COLLEGE STATION – It was a tale of two games as the No. 11 Texas A&M Aggies swept a doubleheader from the Cornell Big Red with a nail-biting 3-2 triumph in the lid lifter and a 22-0 shellacking in the night cap Friday at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.
In the second game, Chris Andritsos became the second Aggie to hit for the cycle on the week, joining Zach DeLoach. He batted 4-for-6 with one walk, three runs and five RBI. It looked like Andritsos wouldn’t get the chance for the cycle when he popped up in the seventh inning, but with two outs in the eighth, Braden Shewmake, Aaron Walters and Cole Taylor all singled to bring the big bopper to the plate. He responded by bouncing a single up the middle to add to his first-inning triple, second-inning home run and third inning double.
The run tally was the most for the Aggies since scoring 22 against Wake Forest at the 2016 College Station Regional. Texas A&M’s 29 hits came up one shy of the Aggie single-game record set at Texas Tech on April 6, 1985.
DeLoach, the reigning SEC Freshman of the Week, reached base at least three times for the fifth consecutive game. The Lewisville, Texas native is hitting 14-for-19 with a .760 on-base percentage over that stretch including three triples and a pair of dingers.
Ten different Aggies scored a run in the second game and seven different Aggies drove in multiple runs. Altogether, the Maroon and White bats tallied 17 singles, four doubles, three triples and three home runs. Will Frizzell reached base five times, going 3-for-4 with two walks, four runs, one double and two RBI.
On the mound in game two, five Aggies combined to keep the Big Red off the scoreboard. Chandler Jozwiak (2-0) made his second career start throwing 5.0 innings, striking out five, earning the win while allowing two hits. A pair of Aggie arms made perfect collegiate debuts following Jozwiak, Asa Lacy in the sixth and Jack Conlon in the seventh. Jason Ruffcorn pitched the eighth working around a couple Cornell baserunners before Kyle Richardson worked a spotless ninth to secure the Aggies’ largest margin in a shutout win since 1912 (23-0 over Trinity University).
In the opener, Stephen Kolek (2-0) pitched well in his second start of the season. The junior pitched 6.0 frames, striking out five while allowing one run on three hits and three walks. Kaylor Chafin came on in relief allowing one Cornell run in the seventh. Closing things out, Nolan Hoffman kept the Big Red out of the run column for his 2.0 innings earning the Aggies’ first save of the season.
GAME ONE SCORING SUMMARY
B2 | Texas A&M (5-0) opened the scoring with a one spot in the second frame off Cornell righty Tommy Morris (0-1). Will Frizzell went first to home on a two-out double off the bat of Hunter Coleman. A&M 1, Cornell 0.
T3 | Cornell (0-1) quickly evened the score in the third. Dale Wickham came through with an RBI groundout with the bases full. Kolek was able to knock the ball down preventing more runs from scoring but had to settle for just the one out at first. A&M 1, Cornell 1.
B3 | Aaron Walters led off the fifth with a base knock followed by George Janca reaching on a bunt single. Walters was able to hustle his way into third on the hit putting him in a position to score on the subsequent DeLoach sacrifice fly. After Michael Helman singled, putting runners on the corners, Shewmake came through with an RBI groundout. A&M 3, CU 1
T7 | The Big Red cut the lead in half in off Chafin in the seventh. With runners on the corners and two down, Ellis Bitar delivered going the other way with an RBI single. Chafin kept it a one-run game, inducing an inning-ending grounder to Frizzell at first. A&M 3, Cornell 2.
GAME TWO SCORING SUMMARY
B1 | Texas A&M (6-0) jumped on Cornell starter Tyler Fernandez (0-1) early putting up a seven spot in the opening frame. After DeLoach and Helman reached, Shewmake drove in the first run with a single before Coleman drove in a Helman with a double. Shewmake score on a wild pitch and Coleman advanced to third where he would be driven in on a Logan Foster sac fly. Andritsos tripled and with two outs came in to score on a Frizzell RBI single. The Aggies final two runs, came on a Cornell error this time with the bases loaded off the bat of Helman. A&M 7, Cornell 0.
B2 | The Aggie kept it up in the second beginning with Hunter Coleman going yard on the second pitch of the frame. After Foster tripled, it was Andritsos playing long ball for the second time this season. A&M 10, Cornell 0.
B3 Cornell (0-2) reliever Jeb Bimess gave up six runs in the bottom of the third. Highlighting the frame, DeLoach and Andritsos drove in runs with a triple and double respectively. A&M 16, Cornell 0.
B6 | With one out and a full count in the sixth, Baine Schoenvogel powered out his third career homer, first of the season. Later in the inning, Allonte Wingate collected his first Aggie RBI driving in Frizzell. A&M 18, Cornell 0.
B8 | Wingate’s sac fly drove in Frizzell for the freshman’s fourth run of the game. After scoring their 20th and 21st run of the game, Andritsos stepped up to plate looking for a single for the cycle. After coming up single less in his last three plate appearances, the sophomore delivered with an RBI single up the middle, joining DeLoach as the only Aggies with cycles in the last seven seasons. A&M 22, Cornell 0.