Texas A&M stayed No. 7 after Clayton Freshcorn escaped a bases-loaded ninth to seal a 4-3 win over No. 8 Auburn.
Texas A&M baseball needed a response Sunday, and Clayton Freshcorn made sure the Aggies got one.
After dropping both games of Saturday’s doubleheader to No. 8 Auburn, No. 7 Texas A&M avoided a damaging SEC sweep with a tense 4-3 win in College Station.
The Aggies are now 36-10 overall and 15-6 in SEC play, still firmly positioned among the nation’s best teams and very much in the mix for a double-bye in the SEC Tournament.
This one got uncomfortable fast.
Texas A&M led 4-0 entering the seventh inning behind a strong start from Weston Moss, who gave Michael Earley’s club exactly what it needed.
Moss allowed just one hit and one earned run over six innings while striking out six, giving the Aggies control before Auburn finally started to chip away.
Ethan Darden allowed the Tigers to get on the board, and Freshcorn was asked to protect the lead. It wasn’t clean. Auburn pushed across two more runs in the ninth, stacked five hits against the junior closer and loaded the bases with only one out.
Then Freshcorn did what he’s done all season ... he survived the moment.
With Texas A&M clinging to a one-run lead, Freshcorn forced a game-ending double play to secure his 11th save of the season. It was hardly his easiest outing, but it may have been one of his most important.
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That save also moved Freshcorn into a tie for fifth on Texas A&M’s single-season saves list, another sign of how valuable he’s become in Earley’s second year leading the program.
The Aggies didn’t win the weekend, but Sunday mattered. Against a top-10 Auburn team, avoiding the sweep kept Texas A&M steady at No. 7 and gave the Aggies something to build on heading into another crucial SEC week.
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