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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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Game 3 – Saturday, February 18th:

Texas A&M 16-16-1 / Bowling Green 5-5-6 (Box)

Due to inclement weather, Game 3 was moved from Sunday to Saturday afternoon. However, nothing changed at all for the Aggie offense as they accounted for 16 hits on the way to a 16-5 victory and a series sweep. Former walk-on Mitchell Kilkenny struck out six batters while allowing three runs on three hits.

Bowling Green briefly pulled ahead in the 4th inning by a score of 3-1. What followed was one of the most impressive moments of the weekend as the Aggies put together a three run, 2 Out rally off of three straight hits in the bottom of the 4th. Texas A&M then scored 11 unanswered runs headlined by Nick Choruby going 3 for 4 with two RBI and scoring four runs.

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Weekend Numbers of Note

  • 10: Strikeouts by Birgham Hill on Opening Night. 10 out of the 18 outs under Hill were via strikeout. Extremely impressive opening night by the ace
  • 1: Errors by Texas A&M over the entire weekend. There was a lot of hype about the enhanced Aggie defense with a lot of new young talent and they showed out in their debut. Bowling Green did not help themselves out by committing 12 errors over the 3 games.
  • 4: RBI’s by freshman Braden Shewmake on Opening Night. The highly touted freshman did not disappoint in his Texas A&M debut.
  • .533: Freshman batting average over the three games in 45 plate appearances. They had quite a weekend.
  • 50: runs scored by the Aggie offense on Opening Weekend

Ball 5 Tracker

  • 4 occurrences in Game 1
  • 1 occurrence in Game 2
  • 3 occurrences in Game 3
  • Longest of Season: #Ball7 vs Trevor Farrell of Bowling Green on February 17, 2017

Next: A How To Guide to Aggie Baseball Traditions

Next Up

Texas A&M faces Stephen F. Austin on Tuesday February 20 at Blue Bell Park. First Pitch is scheduled for 6:30 PM.

***Stats from 12thman.com***