Olsen Magic needed for Ags to win series
The Aggie baseball team got the series win over Missouri yesterday with the Olsen Magic they didn’t get Saturday.
It was almost a second straight ninth inning heartbreak for A&M but the deja vu turned Maroon Sunday when Krey Bratsen got the RBI the Aggies didn’t get Saturday and the Ags beat the Tigers 7-6.
That ended a ninth inning that up til then had been an Aggie nightmare. Missouri scored five runs in the top of the ninth inning to erase a 6-1 Aggie lead and tie it 6-6. Then in the bottom, A&M got the winning run on second twice, the first time it was picked off but the second time it was Charlie Curel scoring on Bratsen’s winning hit.
The day before, Chance Bolcerek’s two-out hit to center field looked like it would score Nate Statum from second for the tieing run but the home plate umpire ruled Statum missed the plate while sliding in head first and was tagged out by the Tiger catcher to give Missouri a 4-3 win.
The Aggies started the series with an 8-6 win Friday night, despite being out hit 17-9.
The Aggies win their first two Big 12 series 2-1 and got to 4-2 in the Big 12 and 22-6 for the year.
A&M will play four games this week at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park. Tuesday night hosting UTSA, then Thursday, Friday and Saturday hosting Oklahoma.