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Rob Childress

Brigham Hill

Braden Shewmake

George Janca

gapped a walk-off single to left-center in the ninth inning to give the Texas A&M Aggies a 2-1 victory over the Tennessee Volunteers to open the series Friday afternoon on Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.Tied 1-1 in the ninth,led off the frame by punching a single up the middle off Tennessee starting pitcher Hunter Martin. The Aggies got a second man aboard when Martin was unsuccessful on making a leaping catch of a bunt bypushed both runners into scoring position with a sacrifice bunt and the Volunteers intentionally walkedto fill the bags with Ags. Janca ended the game by blasting the first pitch he saw in the at-bat to the gap where it landed for the walkoff single.After six blank frames, Texas A&M (27-12, 9-7 SEC) broke the scoring seal in the bottom of the seventh when Shewmake hammered a 1-2 offering over the fence in right-center for his fifth home run of the season and a 1-0 lead.Tennessee (19-16, 4-12 SEC) responded immediately with a run in the eighth. With one out, Jeff Moberg roped a ball to centerfield where's attempt at a diving catch came up short and Moberg wheeled around to third with a triple.got Justin Ammons to swing and miss at strike three for the second out of the inning, but he was unable to retire Jordan Rodgers who slipped a ball past the glove of a diving shortstopup the middle to push the equalizer across.was left with no-decision despite the solid performance on the mound. He worked 7.0 blank frames, scattering five hits and one walk while striking out six. Kilkenny (3-1) earned the win, allowing one run on two hits and one walk while striking out three in 2.0 innings.Martin (4-4) was the tough-luck loser for the Volunteers. He allowed two runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out nine in 8.1 innings.Shewmake led the Aggies at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two runs, one home run and one RBI.Rodgers and Luc Lipcius each had two hits for Tennessee.The Aggies and Volunteers return to action Saturday with a 2:02 pm contest on Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park."It was a hard-fought Friday afternoon game. Their pitcher was outstanding. He's a senior who knows how to pitch. Brigham (Hill) was every bit as outstanding as him and Hill couldn't have pitched any better. He had to battle a little bit but we made some big plays behind him getting out of a big jam in the first and the pickoff in the sixth. I couldn't be more proud of our guys for keeping it close and finding a way to win.""That's all you can ask for from (Nick) Choruby. He's made a lot of those plays before in center field and we responded. We got a big strikeout and just like that we had a chance to get off the field. We didn't panic. (Mitchell) Kilkenny threw up another zero in the ninth giving us a chance to win it in the bottom half.""I have to give all the credit to our defense.saved me in several situations and (Nick) Choruby made a great play out there. I just made pitches when they counted. It doesn't have to be pretty to get the win. I was just thinking 'don't give up a runs. That's my goal. Just go out there and compete.""It's real nice. Brigham [Hill] threw awesome. We figured out how to scratch runs when we needed to, so it's huge.""You don't necessarily try to do that with two strikes but it happened and we're grateful it did.""I was just looking for a pitch up in the zone that I could get out and drive and at least be a sack fly and luckily, got in the gap and scored pretty easily. We had a bunch of innings that we could have set up really easily throughout the game but we had a hard time making big hits and making good plays behind our pitching staff that was incredible today. But overall, it's good to get a win on Friday."