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Texas A&M (28-15, 11-19 SEC) finished the SEC regular season with a series loss to No. 10 Georgia on the road, and despite Justin Lamkin’s elite 15 strikeout performance on Friday, resulting in a 6-0 win, but didn’t provide any momentum going into Saturday morning. With Myles Patton on the mound, the Aggies looked good through three innings, at least.
Tossing three scoreless innings with six strikeouts, Patton wasn’t the central issue even after allowing Georgia to take a 2-0 lead after Slate Alford’s two-run homer, as reliever Weston Moss allowed four more runs in the seventh, which broke the game wide open. After Kaeden Kent’s meaningless solo home run in the ninth, the Bulldogs likely solidified their standing at a top 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament, while the Aggies are way on the outside looking in.
With the loss, Texas A&M’s hopes of making the NCAA Tournament are much clearer, needing to win the SEC Tournament to earn an automatic bid to the postseason, even though the narrative has been 13 to 14 wins in SEC play for the last two weeks. With 11 wins in conference play, if the Aggies had taken care of business against Missouri, instead of getting swept at home, this would still be the case.
With the loss, Texas A&M is still the 14-seed, but after some movement, the Aggies will now face Mississippi State in Game 4 during the opening round on Tuesday, which will be a night game as the final matchup of the day.
Mississippi State is one of the hottest teams in the conference after winning four consecutive series after defeating Missouri this weekend.
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