Spring Break
First place
Aggies top conference with series win
By: Brad Cox
Issue date: 4/27/09 Section: Sports
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In the deciding game of a series against Oklahoma State, the Aggies won 6-4 to win the series. A&M shared first place with Texas before the game, but the Longhorns tied Kansas State 6-6 to fall to second place.
"Things are going our way a little bit," A&M Head Coach Rob Childress said. "Ever since we came back from [Kansas State] we've played the way we're capable of playing and we can continue to play even better."
A&M improved to 28-15 overall and 13-8 in Big 12 play. There are two conference series remaining in the regular season schedule with a split location series against Texas and a road series at Oklahoma.
The Aggies took the lead in the first inning when junior second baseman Brodie Greene was sent home from third base on a balk by Oklahoma State junior starter Tyler Blandford. It was Blandford's first of two balks in the game.
"We'll take as many balk calls as we can get," Childress said. "He wasn't coming set to a discernable stop and felt like it was the right call. There were other opportunities for them to call that and we got the other one later in the game."
Senior center fielder Kyle Colligan stretched the lead with a two-run home run over the left center field wall in the bottom of the third inning. With the wind pushing out to left field, Colligan's hit went over the scoreboard.
Junior designated hitter Joe Patterson followed with a home run over the center field wall one out later.
Sophomore Barret Loux started the game for the Aggies. Loux has had elbow problems during the course of the season and was pulled from the game one out into the third inning.
"I didn't know I was going to be needed this quickly," said A&M junior reliever Alex Wilson, who replaced Loux on the mound. "I knew for a fact today that I was going to pitch at some point, which helps a little bit, but I had no idea I was going to come in in the third inning."
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