CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Texas A&M Aggies scored a 5-3 win over the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders Tuesday evening at Whataburger Field to starts a trip that finds the Maroon & White on the road for four games in five days.
Seven different Aggies accounted for the seven hits, with Braden Shewmake knocking in three runs and Hunter Coleman adding two RBI. Michael Helman went 1-for-4 with one walk, one double and one run scored to extend his hit streak to 19 games, equaling the 10th longest in school annals.
Aggie starting pitcher Chandler Jozwiak worked 3.0 innings, allowing one run on four hits and one walk. Asa Lacy (1-1) was credited with the win out of the bullpen. He worked 1.1 scoreless innings, scattering one hit and one walk while striking out one. Jason Ruffcorn worked a scoreless sixth inning and Nolan Hoffmanearned his fourth save of the season, allowing just one hit while striking out three in 2.0 innings.
Texas A&M improved to 20-6 on the season while the Islanders dropped to 16-10.
SCORING SUMMARY
T1 | With one out, Helman worked the count full and then tight-roped a ball down the leftfield line for a double. Shewmake followed up by hitting the next pitch over the leftfield wall for his second home run of the season, a two-run dinger. A&M 2, CC 0.
T2 | With one out, Allonte Wingate bounced a single up the middle and Zach DeLoach reached on an error and Helman drew a walk to load the bases. Wingate scored when Shewmake hit a bouncer to second base that was too slow to turn the double play. A&M 3, CC 0.
B3 | Enrique Sanchez stroked a single to rightfield and Jackson Owens followed with a single the other way. Sanchez moved to third when Harrison Dinicola grounded into a double play and came around to score on a single through the left side by Nick Anderson. A&M 3, CC 1.
T4 | With one out, DeLoach drew a four-pitch walk and Shewmake was hit by a pitch with two outs. Coleman doubled down the rightfield line to knock in both runners. A&M 5, CC 1.
B4 | With one out, Luke Marbach worked a walk off Aggie reliever Mason Cole. Andriud Martinez deposited a ground-rule double down the rightfield line to put two runners in scoring position. R.J. Ruiz singled up the middle to knock in Marbach. A&M 5, CC 2.
B7 | Owens was issued a base on balls to start the frame and Dinicola poked a single to rightfield. Anderson sacrificed both runners into scoring position and Drake Osborn plated Owens with a grounder to short. A&M 5, CC 3.
NEXT UP
The Aggies head to Athens for a three-game series against the No. 24 Georgia Bulldogs. Game times are slated for 6 p.m., 6 p.m. and 1 p.m.
TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Head Coach Rob Childress
On the game…
“I was proud of our guys. We hit balls hard all night long. We were able to grab the lead early. We set up some innings for Corpus, but we made some great plays and great pitches to minimize the damage and maintain the lead. Offensively, we did a great job hitting the ball hard. It didn’t show up in the box score in the late innings, but there were some good at-bats.”
Sophomore SS Braden Shewmake
On the quick start…
“We did a great job getting out to a good start. Michael (Helman) did a great job setting the tone with the double and we were off to the races from there. It seemed like I was always up to bat with guys on base and that’s just a tribute to the guys in the lineup taking good at-bats.”
Story courtesy of Texas A&M Athletics