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Photo by: Russell James/Texas A&M Athletics
Aggies Roll to 7-3 Win vs. Dallas Baptist
Apr 04, 2017 | Baseball
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas A&M Aggies defeated the Dallas Baptist Patriots, 7-3, Tuesday evening on Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.
The Aggie bats sprinkled runs throughout the game, scoring in four of the eight innings. On the other side Texas A&M pitching didn't allow a Patriot baserunner to score as all Dallas Baptist runs came on solo homers.
John Doxakis got the start for the fifth time on the season. The freshman's only blemish came in the second on a solo dinger off the bat of Camden Duzenack. Doxakis worked into the fourth before he was relieved by Cason Sherrod (3-1). He finished with one strikeout over 3.1 innings of work.
A&M (20-10) took the lead with a two-run third that began with Walker Pennington reaching via a one-out error . The Aggies strung three hits together including a pair of RBI singles from Nick Choruby and Logan Foster. A caught stealing and a flyout limited the Aggies to the couple of runs.
The Aggies added to their lead in the fourth beginning with Austin Homan working a walk. Choruby sacrificed him to second and Homan advanced to third on a wild pitch. Braden Shewmake plated Homan for his team-leading 35th RBI of the season.
Dallas Baptist's (18-10) starting pitcher MD Johnson (0-1) was relieved in the fourth. He finished the game with five strikeouts and two earned runs allowed.
The Patriots put up their second solo homer of the game in the sixth, this time from Austin Listi. After two more Pats reached the Aggies called on their second reliever of the game, Kaylor Chafin, who maneuvered out of the jam. Sherrod worked 2.0 innings striking out a pair on his way to his third win of the season.
The Aggies posted a three-run sixth to open up a comfy lead on the Patriots. Hunter Coleman began the frame with a single and was sacrificed to second by George Janca. A couple of miscues by Dallas Baptist scored Coleman and put two Aggies on. Homan scored one on a double and Choruby brought in the sixth run via an RBI groundout. The Aggies would tag an insurance run on in the eighth, bringing the final tally to seven.
Dallas Baptist, who came into the day eighth in the nation in homers, would put up one more solo shot in the ninth before Mitchell Kilkenny closed the door on the 7-3 victory.
The bookends of the Aggie order came in handy for home team on the night. Choruby finished the day 2-for-4 with three RBI out of the leadoff spot and Homan went 2-for-3 with a walk and a pair of runs scored in the nine-hole.
Next up, the 11th-ranked Auburn Tigers travel to College Station for a three game set beginning on Friday with a 6:30 p.m. first pitch.
TEXAS A&M HEAD COACH ROB CHILDRESS
On the game…
"Really proud of our team coming off an emotional weekend you don't know what you're going to get on Tuesday. I thought we were really professional. I thought (John) Doxakis gave us a really good performance pitching as good as he's done all year. He was able to throw three pitches for a strike. Each guy we went to after him worked around traffic on the base paths and got us off the field. We attacked the strike zone and we didn't give away free baserunners. We just gave up the three homers but we won going away. Got some big sac bunts down and came through with some big hits."
On the difference of late…
"All night long these guys are doing the little things and I think that's why we've turned things around here the last couple weeks. We don't need to do anything more than we are capable of."
TEXAS A&M HEAD COACH ROB CHILDRESS
"Really proud of our team coming off an emotional weekend you don't know what you're going to get on Tuesday. I thought we were really professional. I thought (John) Doxakis gave us a really good performance pitching as good as he's done all year. He was able to throw three pitches for a strike. Each guy we went to after him worked around traffic on the base paths and got us off the field. We attacked the strike zone and we didn't give away free baserunners. We just gave up the three homers but we won going away. Got some big sac bunts down and came through with some big hits."
On the difference of late…
"All night long these guys are doing the little things and I think that's why we've turned things around here the last couple weeks. We don't need to do anything more than we are capable of."
SENIOR OF NICK CHORUBY
On home crowd win…
"It was awesome [to be back home]. We have been on the road the last couple of weeks and came off a pretty good week last week. We were all just excited to get back and see the crowd and just have fun."
