BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION – No. 1 overall seed Texas A&M was overcome by a late Liberty rally falling, 8-5, Saturday afternoon at Davis Diamond. The Aggies face an elimination game against the winner of Marist and Saint Francis elimination game, Saturday night at 6 p.m. on ESPN+.
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Texas A&M (46-10) punched first with a crooked second frame scoring four runs on two hits and two errors. Amari Harper earned a walk, while KK Dement singled up the middle and Allie Enright reached on a fielding error to load the bases with one out. Kramer Eschete reached on a fielder's choice to score Harper to break the ice, 1-0, while Kelsey Mathis blooped a single to shallow right field to double the score, 2-0. Kennedy Powell reached on a fielding error to score Enright and Koko Wooley reached on a fielder's choice as the Aggies led 4-0 through two innings of action.
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Liberty (49-12) answered back with a crooked inning in the top of the third with a single, triple and a two-run home run to chip into A&M's lead, 4-3.Â
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Harper earned her second walk of the day to make it 10 straight plate appearance to reach base safely, while Dement hit her team-leading 16th double to put two Aggies in scoring position. Enright added to the Aggie lead via sac fly to score Harper, 5-3, before a strikeout ended the inning.Â
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After a pair of scoreless frames, Liberty plated five runs on four hits and one error, including a two-out 2-RBI single and two-run homer as the Aggies trailed, 8-5, heading to the bottom of the sixth. The Aggies stranded two runners in the sixth and one the seventh before suffering the defeat.
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Kennedy was saddled with the loss moving to 21-5 on the season striking out eight, while two walks and eight runs.
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NOTES
-KK Dement went 2-for-2, 1 2B, 1 R. Her double in the third inning tied Megan May (2010) for the seventh-most doubles in a season in program history.Â
-The Aggies have hit 92 doubles this season and are tied second most in program history with the 2017 team.
-Â Emiley Kennedy struck out eight batters bringing her career total to 566 punchouts, the sixth most in Texas A&M history surpassing Amy Vinning (1998-01).
-Freshman Kelsey Mathis added her third two-hit game in her previous five starts.
-Despite going 0-for-2, Amari Harper scored two runs after reaching base via walk in her first two plate appearances.
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QUOTES
Postgame interviews are available on https://12thman.com/watch.
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Texas A&M (46-10) punched first with a crooked second frame scoring four runs on two hits and two errors. Amari Harper earned a walk, while KK Dement singled up the middle and Allie Enright reached on a fielding error to load the bases with one out. Kramer Eschete reached on a fielder's choice to score Harper to break the ice, 1-0, while Kelsey Mathis blooped a single to shallow right field to double the score, 2-0. Kennedy Powell reached on a fielding error to score Enright and Koko Wooley reached on a fielder's choice as the Aggies led 4-0 through two innings of action.
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Liberty (49-12) answered back with a crooked inning in the top of the third with a single, triple and a two-run home run to chip into A&M's lead, 4-3.Â
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Harper earned her second walk of the day to make it 10 straight plate appearance to reach base safely, while Dement hit her team-leading 16th double to put two Aggies in scoring position. Enright added to the Aggie lead via sac fly to score Harper, 5-3, before a strikeout ended the inning.Â
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After a pair of scoreless frames, Liberty plated five runs on four hits and one error, including a two-out 2-RBI single and two-run homer as the Aggies trailed, 8-5, heading to the bottom of the sixth. The Aggies stranded two runners in the sixth and one the seventh before suffering the defeat.
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Kennedy was saddled with the loss moving to 21-5 on the season striking out eight, while two walks and eight runs.
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NOTES
-KK Dement went 2-for-2, 1 2B, 1 R. Her double in the third inning tied Megan May (2010) for the seventh-most doubles in a season in program history.Â
-The Aggies have hit 92 doubles this season and are tied second most in program history with the 2017 team.
-Â Emiley Kennedy struck out eight batters bringing her career total to 566 punchouts, the sixth most in Texas A&M history surpassing Amy Vinning (1998-01).
-Freshman Kelsey Mathis added her third two-hit game in her previous five starts.
-Despite going 0-for-2, Amari Harper scored two runs after reaching base via walk in her first two plate appearances.
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QUOTES
Postgame interviews are available on https://12thman.com/watch.
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