COLLEGE STATION, Texas \u2014 No. 2 Texas brought the tying tally to the plate in the ninth, but the Longhorns dropped the series opener to No. 18 Texas A&M, 9-8, at Blue Bell Park on Friday night. \u00a0<\/p>\n
In an affair that featured six lead changes, Texas (27-6, 9-4 SEC) smacked four home runs, including back-to-back solo shots with the Longhorns down to their final two outs.<\/p>\n
Clayton Freshcorn bounced back by inducing a ground out and a pop out to secure the Aggies (26-7, 7-5 SEC) a victory. Freshcorn recorded the last nine outs to earn his seventh save of the season.<\/p>\n
In the defeat,\u00a0Aiden Robbins<\/a>\u00a0notched his second career multi-homer performance, smacking a go-ahead two-run blast in the fifth and a 421-foot jack in the final frame. Robbins’ second home run of the evening marked his team-leading 13th round-tripper, surpassing his two-year total at Seton Hall. The junior added a single in the third, setting up the game’s first run.<\/p>\n Three pitches after Robbins’ ninth-inning dinger,\u00a0Anthony Pack Jr.<\/a>\u00a0powered a 377-foot rocket to pull Texas within one. Pack Jr. also kickstarted the Longhorns’ offense, breaking the scoreless tilt with\u00a0a sacrifice fly to follow Robbins’ base hit. The freshman reached safely three times and plated two tallies.<\/p>\n