Lamkin Deals, Aggies Shutout South Carolina, 17-0

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION – Justin Lamkin tossed six shutout innings and Bear Harrison drove in a career-high seven RBI as the Texas A&M baseball team blanked South Carolina (20-16, 2-12), 17-0, in seven innings Friday evening at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.
 
Lamkin improved to 3-3 on the year after striking out five in six scoreless frames. The junior's scoreless outing was his first of the season, while the quality start marked his team-leading sixth of the year. In relief, Brad Rudis worked a scoreless seventh to complete the Aggies' (19-15, 5-9) third shutout of the season.
 
In addition to the career-high RBI total, Harrison finished the night 2-for-2 with a double, a homer, two hit-by-pitches and three runs scored. Kaeden Kent followed with a 3-for-4 performance to go along with a homer, two runs scored and four RBI. Jace LaViolette rounded out the multi-hit performers for the Maroon & White as the junior went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
 
Following a 1-2-3 first from Lamkin, the Aggies raced out to a 4-0 lead in the bottom half. Harrison brought home the first run of the night on a hit-by-pitch with the bases loaded. Kent followed with a two-run single before Blake Binderup capped the scoring with a sacrifice fly to left.
 
In the third, Kent delivered a two-run homer to right to stretch the Texas A&M lead to 6-0. The junior's eighth long ball of the season left the bat at 105 mph and traveled 342 feet.
 
After Harrison extended the Aggie advantage to 8-0 in the fourth with a two-out, two-run bloop double to left, the Maroon & White lead bloomed to 15-0 in the fifth with a seven-run frame. With the bases loaded, Texas A&M scored a pair of runs on two wild pitches and LaViolette added an RBI single in between.
 
Harrison put an exclamation mark on the frame with a mammoth grand slam that left the bat at 107 mph and traveled 406 feet to straightaway center. The grand slam marked the second of the year for the sophomore.  
 
Texas A&M plated two more runs in the sixth courtesy of a Hayden Schott RBI double and a LaViolette RBI groundout to make the final 17-0.

Inside the Box Score

• Texas A&M racked up 10 hits and drew eight walks.
• Harrison, Kent and LaViolette each recorded a multi-hit game.
• Kent led the way with his first three-hit game of the season.
• Harrison reached base safely in all four plate appearances and drove in a career-high seven RBI.
• LaViolette drew a game-high two walks.
• Seven different Aggies crossed the plate.
• Harrison and LaViolette each scored a game-high three times.
• Binderup, Wyatt Henseler, Kent, Terrence Kiel II and Royo each crossed the plate twice.
• Lamkin and Rudis combined for seven strikeouts.

 
Notes

• Friday's contest marked the 26th meeting all-time between the clubs.
• With the win, the Aggies lead the series 14-12.
• The victory marked the fifth straight for the Maroon & White and clinched the series. 
• The shutout marked the third of the year for Texas A&M and the first in SEC play.
• The Maroon & White have now clubbed seven grand slams on the season.
• Harrison has now recorded a multi-RBI game in three of the last four contests.
• The sophomore also pushed his on-base streak to 15 games.
• Harrison's seven RBI matched LaViolette for the most by an Aggie in a game this season. 
• LaViolette stretched his on-base streak to 15 games and recorded his 10th multi-hit contest of the year.
• The junior also recorded his team-leading 11th multi-RBI game.
• Henseler has now reached safely in 17 consecutive contests.
• Kent registered his 10th multi-hit and multi-RBI performances of the year.
• The junior's three-hit game marked his first of the season.

Up Next
Texas A&M will look to complete the three-game sweep as the finale is slated for Saturday at 2 p.m. at Blue Bell Park.  
 
Quotes
Postgame interviews are available on https://12thman.com/watch.
 
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