Aggies Total 15 Hits in 10-6 Win over DBU

Thursday, May 6

College Station

6:35 PM

Texas A&M

27-17-1

Dallas Baptist

24-21

Dallas Baptist

Texas A&M

May 06, 2010 | Baseball

Box Score

By: Texas A&M Athletics

May 6, 2010

Final Stats

Rob Childress [mp3]

Joe Patterson [mp3]

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Texas A&M rode a four-run first inning and a 15-hit attack to a 10-6 win over Dallas Baptist Thursday evening in the series opener before 2,663 fans at Olsen Field.

The Aggies (27-17-1) built a seven-run lead through four innings before the Patriot bats got going. On the night, six of the nine hits by DBU (24-21) were of the extra-base variety. The win was A&M's seventh in its last 10 games.

"Our guys know what Dallas Baptist is all about," A&M coach Rob Childress said. "Offensively, they're not going to go away. Barret went out and gave us a solid start, our guys got off on the right foot and we were able to build on that."

DBU, ranked 10th nationally in home runs, played long ball in the fifth and sixth to climb back into the game. Travis Meiners hit homers in both frames to pull the Patriots within three. A&M answered however, rallying with two outs to score two in the last of the sixth to regain the momentum for Texas A&M.

"With two outs and nobody on, Ty Naquin has one of the toughest at-bats of the year for us," Childress said. "We were able to come back and get two runs and that inning was huge, I think maybe the biggest of the game."

Joe Patterson, who has 15 hits over his last seven outings, finished the game with three RBIs. Brodie Greene and Adam Smith had three hits apiece to highlight another strong showing by the middle of the Aggie lineup.

Jason Krizan was a perfect 3-for-3 for Dallas Baptist while Meiners drove in three runs.

Aggie junior Barret Loux (8-2) recorded his eighth win of the campaign, allowing six hits, three earned runs and five walks through six innings. He fanned seven on the night.

Will Lane (3-4) took the loss, issuing 11 hits and seven runs over five innings.

The series continues Friday night with first pitch set for 6:35 p.m. Aggie sophomore Ross Stripling (4-3, 4.31) will take the mound against DBU junior Brandon Williamson (6-3, 5.74). Tickets are available at the gate or online at tickets.12thmanfoundation.com.

POSTGAME NOTES: Texas A&M's 15 hits were one shy of the season high of 16 (set vs Penn State, March 9) ... it was the sixth time this year the Aggies have pounded out at least 15 hits in a game ... Thursday was A&M's 23rd double-digit hit game of the year and sixth in the last eight outings ... with seven strikeouts, Barret Loux moved into a tie with Clint Thomas (1973-76) on the all-time career list with 247 ... Joe Patterson is hitting .469 (15-fofr-32) over his current seven-game hit streak with four doubles and seven RBIs ... Matt Juengel's three RBIs matched a career high, set last week at Nebraska ... Juengel is on a six-game streak and is hitting .455 (10-for-22) with eight RBIs in that span ... Adam Smith matched a career-best with three hits on the night.