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Texas A&M Baseball: Aggies Cruise Past Bowling Green On Opening Weekend

By Tim England

Sep 15, 2016; Kansas City, MO, USA; A general view of a baseball on the field prior to the game between the Oakland Athletics and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Peter G. Aiken-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 15, 2016; Kansas City, MO, USA; A general view of a baseball on the field prior to the game between the Oakland Athletics and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Peter G. Aiken-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 15, 2016; Kansas City, MO, USA; A general view of a baseball on the field prior to the game between the Oakland Athletics and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Peter G. Aiken-USA TODAY Sports /

The Texas A&M baseball team started the season with an offensive explosion, dominating the Bowling Green Falcons in an impressive three game sweep.

Welcome back Aggie Baseball. The No. 20 Texas A&M Aggies (3-0) wasted no time in establishing themselves as a team to watch this season as they swept aside the Bowling Green Falcons (0-3) over Opening Day weekend. Texas A&M outscored Bowling Green 50-8 over the weekend behind some very strong debuts from new players.

Game 1 – Friday, February 17th: 

Texas A&M 15-15-0 / Bowling Green 1-10-4 (Box)

Texas A&M struck early, hanging two runs on Bowling Green in the top of the 1st. The defending SEC Tournament Champions never looked back after that. The Aggies totaled 15 runs on 15 hits while holding Bowling Green to one run on 10 hits in front of a Opening Day record 7,209 fans at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.

Both the Aggie freshman and seniors showed up ready to play. Senior Nick Choruby accounted for 3 of the 15 runs scored while going 3/4 with an RBI. He set the tone as the leadoff man at the top of the order. Freshman Braden Shewmake, Tommy Gillman and Hunter Coleman combined for five RBI on six hits.

But the star of Opening Night was the ace  himself, Brigham Hill. Hill went for six innings, allowing no runs on seven hits with 10 strikeouts. It took a little bit for Hill to get settled in but once he did, his change up silenced the Bowling Green bats. Hill’s 10th and best strikeout came in the 6th inning when Bowling Green had the bases loaded with two outs and came away with nothing.