Army West Point Athletics
Army West Point
1-5
Texas A&M
8-0
Army Falls to #20 Texas A&M in 26 Run Shootout
February 23, 2020 | Baseball
The Black Knights fought back to take the lead on two separate occasions before falling 14-12 in a 7.2 inning game. The game was called with two outs in the eighth inning due to a pre-determined travel curfew for the Black Knights.
Army trailed 10-6 heading into the seventh and surged ahead with a big rally, highlighted by a three-run double by second baseman Tim Simoes. The junior had a career day, going 4-6 with a career-high five RBIs. Andre Walden followed with an RBI single and later came around to score to give Army an 11-10 lead. The lead would not hold, as the Aggies delivered a rally of their own in the bottom half of the inning.
It was a day full of big offensive stats, as seven different Cadets recorded multi-hit games in a 17-hit effort from the Black Knights. Three of those hits came from freshman Kevin Dubrule, who reached base four times.
Jeremiah Adams had 3 RBIs in the game, two of which came in the fourth inning when he gave Army its first lead of the game on a two-run home run. Nick Manesis hit his first collegiate home run in the contest, a solo-shot in the top of the eighth inning.
The Black Knights will return to action next weekend when they travel to Fayetteville, N.C., for four games at the Armed Forces Invitational at Segra Stadium. The series will feature Army, Air Forace and Campbell University.
HIGHLIGHTS AND NOTES:
- The Aggies struck for three runs in the first inning to take the game's first lead. The big blow was a 2-run home run by first baseman Hunter Coleman.
- Army got one back in the second when Jeremiah Adams drilled a triple off the wall in left center to score Cam Cerruto from first.
- In the third, three straight singles by the top of the Army order added another run. Andre Walden's one-out liner through the right-side plated Carter Macias to make it 3-2 Aggies.
- The Black Knights got their first lead in the fourth. After a one-out single by Anthony Giachin, Jeremiah Adams launched his first home run over the year over the 400-foot sign in dead center field to give Army a 4-3 lead.
- They extended that lead later in the inning when after singles by Kevin Dubrule and Carter Macias, Tim Simoes send a liner down the left field line to bring home both runners and make the score 6-3 Army.
- Texas A&M got the runs right back in the bottom of the fourth, as Bryce Blaum hit a three-run double down the line in left to tie the game at 6-6.
- They would go ahead with three runs in the sixth to take a 9-6 lead.
- The Cadets got two runners on in both the fifth and sixth inning but failed to get a run across.
- Army finally broke through in the seventh. Tim Simoes came up to bat with the bases loaded and delivered his fourth hit of the game, sending a three-run double down the right field line to cut the A&M lead to 10-9.
- Andre Walden followed with an RBI single to score Simoes to tie the game 10-10. One batter later, John McKenna dribbled a ball to third and reached after a collision at first base. Walden came around to score on the play to give Army an 11-10 lead.
- The Aggies again jumped ahead on a two-run double by third baseman Logan Sartori. He would later score on a sac fly to give A&M a 13-11 lead.
- Army fought closer in the eighth when Nick Manesis hit his first career home run, a solo shot to left center to cut the deficit back down to one.
- The Aggies added another run in the eighth before the game was called as the Black Knights reached their travel curfew after 7.2 innings.
UP NEXT: Army will travel to Fayetteville, N.C., for the Armed Forces Invitational. The series will start with two games on Friday beginning with a contest with Air Force at 2 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ornelas, Mason (1-0)
L: Garcia, Joe (0-1)
S: Miller, Bryce (2)
Batting:
2B: Simoes, Tim 2 ; Dubrule, Kevin 1
3B: Adams, Jeremiah 1
HR: Adams, Jeremiah 1 ; Manesis, Nick 1
RBI: Simoes, Tim 5 ; Walden, Andre 2 ; Adams, Jeremiah 3 ; Manesis, Nick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Macias, Carter 3 ; Simoes, Tim 1 ; Walden, Andre 1 ; Cerruto, Cam 1 ; Giachin, Anthony 1 ; Adams, Jeremiah 2 ; Manesis, Nick 1 ; Dubrule, Kevin 2
CS: Titus, Drake 1
HBP: Macias, Carter 1 ; Cerruto, Cam 1
Batting:
2B: Blaum, Bryce 1 ; Sartori, Logan 1 ; Frizzell, Will 1 ; DeLoach, Zach 1
HR: Blake, Cam 1 ; Coleman, Hunter 1
RBI: Blaum, Bryce 3 ; Sartori, Logan 2 ; Blake, Cam 1 ; Britt, Logan 1 ; Coleman, Hunter 2 ; Alejo, Ray 1 ; Hoehner, Mikey 1 ; Werner, Trevor 1
SH: DeLoach, Zach 1
SF: Britt, Logan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Blaum, Bryce 2 ; Sartori, Logan 1 ; Blake, Cam 1 ; Frizzell, Will 1 ; Coleman, Hunter 3 ; DeLoach, Zach 2 ; Alejo, Ray 2 ; Hoehner, Mikey 1 ; Werner, Trevor 1
SB: Blaum, Bryce 2 ; Coleman, Hunter 2
CS: Blaum, Bryce 1
HBP: Coleman, Hunter 2 ; Hoehner, Mikey 1
