Aggies win third straight by run-ruling Sam Houston in Huntsville

Game #32: Texas A&M 14, Sam Houston 1 (7 innings)
Records: Texas A&M (17-15, 3-9), Sam Houston (8-25, 2-7)
WP: Caden McCoy (1-1)
LP: Cam Diaz (0-2)
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas — In golf, the cliche goes: "Drive for show, putt for dough."

With a gold putter in tow, Texas A&M utilized its short game to perfection in a 14-1, seven-inning drubbing of Sam Houston on Tuesday night at Don Sanders Stadium.

"It was an awesome job," A&M head coach Michael Earley said. "I just like our at-bats over the last couple of weeks."

Scoring 61 runs across their last five games, when it comes to what they're capable of, the Aggies have let the nation know.

However, they understand there is still a long way to go.

"We want to win them all," Earley said. "We have an understanding of where we're at and what we have to do."

The aforementioned golden club, with its still-mysterious back story, is reserved for bombs — over fences, not down fairways. However, of their 14 hits, the Aggies didn't leave the yard once.

In fact, the only "home run" was of the little league variety, as a pair of errors turned Terrence Kiel II's fifth-rinning single into a humorous round-tripper.

"We brought it out against Kentucky for the first time, and we started hitting a lot of homers, so we brought it out for Tennessee; hit more homers. It kind of just came out of nowhere," designated hitter Caden Sorrell said of the putter. "I know a lot of guys on the team like golfing, so that's probably it. It was random, but it's working.

"It's homers only, unfortunately. Big league homers only. TK might not be too happy about that, but big league homers only."

Kiel was 2-for-5, scored twice and was one of five Aggies to enjoy a multi-hit night as A&M was content to paper-cut the Bearkats to death.

Sorrell was 3-for-3 with a double — his first extra-base hit that didn't carry out of a ballpark.

"The biggest thing for me that I've been focused on lately is just staying patient up there, waiting for my pitch," the sophomore said. "I feel like when I'm not good in the past, it's because I'm getting too aggressive in the box."

Bear Harrison stayed hot by going 2-for-5 with a pair of RBIs. Ben Royo was 2-for-3 with a run driven in.

Yet, the most impressive offensive performance belonged to Wyatt Henseler.

The third baseman was 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles and four runs scored as he reached in all five of his plate appearances.

"It'd be easy after a great Saturday like that and come out super lazy and without any energy, and I think that's the exact opposite of what this team came out with today," Henseler said. "We brought the bats and threw a ton of strikes on the mound today."

Tuesday's 13-run margin could've been even larger. Leaving 11 on base, the Aggies threatened to turn that chasm into a canyon.

Beyond Saturday's homer fest, the Aggies proved that they can win with the driver as well as the wedges, irons and putter.

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With three hits on Tuesday, Caden Sorrell is now 11-for-27 (.407) in his first seven games in 2025.

"That's an exact representation of what this offense is," Henseler said. "It can do a little bit of everything."

Another stout offensive performance backed up a strong night for the pitching staff.

Starter Gavin Lyons allowed a two-out home run to Brady Christensen in the first, but that was all for the Bearkats.

Trailing 1-0, A&M pummelled the hosts for 14 unanswered runs, scoring in every frame from the third until the game's early finish.

After Lyons' 2.2-inning start, Earley and Jason Kelly received scoreless bullpen performances from Caden McCoy, Clayton Freshcorn, Luke Jackson and Brad Rudis.

"I said, 'If you guys throw like that, with the way we're swinging it, we're going to be really good,'" Earley said.

Combining relentless offense with suffocating pitching, A&M won its third straight game after Saturday's memorable doubleheader in Knoxville.

Officially a "winning streak," it's A&M's first since March 5-8 when the Aggies beat Texas Southern and took the first two from New Mexico State.

"When you're playing loose and you're having fun, the game slows down, and when the game slows down, you see a lot better performance," Henseler said. "When you have a team that's loose and just enjoying being together, with a putter, it really adds to performance and takes some of the anxiety off."

The Aggies aim to stay loose when they begin a three-game set with South Carolina on Thursday at Blue Bell Park.

Oh, and there's a big golf tournament in Augusta this weekend, too.

So be on the lookout for more gold putters.