On the bullpen…
"The bullpen was huge tonight. Everyone that came out of there did a great job, especially in some tough spots. [Cason] Sherrod and Kaylor [Chafin] both had two guys on and they both got out of it right away. That was huge for us."
On upcoming Auburn series…
"We are feeling good going into this weekend. I think that we have done a lot better job offensively and on the mound as a whole. As a team, we have been getting better, so we are feeling pretty good. As long as we continue to get better, we will be just fine."
SENIOR INF AUSTIN HOMAN
On his base running…
"I don't like stopping [at first base]. That is kind of the way I have always been. I just like to run. It works out sometimes and sometimes it doesn't. Anytime you can take an extra base on a hustle play or something like that it is definitely a momentum shifter and can get things going your way. That's a good thing for the team."
On his batting…
"I feel a lot better. Coach [Will] Bolt has been working with me and Coach [Rob] Childress has been talking to me about just getting on base and doing whatever I can to help the team. Getting on base is doing that. I am just trying to see the ball out of their hand and right now I am picking it up pretty well, and I feel good at the plate."
JUNIOR LHP KAYLOR CHAFIN
On tonight's appearance…
"It feels good. I didn't get a chance to throw in Baton Rouge, so I was just excited to be back on the mound again. We had game plans going in and things didn't work out accordingly in certain games, so I was just waiting my turn."
On team's momentum…
"I think we are [getting it back]. A couple of those losses in the preseason were just a lot to learn from, and we are starting to get something going. Tonight was good. It was a good chance for us not to fall asleep after a good weekend at LSU. We bounced back and competed."
The Aggie bats sprinkled runs throughout the game, scoring in four of the eight innings. On the other side Texas A&M pitching didn't allow a Patriot baserunner to score as all Dallas Baptist runs came on solo homers.
John Doxakis got the start for the fifth time on the season. The freshman's only blemish came in the second on a solo dinger off the bat of Camden Duzenack. Doxakis worked into the fourth before he was relieved by Cason Sherrod (3-1). He finished with one strikeout over 3.1 innings of work.
A&M (20-10) took the lead with a two-run third that began with Walker Pennington reaching via a one-out error . The Aggies strung three hits together including a pair of RBI singles from Nick Choruby and Logan Foster. A caught stealing and a flyout limited the Aggies to the couple of runs.
The Aggies added to their lead in the fourth beginning with Austin Homan working a walk. Choruby sacrificed him to second and Homan advanced to third on a wild pitch. Braden Shewmake plated Homan for his team-leading 35th RBI of the season.
Dallas Baptist's (18-10) starting pitcher MD Johnson (0-1) was relieved in the fourth. He finished the game with five strikeouts and two earned runs allowed.
The Patriots put up their second solo homer of the game in the sixth, this time from Austin Listi. After two more Pats reached the Aggies called on their second reliever of the game, Kaylor Chafin, who maneuvered out of the jam. Sherrod worked 2.0 innings striking out a pair on his way to his third win of the season.
The Aggies posted a three-run sixth to open up a comfy lead on the Patriots. Hunter Coleman began the frame with a single and was sacrificed to second by George Janca. A couple of miscues by Dallas Baptist scored Coleman and put two Aggies on. Homan scored one on a double and Choruby brought in the sixth run via an RBI groundout. The Aggies would tag an insurance run on in the eighth, bringing the final tally to seven.
Dallas Baptist, who came into the day eighth in the nation in homers, would put up one more solo shot in the ninth before Mitchell Kilkenny closed the door on the 7-3 victory.
The bookends of the Aggie order came in handy for home team on the night. Choruby finished the day 2-for-4 with three RBI out of the leadoff spot and Homan went 2-for-3 with a walk and a pair of runs scored in the nine-hole.
Next up, the 11th-ranked Auburn Tigers travel to College Station for a three game set beginning on Friday with a 6:30 p.m. first pitch.
