The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
7-5
#7 Texas A&M
12-0
No. 24 Baseball falls to No. 7 Texas A&M
03.05.2024 | Baseball
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 24 Texas Baseball dropped a midweek game to No. 7 Texas A&M, 9-2, in front of a sold-out crowd of 8,060 on Tuesday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
The Longhorns (7-5) will turn their attention to Big 12 Conference play this weekend, starting at No. 17 Texas Tech on Friday at 6:30 p.m.
Tanner Witt started and pitched 3 1/3 innings, allowing just two runs on a two-run home run in the first inning. He finished with three strikeouts and outside of the homer allowed just two hits.
Peyton Powell went 2-for-4 with one RBI, while Kimble Schuessler was 2-for-3 with one run scored.
The Aggies grabbed an early lead, hitting a two-run homer in the top of the first.
Texas got a run back in the fourth inning after a walk and an error to start the frame. After a sacrifice bunt, Jack O'Dowd made the score 2-1 with a sacrifice fly to center.
Texas A&M extended the lead back to two runs in the fifth with a pair of two-out singles to take a 3-1 lead.
An error in the top of the seventh allowed the Aggies to grow their lead to 7-1 with four unearned runs.
The Longhorns got their second sacrifice fly of the game in the seventh, this one by Powell.
Texas A&M scored two more runs in the eighth inning on three hits and a walk to make the score 9-2.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Evan Aschenbeck (1-0)
L: Witt, Tanner (0-1)
Batting:
HR: Braden Montgomery 1 ; Jackson Appel 1
RBI: Braden Montgomery 2 ; Hayden Schott 3 ; Ted Burton 1 ; Jackson Appel 2
SF: Ted Burton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gavin Grahovac 2 ; Jace LaViolette 3 ; Braden Montgomery 2 ; Hayden Schott 1 ; Jackson Appel 1
HBP: Gavin Grahovac 1 ; Jace LaViolette 1
Batting:
RBI: Powell, Peyton 1 ; O'Dowd, Jack 1
SH: Borba, Casey 1
SF: Powell, Peyton 1 ; O'Dowd, Jack 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Schuessler, Kimble 1 ; Kennedy, Dee 1
