No. 7 Texas A&M Surges Past Utah State, Purdue on Opening Day

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The Aggies will face No. 17 Baylor at 7 p.m. Friday night at Davis Diamond.

NOTES

• Texas A&M poured on eight runs in the bottom of the sixth thanks to back-to-back-to-back home runs from , and . It marked the Aggies first time to hit three consecutive dingers since , and did so against North Dakota State in a 10-0 win on Feb. 24, 2024.
• True freshmen , , and made their collegiate debuts, while 20 Aggies saw the field tonight.
• The Aggies are 38-5 in season openers since 1983, including winners in the last 13.
• earned win No. 50 of her career, while going the distance for the 34th time of her career. Lefty finished the night with 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER 1 BB and 8 K.
• and combined to drive in 13 of the team's 19 RBI. Perez finished the night 4-for-5, 8 RBI, 1 HR, while Barbara went 2-for-4, 5 RBI, 1 HR, 1 2B, 3 BB.
• provided 2.2 scoreless innings of work in game one to keep the Aggies within striking distance and she finished allowing only three hits and striking out two batters.

TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Head coach 's postgame press conference can be found on 12thman.com here, while senior and sophomore postgame interview here.

SCORING SUMMARY
Game One
T1 | Tatum Silva poked a one-out single to centerfield, moved to second on a groundout by Grace Matej and advanced to third on a passed ball. Alex Bunton plated Silva with a bunt single. USU 1, A&M 0

B1 | A fielding error by Utah State's second baseman allowed leadoff batter to reach second. She moved to third on a groundout to second by . After drew a walk to put runners on the corners, pushed Wooley across with a grounder to short. USU 1, A&M 1

T3 | Ariel Fifita laced a single through the left side and advanced to second on a sac bunt by Silva. A Matej single to leftfield and Bunton walk loaded the bases. Olivia Marble knocked in two runs with a gapper to right-center. USU 3, A&M 1

B5 | With one out, singles by , Wooley and Powell loaded the bases. Eschete was retired at home on a fielder's choice grounder by Barbara. Perez pounded a double to rightfield, knocking in Wooley and Powell. USU 3, A&M 3

T6 | With one out, Emerson Meggers singled to centerfield and advanced to second on a wild pitch. After pinch-hitter Lyndsey Madrigal struck out swinging, Fifita deposited a two-run home run down the leftfield line. USU 5, A&M 3

B6 | worked a six-pitch walk to start the frame and a wild pitch put her in scoring position. fouled off five two-strike pitches to follow with a walk. After swung and missed on a 2-2 pitch for the first out of the inning, Eschete drove triple to the wall in right-center to tie the game. Wooley knocked in Eschete with single to centerfield for the go-ahead run. After new Utah State pitcher Emmalynn Brinka was unable to retire a runner on Powell's grounder, Barabara blasted a three-run bomb over the wall in left-center and Perez followed with a solo dinger to the same location. Another new USU pitcher, Sydney Saldana was greeted rudely with launching a homer to rightfield. A&M 11, USU 5.

Game Two
B1 | led off the inning with an infield single to the shortstop. Wooley stole second base and moved to third on a single to left field, who advanced to second on the throw. After drew a walk, scored two runs with a single to centerfield, and Barbara advanced to third. Barbara touched home plate shortly after on a wild pitch. A&M 3, PUR 0

B2 | roped the first pitch of the inning to left field for a single and was followed up by a single through the right side. After a fly out, reached on a bunt single, loading the bases. sliced a line-drive double to left field, scoring Vrazel and Eschete. greeted new Purdue pitcher Kadyn Camper to the ballgame with a deep sac-fly to centerfield to score Powell. A&M 6, PUR 0.

B3 | started the inning with a single up the middle, followed by a walk. lined out sharply to the pitcher, but a throwing error allowed Johnson to advance to third. Dement stole second, and Johnson reached home plate on an errant throw from the catcher. Dement moved forward to third base after a wild pitch and was brought home on a single. grounded into a fielder's choice at second base for the second out of the inning. The Aggies loaded the bases after was hit by a pitch and drew her second walk of the game. Barbara was pinch-ran for by , and the Maroon & White brought in a pair of runs with consecutive bases-loaded walks from and . A&M 10, PUR 0.

T4 | Moriah Polar shot a line drive to left field for a one-out triple, and was brought home on an Alivia Meeks sac fly to centerfield. A&M 10, PUR 1.

T5 | Delaney Reefe led off the inning with an infield single to third base. Kylie Franks reached on a fielder's choice as Reefe was punched out at second for the first out. Franks advanced to second on an Ashlyn Campbell groundout and scored when Jordyn Ramos blasted a double to right field. A&M 10, PUR 2.