{"id":270875,"date":"2026-04-29T04:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T04:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/270875\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T04:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T04:41:10","slug":"texans-battle-no-7-texas-am-in-midweek-matchup-fall-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/270875\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans battle No. 7 Texas A&#038;M in midweek matchup, fall late"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/utah_tech200x200.png\" alt=\"Utah Tech\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Utah Tech<\/p>\n<p>5\/1\/2026 | 7 P.M.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        ESPN+  &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    May. 01 (Fri) \/ 7 P.M.&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/utah_tech200x200.png\" alt=\"Utah Tech\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Utah Tech&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/tarletonsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/opponent-history\/utah-tech\/234\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">COLLEGE STATION, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State (28-16, 17-7 WAC) put together a strong offensive showing Tuesday but ultimately fell 9-7 to No. 7 Texas A&amp;M (34-8, 14-6 SEC) at Blue Bell Park.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Texas A&amp;M struck first with a solo home run in the opening inning and added two more runs in the second to take an early 3-0 lead. The Texans responded in a big way in the fourth inning, erupting for five runs. <a href=\"https:\/\/tarletonsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/carson-lorch\/11680\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11680\" target=\"_blank\">Carson Lorch<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tarletonsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/cage-mccloud\/12358\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12358\" target=\"_blank\">Cage McCloud<\/a> each launched back-to-back solo home runs to spark the rally, while <a href=\"https:\/\/tarletonsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/sergio-guerra\/11669\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11669\" target=\"_blank\">Sergio Guerra<\/a> delivered an RBI double and <a href=\"https:\/\/tarletonsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/rayner-heinrich\/11681\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11681\" target=\"_blank\">Rayner Heinrich<\/a> capped the inning with a two-run double to give Tarleton State a 5-3 advantage.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Aggies answered with two solo home runs in the fifth inning to tie the game at 5-5, but the Texans quickly regained momentum in the sixth. Heinrich drove in another run with his second double of the night, and a throwing error allowed another run to score, extending the Tarleton State lead to 7-5.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Texas A&amp;M responded once again in the bottom half of the sixth, plating two runs to even the score at 7-7. The Aggies then pushed across the go-ahead runs in the eighth inning to secure the 9-7 decision.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tarletonsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/rayner-heinrich\/11681\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11681\" target=\"_blank\">Rayner Heinrich<\/a> led the Texans offensively, finishing 3-for-5 with two doubles and three RBI. <a href=\"https:\/\/tarletonsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/carson-lorch\/11680\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11680\" target=\"_blank\">Carson Lorch<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tarletonsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/cage-mccloud\/12358\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12358\" target=\"_blank\">Cage McCloud<\/a> each added home runs, while <a href=\"https:\/\/tarletonsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/sergio-guerra\/11669\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11669\" target=\"_blank\">Sergio Guerra<\/a> recorded two hits and an RBI as Tarleton State totaled 13 hits in the contest.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On the mound, <a href=\"https:\/\/tarletonsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jack-lovin\/12372\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12372\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Lovin<\/a> (0-1) took the loss. The Texans&#8217; pitching staff combined for eight strikeouts across six pitchers, with <a href=\"https:\/\/tarletonsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jackson-elizondo\/12360\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12360\" target=\"_blank\">Jackson Elizondo<\/a> recording three strikeouts in two innings of relief.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Texans will return to action Friday when they travel to Utah Tech for a 7 p.m. CT start to open a three-game weekend series.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Utah Tech 5\/1\/2026 | 7 P.M. &#13; ESPN+ &#13; &#13; May. 01&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-270875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}