Texas A&M-Brown game suspended, will resume Sunday at 11 a.m.

For the second straight game, Texas A&M put a crooked number on the scoreboard early and then went several innings without scoring. 

At times it looked like the Aggies would once again pull out a victory even with the offensive lull, but a constant rain was finally too much to overcome as the game was suspended with the score tied, 2-2. The action is scheduled to pick back up Sunday at 11 a.m., with the series finale to follow 30 minutes after the conclusion of the suspended game.

"We get to hit the reset button a little bit and come out tomorrow and have a one-inning game," head coach Rob Childress said after the suspension was announced. "We need to get a good night's sleep and come out tomorrow ready to go from the first pitch."

Unlike Friday night, the Aggies drew first blood in this one. Logan Foster drew a one-out walk and advanced to second on a single by Braden Shewmake. After Joel Davis was hit by a pitch, Brown starter Reid Anderson balked and Foster trotted home with the first run of the afternoon. Cole Bedford followed with an RBI groundout to second to score Shewmake.

It appeared for a while that A&M starter Stephen Kolek would be able to make those two runs stand up, but Josh Huntley took advantage of a Kolek hanging slider to get Brown on the board with a solo home run in the fourth, and then the Bears scratched across another run in the fifth to tie the game. Rob Henry reached base with a one-out single and, after Kolek induced a flyout, Sam Grigo blasted a double over Nick Choruby's head in center field for an RBI double.

"I was just trying to fill up the strike zone as much as I could and let my defense work," Kolek said. "Today I was focused on getting deep into the game, just being able to pitch late in the game, and see how far I could take us. It felt good to actually do that."

Kolek responded by tossing scoreless frames in the sixth and seventh, but he did not get any more run support and was saddled with a no-decision. In all, the sophomore righty scattered eight hits and two runs over seven innings, striking out three and walking one. He threw a career-high 105 pitches in the outing, collecting nine flyball outs in the process.

"All in all, I thought he was fabulous," Childress said of Kolek. "He gave us seven complete innings and gave his team a chance to win."

The Aggies had a prime opportunity to push a run across in the seventh and give Kolek a chance to add a win to his record. Brown starting pitcher Reid Anderson let a fastball get away from him and hit Blake Kopetsky in the helmet, then Walker Pennington worked a full count walk. With runners on first and second and no outs, Austin Homan failed three times to get a sacrifice bunt down and struck out.

Brown immediately brought in JJ Sliepka out of the bullpen to relieve Anderson, and on the first pitch he threw, the Aggies attempted a double steal. Kopetsy was thrown out at third, however, and then George Janca struck out moments later to end the threat.

"We felt like we would take a chance there, especially with a runner at second base," Childress said. "The catcher got a pitch to handle and threw a strike, after we couldn't get the bunt down."

Corbin Martin retired the side in the eighth in relief of Kolek, and then the Aggies went down in order in their half. The game will resume with the Bears batting to begin the ninth inning.