Postgame: Texas A&M
Postgame: Missouri
Texas A&M Baseball
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Despite overpowering fastball, Tigers bite Wacha again
Michael Wacha was throwing his fastball in the mid-nineties all night and peaked at 96 several times including his last pitch of the game; that might have excited the scouts that are evaluating him for the upcoming MLB draft, but he would have traded that velocity for location on a few pitches that led to big hits for Mizzou in the Tigers 5-3 victory.
The Tigers used small ball to claw into him in the second inning when Conner Mach reached on a ball fielded in the outfield grass by Scott Arthur. A sacrifice knocked back to Wacha and a grounder to second moved Mach around the basepaths, but a wild fastball that eluded Troy Stein scored Mach for the Tigers' first lead.
Matt Sachs, TexAgs
The Aggies trusted in their ace on Thursday, but a few missed pitches and a chance at-bat did Wacha in.
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“My arm felt pretty good today but, plain and simple, I didn’t make pitches whenever I was ahead in the count,” Wacha said after the game. “When I was up 0-1 and 1-2 two I didn’t make the pitches I needed to and they got big hits.”
Blake Brown didn’t miss Wacha's 95 mph fastball to start the fourth inning and hit a drive to left — while it might not match the majestic shot hit by Nick Fleece four years ago against the Horns, Brown’s 490-foot blast left a vapor trail in its wake and gave the Tigers a lead that they wouldn’t relinquish. It went over the ribbon board in left and short-hopped to the parking garage.
But the at-bat almost didn’t happen. Wacha had a 1-2 count on Brown in the third but the Tiger power hitter was given new life when Garcia was gunned down to end that frame.
It wouldn’t be the only fastball that Mizzou turned around. Michael McGraw doubled off the wall and came around the score in the fifth on a liner to right. After another caught stealing ereased the base runners, the Aggie defense made its only miscue of the night and a pickoff attempt ticked off the top of Jacob House’s glove and moved Dillon Everett all the way around to third. Garcia barreled up another fast ball into the outfield and the Tigers had all the runs they would need to beat the Aggies.
It was the first loss of the season for Wacha but it was not the first time he struggled against Missouri. He gave up 12 hits and five runs the first time out against the Tigers this season, but the Aggie offense was able to put up six runs in that game before he left the mound in the seventh inning. Wacha is 0-2 in four games against the Tigers with an ERA of 5.14. He has struck out nearly a Tiger and inning, 20 in 21 innings pitched, but he has not missed enough bats to come out with a victory in his those four matchups.
Wacha ended the game the right way with a scoreless seventh that saw him punch out two Tigers but with a pitch count eclipsing the century mark, his night and his career against the Missouri Tigers was over.
Missouri 5, A&M 3: Wacha good, but mistakes prove costly
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In addition, just by sending an e-mail or giving Liere Insurance a call, we will give you a FREE 30-day TexAgs Premium subscription. If you are not a subscriber, you will be able to use it to gain access to all that TexAgs has to offer for 30 days. If you are already a subscriber, you can pass the code onto a friend as a gift from you.
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Despite overpowering fastball, Tigers bite Wacha again
Michael Wacha was throwing his fastball in the mid-nineties all night and peaked at 96 several times including his last pitch of the game; that might have excited the scouts that are evaluating him for the upcoming MLB draft, but he would have traded that velocity for location on a few pitches that led to big hits for Mizzou in the Tigers 5-3 victory.The Tigers used small ball to claw into him in the second inning when Conner Mach reached on a ball fielded in the outfield grass by Scott Arthur. A sacrifice knocked back to Wacha and a grounder to second moved Mach around the basepaths, but a wild fastball that eluded Troy Stein scored Mach for the Tigers' first lead.
Matt Sachs, TexAgs
The Aggies trusted in their ace on Thursday, but a few missed pitches and a chance at-bat did Wacha in.
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Blake Brown didn’t miss Wacha's 95 mph fastball to start the fourth inning and hit a drive to left — while it might not match the majestic shot hit by Nick Fleece four years ago against the Horns, Brown’s 490-foot blast left a vapor trail in its wake and gave the Tigers a lead that they wouldn’t relinquish. It went over the ribbon board in left and short-hopped to the parking garage.
But the at-bat almost didn’t happen. Wacha had a 1-2 count on Brown in the third but the Tiger power hitter was given new life when Garcia was gunned down to end that frame.
It wouldn’t be the only fastball that Mizzou turned around. Michael McGraw doubled off the wall and came around the score in the fifth on a liner to right. After another caught stealing ereased the base runners, the Aggie defense made its only miscue of the night and a pickoff attempt ticked off the top of Jacob House’s glove and moved Dillon Everett all the way around to third. Garcia barreled up another fast ball into the outfield and the Tigers had all the runs they would need to beat the Aggies.
It was the first loss of the season for Wacha but it was not the first time he struggled against Missouri. He gave up 12 hits and five runs the first time out against the Tigers this season, but the Aggie offense was able to put up six runs in that game before he left the mound in the seventh inning. Wacha is 0-2 in four games against the Tigers with an ERA of 5.14. He has struck out nearly a Tiger and inning, 20 in 21 innings pitched, but he has not missed enough bats to come out with a victory in his those four matchups.
Wacha ended the game the right way with a scoreless seventh that saw him punch out two Tigers but with a pitch count eclipsing the century mark, his night and his career against the Missouri Tigers was over.
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