BATON ROUGE – The No. 1 Texas A&M baseball team dropped a series opener for just the second time in 2024, losing to the LSU Tigers, 6-4, Friday night at Alex Box Stadium.
 
Ali Camarillo recorded his first career multi-homer game in the defeat. Jace LaViolette added a double and home run.
 
The Aggies were doomed by three errors and an untimely pair of walks in the loss.
 
Texas A&M (39-7, 15-7 SEC) struck first in the opening frame behind the bat of LaViolette, who launched one-out solo homer over the wall in right-center for his team-leading 24^th dinger.
 
Camarillo deposited a full-count offering over the left field fence to start the second to double the lead, 2-0.
 
LSU (30-17, 8-14 SEC) took advantage of Ryan Prager's first two-walk inning of the season to tie the score in the third. The Tigers' first two batters in the frame drew bases on balls. With one out, LSU loaded the bases when Camarillo was unable to keep the snow cone grab when leaping to snare a liner by Ashton Larson.
 
Texas A&M inched back ahead in the fourth on Camarillo's second dinger. His one-out solo job came with one out in the inning.
 
LSU claimed the lead with a four-run sixth inning. The inning was assisted when a Gavin Grahovac throwing error allowed the Tigers to have two on with no outs. The next two batters recorded hits, including a two-run double by Josh Pearson to take the lead. LSU tacked on two more runs with a sacrifice fly and an RBI single by Steven Milam.
 
The Aggies manufactured a run in the eighth, with a leadoff single by Jackson Appel who motored to second on a throwing error. He came around to score when Hayden Schott punched a single to centerfield, but a double play ended the frame.
 
Texas A&M brought the go-ahead to the plate in the ninth inning with singles by Caden Sorrell and LaViolette, but Braden Montgomery was called out on strikes to end the game.
 
Prager (8-1) was saddled with his first loss of the season despite a solid performance. He yielded four runs, just two earned, on four hits and two walks while striking out four.

Inside the Box Score

• Texas A&M logged 11 hits with three hit batsmen and no walks.
• Seven Aggies recorded hits, including three with multi-hit games.
• Texas A&M left eight runners on base while the Tigers stranded just two.
• Brad Rudis worked 3.0 innings of scoreless relief, allowing one hit while string out one.
• LaViolette had the only three-hit performance of the game, coming up a triple shy of the cycle. He was also hit by a pitch.

 
Notes

• Friday's contest marked the 60th meeting all-time between the two squads.
• With the loss, the Aggies are now 31-28-1 all-time against the Tigers.
• The Aggies dropped the series opener for just the second time in 2024, the other coming at Florida to open SEC play.
• Appel reached base for the 27^th consecutive game, going 2-for-4 in his 17^th multi-hit game of the season.
• Camarillo's hit leadoff home runs in the second and fourth inning. His first career multi-HR game extended his string of reaching base safely to 32 games.
• Grahovac extended his hit streak to 13 games, the longest active string for the Aggies.
• The Aggies reached base three times with a hit-by-pitch, the fifth time they've recorded three or more.
• LaViolette recorded his 18^th multi-hit game of the season, tied for second on the squad.

 
Up Next
The Aggies will look to even the series tomorrow as game two is set for 6:30 p.m. from Alex Box Stadium. 

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