No. 9 Aggies defeats No.21 Kats 10-0
The No. 21 Sam Houston State Bearkat baseball team was looking for a statement win that would allowed them to get an at-large bid into the NCAA baseball tournament two months away from today.
They had that chance when they played host to No. 9 Texas A&M Aggies in front of a crowd of 2,036 at Don Sanders Staduim on Tuesday night.
Unfortunately, that would not happened as the Aggies defeated the Kats by the score of 10-0.
The Bearkats are now 31-14 for the season while the Aggies improved their record to 32-13.
Starting pitcher Michael Oros kept the Aggies hitters off balance with his change up and fastball during the first two innings with three strike outs.
However, he ran into trouble in the top of the third inning when he issued back-to-back walks to Corey Stein and Mitchell Nau. Mikey Reynolds followed with an bunt single to load the bases.
The Aggies would strike first when Scott Arthur hit a sacrifice fly to left field that allowed Troy Stein to score from third to make it 1-0.
After another Aggie walk, Oros got Tyler Naquin to ground out into a double play to end the inning and avoid further damage.
They added another run in the top of the fourth inning to increased the lead to 2-0 on a sacrifice fly by Brandon Wood.
Chance Bolcerek earlier hit a one out triple and scored on the sacrifice fly.
Oros ran into more problems in the top of the fifth inning when he gave up three straight singles that load the bases.
Then the flood gates opened up in the top of the fifth inning as the Aggies added four more runs to expand their lead to 6-0 on a pair of back-to-back-to-back bases load walks that scored three runs and a RBI single by Corey Stein.
The Aggies would score a run in the top of the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth innings to increase their lead to 10-0.
Starting pitcher Daniel Mengden pitched seven innings and got the win for the Aggies. The Bearkats used a total 7 pitchers with Oros suffering his first loss.
The Bearkats resume their Southland Conference action as they travel to Arlington, Texas as they face UT-Arlington in a three-game series this weekend.
