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Sam Houston State junior Dakota Mills has made a career out of shutting down Texas A&M at Blue Bell Park, and he added to his resume by earning the win in the Bearkats' 8-2 victory over the 22nd-ranked Aggies on Tuesday.

Mills threw 6 2/3 innings like he did last season in SHSU's 5-0 shutout of A&M. Both outings are the longest of his college career.

"He's captured lightning in a bottle twice here," said SHSU head coach Matt Deggs, who served as an assistant coach at A&M from 2006-11. "He's been comfortable out here, and I knew he wouldn't flinch, and he was rested and available."

Mills, who had thrown only 3 2/3 innings over the past three weeks, allowed just three hits and struck out six before Hunter Coleman and Baine Schoenvogel hit back-to-back home runs to give the Aggies (35-18) their only hope before Riley Cooper relieved Mills.

"[Mills] has been fabulous against us both times he's thrown, gets above the ball, throws downhill and is very competitive," A&M head coach Rob Childress said. "Our [hitting] approach was nonexistent, but again [Mills] deserves all the credit. We had three quality at-bats going into the seventh."

Mills has started 16 games for the Bearkats, and two of his eight career wins have come against the Aggies.