Powell's walk-off bunt seals A&M's perfect weekend in Tallahassee

Game #16: No. 6 Texas A&M 3, Southeastern Louisiana 2
Records: Texas A&M (15-1, 0-0), Southeastern Louisiana (11-6, 0-0)
WP: Emiley Kennedy (5-1)
LP: Britney Lewinski (2-3)
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The following is a press release from Texas A&M Athletics

TALLAHASSEE – Texas A&M’s Kennedy Powell placed a textbook bunt to walk-off Southeastern Louisiana, 3-2, to complete a perfect 5-0 weekend at the JoAnne Graf Classic.
Powell led off the game with a walk and Mac Barbara followed with a single to left field as the Aggies had two on and no outs. Mya Perez broke the ice with an RBI single to score Powell, while Amari Harper made it 2-0 with a sac-fly scoring Barbara. Aggie starter Kate Munnerlyn kept Southeastern Louisiana (11-6) scoreless through the next three innings before the Maroon & White allowed two runs on two defensive errors in the top of the fifth.

Texas A&M (15-1) threatened in the bottom half as Kramer Eschete led off with a single up the middle, before a sac bunt and consecutive groundouts spoiled the opportunity leaving the winning run stranded on third. Emiley Kennedy entered the circle and sat down SLU in order in the sixth and seventh innings on 18 pitches.

Ol’ Sarge’s charges wasted no time as a fielder’s choice and single had Aggies on the corners with only one out before Powell called game laying a bunt down to score Hailey Golden.

UP NEXT
The Aggies return to Davis Diamond to host the Texas A&M Invitational beginning with Texas State on Thursday at 4:30 p.m., followed by Princeton at 7 p.m.

NOTES
Junior Kennedy Powell extended her on-base streak to 16 games after earning a walk to leadoff the game. Powell finished the day 1-for-2, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 Sac hit.

Mya Perez and Allie Enright extended their on-base streaks to 11 games with hits in the opening frame. Enright finished 2-for-3 with a double, while Perez went 1-for-3 and one RBI.

Freshman Kate Munnerlyn made her first collegiate start finishing her line with 5.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K. Munnerlyn totaled 65 pitches, while hitting the zone 41 times.

Senior Emiley Kennedy earned the win to move to 5-1 on the season and 54-28 in her career. Lefty tossed 2.0 scoreless innings and struck out one, while keeping SLU out of the hit column.

The Aggies finished the weekend 5-0, including a pair of top 10 wins over No. 8 Florida State. Texas A&M outscored its opponents 43-12, while 60% (26-of-43) of the Aggies runs came on two outs.

The Aggie pitching staff combined to strikeout 43 batters in 34.0 innings of work, while A&M hitters were punched out 16 times.

Texas A&M has started 15-1 in consecutive seasons for the first time since the 2016 and 2017 seasons when Texas A&M started 18-1 in 2016 and 19-1 in 2017.