Bama Drops Game 1 To Texas A&M, 4-2

Alabama was outlasted by Texas A&M in a pitchers dual on Friday night inside the Hoover Met, falling to the Aggies by a final score of 4-2. With the score deadlocked at 1-1 through the first six innings, the Aggies used a three-run seventh to take the lead, and hung on to secure a 4-2 victory. With the loss, Alabama falls to 12-8 on the season, while the Texas A&M Aggies continue their perfect season, improving to 23-0.

Alabama and Texas A&M exchanged runs in the first two innings before both starters settled in and worked four consecutive scoreless innings.  Alabama’s Taylor Guilbeau worked 6.1 quality frames, limiting the Aggies to just two hits before exiting in the top of the seventh with the game tied at 1-1. The Aggies would strike for three runs after Guilbeau’s exit, tacking an additional run onto his ledger. The senior southpaw also fanned a career-high 11 batters, the most by any Tide hurler in a game this season.

Mikey White and Chance Vincent each turned in multi-hit efforts for the Tide, while Will Haynie collected the lone RBI in the bottom of the second. The Tide also manufactured a run in the bottom of the ninth, as White scored on an infield single/throwing error to draw the score to 4-2.

The Tide and Aggies will line up again tomorrow and play a traditional doubleheader after the threat of inclement weather forced the two teams to cancel Sunday’s originally scheduled series finale. The first game of Saturday’s twinbill will start at1:00 p.m., followed by the nightcap which is scheduled for 40 minutes after the conclusion of game one. Both games will be available on SEC Network+.

The first game of Saturday’s twinbill will start at 1 p.m. CT on SEC Network+. The nightcap will follow 40 minutes after the conclusion of game one.

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