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Top-Ranked Texas A&M Drops Wake Forest
6/5/2016 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Wake Forest dropped a 22-2 decision to Texas A&M on Saturday night in the NCAA College Station Regional. The loss, Wake Forest's (35-26) first in the tournament, sets up an elimination game with Minnesota on Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. EDT at Blue Bell Park.
After losing to Wake Forest 5-3 on Friday, the Gophers bounced back with an 8-5 win over Binghamton on Saturday afternoon. The loss eliminated Binghamton from the tournament.
The winner of the Wake Forest-Minnesota game will face Texas A&M Sunday night at 9 pm EDT.
On Saturday night, Texas A&M (47-14) cranked out 22 runs and 24 hits. The Aggies scored five runs in the second inning, two in the fourth, six in the fifth and added five more in the seventh. A&M scored a single run in the eighth and two in the ninth.
Texas A&M, ranked No. 1 in the final regular season polls, never trailed. In the top of the first, starting pitcher Drew Loepprich allowed a two-out single to Boomer White before walking the clean-up hitter Ryne Birk. Michael Barash singled through the hole to score White before Jonathan Moroney flew out to center to end the threat.
Nate Mondou tied the game in the second when he hit a 2-0 fastball out to right field. It was Mondou's fourth home run on the year and his second in the postseason.
After the Aggies plated seven straight runs, Wake Forest's second run came in the fourth when Ben Breazeale hit a sacrifice fly to score Will Craig.
Texas A&M was led by shortstop Austin Homan who had four hits including a pair of doubles. White homered and had four RBIs, while Moroney added a homer and six RBIs.
Aggie starter Brigham Hill improved to 9-1 on the season. He worked 6.0 innings, allowing five hits, two runs and four walks while striking out 10. Loepprich (3-2) took the loss for the Deacons.
Griffin Roberts was the lone Deacon to work a scoreless outing, striking out a pair while allowing one hit.
