KK with a first pitch grand slam - wow !!!

Ags up 9-1.

Great time at Davis today. 17 runs scored. 6 HR. Pitchers struck out 19 in 11 innings of work.

Several other well struck balls. Maddie crushed the ball on her first 3 at bats even though none fell for a hit. Tallen had a couple of nice doubles. The bats definitely looked much better than they did in the fall. I expected as the transfers had more time with this staff we would see their bats improve. It just seems to have happened sooner than I expected.

On the different bat brands we talked some about that is the fall. The team signed a glove contract with Rawlings this year. They elected not to do an exclusive deal for bats and let the players swing any bat they were competing with. I speculated at the time but have no actual knowledge this would allow players to have individual NIL deals with bat companies. Not sure if that happened but I hope so.

I am sure I missed some but I saw some Louisville Sluggers, some Mizuno and at least one Easton Ghost Unlimited. Mya and KP definitely LS. AK and KK were Mizuno I think. Micaela was Ghost. I will try to make better mental notes tomorrow on who was swinging what.

Both ACU and Utah St had mixed bat brands in their lineups as well.

Despite the score I think Utah St is a decent mid major team. I will be interested to see how they handle the rest of their games this weekend

As usual, thanks for the report from Davis.

I mention often how many free bases we usually give up but was impressed tonight - only one BB and one HBP. Both by Sidne but she also had 10 SO's to make up for it. Was really impressed with Lessentine - she did her part with 58 strikes in 65 total pitches. If I remember correctly (I have not gone through the play-by-play to check) she got ahead of all but one hitter - fantastic. Really fanstastic.

A ton of really hard hit balls tonight. HR's from returners and new players. All very promising.

Defense was a wee bit shaky a few times (three errors) but I put it down to 'first game jitters'. Also a few boo boos with base running. But it was the first games of the season and will get worked out, I am sure of it.

Ariel (aka AK) showed us that she has an arm (from the OF).

Overall, I think a very good Opening Day that answered several questions.

Anyway, a few notes thanks to Tyler Pounds ...

- Texas A&M belted six home runs totaling 1,438 feet while batting .468.
- The Aggie pitching staff held opposing teams to a .081 batting average, going 3 for 37, while registering 19 strikeouts and allowing one walk.
- The Aggies are 39-5 in season openers since 1983, including wins in 14 straight.
- Sydney Lessentine allowed one hit in her 12th career start, while Sidne Peters registered her third complete game in her 12th career start.
- Taylor Pannell made her Aggie debut, striking out two batters in 1.0 inning of work.
- Senior Kennedy Powell stole a base in each game to extend her consecutive stolen base streak to 27 attempts.
- Oklahoma State transfer Micaela Wark homered in both games, marking the 30th and 31st home runs of her career.
- Mya Perez homered in both games for the 18th and 19th long balls of her career. It marked the third time she has homered in each game of a doubleheader, also accomplishing the feat last season against - Florida A&M in Tallahassee and at Georgia.
- Sophomore Paislie Allen homered in her first at-bat as an Aggie, the second home run of her career.
- Tallen Edwards shined in her Aggie debut going 3 for 4, 2 2B, 2 BB, 2 R, 1 RBI.
- Freshman Annsley Groce stole a base in her first collegiate game.

win in a Warkoff run rule