Despite snapping their seven-game winning streak in game two of Saturday's doubleheader, Auburn baseball won the first game 5-2 and had a season-high 15 hits to clinch the series win.
After this weekend's series against the Aggies, Auburn improved to 13-7 on the season.
Keegan Thompson shined on the mound once again with a complete game, 10-strikeout performance in game one today.
Auburn scored two runs in the bottom of the first with an RBI double by Damek Tomscha followed by an RBI from Daniel Robert to bring Tomscha home.
The Aggies tied the game up in the top of the fifth with two runs. With the bases-loaded Thompson walked in a run and then Texas A&M's pinch-hitter Jonathan Moroney brought in their second run with a sacrifice fly RBI. Besides that one inning that broke his 20 scoreless innings streak, Thompson did not let up another run for the remainder of the game.
Auburn responded in the bottom of the fifth with a two-out RBI single from pinch-hitter Blake Logan, which scored Ryan Tella, who got on base with a single.
In the seventh, Connor Short gave his fellow freshman class teammate some insurance runs with a two-RBI double to make it 5-2.
Thompson struck out the side in the ninth to complete the game and improve to 4-0 this season.
In the second game of the doubleheader, Texas A&M got the best of Auburn's pitching staff with a 9-0 victory.
Auburn also struggled with leaving runners on base.
Justin Camp got the loss going to 1-2 on the season.
The Aggies took the 1-0 lead in the top of the third with an RBI sacrifice fly and then they added their second run with an RBI single from Nick Banks in the following inning.
Despite pitching a 1-2-3 inning in the fifth, Camp allowed runners to reach the corners with one out and was then replaced by Michael O'Neal in the top of the sixth.
Texas A&M then pulled off consecutive suicide squeeze bunts to make it 4-0.
Auburn loaded up the bases in the bottom of the sixth but remained scoreless.
Jay Wade came in from the bullpen in the seventh and allowed a two-out two-RBI single to increase the Aggies lead to 6-0.
Auburn got two more base runners on in the bottom half of the inning but still remained scoreless.
Terrance Dedrick pitched a 1-2-3 eighth inning, but Trey Cochran-Gill pitched the ninth and allowed three runs on five hits.
Auburn has two midweek games this Tuesday and Wednesday at home against Coppin State.
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