Aggies Drop Midweek to Sam Houston – Texas A&M Athletics

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas A&M Aggies fell behind early and could not claw back in a 9-2 loss to Sam Houston on Tuesday night at Blue Bell Park.
 

Sam Houston (24-18) used a three-run third and a four-run fifth to build up an 8-1 lead and a slew of bullpen arms held the Aggie (25-16) bats at bay, punching out 13 A&M hitters and leaving a dozen on base.
 
Ty Sexton got the start for Texas A&M and allowed two runs in 2.0 innings, taking his second loss of the year. Jaren Warwick and Brandyn Garcia were each bright spots out of the pen with Warwick throwing up 2.0 scoreless innings and Garcia one of his own through the eighth inning.
 
The Aggies finished with eight hits but did not get more than one from any individual and had just one extra-base hit – a run-scoring double by Jace LaViolette in the bottom of the fifth.
 
Rome Shubert picked up his second win as a Bearkat with 2.0 scoreless innings and Marshall Wales and Logan Hewitt struck out eight hitters between them in 5.0 frames before Chandler David tossed a perfect ninth.
 
TOP AGGIE PERFORMERS
Jace LaViolette – 1-for-3, 2B, RBI
Jaren Warwick – 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Brandyn Garcia – 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
 
UP NEXT

Texas A&M hits the road once again for a key weekend series in the SEC at No. 7 Arkansas. The series is set to begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday night in a game scheduled to be aired on ESPNU. The game can also be heard locally on 1150 AM/93.7 FM The Zone with Andrew Monaco on the call.
 
GAME SUMMARY
T1 | SHSU 1, A&M 0
Sam Houston struck first in the opening inning with a run off of Aggie starter Ty Sexton. He put SHSU’s Justin Wishkoski on base with a hit-by-pitch and the Kats’ first baseman promptly swiped second and moved to third on a wild pitch before scoring on an RBI single by Tyler Davis.
 
B1 | A&M 1, SHSU 1
The Aggies answered right back with a run of their own against Davis, who got the start on the mound for Sam Houston. Jack Moss started the rally with a one-out walk and moved to third on a two-out single by Brett Minnich. One batter later Ryan Targac dropped a single into center field to score Moss and knot things up at 1-1.
 
T3 | SHSU 4, A&M 1
Sam Houston retook the lead in the top of the third, this time with a rally started with a single by Joe Redfield. He then…