COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas State fell on the road to Texas A&M 8-4 Tuesday night at Blue Bell Park despite recording five extra base hits.
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The Bobcats drop to 23-7 on the season while the Aggies are now 17-11.
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Suffering the loss was
Trevis Sundgren (2-4) after allowing three runs on four hits. The right-hander matched his season-high with four strikeouts. Picking up the win was Chris Cortez (4-1) as he threw 2.1 scoreless innings.
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Matthew Nicholas threw two shutouts frames that included inducing two double plays. Also holding TAMU without a run on the mound was
Carson Keithley (1.0 IP) and
Jonathan Martinez (0.2 IP).
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Both
Daylan Pena and
Justin Thompson finished 2-for-4 at the plate with a double. Pena also scored twice while Thompson drove in a run. Also finishing with a double on the night was
Cameron Gibbons,
Jose Gonzalez and
Dalton Shuffield.
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The bottom of the first saw the Aggies get two runners into scoring position. Only one would score with it occurring on a Troy Claunch groundout to first.
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Pena led off next half inning with a single to right center. He eventually got to third on a fly out and wild pitch. A 1-0 offering to Gibbons was laced down the first base line to tie the game.
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TAMU went back ahead in the third as it strung together three consecutive singles for 3-1 advantage. The Aggies added two runs in the fifth and three more in the seventh to go up by seven.
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A two out double by Pena down the third baseline was followed by a two-bagger off the bat of Gonzalez that hit off the first base bag to plate a run.
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Pinch hitter
August Ramirez started the ninth off by being plunked and
Ben McClain followed with a single to left which brought about a pitching change for TAMU. Ramirez would come home on a throwing error on an attempted game ending double play.
Justin Thompson would hit an RBI double to left center for the final run of the game.
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Next up for the Bobcats is a Sun Belt Conference series against Georgia Southern at Bobcat Ballpark. First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 6 p.m.
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