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Kyle Simonds conducts Texas A&M to vital win over TCU, 7-1
Super Regional Game #2: Texas A&M 7, TCU 1
RECORDS: Texas A&M 49-15; TCU 46-16
WP: Kyle Simonds (11-3)
LP: Mitchell Traver (1-2)
BOX SCORE
After Friday's loss to TCU, Texas A&M senior Michael Barash stated that he wasn't ready to take his jersey off. He wasn't ready for the 2016 Aggie baseball season to end, and he wasn't ready for the last game of his collegiate career. The same could be said for the rest of the Aggie seniors.
They showed it on Saturday.
With a brilliant pitching performance from Kyle Simonds and four solo home runs courtesy of the Fightin' Texas Aggie Class of 2016, Texas A&M roared back in game two of the College Station Super Regional to even the series with TCU with a comfortable victory over the Horned Frogs, 7-1.
Alex Parker, TexAgs
Michael Barash earned a chance to wear the Maroon and White one more time.
The seniors got it going early.
On the second pitch of the first at-bat of the game, J.B. Moss rocketed a home run into left field, instantly seizing the momentum from TCU. The Aggies went on to score two more runs in the first inning on two singles and a rare Horned Frog error and took the early lead, 3-0.
Frankly, that would have been enough to win the game, thanks to Simonds' magnificent performance.
Pitching in his last game at Olsen Field, the newly minted MLB draft pick was electric from start to finish. He threw just 10 pitches in the first inning, setting the tone for the rest of the night for the Aggies.
All told, Simonds threw 7.2 innings and 118 pitches of one-run baseball. The Horned Frogs simply couldn't touch him.
"I thought Kyle Simonds was obviously really, really good," said TCU head coach Jim Schlossnagle. "We got off to a bad start ... but that didn't cost us the ballgame. What did was how good Kyle was."
Simonds finished with six strikeouts and gave up just four hits over the course of his outing and had a comfortable lead to work with by the time he left the game. That's because the other seniors followed Moss' lead at the plate.
Thought TCU starter Mitchell Traver held the Aggies scoreless from the second inning into the sixth, he eventually tired, and Jonathan Moroney took advantage. With two outs, the senior lifted a pitch into left-center and over the fence, extending the Aggie lead by one.
Austin Homan and Joel Davis followed that with back-to-back doubles and plated another run. Up 5-0, the Aggies were cruising, and they added some insurance in the eighth when Barash and Hunter Melton got in on the action.
Barash led off the inning, did his best J.B. Moss impersonation and sent a one-run shot to left. Two outs later, Melton emerged from his month-long slump to add an exclamation point to the night, hitting the scoreboard with a big swing to push the lead to seven.
"Nobody cares more than Hunter Melton," Rob Childress said of his first baseman. "Nobody works harder and wants to be a contributor (more) than Hunter Melton. He had a really good at-bat with two strikes, and he didn't miss the (pitcher's) mistake."
Jace Vines relieved Simonds in the eighth and finished the game on the mound for the Aggies, who seemed to think they had hit enough home runs for the night and went quietly in the ninth inning.
With the win, Texas A&M extended the 2016 season by another day, but the true prize lies in tomorrow's contest with the Horned Frogs.
You can bet the Aggie seniors will be ready for it.
RECORDS: Texas A&M 49-15; TCU 46-16
WP: Kyle Simonds (11-3)
LP: Mitchell Traver (1-2)
BOX SCORE
After Friday's loss to TCU, Texas A&M senior Michael Barash stated that he wasn't ready to take his jersey off. He wasn't ready for the 2016 Aggie baseball season to end, and he wasn't ready for the last game of his collegiate career. The same could be said for the rest of the Aggie seniors.
They showed it on Saturday.
With a brilliant pitching performance from Kyle Simonds and four solo home runs courtesy of the Fightin' Texas Aggie Class of 2016, Texas A&M roared back in game two of the College Station Super Regional to even the series with TCU with a comfortable victory over the Horned Frogs, 7-1.
Alex Parker, TexAgs
Michael Barash earned a chance to wear the Maroon and White one more time.
On the second pitch of the first at-bat of the game, J.B. Moss rocketed a home run into left field, instantly seizing the momentum from TCU. The Aggies went on to score two more runs in the first inning on two singles and a rare Horned Frog error and took the early lead, 3-0.
Frankly, that would have been enough to win the game, thanks to Simonds' magnificent performance.
Pitching in his last game at Olsen Field, the newly minted MLB draft pick was electric from start to finish. He threw just 10 pitches in the first inning, setting the tone for the rest of the night for the Aggies.
All told, Simonds threw 7.2 innings and 118 pitches of one-run baseball. The Horned Frogs simply couldn't touch him.
"I thought Kyle Simonds was obviously really, really good," said TCU head coach Jim Schlossnagle. "We got off to a bad start ... but that didn't cost us the ballgame. What did was how good Kyle was."
Simonds finished with six strikeouts and gave up just four hits over the course of his outing and had a comfortable lead to work with by the time he left the game. That's because the other seniors followed Moss' lead at the plate.
Thought TCU starter Mitchell Traver held the Aggies scoreless from the second inning into the sixth, he eventually tired, and Jonathan Moroney took advantage. With two outs, the senior lifted a pitch into left-center and over the fence, extending the Aggie lead by one.
Austin Homan and Joel Davis followed that with back-to-back doubles and plated another run. Up 5-0, the Aggies were cruising, and they added some insurance in the eighth when Barash and Hunter Melton got in on the action.
Barash led off the inning, did his best J.B. Moss impersonation and sent a one-run shot to left. Two outs later, Melton emerged from his month-long slump to add an exclamation point to the night, hitting the scoreboard with a big swing to push the lead to seven.
"Nobody cares more than Hunter Melton," Rob Childress said of his first baseman. "Nobody works harder and wants to be a contributor (more) than Hunter Melton. He had a really good at-bat with two strikes, and he didn't miss the (pitcher's) mistake."
Jace Vines relieved Simonds in the eighth and finished the game on the mound for the Aggies, who seemed to think they had hit enough home runs for the night and went quietly in the ninth inning.
With the win, Texas A&M extended the 2016 season by another day, but the true prize lies in tomorrow's contest with the Horned Frogs.
You can bet the Aggie seniors will be ready for it.
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