What is Texas A&M's path to the NCAA Tournament after losing to Georgia?
What is Texas A&M's path to the NCAA Tournament after losing to Georgia?
Texas A&M (28-25, 11-19) didn't capitalize off of Justin Lamkin's brilliant day on the mound after throwing a career-high 15 strikeouts in a complete game shut down for just the second time in the last decade for the Aggies. While Lamkin's performance was certainly something to celebrate, the Aggies' Saturday series finale didn't go as planned.
While starting pitcher Myles Patton was solid through three innings, including six strikeouts, Georgia's two-run home run led to coach Michael Earley pulling the veteran for reliable reliever Weston Moss, who also allowed a two-run home run, and two more runs before he was pulled for Caden McCoy before Clayton Freshcorn and Kaeden Wilson finished out the game.
Trailing 7-4 in the ninth, all four Aggie runs came from three home runs, while Kaeden Kent's solo shot in the ninth was meaningless, as Texas A&M fell 7-5 to finish the regular season with just 11 wins in SEC play. No doubt, the Aggies' season took a significant hit after being swept by last-place Missouri at home, and with today's result, Texas A&M's path to the NCAA Tournament is much clearer.
According to D1Baseball's Kendall Rogers, Texas A&M will likely need to win the SEC Tournament next week to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, even though we've been told that 13 or 14 wins in SEC play would be enough to get into the postseason.
If Texas A&M had won on Saturday, two or three wins in the conference tournament would have been enough, but the Aggies' resume does not pass the smell test, and no team below 50 in the RPI has ever made the NCAA Tournament. Texas A&M is 55 in the RPI as of Saturday.
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