Aggies Fall in Finale at No. 1 Texas

AUSTIN – The Texas A&M baseball team dropped the finale of the Cotton Holdings Lone Star Showdown at No. 1 Texas, 6-5, Sunday afternoon at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
 
The Aggies (24-19, 8-13) opened the scoring for the second straight game as Caden Sorrell plated Jace LaViolette, who reached on a one-out walk, with an RBI double to right center in the first. Later in the frame, Bear Harrison stretched the lead to 2-0 with an RBI single to center.
 
In the third, the Longhorns (37-5, 19-2) evened the score at 2-2 behind an RBI double and sacrifice fly.
 
Following an intentional walk to LaViolette that loaded the bases in the fourth, Wyatt Henseler came through for the Maroon & White with a two-out, two-run single to put them back in front, 4-2. In the bottom half, Myles Patton worked around trouble behind a pair of stellar defensive plays from Sorrell in right.
 
Texas pulled within one in the sixth on a wild pitch and later took its first lead of the afternoon, 5-4, on a two-out, two-run single up the middle.
 
Sorrell immediately answered in the seventh with a monster opposite field solo home run that traveled 414 feet and left the bat at 107 mph. The long ball marked the seventh of the year for the sophomore.
 
After the Longhorns regained the lead, 6-5, with an opposite field solo homer to left in the eighth, the Aggies looked to respond in the ninth as the tying and go-ahead runs reached with only one out. A double play ended the scoring threat for the Maroon & White as they dropped the finale, 6-5.
 
Inside the Box Score

• The Aggies totaled nine hits and drew six walks on the day.
• Sorrell topped the team with a 3-for-5 performance to go along with two RBI.
• Blake Binderup also registered a multi-hit game, finishing 2-for-3 at the dish.
• Henseler matched Sorrell with a game-high tying two RBI.
• Five different players scored a run for the Maroon & White.
• Jace LaViolette drew a game-best two walks.
• As a staff, the Aggies struck out six.
• Patton received a no-decision after allowing three runs over 5 2/3 innings.
• Caden McCoy (3-2) suffered the loss after giving up a run in 1 2/3 innings.
• Luke Jackson and Weston Moss made appearances in relief.

Game Notes

• Sunday's contest marked the 380th meeting all-time between the clubs.
• Sorrell's three-hit game marked his third of the season.
• The multi-hit performance marked his sixth of the year.
• Binderup has now hit safely in seven straight games.
• The redshirt sophomore's multi-hit performance was his fifth of the year.
• LaViolette has now reached safely in 23 of the last 24 contests.
• The junior has now registered multiple walks in 11 games this season.

Up Next
The Aggies return home to Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park for a midweek contest against Lamar Tuesday night at 6 p.m.  

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