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Aggies Drop Rubber Match vs. South Carolina
May 19, 2018 | Baseball
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas A&M Aggies were unable to climb out of an early deficit, losing to the South Carolina Gamecocks, 10-1, in Saturday afternoon's rubber match on Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.
Texas A&M fell behind 4-0 in the top of the first and were unable to effectively counter the South Carolina attack.
Chris Andritsos led Texas A&M's offense, going 2-for-3 with the Aggies' lone RBI on a sacrifice fly. Zach DeLoach batted 2-for-4.
Aggie starter Stephen Kolek (5-6) was saddled with the loss, giving up six runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out one in 2.1 innings. Dustin Saenz worked 3.0 scoreless innings, scattering a hit and a hit batsman. Mason Cole and Landon Miner each worked one blank frame to close out the game for the Maroon & White.
The loss dropped Texas A&M to 36-19 overall and 13-17 in the SEC. South Carolina improved to 32-22 overall and 17-13 in league play.
NEXT UP
The Aggies return to action Tuesday when they open play at the SEC Tournament. Game time and opponent will be posted Saturday evening on 12thMan.com.
SCORING SUMMARY
T1 | The Gamecocks blitzed the Aggies out of the gate. Noah Campbell hit a 2-2 offering over the rightfield fence for a leadoff home run. Carlos Cortes followed with an eight-pitch walk and Madison Stokes hit a home run to leftfield. Kolek retired the next two batters, but L.T. Tolbert gapped a double to right-center and scored two batters later when Jacob Olson singled to left-center. SC 4, A&M 0.
B1 | Texas A&M shaved a run off the lead in the home half of the first. Michael Helman stroked a single to centerfield and Logan Foster reached on an error by pitcher Cody Morris. Both runners moved into scoring position, tagging up on a deep fly out to rightfield. Andritsos knocked in Helman with a sacrifice fly. SC 4, A&M 1.
T3 | South Carolina exploded for another four run in the third. The rally was aided by a pair of hit batters, including Matt Williams getting plunked with the bases loaded to drive in the first run of the frame. Cortes pushed two runs across with a double and Stokes added a sacrifice fly. SC 8, A&M 1.
T7 | The Gamecocks tacked on two more runs in the when T.J. Hopkins singled to leftfield to knock in Olson and Williams followed him home when the ball was misplayed by Foster. SC 10, A&M 1.
TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Freshman OF Zach DeLoach
On battling back from four-run first inning…
"Yeah, I mean they jumped on us early today. It's hard to chase runs when they've got solid offense and solid pitching today. So, I think we've just got to compete a little bit better in the future."
Sophomore 1B Chris Andritsos
On South Carolina's early start…
"It's not how we wanted to start at all. Everybody knew [Stephen] Kolek was going to go out there and he always gives his best. It just happened to fall that way today. We've played plenty of games where we've been able to come back from four runs. It just wasn't our day today."
On upcoming SEC Tournament…
"The SEC Tournament, it's going to be a fresh start for everyone. Besides the seed number next to your name, you're 0-0, going against an 0-0 team. Everyone's going to be battling for a trophy and a ring."
Texas A&M fell behind 4-0 in the top of the first and were unable to effectively counter the South Carolina attack.
Chris Andritsos led Texas A&M's offense, going 2-for-3 with the Aggies' lone RBI on a sacrifice fly. Zach DeLoach batted 2-for-4.
Aggie starter Stephen Kolek (5-6) was saddled with the loss, giving up six runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out one in 2.1 innings. Dustin Saenz worked 3.0 scoreless innings, scattering a hit and a hit batsman. Mason Cole and Landon Miner each worked one blank frame to close out the game for the Maroon & White.
The loss dropped Texas A&M to 36-19 overall and 13-17 in the SEC. South Carolina improved to 32-22 overall and 17-13 in league play.
NEXT UP
The Aggies return to action Tuesday when they open play at the SEC Tournament. Game time and opponent will be posted Saturday evening on 12thMan.com.
SCORING SUMMARY
T1 | The Gamecocks blitzed the Aggies out of the gate. Noah Campbell hit a 2-2 offering over the rightfield fence for a leadoff home run. Carlos Cortes followed with an eight-pitch walk and Madison Stokes hit a home run to leftfield. Kolek retired the next two batters, but L.T. Tolbert gapped a double to right-center and scored two batters later when Jacob Olson singled to left-center. SC 4, A&M 0.
B1 | Texas A&M shaved a run off the lead in the home half of the first. Michael Helman stroked a single to centerfield and Logan Foster reached on an error by pitcher Cody Morris. Both runners moved into scoring position, tagging up on a deep fly out to rightfield. Andritsos knocked in Helman with a sacrifice fly. SC 4, A&M 1.
T3 | South Carolina exploded for another four run in the third. The rally was aided by a pair of hit batters, including Matt Williams getting plunked with the bases loaded to drive in the first run of the frame. Cortes pushed two runs across with a double and Stokes added a sacrifice fly. SC 8, A&M 1.
T7 | The Gamecocks tacked on two more runs in the when T.J. Hopkins singled to leftfield to knock in Olson and Williams followed him home when the ball was misplayed by Foster. SC 10, A&M 1.
TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Freshman OF Zach DeLoach
On battling back from four-run first inning…
"Yeah, I mean they jumped on us early today. It's hard to chase runs when they've got solid offense and solid pitching today. So, I think we've just got to compete a little bit better in the future."
Sophomore 1B Chris Andritsos
On South Carolina's early start…
"It's not how we wanted to start at all. Everybody knew [Stephen] Kolek was going to go out there and he always gives his best. It just happened to fall that way today. We've played plenty of games where we've been able to come back from four runs. It just wasn't our day today."
On upcoming SEC Tournament…
"The SEC Tournament, it's going to be a fresh start for everyone. Besides the seed number next to your name, you're 0-0, going against an 0-0 team. Everyone's going to be battling for a trophy and a ring."
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Morris, Cody (7-3)
L: Kolek, Stephen (5-6)
Batting:
2B: Cortes, Carlos 1 ; Stokes, Madison 1 ; Tolbert, LT 1 ; Taylor, Hunter 1 ; Olson, Jacob 1
HR: Campbell, Noah 1 ; Stokes, Madison 1
RBI: Campbell, Noah 2 ; Hopkins, TJ 1 ; Cortes, Carlos 2 ; Stokes, Madison 3 ; Olson, Jacob 1
SF: Stokes, Madison 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Campbell, Noah 2 ; Cortes, Carlos 1 ; Stokes, Madison 1 ; Tolbert, LT 2 ; Olson, Jacob 2 ; Williams, Matt 2
HBP: Campbell, Noah 1 ; Bride, Jonah 1 ; Williams, Matt 1
Batting:
RBI: Andritsos, Chris 1
SF: Andritsos, Chris 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Helman, Michael 1
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