Tuesday, April 17
College Station
6:30 p.m.
Texas A&M
7
vs
5
Texas State
Aggies Cap Successful Home Stand with 7-5 Win over Texas State
Apr 17, 2018 | Baseball
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The No. 14 Texas A&M Aggies notched a 7-5 victory over the Texas State Bobcats on Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park on Tuesday to end their eight-game home stand on a seven-game win streak.
The improved the Aggies to 28-9 overall while the Bobcats dropped to 20-16-1 on the year.
Texas A&M's first four hitters in the order combined to bat 9-for-14 with two walks, two doubles, one triple, five runs and two RBI. Cleanup man, Hunter Coleman was 3-for-4 with one double, one triple, one run and two RBI. Braden Shewmake hit 2-for-2 with two walks and two runs. Michael Helman and Logan Foster were both 2-for-4 with one run with Helman leading off the first with a double.
The Aggies used seven pitchers on the evening. Cason Sherrod (4-1), the fifth man to the mound, earned the win, yielding one run on three hits while striking out two in 2.2 innings. Asa Lacy retired all three batters he faced in the eighth for the hold and Nolan Hoffman picked up his seventh save of the year, striking out two of the four batters he faced in a scoreless ninth.
NEXT UP
The Aggies begin a three-game series against the Tennessee Volunteers with a 5:32 p.m. contest on Friday evening.
SCORING SUMMARY
T1 | Texas State needed just two batters to snap the Aggies' string of 17 consecutive games without yielding a run in the first inning. Derek Scheible reached first when he was hit by a 1-2 pitch. Jonathan Ortega hit the next pitch over the wall in left-center for his second home run of the season. TXST 2, A&M 0.
B1| The Aggies wasted no time answering back. Helman hit a leadoff and he moved to third on Foster's fly out to deep rightfield. After Shewmake drew a four-pitch walk to put runners on the corners, Coleman doubled to left field, sending Helman home. With two outs, Chandler Morris bounced a single up the middle to plate two runs. A&M 3, TX ST 2.
T2 | The Bobcats knotted the game in the top of the second. Dalton Shuffield tight-roped a double down the leftfield line, moved to third on a passed ball and scored on a groundout by Jared Huber. A&M 3, TXST 3.
B3 | The Aggies reclaimed the lead in the home half of the third. With one out, Logan Foster and Braden Shewmake both knocked singles through the right side of the infield. Hunter Coleman's infield single got an extra base on a throwing error by Bobcats' third baseman Jaylen Hubbard, bringing Foster home for the go-ahead run. A&M 4, TXST 3.
T4 | The Bobcats tied the game again in the next half inning. Dylan Paul hit a wall-banger to left-center for leadoff triple and scored when Ryan Newman poked a single to leftfield. A&M 4, TXST 4.
B6 | George Janca launched a 405 shot on a 1-0 offering to clear the leftfield fence for a solo dinger. A&M 5, TXST 4.
T7 | Texas State continued to claw back. With one out, Scheible gapped a single to left-center and stole second base. He came around to score when Luke Sherly singled to leftfield. A&M 5, TXST 5
B7 | With one out, Shewmake drove a single to leftfield and came around to score when Coleman punched a triple over the head of the Texas State centerfielder. A&M 6, TXST 5.
B8 | With one out, Zach DeLoach drew a four-pitch walk and he scored on Allonte Wingate's two-out double to centerfield. A&M 7, TXST 5.
TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Head Coach Rob Childress
On tonight's game…
"Texas State is coming off a weekend in which they went on the road and swept Georgia State and they're feeling really confident. It was a back-and-forth heavyweight fight. They had a lot of punches tonight, from the first round on. They scored on a two-run homer and we came right back and got a big two-out hit and ended up answering back with three runs. Chandler Morris hadn't played in an awful long time and came up there ready to hit. They had a lot of heroes on the mound. We went to a lot of guys tonight and each one of them, when they came in the game, got us a stop. Texas State is a very offensive club. They have a lot of older guys, especially at the top, that make you nervous. I was really glad that Ortega didn't come to the plate there in the ninth. He really makes me nervous."
On using a lot of pitchers...
"We're going back to a Friday, Saturday, Sunday rotation. We have an extra day of rest and we certainly needed to get some of those guys that hadn't been out there in a while out there early and then we wanted to get those guys that we ride an awful lot there at the end of the game because it was close. (Christian) Roa hadn't been out there in a while, he was really sharp and got us a hold. (Jason) Ruffcorn got us a hold. Saenz got on the mound for the first time in a while and I thought he was sharp. Cason Sherrod and Asa Lacy were outstanding. (Nolan) Hoffman gave up a lead-off double and didn't' allow him to score, so we had a lot of guys do some great things on the mound tonight."
Sophomore SS Braden Shewmake
On tonight's game…
"We came out and did a good job offensively and played good defense. Our pitching came right along with it. They might have started a little bit slow but we have so much confidence in every guy that we roll out on the mound. We know they're going to pound the zone and let us play defense behind them. So yeah, it was a back-and-forth game, but we had a lot of faith in the dugout that we were going to pull through."
Sophomore 1B Hunter Coleman
On driving in the go-ahead run…
"It definitely felt good. We were all over the barrel all night. When we have good pitching and good defense it really helps out."
The improved the Aggies to 28-9 overall while the Bobcats dropped to 20-16-1 on the year.
Texas A&M's first four hitters in the order combined to bat 9-for-14 with two walks, two doubles, one triple, five runs and two RBI. Cleanup man, Hunter Coleman was 3-for-4 with one double, one triple, one run and two RBI. Braden Shewmake hit 2-for-2 with two walks and two runs. Michael Helman and Logan Foster were both 2-for-4 with one run with Helman leading off the first with a double.
