George Janca hit a three-run home run in the eighth inning but it was not enough as the Aggies fell to Kentucky.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Kentucky came into Sunday's contest with No. 13 Texas A&M looking for a sweep of the Aggies and the Wildcats did not take long to assert control of the game, winning 11-7. A&M was 13-1 at home entering the weekend and had not lost an SEC-opening series since joining the league. The Wildcats were 1-5 on the road prior to the weekend but the Wildcats easily won Games 1 and 3 with a comeback victory on Saturday.

Kentucky scored two in the top of the first as a Riley Mahan double brought home both Tristan Pompey and Kyle Cottam. The Wildcats brought three more across in the second as Connor Heady, Pompey and Cottam all had RBIs to stretch the lead to 5-1.

A&M's lone run prior to the seventh inning came in the bottom of the first as Nick Choruby scored on a Logan Foster single to center. Other than that, the Aggies could not do much against Kentucky starter Justin Lewis.

A&M trailed 11-1 going to the bottom of the seventh when Cole Bedford hit a one-out double and went to third on a George Janca single. Choruby then hit an infield single to third to bring home Bedford and cut the lead to 11-2. Freshman second baseman Braden Shewmake came up with two outs and runners on second and third. He singled through the right side to plate both Janca and Choruby to make it an 11-4 game.

In the bottom of the eighth, Janca came up with two outs and two on and put one over the left field fence off Brad Schaenzer for his first homer of the season. The three-run shot cut the lead to 11-7. However, Logan Salow came on to pitch and got a Choruby strikeout to end the inning. Salow then struck out the side in the bottom of the ninth to secure the win for the Wildcats.

Starter Mitchell Kilkenny (2-1) took the loss for the Aggies as he lasted just 1 1/3 innings, giving up five runs on seven hits with three strikeouts and a walk. Lewis (3-1) earned the win for Kentucky, going 6 1/3 innings with three runs on five hits with four strikeouts and three walks.

Bedford went 3-for-4 at the plate for A&M with two runs scored while Janca was 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs. For Kentucky, Heady was 2-for-4 with a home run, four RBI and two runs scored. Troy Squires went 3-for-5 with three runs. Cottam was also 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored.

A&M (14-7, 0-3 in SEC) hosts Rice on Tuesday night before heading to Nashville to face Vanderbilt in a three-game series next weekend. Kentucky (15-6, 3-0) travels to Western Kentucky on Tuesday and then hosts Ole Miss for a three-game series over the weekend.