COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Gonzaga baseball wasn't able to figure out the Texas A&M offense on Saturday in a 14-2 loss at Blue Bell Park in College Station, Texas.
 
The Aggies (14-4) scored seven runs in the fourth and five more in the eighth to blow the game open against Gonzaga (5-7).
 
Ernie Yake, Mason Marenco and Troy Johnston each had two hits for the GU offense. Yake and Guthrie Morrison collected one RBI apiece.
 
"We need to do a good job of having a short memory and give ourselves the best chance to win tomorrow," head coach Mark Machtolf said. "This is what we signed up for as a team and I'm excited to see the response on Sunday."
 
The Aggies broke the game open in the fourth inning, getting seven runs to push a 2-1 lead to 9-1. After Texas A&M scored two in the first, GU starter Mac Lardner set the Aggies down in order in the second and third innings. The fourth inning was a different story as Texas A&M sent 11 batters to the plate in the frame.
 
Gonzaga had cut the early 2-0 lead to 2-1 with an RBI single by Morrison through the left side, but Aggie starter Asa Lacy settled in and went 6.0 innings, allowing just three hits and the one run while striking out seven.
 
After the Aggies seven-run fourth, GU's Michael Spellacy quieted the bats for the next 3.2 innings, allowing no runs on two hits, while striking out three.
 
The Aggies got back on the board and put the game out of reach with a five-run eighth inning.  
 
The Zags and Aggies will wrap up the three-game series on Sunday in College Station, Texas, at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on SEC Network + and online on WatchESPN.