Texas A&M baseball closed out the weekend in emphatic fashion, jumping all over Vanderbilt in Game 3 for a dominant 12–0 run‑rule victory to secure their second straight SEC series win. It was the exact response the Aggies needed after dropping Thursday’s opener.
Before getting to the offensive explosion, the story of the day was sophomore right‑hander Aiden Sims, who delivered his strongest outing of the season and made a compelling case to climb the weekend rotation. He set the tone early and never let Vanderbilt catch its breath.
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A&M’s lineup returned the favor from Game 1 by putting on a hitting clinic, piling up 13 hits and four home runs. The scoring started in the first when Chris Hacopian launched a two‑run homer following a Caden Sorrell walk. One inning later, Bear Harrison matched him with a two‑run shot of his own after freshman Jorian Wilson tripled.
The Aggies kept pouring it on. After a Jake Duer single and Nico Partida walk, College Station native Blake Binderup crushed the third home run of the afternoon to extend the lead to 7–0. Sims followed with another scoreless frame, and Partida rewarded him by blasting a two‑run homer over the left‑center wall to make it 9–0.
After a quiet fifth, A&M went right back to work. With one out, Jorian Wilson ripped a double and moved to third on a wild pitch. A Bear Harrison walk, a Boston Kellner strikeout, and a Gavin Grahovac hit‑by‑pitch loaded the bases for Caden Sorrell. With the crowd thinking grand slam, Sorrell instead delivered a sharp two‑RBI single to right, stretching the lead to 11–0 and officially pushing the Aggies into run‑rule territory.
For good measure, Hacopian capped the scoring with an RBI double, stretching the advantage to 12–0 heading into the seventh.
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From there, Sims slammed the door. He opened the inning with back‑to‑back strikeouts, issued a walk, then finished the game with a three‑pitch swinging strikeout to seal the run‑rule win and send the crowd home early after a long day at the ballpark.
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