BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION – The No. 5 Texas A&M team run-ruled LMU, 13-1, in five innings, while All-American Emiley Kennedy recorded her 10th win of the season, Friday night at Davis Diamond.
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Texas A&M (29-5) loaded the bases with no outs in the opening frame after Kennedy Powell and Amari Harper walked, while Mya Perez followed with a single to right field. Mac Barbara drove in Powell with an RBI ground out before Koko Wooley made it a 2-0 game with a sac fly to center field.
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Olivia Johnson hit a solo jack to left field to make it a three-run game in the second inning. Harper doubled to lead off the third frame, while Barbara was hit-by-pitch and Wooley singled to load the bases with one out. Allie Enright singled up the middle to score Harper for her 20th RBI of the season. Johnson reached on a throwing error by the shortstop as Wooley scored and Enright scored to make it a 6-0 lead after the third.Â
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LMU (14-18) was sat down in order to begin the fourth before Ol' Sarge's charges exploded for seven runs on four hits and one error as 11 different Aggies had a plate appearance. Six of the seven runs scored in the inning were driven in by pinch hitters, including Kylei Griffin, Kelsey Mathis and DeeDee Baldwin bringing home a run and Frankie Vrazel and Hailey Golden each driving in two runs.
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Emiley Kennedy moved to 10-3 on the season going 5.0 innings and seven strikeouts, while yielding one run, four walks and three hits.
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NEXT UP
Game two of the non-conference series continues Saturday at 4 p.m. on SECN+.Â
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NOTES
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Texas A&M (29-5) loaded the bases with no outs in the opening frame after Kennedy Powell and Amari Harper walked, while Mya Perez followed with a single to right field. Mac Barbara drove in Powell with an RBI ground out before Koko Wooley made it a 2-0 game with a sac fly to center field.
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Olivia Johnson hit a solo jack to left field to make it a three-run game in the second inning. Harper doubled to lead off the third frame, while Barbara was hit-by-pitch and Wooley singled to load the bases with one out. Allie Enright singled up the middle to score Harper for her 20th RBI of the season. Johnson reached on a throwing error by the shortstop as Wooley scored and Enright scored to make it a 6-0 lead after the third.Â
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LMU (14-18) was sat down in order to begin the fourth before Ol' Sarge's charges exploded for seven runs on four hits and one error as 11 different Aggies had a plate appearance. Six of the seven runs scored in the inning were driven in by pinch hitters, including Kylei Griffin, Kelsey Mathis and DeeDee Baldwin bringing home a run and Frankie Vrazel and Hailey Golden each driving in two runs.
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Emiley Kennedy moved to 10-3 on the season going 5.0 innings and seven strikeouts, while yielding one run, four walks and three hits.
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NEXT UP
Game two of the non-conference series continues Saturday at 4 p.m. on SECN+.Â
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NOTES
- Sophomore Hailey Golden added her first career hit, ending the night with a 2-RBI double.
- Freshman Frankie Vrazel recorded her fourth multi-RBI game of the season when she recorded a 2-RBI pinch-hit in the fourth inning.
- Mya Perez has reached base safely in 32-of-34 games this season after lining a single to right field in the opening frame.Â
- Mac Barbara recorded her 190th career RBI with a ground out that scored the game's first run.
- The Aggies scored double-digit runs for the 12th time this season and third straight game.Â
- The Maroon & White offense set a season high four hit-by-pitches, the most since No. 3 Tennessee in 2023, while matching a season high 13 runs.
- Texas A&M has won via run-rule against three different opponents in as many games for the first time since 2016 when the Aggies run-ruled Wichita State, 9-1 (6 inn.), Sam Houston, 8-0 (5 inn.) and Central Michigan, 11-1 (5 inn.).
- Seventeen Aggies had at-least one plate appearance, while all nine Texas A&M hits came from a different batter.
- No scorigami. Tonight marks the fourth time the Aggies have won 13-1 in program history and the first time since 2008 against North Texas on Feb. 23.