Aggies Split Day Three of Texas A&M Invitational

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION – The No. 17 Texas A&M run-ruled North Dakota State, 10-0, after falling to Kansas, 1-0, Saturday night at Davis Diamond.

Texas A&M (13-1) ended the night hitting five home runs in 12 hits, while scoring 10 runs in the five-inning run-rule victory over North Dakota State (6-10). The Aggies plated two runs in the opening frame, followed by Trinity Cannon blasting a two-run home run and back-to-back jacks from Allie Enright and Rylen Wiggins in the third inning as the Aggies led 6-2. Ol’ Sarge’s charges increased the lead in the fourth as Julia Cottrill led off with a home run to left field, followed by Wiggins’ second long ball of the night, this time a three-run home run.

Emily Kennedy pitched the shortened complete game to earn her sixth win on the season, while striking out four batters and yielding four hits.

Kansas (8-5-1) handed the Aggies their first loss of the season earlier in the afternoon. The Jayhawks hit a solo home run in the top of the seventh, which proved to be the deciding factor. The Maroon & White spoiled numerous opportunities leaving an Aggie on base in each inning outside of the opening frame.

Shaylee Ackerman (3-1) was tabbed with the loss after pitching 6.1 innings, finishing with six strikeouts, and yielding one run on five hits.

UP NEXT

The Aggies finish the Texas A&M Invitational against UTSA at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday.

GAME ONE SCORING SUMMARY

B1 | Koko Wooley drew a four-pitch walk and stole second base to start the frame. Wooley came around to score on a two-base fielding error by the first baseman on a grounder by Kennedy Powell. Powell advanced to second on a deep fly ball to rightfield by Julia Cottrill and scored when Jazmine Hill bounced a two-out single up the middle. A&M 2, NDSU 0

B3 | Cottrill hit a wall-banger to right-center for a leadoff double. Trinity Cannon followed with a home run to right-center. With two outs, Allie Enright and Rylen Wiggins hit back-to-back solo jacks. A&M 6, NDSU 0

B4 | Cottrill blasted a 3-0 pitch over the leftfield wall for a leadoff dinger. With one out, Hill singled up the middle. Kylei Griffin laced a double down the rightfield line to put two in scoring position and Wiggins cleared the bases with her second home run. A&M 10, NDSU 0.

GAME TWO SCORING SUMMARY

T7 | With one out, Olivia Bruno hit a first-pitch offering over the centerfield fence for a home run. KU 1, A&M 0

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