Texas A&M baseball just pulled out a huge series win over the no. 13 Mississippi State Bulldogs to finish the season with the win that this program desperately needed. Despite being down several of their top players, including their best arm in Aiden Sims, the Aggies were able to take down the Bulldogs in the final series of the year.
As a result, Texas A&M will finish the season with a top-three seed in the SEC Tournament locked up— and they could move up to two if a few things break their way later today. That alone is pretty good— but this win could also rocket the Aggies up to a top-eight national seed as well.
This was a program that was picked to finish 13th in the SEC in the preseason— Earley had lost all of the goodwill that had been his as virtue of the talent roster in Aggieland, and for good reason. But the coaching job he has now done to bring them back from that is worth acknowledging.
Texas A&M baseball's dreams all kept alive with nail-biting win over Mississippi State
After the disappointments of the last two weekends— the Aggies lost series to both Auburn and Ole Miss that involved games where A&M fell by just one run in each— this was a must-win weekend, and the Aggies delivered. To be missing your ace on the mound and do that is absolutely massive for this team, and somehow this pitching staff was able to step up.
Reminder: Texas A&M was picked to finish 13th in the preseason SEC poll.
— Ryan Brauninger (@R_Brauninger) May 16, 2026
There’s a REAL argument to be made that Michael Earley should be the Coach of the Year.
It was a close call, though. Texas A&M was absolutely obliterated in game one, when Mississippi State put up 13 runs in a single inning. Game two was much closer, but the Aggies won by two— and game three was a one-run affair that the Aggies barely escaped from... but a win is a win.
The moment that sealed the deal ✉️ pic.twitter.com/jPMvjAqDsx
— Texas A&M Baseball (@AggieBaseball) May 16, 2026
This was a series where star freshman Boston Kellner played with a gigantic mask on his face thanks to the fractured orbital bone he suffered last weekend against Ole Miss— and yet he still gutted it out for this team to give them a better chance to win. That's the kind of culture you want in your program, and it's the kind of culture the Aggies have under Michael Earley.
They got everything they could out of today's performance: the Aggies scored seven runs on seven hits, and they were able to hold Mississippi State to only six runs on eleven hits. That's the definition of grinding out a win, showing just how gritty this A&M team is.
The Aggies now turn their attention to Hoover, where they will be one of the top seeds in the tournament. Aiden Sims should be back, and hopefully Nico Partida as well: both will be vital to the Aggies' postseason success if they are able to go.
Texas A&M looks like they are back at this point. After all of the heartache of Michael Earley's first year, this hire may be panning out in the way Aggie fans have been hoping after all.
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