[Cactus Jack]

Started well enough. Wheels kind of fell off midway. Thought we were going to be able to stage a bit of a comeback late, but it wasn't meant to be.

After a couple of A&M errors in the 6th, we had runners at first and second with one out when Devin Burkes made good contact but grounded into a 6-3 double play.

In the bottom of the 7th, Kentucky had runners at 2nd and 3rd with two outs and pinch hit Patrick Herrera & the Aggies made a pitching change. Missed opportunity there.

In the 8th, there were two outs and runners on first and second and when Nick Lopez hit a screamer down the line in right that was just foul. Had that gotten down, it would have at least been more interesting.

It will be extremely tough, but winning three straight isn't impossible if the bats get hot. With the way A&M will be able to stack their rotation, I don't really like banking on Kentucky's chances of winning a pair of 1-0 or 2-1 type contests.