Valiant Comeback Effort Falls Short in Season-Ending Loss

Sunday, June 3

Austin, Texas

2 p.m.

Texas A&M

40-22

Indiana

40-18

Indiana

Texas A&M

Jun 03, 2018 | Baseball

Box Score Box Score - Indiana 9, Texas A&M 7 Photos

AUSTIN, Texas – The No. 25 Texas A&M Aggies were unable to overcome a nine-run, first-inning deficit and dropped a 9-7 decision to the Indiana Hoosiers in an elimination game at the NCAA Division I Championship Austin Regional Sunday afternoon at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

After the Hoosiers put up nine runs in the top of the first, the Aggies clawed bag, scoring runs in five different frames, but they were unable to put up a big number.

Texas A&M had seven different players log multiple hits on the day for a total of 17 hits. Logan Foster led the way, going 3-for-4 with one RBI. Chris Andritsos batted 2-for-4 with two doubles and three RBI. Michael Helman was 2-for-5 with two doubles, two runs and one RBI. The Aggie bats set a season high with nine doubles.

After a rough first from Kaylor Chafin and Cason Sherrod, Sherrod settled down and finished with 4.2 innings to his credit. Nolan Hoffman came in for the sixth and pitched the final four scoreless frames, recording a career high in innings.

The Aggies end the season with a 40-22 record. They extended their school record string of NCAA Regional appearances to 12.

SCORING SUMMARY
T1 | Indiana put nine runs on the board paced by a two-run home run by Scotty Bradley and a three-run home run by Matt Lloyd. IU 9, A&M 0.

B1 | Texas A&M shaved two runs off the lead in the home half of the first. Zach DeLoach started the frame with a single through the left side and he moved to third on a one-out double by Braden Shewmake. Chris Andritsos knocked in both runners with a ground-rule double down the leftfield line. IU 9, A&M 2.

B2 | Allonte Wingate started with a double down the rightfield line, moved to third on a grounder to short by Cole Bedford and scored on a single to rightfield by George Janca. IU 9, A&M 3.

B5 | DeLoach doubled to rightfield to start the inning and he came around to score when Michael Helman gapped a double to left-center. Helman moved to third on a groundout by Shewmake and scored on a sacrifice fly by Andritsos. IU 9, A&M 5.

B7 | Helman stroked a leadoff double to rightfield and he came around to score on Logan Foster's two-out single up the middle. IU 9, A&M 6.

B9 | Shewmake led off the inning with a single and would come around to score on a single by Will Frizzell. With the winning run at the plate, Wingate hit into a game-ending double play. IU 9, A&M 7.