BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Powered by two house runs within the fifth inning, No. 24 Texas A&M surged previous Louisiana Tech, 6-3, Wednesday evening. The win marked No. 100 all-time at Davis Diamond, which opened on April 27, 2018.

Junior Julia Cottrill blasted a two-run house run to left area, whereas junior Rylen Wiggins adopted just a few batters later with a two-run house run to middle area because the Aggies scored 4 runs within the fifth inning to take management of the sport, 6-3.

Bre Warren, a junior from School Station, offered defensive assist making two two-out diving catches to finish the third and fifth innings that stranded a complete of 5 Girl Techsters.

Sophomore Emily Leavitt (5-4) earned the win in 4.0 innings of reduction permitting no runs and just one hit, whereas hanging out 5.

Texas A&M (17-10) discovered the scoreboard first after Cottrill hit a sac fly to attain sophomore Koko Wooley within the opening body, earlier than Louisiana Tech (18-10) answered again with three runs within the third inning. The Maroon & White chipped on the deficit within the fourth when freshman Gracyn Coleman scored senior Star Ferguson on a sac fly to middle area, earlier than the Aggies opened it up within the fifth and referred to as it an evening sitting the Girl Techsters down so as within the seventh.

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The Aggies journey to Lexington for a three-game sequence towards No. 11 Kentucky at John Cropp Stadium starting Friday at 5:30 p.m. All three video games could be streamed on the SEC Community+.

TOP AGGIE PERFORMERS

Julia Cottrill – 1-for-2, 1 HR, 3 RBI
Rylen Wiggins – 1-for-2, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Aiyana Coleman – 3-for-3, 2 2B
Emily Leavitt – 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 Okay

SCORING SUMMARY

B1 | Koko Wooley stole second after a leadoff stroll and later scored after a sac fly by way of Julia Cottrill. LA TECH 0, TAMU 1

T3 | Bail Wright homered to left middle. Alyssa Dean pinch ran for Bail Wright after being hit by pitch. Dean superior to 3rd after a stroll and a single, adopted by a Kate Cooper stroll to attain Dean. Cooper later scored following a pair of fielder’s selections and a stroll by Carol Easom. LA TECH 3, TAMU 1

B4 | Star Ferguson pinch ran for Aiyana Coleman after she doubled to left middle. Ferguson superior to 3rd after a sac bunt by Rylen Wiggins, adopted by a Gracyn Coleman sac fly to attain Ferguson. LA TECH 3, TAMU 2

B5 | Keely Williams walked, adopted by a two-run house run from Julia Cottrill. Coleman hit her second double of the evening and superior to 3rd on a throwing error earlier than being pinch ran for by Allie Enright. Rylen Wiggins blasted a two-run house run to middle area. LA TECH 3, TAMU 6

TEXAS A&M QUOTES

Head Coach Trisha Ford
On Bre Warren’s protection…
“Bre [Warren] has made some huge catches for us within the outfield this 12 months. The rule is do not dive on a ball down the road however sooner or later, we discuss in apply, that point is available in a sport and it will be do or die. You recognize the rule, however sooner or later, you must additionally danger it. I believed it was a great danger as a result of the ball wasn’t tailing a complete lot. Bre will get good reads on the ball.”

Junior Outfielder Bre Warren
On her a number of diving catches…
“It is robust after not taking part in for over a 12 months. As I’ve gotten snug, I really feel prefer it’s simply extra of getting settled into my routine. It is simply intuition. If the ball was tailing extra in the direction of me, I in all probability would not have dove, however I felt assured in my capacity to get the ball.”

Junior Catcher Julia Cottrill
On her dinger off the scoreboard…
“It was a sigh of reduction. I really feel I’ve made good contact with the ball these final couple of weeks. I simply have not been getting the hits we want. That is how softball goes. Simply with the ability to go on the market and really feel assured was good for it to repay.”