Tag: Texas A&M baseball

The Aggies baseball team won their 6th consecutive SEC series when they swept the defending national champion Mississippi State Bulldogs last weekend at Olsen field at Blue Bell Park in College Station. Their first conference series sweep since 2019 pushed them up to #6 in the national top-25, with one weekend remaining before the SEC tournament.

In their final regular season series, the Aggies will travel to Oxford, Mississippi to take on the Rebels of Ole Miss a Swayze Field , in an effort to win their 7th consecutive series.

The Rebels are 31-19 overall and 13-14 in conference play, but come into the series on a seven-game win streak.

Where to Watch/Listen:

• Dates and Times:
  •  Thursday, May 19th, 6:32 PM CT.
  • Friday, May 20th, 7:02 PM CT.
  • Saturday, May 21st, 1:32 PM CT.
• Location: Swayze Field, Oxford, Mississippi.
• Live Stream: SEC Network + (All three games)
• Listen: 1150 AM/93.7 FM/12th Man Mobile App

Pitching Matchups

	Aggies	Rebels
Thursday	Nathan Dettmer (5-2 3.62 ERA)	Dylan Delucia (5-0 4.28 ERA)
Friday	TBA	Hunter Elliot (3-3 2.84 ERA)
Saturday	TBA	Derek Diamond (4-4 6.33 ERA)

Statistical Leaders

Texas A&M

• Average: Jack Moss (.363)
• Hits: Jack Moss (74)
• RBI: Ryan Targac (47)
• Home Runs: Dylan Rock (13)

Ole Miss

• Average: Kemp Alderman (.302)
• Hits: Justin Bench (57)
• RBI: Tim Elko (60)
• Home Runs: Tim Elko (19)

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The Texas A&M baseball team came into their penultimate regular season SEC series on a roll. With five consecutive series wins under their belts, and the #10 slot in the national rankings, the Aggies had already announced their presence to the nation as a contender on the diamond.

But they saved their best performance for their home conference finale, a weekend tilt at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park with the defending national champion Mississippi State Bulldogs.

The weekend started with what has become the Aggies’ specialty of late, a comeback win capped off by a Troy Claunch bases loaded double  in the bottom of the 7th inning to put A&M out in front 8-7, a lead they wouldn’t squander.

On Saturday, the story was similar, A&M fell behind 4-0 in the top of the third, but Dylan Rock homered in the bottom half of the inning, and Trevor Warner hit a bob of his own in the 5th to bring the Aggies to within a run. A 7th inning double by Jack Moss put the Aggies up 6-5, and after the Bulldogs tied the game in the top of the 8th, Ryan Targac knocked a two-bagger of his own to give the home team a 7-6 lead, and the Aggies clinched the series with a 9-6 come from behind win.

And on Sunday, with a chance to clinch their first SEC series sweep since 2019, the Aggies put together the most complete performance of the weekend. Offensively, it was the usual suspects who put the Aggies out in front, as Claunch, Targac, and Werner, with some help from right fielder Brett Minnich, put together a 4th inning rally to put A&M ahead 3-1. By the 7th inning, it was 6-1 Aggies, but the Bulldogs strung together two hits, and a walk to make it 6-2 with two men on base with cleanup hitter Hunter Hines at the plate.

That was when coach Jim Schlossnagle called on sophomore Will Johnston out of the bullpen, and Johnston slammed the door shut on any hopes the Bulldogs had, striking out 5 of the 7 batters he faced without allowing a single baserunner to close the game out, and clinch the sweep.

The sweep moves the Aggies to 33-16 on the year, and 17-10 in conference play, and they will finish their regular season schedule with a three-game series against Ole Miss as the attempt to win the SEC West, and position themselves for a deep post-season run.

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The Texas A&M baseball team hosted the Gamecocks of South Carolina for a weekend Southeastern Conference tilt at Blue Bell Park, and the fireworks ensued.

The Aggies, looking to extend their hot streak of four consecutive conference series wins, got off to a great start on Friday evening, scoring 16 runs, powered by five long balls. Sophomore Nathan Dettmer wasn’t as sharp on the mound, as in weeks past, giving up 3 runs on 7 hits in only 4.2 innings, but the A&M bats made sure it didn’t matter. Joseph Menefee earned the win, pitching 3.1 innings of 2 hit, 1 run ball, as the Aggies took Game 1 by a score of 16-4.

Saturday afternoon got off to a rougher start, as the Gamecocks jumped out to a 9-0 lead after 4 innings, but the Aggies came roaring back, scoring 5 in the 5th including a Ryan Targac grand slam. After scoring one more in the 7th, the Aggies plated 5 more in the 8th to take a 1 run lead going into the 9th.

A Braylon Wimmer home run and an Aggie throwing error put South Carolina back in front 12-11 going into the bottom half of the ninth, where it was Brett Minnich’s turn to play the hero, with his walk-off two-run homerun, giving the Aggies a 13-12 comeback win, and providing an opportunity to secure a sweep on Sunday afternoon.

The sweep effort came up short as the Gamecocks scored 9 runs on homeruns by 5 different players, and held the Aggies to only 4 runs to take the series finale and avoid being swept out of College Station. But the Aggies had clinched their 5th consecutive conference series win with only a matter of weeks until the end of the regular season.

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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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