The Aggies used seven pitchers on the evening. Cason Sherrod (4-1), the fifth man to the mound, earned the win, yielding one run on three hits while striking out two in 2.2 innings. Asa Lacy retired all three batters he faced in the eighth for the hold and Nolan Hoffman picked up his seventh save of the year, striking out two of the four batters he faced in a scoreless ninth.
NEXT UP
The Aggies begin a three-game series against the Tennessee Volunteers with a 5:32 p.m. contest on Friday evening.
SCORING SUMMARY
T1 | Texas State needed just two batters to snap the Aggies' string of 17 consecutive games without yielding a run in the first inning. Derek Scheible reached first when he was hit by a 1-2 pitch. Jonathan Ortega hit the next pitch over the wall in left-center for his second home run of the season. TXST 2, A&M 0.
B1| The Aggies wasted no time answering back. Helman hit a leadoff and he moved to third on Foster's fly out to deep rightfield. After Shewmake drew a four-pitch walk to put runners on the corners, Coleman doubled to left field, sending Helman home. With two outs, Chandler Morris bounced a single up the middle to plate two runs. A&M 3, TX ST 2.
T2 | The Bobcats knotted the game in the top of the second. Dalton Shuffield tight-roped a double down the leftfield line, moved to third on a passed ball and scored on a groundout by Jared Huber. A&M 3, TXST 3.
B3 | The Aggies reclaimed the lead in the home half of the third. With one out, Logan Foster and Braden Shewmake both knocked singles through the right side of the infield. Hunter Coleman's infield single got an extra base on a throwing error by Bobcats' third baseman Jaylen Hubbard, bringing Foster home for the go-ahead run. A&M 4, TXST 3.
T4 | The Bobcats tied the game again in the next half inning. Dylan Paul hit a wall-banger to left-center for leadoff triple and scored when Ryan Newman poked a single to leftfield. A&M 4, TXST 4.
B6 | George Janca launched a 405 shot on a 1-0 offering to clear the leftfield fence for a solo dinger. A&M 5, TXST 4.
T7 | Texas State continued to claw back. With one out, Scheible gapped a single to left-center and stole second base. He came around to score when Luke Sherly singled to leftfield. A&M 5, TXST 5
B7 | With one out, Shewmake drove a single to leftfield and came around to score when Coleman punched a triple over the head of the Texas State centerfielder. A&M 6, TXST 5.
B8 | With one out, Zach DeLoach drew a four-pitch walk and he scored on Allonte Wingate's two-out double to centerfield. A&M 7, TXST 5.
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— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) April 18, 2018
Seven in a row!
— Texas A&M Baseball (@AggieBaseball) April 18, 2018
Aggies on a roll heading to Rocky Top.#FamilyF1rst #12thMan pic.twitter.com/t01UvhhlaC
E1 | A&M 3-2@morris_chandler puts the Aggies in front!
— Texas A&M Baseball (@AggieBaseball) April 17, 2018
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Mother & Son Night ??
— Texas A&M Baseball (@AggieBaseball) April 18, 2018
Thanks to all the Mothers & sons in attendance at tonight's game. #FamilyF1rst #12thMan pic.twitter.com/sbVivAPwb7
The Aggies are back in front courtesy of this @GeorgeJanca homer!
— Texas A&M Baseball (@AggieBaseball) April 18, 2018
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E7 | A&M 6-5@coleman_hunter reclaims the lead for the Aggies with an RBI triple!
— Texas A&M Baseball (@AggieBaseball) April 18, 2018
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E8 | A&M 7-5@awingate0 delivers an RBI double to increase the A&M advantage!
— Texas A&M Baseball (@AggieBaseball) April 18, 2018
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Seven saves on the year for @Nolan_hoff4.
— Texas A&M Baseball (@AggieBaseball) April 18, 2018
Seven wins in a row for the Aggies! #FamilyF1rst #12thMan pic.twitter.com/EREGcQUWrU
TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Head Coach Rob Childress
On tonight's game…
"Texas State is coming off a weekend in which they went on the road and swept Georgia State and they're feeling really confident. It was a back-and-forth heavyweight fight. They had a lot of punches tonight, from the first round on. They scored on a two-run homer and we came right back and got a big two-out hit and ended up answering back with three runs. Chandler Morris hadn't played in an awful long time and came up there ready to hit. They had a lot of heroes on the mound. We went to a lot of guys tonight and each one of them, when they came in the game, got us a stop. Texas State is a very offensive club. They have a lot of older guys, especially at the top, that make you nervous. I was really glad that Ortega didn't come to the plate there in the ninth. He really makes me nervous."
On using a lot of pitchers...
"We're going back to a Friday, Saturday, Sunday rotation. We have an extra day of rest and we certainly needed to get some of those guys that hadn't been out there in a while out there early and then we wanted to get those guys that we ride an awful lot there at the end of the game because it was close. (Christian) Roa hadn't been out there in a while, he was really sharp and got us a hold. (Jason) Ruffcorn got us a hold. Saenz got on the mound for the first time in a while and I thought he was sharp. Cason Sherrod and Asa Lacy were outstanding. (Nolan) Hoffman gave up a lead-off double and didn't' allow him to score, so we had a lot of guys do some great things on the mound tonight."
Sophomore SS Braden Shewmake
On tonight's game…
"We came out and did a good job offensively and played good defense. Our pitching came right along with it. They might have started a little bit slow but we have so much confidence in every guy that we roll out on the mound. We know they're going to pound the zone and let us play defense behind them. So yeah, it was a back-and-forth game, but we had a lot of faith in the dugout that we were going to pull through."
Sophomore 1B Hunter Coleman
On driving in the go-ahead run…
"It definitely felt good. We were all over the barrel all night. When we have good pitching and good defense it really helps out."
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