freshman campaign.

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