Spring Break
Aggies out hit Sooners in slugfest, 17-15
By: Brad Cox
Issue date: 5/11/09 Section: Sports
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Texas A&M baseball team was not ready to quit on the 2009 season Friday at Bricktown Ballpark.
In their second game of the Big 12 Championship Tournament in Oklahoma City, the Aggies battled for four hours against Oklahoma to stay alive in the hunt for the conference tournament title, winning 17-15.
"Offensively tonight was what we've been asking for," A&M Head Coach Rob Childress. "It's not doing anything different; not changing the physical side of it, it's all the approach."
The Sooners opened the game with a six-run first inning. It seemed like the game was going to be an Oklahoma rout after a defensive miscommunication caused an infield popup to land uncaught.
Trailing 6-0, the Aggies showed a different offensive approach against a team that swept them in the regular season. A&M batted 11-for-22 with runners in scoring position in the game, a stark difference from the 0-for-16 with RISP it batted against the Sooners in the three-game regular season series.
"I wasn't worried at all," junior designated hitter Joe Patterson said. "We had just been hitting in the cage the last two days and talking about our approach. I knew we were going to put up some runs today."
Patterson was 4-for-5 and hit four RBIs against Oklahoma. He had his first two RBIs in the first inning when he drove home junior second baseman Brodie Greene and sophomore pitcher Brooks Raley. A&M cut into the Sooners lead with five runs in the first inning.
Oklahoma answered with two runs in the second inning, ultimately taking a 10-8 lead by the fifth inning.
Momentum changed in the bottom of the sixth inning when the Aggies scored four runs to take the lead. Patterson earned his fourth RBI with a double to right center field, scoring senior first baseman Luke Anders from second base and advancing senior center fielder Kyle Colligan to third base.
Colligan scored on sophomore catcher Kevin Gonzalez's double to left field, tying the game 10-10. Patterson later scored from third on a fielder's choice by Shofner and Shofner scored on a double by junior Brett Parsons, giving A&M a 12-10 lead.
In their second game of the Big 12 Championship Tournament in Oklahoma City, the Aggies battled for four hours against Oklahoma to stay alive in the hunt for the conference tournament title, winning 17-15.
"Offensively tonight was what we've been asking for," A&M Head Coach Rob Childress. "It's not doing anything different; not changing the physical side of it, it's all the approach."
The Sooners opened the game with a six-run first inning. It seemed like the game was going to be an Oklahoma rout after a defensive miscommunication caused an infield popup to land uncaught.
Trailing 6-0, the Aggies showed a different offensive approach against a team that swept them in the regular season. A&M batted 11-for-22 with runners in scoring position in the game, a stark difference from the 0-for-16 with RISP it batted against the Sooners in the three-game regular season series.
"I wasn't worried at all," junior designated hitter Joe Patterson said. "We had just been hitting in the cage the last two days and talking about our approach. I knew we were going to put up some runs today."
Patterson was 4-for-5 and hit four RBIs against Oklahoma. He had his first two RBIs in the first inning when he drove home junior second baseman Brodie Greene and sophomore pitcher Brooks Raley. A&M cut into the Sooners lead with five runs in the first inning.
Oklahoma answered with two runs in the second inning, ultimately taking a 10-8 lead by the fifth inning.
Momentum changed in the bottom of the sixth inning when the Aggies scored four runs to take the lead. Patterson earned his fourth RBI with a double to right center field, scoring senior first baseman Luke Anders from second base and advancing senior center fielder Kyle Colligan to third base.
Colligan scored on sophomore catcher Kevin Gonzalez's double to left field, tying the game 10-10. Patterson later scored from third on a fielder's choice by Shofner and Shofner scored on a double by junior Brett Parsons, giving A&M a 12-10 lead.
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