Tennessee's Doyle & Loy combine to no-hit Texas A&M in seven innings

Game #29: No. 1 Tennessee 10, Texas A&M 0 (7 innings)
Records: Texas A&M (14-15, 1-9), Tennessee (28-2, 9-1)
WP: Liam Doyle (5-1)
LP: Ryan Prager (2-2)
Box Score

More of the same but somehow worse.

In the most frustrating loss of an insanely frustrating season, Texas A&M was no-hit and run-ruled on the same evening as No. 1 Tennessee flexed its muscles in a 10-0 drubbing on Friday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium in Knoxville.

The seven-inning affair is the first no-hitter in SEC play since Vanderbilt’s Jack Leiter no-hit South Carolina on March 20, 2021.

Additionally, the Maroon & White were held hitless for just the fourth time in program history.

With the loss, A&M is once again below .500 overall and holds a dismal 1-9 record in conference play.

Tennessee ace left-hander Liam Doyle dominated the Aggies across six scoreless, hitless innings. He fanned eight and walked two. His mid-to-high-90s heater with a sharp slider proved why he’s jumping up MLB Draft boards, and he now leads the nation with 81 strikeouts.

After Doyle departed after 96 pitches with an apparent blister on his pitching hand, fellow southpaw Dylan Loy worked a 1-2-3 seventh to complete the no-no.

Zoe Kelton, TexAgs

Texas A&M left-hander Ryan Prager allowed six runs across 5.2 innings against No. 1 Tennessee. His ERA is now 3.66.

Meanwhile, the Volunteers tormented A&M lefty Ryan Prager.

The Aggie ace departed after allowing six runs — just three earned on a trio of homers — across 5.2 innings.

Sitting offspeed, Volunteer first baseman Andrew Fischer mashed a pair of home runs in his first two at-bats.

Fischer obliterated Prager’s second pitch of the second for a solo shot before taking advantage of a Wyatt Henseler error that preceded his three-run homer an inning later.

In total, Fischer went 2-for-4 with four RBIs.

The Vols launched a quartet into orbit as Dean Curley led off the fifth with a solo shot, and Hunter Ensley’s three-run bomb in the sixth served as the knock-out blow.

Eight of Tennessee’s 10 runs scored with two outs, including all five during a back-breaking sixth inning.

Conversely, the Aggies mustered just five base runners on a pair of walks, two hit-by-pitches and an Ariel Antigua error. A&M never got a leadoff man aboard and never advanced a runner to third base.

Indeed, Tennessee dominated all phases.

With weather expected in the Rocky Top area later this weekend, the Vols brought the thunder in a series opener that was far less competitive than when these two clubs met in Omaha last June.

This series continues and concludes on Saturday with a doubleheader beginning at 2 p.m. CT.