Texas A&M
39-19
Texas
49-12
Aggies Eliminated from Big 12 Tourney
May 27, 2004 | Baseball
May 27, 2004
Travis Bartek had three singles and Coby Mavroulis drove in three runs but No. 10 Texas A&M could not overcome six errors and a 15-hit attack by No. 1 Texas in a 13-6 loss before 9,367 fans at Ameriquest Field.
With the loss, the Aggies dropped to 39-19 while the Longhorns improved to 49-12. The NCAA will announce the 16 NCAA host sites on Sunday and the tournament pairings on Monday.
The Longhorns took the early lead in the top of the second by scoring three runs off A&M starter Zach Jackson. Jackson walked Taylor Teagarden to start the inning and then hit Carson Kainer. Robby Hudson reached on a bunt single and all three runners moved up an extra base on a throwing error by Jackson. Ryan Russ plated a run with a RBI single and Drew Stubbs chased another across when he lifted a sacrifice fly to center.
Cory Patton drilled the first pitch he saw from Texas starter J.P. Howell in the bottom of the second over the wall in right field for his 11th homer of the season. The solo shot cut the Texas lead to 3-1.
The Aggies cut the Longhorn lead to 3-2 in the bottom of the fourth. Mavroulis hustled down the line to first to avoid an inning-ending double play and the next hitter, Craig Stinson, doubled in the left-center field gap to score Mavroulis from first.
Texas pushed three more runs across in the top of the fifth. Two of the three runs were unearned. Curtis Thigpen started the inning with a single and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Teagarden. Kainer's single plated Thigpen and an error by Austin Boggs at third, allowed Kainer to advance to third. Russ delivered a two-out double to right center, scoring both baserunners and making the score 6-2.
Texas A&M answered with three unearned runs in the bottom half of the fifth to cut the Texas lead to 6-5. Bartek singled and Erik Schindewolf walked to begin the inning. Cliff Pennington's grounder to third was misplayed by David Maroul allowing Bartek to score from second. With two outs and runners on second and third, Mavroulis flared a single into left, plating Schindewolf and Pennington.
Howell (13-2) was lifted to start the sixth after surrendering five runs in five innings.
Jackson (10-5) shouldered the loss, pitching six-complete innings, allowing six runs (four earned) on eight hits.
Texas blew the game open in the seventh by scoring six runs off four different A&M pitchers. The big blow of the inning was a bases-loaded double by Drew Stubbs.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Howell, J.P. (13-2)
L: Jackson, Zach (10-5)
Batting:
2B: Stubbs, Drew 1 ; Thigpen, Curtis 2 ; Russ, Ryan 1
RBI: Stubbs, Drew 3 ; Johnston, Seth 1 ; Thigpen, Curtis 1 ; Kainer, Carson 2 ; Russ, Ryan 3
SH: Teagarden, Taylor 1 ; Russ, Ryan 1
SF: Stubbs, Drew 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Stubbs, Drew 1 ; Thigpen, Curtis 2 ; Teagarden, Taylor 1 ; Kainer, Carson 2 ; Hudson, Robby 3 ; Reininger, J.D. 1 ; Russ, Ryan 2 ; Maroul, David 1
SB: Stubbs, Drew 1
HBP: Kainer, Carson 1 ; Hudson, Robby 1 ; Maroul, David 2
Batting:
2B: Stinson, Craig 1
HR: Patton, Cory 1
RBI: Patton, Cory 1 ; Mavroulis, Coby 3 ; Stinson, Craig 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Schindewolf, Erik 2 ; Pennington, Cliff 1 ; Patton, Cory 1 ; Mavroulis, Coby 1 ; Bartek, Travis 1
