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Sophomore CF Jace LaViolette (17) runs the bases after hitting a home run during A&M's games against Vanderbilt on Friday, April 12, 2024, at Olsen Field. (CJ Smith/The Battalion)

Air Force None

Neil Jhurani, Sports Writer April 16, 2024

On Monday morning, college baseball had a new unanimous No. 1 ranked team: the Texas A&M Aggies. After the No. 1 Arkansas Razorbacks and No. 2 Clemson Tigers lost their respective weekend series,...

Freshman 3B Gavin Grahovac (9) reacts after stealing second base during A&M's game against Vanderbilt on Sunday, April 14, 2024, at Olsen Field. (CJ Smith/The Battalion)

Aggies take unanimous No. 1 ranking

Luke White, Sports Editor April 16, 2024

Following a sweep of then-No. 6 Vanderbilt, the Texas A&M baseball team captured a unanimous No. 1 national ranking on Monday, April 15 while tacking on a pair of individual accolades. Previously...

Graduate DH Hayden Schott (5) reacts to a home run during A&M's game against Vanderbilt on Sunday, April 14, 2024, at Olsen Field. (CJ Smith/The Battalion)

No. 3 A&M closes door on sweep of No. 6 Vanderbilt with 12-6 win

Luke White, Sports Editor April 14, 2024

Texas A&M baseball will take what it can get. Yes, shutting out the country’s No. 6 team in Vanderbilt over the course of the weekend would have felt great. But a sweep over the Commodores would...

Junior INF Ali Camarillo (2) reacts after sliding into second base during A&M's games against Vanderbilt on Friday, April 12, 2024, at Olsen Field. (CJ Smith/The Battalion)

Giving out shutouts and shutdowns

Justin Chen, Sports Writer April 14, 2024

On paper, the No. 6 Vanderbilt Commodores were supposed to be the toughest test yet for No. 3 Texas A&M baseball. Yet, in Round 1 on April 12, the Maroon and White gave the sold out crowd plenty to...

Sophomore LHP Ryan Prager (18) celebrates getting the last strikeout during A&M's games against Vanderbilt on Friday, April 12, 2024, at Olsen Field. (CJ Smith/The Battalion)

Ring Day run rule

Neil Jhurani, Sports Writer April 12, 2024

It was Ring Day in Aggieland when No. 3 Texas A&M faced off against No. 6 Vanderbilt on Friday night in the first game of a three-game set. The Commodores are the highest-ranked opponent the Aggies...

Texas A&M players singing the war hymn during Texas A&M’s game against UTSA on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at Olsen Field. (Hannah Harrison/The Battalion)

A&M heads into rematch with Vanderbilt after 2023 SEC Championship

Kolton Becker, Sports Writer April 10, 2024

The last time Texas A&M baseball faced off against Vanderbilt was back in the 2023 SEC Tournament Championship in Hoover, Alabama. This weekend, No. 3 A&M carries unfinished business with No....

Texas A&M celebrating Texas A&M catcher Jackson Appel’s (20) walk-off home run during Texas A&M’s game against UTSA on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at Olsen Field. (Hannah Harrison/The Battalion)

An Appel today keeps the Roadrunners away

Hunter Mitchell, Associate Sports Editor April 9, 2024

Once is an accident. Twice is a coincidence. Three times is a pattern. Senior C Jackson Appel came into Texas A&M baseball’s midweek matchup against the UTSA Roadrunners having only hit three...

Sophomore OF Jace Laviolette (17) slides into first base during A&M's game against Auburn on Saturday, March 30, 2024, at Olsen Field. (CJ Smith/The Battalion)

Too little, too late

Justin Chen, Sports Writer April 7, 2024

Though No. 3 Texas A&M baseball secured its third SEC series win, No. 22 South Carolina got some measure of revenge, preventing the sweep with a 6-5 win as well as ending A&M’s eight-game winning...

Freshman UTIL Gavin Grahovac (9) reacts to hitting a double during A&M's game against Auburn on Friday, March 29, 2024, at Olsen Field. (CJ Smith/The Battalion)

Unorthodox and extraordinary

Hunter Mitchell, Associate Sports Editor April 6, 2024

Baseball is a sacred game, one that has resisted change and embraced the conventional approach for its almost two centuries of play. However, Texas A&M baseball has nothing but unconventional this...

Senior OF Hayden Schott (5) runs to third base during A&M's games against Houston Christian University on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, at Olsen Field. (CJ Smith/The Battalion)

No. 3 Aggies secure 9-2 road victory over Gamecocks

Luke White, Sports Editor April 5, 2024

Good baseball teams know how to play well in their home ballpark. Great baseball teams know how to carry that success on the road. No. 3 Texas A&M put itself in the latter category with a 9-2...

Junior OF Braden Montgomery (6) reacts after a home run during A&M's game against Auburn on Friday, March 29, 2024, at Olsen Field. (CJ Smith/The Battalion)

Eat ‘em up, Aggies

Neil Jhurani, Sports Writer April 2, 2024

When Braden Montgomery transferred to Texas A&M from Stanford last year, the expectations for the junior RF and RHP were through the roof. After a 2023 with the Cardinal where he slashed .336/.461/.611...

Senior OF Hayden Schott (5) interrupts senior INF Ted Burton's (27) interview after A&M's game against Auburn on Saturday, March 30, 2024, at Olsen Field. (CJ Smith/The Battalion)

‘I knew there was going to be some Olsen Magic’

Ian Curtis, Sports Writer March 31, 2024

In a game that featured 33 combined hits, it took Texas A&M baseball junior RF Braden Montgomery’s leadoff double in the bottom of the 12th inning for senior 1B Ted Burton to be sure that the Aggies...

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