HOOVER, Alabama – Texas A&M's pitching combination of Kaylor Chafin and Nolan Hoffman stymied the Vanderbilt Commodores offense in the Aggies' 3-1 opening round win at the SEC Tournament at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Tuesday morning.
Chafin (5-0) was stellar in a rare start. He weaved 6.0 innings, allowing just one run on six hits and one walk while striking out five. Hoffman came on to work the seventh allowing a pair of base runners and fanning three on his way to his 13th save of the season, one short of the program record held by Jason Jester (2013).
The Texas A&M offense used a two-run fifth to take the lead from Vandy starter Tyler Brown (1-4). Altogether eight different Aggies accounted for their nine hits with Michael Helman recording the lone multi-hit day.
NEXT UP
Texas A&M returns to action when they play they Georgia Bulldogs in a 9:30 a.m. contest to start Wednesday's SEC Tournament action.
SCORING SUMMARY
B2 | Vanderbilt drew first blood in their second trip to the plate. Julian Infante bounced a leadoff single up the middle. With one out, he moved to second on a balk and advanced to third on a groundout by Jayson Gonzalez. Austin Martin broke the scoring seal with a single up the middle, knocking in Infante. VU 1, A&M 0.
T5 | The Aggies staked claim to the lead in the fifth. Allonte Wingate drove a single to rightfield to start the frame and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by George Janca. Cole Bedford threaded a single through the right side of the infield to push Wingate across for the equalizer. After Zach DeLoach singled to leftfield, Bedford came around to score the go-ahead run on a throwing error by Vanderbilt shortstop. A&M 2, VU 1.
T7 | Texas A&M tacked on a run in the seventh. Janca knocked a leadoff single to rightfield, moved to second on a sac bunt by Bedford and advanced to third on a grounder to second by DeLoach. Helman put down that remained fair as the Vanderbilt infielders watched it roll past third base, scoring Janca. A&M 3, VU 1.
Chafin (5-0) was stellar in a rare start. He weaved 6.0 innings, allowing just one run on six hits and one walk while striking out five. Hoffman came on to work the seventh allowing a pair of base runners and fanning three on his way to his 13th save of the season, one short of the program record held by Jason Jester (2013).
The Texas A&M offense used a two-run fifth to take the lead from Vandy starter Tyler Brown (1-4). Altogether eight different Aggies accounted for their nine hits with Michael Helman recording the lone multi-hit day.
NEXT UP
Texas A&M returns to action when they play they Georgia Bulldogs in a 9:30 a.m. contest to start Wednesday's SEC Tournament action.
SCORING SUMMARY
B2 | Vanderbilt drew first blood in their second trip to the plate. Julian Infante bounced a leadoff single up the middle. With one out, he moved to second on a balk and advanced to third on a groundout by Jayson Gonzalez. Austin Martin broke the scoring seal with a single up the middle, knocking in Infante. VU 1, A&M 0.
T5 | The Aggies staked claim to the lead in the fifth. Allonte Wingate drove a single to rightfield to start the frame and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by George Janca. Cole Bedford threaded a single through the right side of the infield to push Wingate across for the equalizer. After Zach DeLoach singled to leftfield, Bedford came around to score the go-ahead run on a throwing error by Vanderbilt shortstop. A&M 2, VU 1.
T7 | Texas A&M tacked on a run in the seventh. Janca knocked a leadoff single to rightfield, moved to second on a sac bunt by Bedford and advanced to third on a grounder to second by DeLoach. Helman put down that remained fair as the Vanderbilt infielders watched it roll past third base, scoring Janca. A&M 3, VU 1.