A&M drops fourth straight SEC game with 10-6 loss at No. 10 Georgia

Game #51: No. 10 Georgia 10, Texas A&M 6
Records: Texas A&M (27-24, 10-18), Georgia (41-13, 17-11)
WP: JT Quinn (1-1)
LP: Ryan Prager (3-4)
Save: Zach Harris (3)
Box Score

The skid is now four.

Desperately needing a reversal of fortunes, Texas A&M failed to keep up with the powerful Bulldogs as No. 10 Georgia rolled to a 10-6 decision in Athens.

With yet another defeat, the Aggies remain stuck on 10 SEC wins, and a deep run in next week's SEC Tournament will be required for further postseason consideration.

On Thursday evening, Georgia's prolific offense rolled, racking up 12 hits and clubbing three home runs out of the hitter-friendly Foley Field.

Meanwhile, A&M remained horrific at the plate, striking out 17 times to match a season high.

Even in posting six runs, the Aggies chased the Dawgs for much of the night as the Maroon & White finished with nine hits, including a trio of homers.

Leading 3-0 on Caden Sorrell's first-inning three-run blast, A&M watched as the Georgia bats battled and battled, ultimately chasing Ryan Prager after just eight outs.

Robbie Burnett and Nolan McCarthy homered in the first and second, respectively, but a seven-run third allowed UGA to go from down 4-2 to up by five.

Callie Garner, TexAgs

Caden Sorrell’s first-inning homer was his 12th of the year in just his 26th game.

Kolby Branch's two-run double put the Bulldogs up for good before Daniel Jackson's three-run bomb off Gavin Lyons provided a 9-4 cushion.

In total, eight different Dawgs crossed the plate as they had traffic in every frame except the bottom of the eighth when they already led 10-6.

Georgia hung seven runs on Prager before tagging Lyons for three. Grant Cunningham and Clayton Freshcorn provided an inning and 1.2 innings of scoreless relief, respectively, but there was no comeback to be had on Thursday.

Much of A&M's offense came via the longball, but it wasn't nearly enough.

Joining Sorrell with round-trippers were Wyatt Henseler and Kaeden Kent, as they both hit leadoff shots in the third and sixth innings, respectively.

Henseler (3-for-4) and Kent (2-for-3) were the only Aggies to enjoy multi-hit nights.

The only other run crossed on a wild pitch that brought Terrence Kiel II across in the seventh.

Once more, the strikeout plagued the Aggies as they again failed to exemplify the "swing at strikes, take balls" approach.

The lone out opener Charlie Goldstein recorded was a K before JT Quinn racked up a season-best seven punch outs. Brian Zedlin fanned four before Zach Harris struck out five on his way to a five-out save.

As if suffering another loss on the scoreboard wasn't bad enough, Sorrell was removed from the game in the top of the third with an apparent right-hand injury.

Of course, that's just another blow in a season full of them as the Aggies are likely to become the first preseason No. 1 to miss the NCAA Tournament since the D1Baseball poll was created.

Any path to avoiding such a fate now requires winning the next two contests in Athens and adding a couple more wins in Hoover, if not the automatic bid by winning the SEC Tournament crown.

With the current state of affairs, that is hoping against hope at this point.

The series continues on Friday at 5 p.m. CT.