Saturday, April 6
Columbia, S.C.
3:00 PM
Texas A&M
6
at
3
South Carolina
No. 3 Aggies Defeat No. 22 South Carolina, 6-3, Clinch Series
Apr 06, 2024 | Baseball
COLUMBIA – The No. 3 Texas A&M baseball team (28-3) registered its eighth consecutive win and first road series of the year with a 6-3 victory over No. 22 South Carolina (21-10) Saturday afternoon from Founders Park.
Shane Sdao picked up the win in relief after tossing 4.1 scoreless frames to go along with three strikeouts. The scoreless outing marked the seventh of the year for the sophomore. Evan Aschenbeck logged his fourth save of the year after strike out six over two innings of one-run baseball.
Braden Montgomery (2-for-3) and Jace LaViolette (2-for-4) recorded multi-hit performances for the Aggies, while Hayden Schott drove in three runs for the second straight game. Schott has now plated eight RBI in the last three contests.
Gavin Grahovac opened the scoring with a 406-foot solo home run to dead center to leadoff the contest. The long ball marked the freshman's second of the series and 11th of the year. Later in the opening frame, Schott stretched the advantage to 3-0 with a two-run, two-out single to left center.
In the bottom half of the first, the Gamecocks looked to respond as Parker Noland drove a ball deep into the left center gap but freshman Caden Sorrell made an incredible leaping catch at the wall to take away a homer.
The Aggies tacked on a run in the third as LaViolette, who reached on a leadoff walk, came home on an RBI groundout from Ted Burton.
South Carolina broke through on the scoreboard in the bottom half of the third with a pair of runs to trim the lead to 4-2.
Schott got a run back for the Maroon & White in the fifth as the senior plated Jackson Appel, who reached on catcher's interference, with an RBI groundout.
After the Gamecocks cut into the lead with a solo homer in the eighth, the Aggies got the run back in the ninth courtesy of an RBI single from Appel.
Inside the Box Score
The Maroon & White will go for the series sweep tomorrow afternoon at 12:30 p.m. CST at Founders Park.
Quotes
Postgame interviews are available on https://12thman.com/watch.
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Shane Sdao picked up the win in relief after tossing 4.1 scoreless frames to go along with three strikeouts. The scoreless outing marked the seventh of the year for the sophomore. Evan Aschenbeck logged his fourth save of the year after strike out six over two innings of one-run baseball.
Braden Montgomery (2-for-3) and Jace LaViolette (2-for-4) recorded multi-hit performances for the Aggies, while Hayden Schott drove in three runs for the second straight game. Schott has now plated eight RBI in the last three contests.
Gavin Grahovac opened the scoring with a 406-foot solo home run to dead center to leadoff the contest. The long ball marked the freshman's second of the series and 11th of the year. Later in the opening frame, Schott stretched the advantage to 3-0 with a two-run, two-out single to left center.
In the bottom half of the first, the Gamecocks looked to respond as Parker Noland drove a ball deep into the left center gap but freshman Caden Sorrell made an incredible leaping catch at the wall to take away a homer.
The Aggies tacked on a run in the third as LaViolette, who reached on a leadoff walk, came home on an RBI groundout from Ted Burton.
South Carolina broke through on the scoreboard in the bottom half of the third with a pair of runs to trim the lead to 4-2.
Schott got a run back for the Maroon & White in the fifth as the senior plated Jackson Appel, who reached on catcher's interference, with an RBI groundout.
After the Gamecocks cut into the lead with a solo homer in the eighth, the Aggies got the run back in the ninth courtesy of an RBI single from Appel.
Inside the Box Score
- Texas A&M totaled nine hits and drew six walks on the afternoon.
- LaViolette and Montgomery were the lone Aggies to record multi-hit perfomrances.
- Seven different players recorded a hit for the Maroon & White.
- LaViolette scored a game-high three times and swiped a base.
- Montgomery drew a game-best two walks and recorded his fourth steal of the year.
- As a team, Texas A&M stole a season-high six bases on the day.
- Appel swiped a season-best three bases in the win.
- Burton logged his eighth stolen base of the year.
- As a staff, the Maroon & White struck out 14 Gamecocks.
- Aschenbeck struck out six of the eight batters he faced.
- Starter Tanner Jones earned a no-deicision after allowing two runs in 2.2 innings.
- Jones also struck out five batters.
- With the win, Texas A&M is now 12-11 all-time against South Carolina.
- The Aggies have now won six of the last seven meetings against the Gamecocks.
- Montgomery's multi-hit game marked his 16th of the year.
- LaViolette has now registered a multi-hit performance 10 times this season.
- Schott's multi-RBI game was his 10th of the year.
- Grahovac pushed his on-base streak to 20 games in the win.
- Ali Camarillo has now reached base safely in 17 consecutive contests.
- Appel extended his on-base streak to 16 games on the afternoon.
The Maroon & White will go for the series sweep tomorrow afternoon at 12:30 p.m. CST at Founders Park.
Quotes
Postgame interviews are available on https://12thman.com/watch.
Follow the Aggies
Visit for more information on Texas A&M baseball. Fans can keep up to date with the A&M baseball team on Facebook, Instagram and X by following @aggiebaseball.
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