Severely hobbled A&M baseball keeps finding Olsen Magic to win two walk-offs

Texas A&M baseball headed to the 9th inning yesterday against the Penn Quakers in a 0-0 tie— not exactly the place you want to be against an Ivy League program. That league has produced some great transfers for the Aggies in recent years, of course, but this is not a team that should take a loss to programs like that if they want to compete for a berth in Omaha.

It was 9th-inning heroics that saved the Aggies, as a hard-hit ball went right over the glove of the Penn outfielder with men on first and second to score a game-winning walk-off double from Boston Kellner as Sawyer Farr trotted home.

The Aggies had to get this done without one of their best hitters, Maryland transfer Chris Hacopian, who lit up his first two games in an Aggie uniform but has been out with injury since. He's expected back soon, but the Ags certainly could have used him against Penn.

Texas A&M takes series against Penn Quakers thanks to back to back walk-off moments

It got worse in today's game, however. Not only was Hacopian out again, but the Aggies were without Caden Sorrell, reigning SEC player of the week, after a hand injury on a steal attempt in game one. Gavin Grahovac is still working back into form at the moment, so without two of the biggest bats in the lineup, it was another low-scoring day.

Penn led 1-0 in the bottom of the 9th, but Sawyer Farr came through to knock in a run from Terrence Kiel with two outs and a full count.

Farr wasn't done for the day, however. He made a nifty sliding play in the field to get the Aggies out of the 10th without blemish:

And I bet you can't guess who was up at the plate with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 11th, taking a smart at-bat to give the Aggies another walk-off win:

This series has been more drama-filled than many Aggies would have liked, but it's showed the guts this squad has if nothing else. Texas A&M will go for the sweep tomorrow, hopefully with one or both of Hacopian and Sorrell back in the lineup.