Texas A&M Aggies Walk-Off UTSA Behind Three Jackson Appel Home Runs

Texas A&M Aggies' Jackson Appel matched a program record with three home runs in a walk-off effort on Tueday night.

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Texas A&M catcher/outfielder Jackson Appel had a career night at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park against the UTSA Roadrunners on Tuesday night, hitting three home runs in the Aggies' 6-5 walk-off win.

The three included the game-winner, as Appel becomes the 11th Aggie in history with three in one game and the first since Jace LaViollete in 2023. It's also the first walk-off for the Aggies since Brett Minnich accomplished that in 2022.

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A&M tied the game at 5-5 in the home half of the eighth inning with a Caden Sorrell RBI triple. Appel then hit an 0-1 pitch over the left field wall for the game-winner in the bottom of the ninth. He went 3-for-4 on the night and added an RBI and a walk.

Pitcher Chris Cortez wnet four scoreless innings in relief and struck out seven, moving his mark this season to 4-1.

Aggies committed two big errors in the second allowing UTSA to score four unearned runs in the inning. Appel got one back for A&M in the third with a solo shot.

UTSA added a run in the fourth, but Appel once again homered - this time off the scoreboard in left - in the fifth. That scored Braden Montgomery who reached on a single earlier in the frame.

Ali Camarillo drew the Aggies to within one at 5-4 later in the fifth with an RBI single down the right field line and plated Ted Burton who had walked. Texas A&M had 11 hits and six walks on the night.

Appel finished with three hits and three runs - leading all players on both teams.

The win pushes the Aggies to 24-10 all-time agaisnt the Roadrunners, including 10 of the last 12 matchups. Appel's was the first muli-home run game of the season for Texas A&M.

Next up, the Aggies will welcome the No. 6 Vanderbilt Commodores to Blue Bell Park for a three-game series beginning Friday night at 6 p.m. CT.