TEXAS A&M HEAD COACH ROB CHILDRESS
On the game…
"Really proud of our team coming off an emotional weekend you don't know what you're going to get on Tuesday. I thought we were really professional. I thought (John) Doxakis gave us a really good performance pitching as good as he's done all year. He was able to throw three pitches for a strike. Each guy we went to after him worked around traffic on the base paths and got us off the field. We attacked the strike zone and we didn't give away free baserunners. We just gave up the three homers but we won going away. Got some big sac bunts down and came through with some big hits."
On the difference of late…
"All night long these guys are doing the little things and I think that's why we've turned things around here the last couple weeks. We don't need to do anything more than we are capable of."
TEXAS A&M HEAD COACH ROB CHILDRESS
"Really proud of our team coming off an emotional weekend you don't know what you're going to get on Tuesday. I thought we were really professional. I thought (John) Doxakis gave us a really good performance pitching as good as he's done all year. He was able to throw three pitches for a strike. Each guy we went to after him worked around traffic on the base paths and got us off the field. We attacked the strike zone and we didn't give away free baserunners. We just gave up the three homers but we won going away. Got some big sac bunts down and came through with some big hits."
On the difference of late…
"All night long these guys are doing the little things and I think that's why we've turned things around here the last couple weeks. We don't need to do anything more than we are capable of."
SENIOR OF NICK CHORUBY
On home crowd win…
"It was awesome [to be back home]. We have been on the road the last couple of weeks and came off a pretty good week last week. We were all just excited to get back and see the crowd and just have fun."
On the bullpen…
"The bullpen was huge tonight. Everyone that came out of there did a great job, especially in some tough spots. [Cason] Sherrod and Kaylor [Chafin] both had two guys on and they both got out of it right away. That was huge for us."
On upcoming Auburn series…
"We are feeling good going into this weekend. I think that we have done a lot better job offensively and on the mound as a whole. As a team, we have been getting better, so we are feeling pretty good. As long as we continue to get better, we will be just fine."
SENIOR INF AUSTIN HOMAN
On his base running…
"I don't like stopping [at first base]. That is kind of the way I have always been. I just like to run. It works out sometimes and sometimes it doesn't. Anytime you can take an extra base on a hustle play or something like that it is definitely a momentum shifter and can get things going your way. That's a good thing for the team."
On his batting…
"I feel a lot better. Coach [Will] Bolt has been working with me and Coach [Rob] Childress has been talking to me about just getting on base and doing whatever I can to help the team. Getting on base is doing that. I am just trying to see the ball out of their hand and right now I am picking it up pretty well, and I feel good at the plate."
JUNIOR LHP KAYLOR CHAFIN
On tonight's appearance…
"It feels good. I didn't get a chance to throw in Baton Rouge, so I was just excited to be back on the mound again. We had game plans going in and things didn't work out accordingly in certain games, so I was just waiting my turn."
On team's momentum…
"I think we are [getting it back]. A couple of those losses in the preseason were just a lot to learn from, and we are starting to get something going. Tonight was good. It was a good chance for us not to fall asleep after a good weekend at LSU. We bounced back and competed."
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Sherrod, Cason (3-1)
L: Johnson, MD (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Millard, Tim 1
HR: Listi, Austin 1 ; Duzenack, Camden 1 ; Stratman, Luke 1
RBI: Listi, Austin 1 ; Duzenack, Camden 1 ; Stratman, Luke 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Listi, Austin 1 ; Duzenack, Camden 1 ; Stratman, Luke 1
HBP: Duce, Matt 1
Batting:
2B: Homan, Austin 1
RBI: Choruby, Nick 3 ; Foster, Logan 1 ; Shewmake, Braden 1 ; Homan, Austin 1
SH: Choruby, Nick 1 ; Janca, George 1 ; Pennington, Walker 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Coleman, Hunter 1 ; Kopetsky, Blake 2 ; Pennington, Walker 2 ; Homan, Austin 2
SB: Choruby, Nick 1
CS: Choruby, Nick 1
HBP: Shewmake, Braden 1
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