After suffering a 14-3 loss against USC on Sunday, Texas A&M faces a win-or-go-home scenario tonight against the Trojans in the College Station Regional at Blue Bell Park.
The Aggies’ bullpen struggled to find its footing in Sunday’s contest, giving up 17 hits, including two home runs, and 14 runs. Starting pitcher Ethan Darden gave up four earned runs on four hits in the first inning, before he was pulled for Gavin Lyons.
While the pitching inconsistency was the talk of Game 1, Texas A&M’s lineup also had a quiet night at the plate. Chris Hacopian and Gavin Grahovac continued their dominance by securing solo home runs and Jake Duer recorded an RBI triple in the late innings for the only runs of the game.
Head coach Michael Earley has confirmed right-hander Aiden Sims will not be available for the rest of the season, which provides a massive hole in an already thin pitching rotation. It was undetermined who would get the start for Texas A&M entering the second contest against a powerful USC lineup, but Monday’s starting lineup features Clayton Freshcorn getting the start on the bump for the Aggies in Game 7 of the regional.
According to Earley, it will be all hands on deck as they look to prevent elimination and advance to the 11th super regional appearance in program history.
Follow along with live coverage of Texas A&M’s regional final against USC at Olsen Field:
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Game schedule
College Station Regional Final – June 1 at 8 p.m. CT
Channel: ESPN2
Streaming: ESPN+
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This article originally appeared on Aggies Wire: Texas A&M vs. USC: NCAA regional final live score, updates, highlights
Reporting by Dylan Flippo, Aggies Wire / Aggies Wire
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