Aggies baseball tops Louisiana, advance to Regional Final

The Aggies baseball team kicked off the College Station Regional on Friday afternoon with an 8-2 victory over Oral Roberts, and Saturday evening, they took the field for their second round matchup against Louisiana. The Ragin’ Cajuns reached the matchup with the Aggies after beating TCU Friday night.

The scoreboard operator got a workout early in the game, as the Aggies put up 4 runs in the first inning, as both Ryan Targac and Brett Minnich had two run singles off Cajun’s starter Jacob Schultz. But the Cajuns wouldn’t let the Aggies run away, as they scored two of their own in the bottom of the inning on a Heath Hood double.

Aggies starter Nathan Dettmer gave up runs in teach of the first three innings, and in all gave up 6 runs on 9 hits in 4.1 innings, and left the game with his team behind 6-4.

But the Aggies bullpen was able to steady the ship, and at the plate, the usual suspects pushed the Aggies back out in front. It started in the top of the 7th, as Targac, Troy Claunch and Minnich strung together three hits in a row to tie the game, and in the 8th, Austin Bost homered in Jack Moss to put A&M up 8-6. Kole Kaler added some insurance with a solo homerun in the 9th, and Minnich made a diving catch in right field in the bottom of the inning to finish off the game.

The Aggies will face the winner of the Ragin Cajun’s rematch with the TCU Horned Frogs on Sunday evening, with two chances to punch their ticket to the Super Regional round.

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