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When Texas A&M needed their batters to step up the most, they failed. There is enough blame to go around, and with how good they have been playing over the last month and a half, a bad series was in the cards. Unfortunately for the Aggies they have no room for error.
Coming into the series, A&M needed to win at least two games to go into the final week of regular season play with a solid chance to make the NCAA tournament. However, the weekend turned into a disaster as they dropped both games to a struggling Missouri team with the worst pitching ERA in the conference.
The Aggie pitching staff did well enough in game two, allowing A&M a chance to get back into the game, but it never materialized. Senior Day was lost amid this embarrassing loss, where several Aggies were honored, including Brad Rudis. He spoke after the game and what it meant to him, being that it’s probably the last time he will throw a collegiate pitch at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.
“I mean, really special day for me and my family, I probably the last outing I’ll have here as an Aggie, so it was a really special day, obviously, the game wasn’t what we wanted, but tomorrow’s a new day.”
The series loss is a major blow to their postseason aspirations, but they do not have any time to dwell on the recent past and have to get on track for the remaining four games. A short memory is paramount moving forward in the last week of the regular season.
“We have a lot of experienced guys, I think we know what it takes to win, we know what it takes to get to Ohama and obviously that’s the end goal but right now we just have to take it one game at a time.”
Below is the full press conference after Game 2 of the Missouri series.
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