College Station Regional live game updates: USC 14, Texas A&M 3 – FINAL
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas A&M baseball team is set to face USC in the College Station Regional Final round of the NCAA Tournament, beginning at 8:06 p.m. Sunday in Blue Bell Park. Aggie Yell will be on site covering the matchup between the No. 12 national seed Aggies (41-14) and No. 2 seed Trojans (45-16) in the four-team, double-elimination regional, giving live updates before, during and after the matchup in this article and its comment section.
This game can be seen on ESPN+, with Richard Cross (play-by-play) and Todd Walker (color commentary) on the call. It can be heard locally on 1150 AM/93.7 FM The Zone, with Andrew Monaco (play-by-play) and Ryan Brauninger (color commentary) providing coverage.
With a win, A&M would advance to the Super Regional stage of the NCAA Tournament. A loss, though, would put the Aggies in a winner-takes-all game against USC, which would be Monday at a to-be-determined time.
Follow along below and in the comment section for live updates.
Ninth inning: USC 14, Texas A&M 3
05/31/2026 11:18:26 PMTop of the ninth: Kiel grounded out to first; Chestnut struck out looking; Binderup struck out swinging.
Eighth inning: USC 14, Texas A&M 3
05/31/2026 11:18:07 PMTop of the eighth: Hacopian flied out to center; Partida singled to right; Duer scored Partida on a triple to right center; USC replaced Johnson with right-handed pitcher Rohan Kasanagottu; Harrison got hit by a pitch; Royo grounded into a 5-4-3 double play.
Bottom of the eighth: Lopez singled to right center; Takeuchi singled through the left side and advanced Lopez to second; Cadena struck out swinging; Basseer scored Takeuchi and Lopez on a double to right center; Basseer advanced to third on a wild pitch; Basseer scored on a single to left from Riske; Carpentier singled to left center and advanced Riske to second, Texas A&M replaced Vargas with right-handed pitcher Grant Cunningham; Urbon reached first on a fielder’s choice play while Carpentier got out at second and Riske advanced to third; Covarrubias reached first on a fielder’s choice play while Urbon got out at second.
Seventh inning: USC 11, Texas A&M 2
05/31/2026 10:46:09 PMTop of the seventh: Kellner struck out looking; Grahovac grounded out to third; Sorrell popped out to third.
Bottom of the seventh: Cadena fouled out to third; Basseer took a four-pitch walk; Lamb walked while Basseer advanced to second; Texas A&M replaced Vincent with right-handed pitcher Juan Vargas; Carpentier singled to center while Woodson advanced to second and Basseer moved to third; Urbon scored Woodson and Basseer on a single to left and moved Carpentier to second; Covarrubias struck out looking; Lopez struck out swinging.
Sixth inning: USC 9, Texas A&M 2
05/31/2026 10:22:39 PMTop of the sixth: Duer singled through the left side; Harrison popped up to the shortstop; Royo flied out to left center; Kiel flied out to right center.
Bottom of the sixth: Lopez walked; Lopez struck out swinging; Takeuchi struck out swinging before Lopez got caught stealing second.
Fifth inning: USC 9, Texas A&M 2
05/31/2026 10:05:41 PMTop of the fifth: Kellner struck out swinging; Grahovac homered to left; Sorrell singled through the right side; Hacopian flied out to right center; Sorrell stole second before advancing to third on a throwing error from Cadena; Partida struck out swinging.
Bottom of the fifth: Texas A&M replaced Powell with left-handed reliever Hunter Vincent; Lamb singled up the middle; Carpentier grounded out to the pitcher while Lamb advanced to second; Urbon grounded out to the pitcher while Lamb advanced to third; Covarrubias grounded out to third.
Fourth inning: USC 9, Texas A&M 1
05/31/2026 09:46:48 PMTop of the fourth: Partida flied out to center; Duer flied out to center; Harrison walked; Royo singled to left and advanced Harrison to second; Kiel flied out to left center.
Bottom of the fourth: Lopez reached first on a fielding error from Kellner; Lopez scored Lopez on a two-run homer to left center; Takeuchi struck out swinging; Cadena struck out swinging; Basseer flied out to center.
Third inning: USC 7, Texas A&M 1
05/31/2026 09:28:04 PMTop of the third: Grahovac singled to right; Sorrell flied out to center; Hacopian grounded into a 5-4-3 double play.
Bottom of the third: Cadena doubled down the right-field line; Basseer singled to second base and advanced Cadena to third; Texas A&M replaced Lyons with left-handed reliever Cooper Powell; Carpentier flied out to left; Urbon struck out looking; Covarrubias struck out looking.
Second inning: USC 4, Texas A&M 1
05/31/2026 08:58:59 PMTop of the second: Duer grounded out to third base; Harrison got hit by pitch; Royo singled through the left side and advanced Harrison to second; Kiel reached first on a fielder’s choice play while Royo got out at second and Harrison moved to third; Kellner struck out swinging.
Bottom of the second: Urbon singled to second base; Covarrubias flied out to center; Lopez struck out looking; Lopez walked and advanced Urbon to second; Takeuchi grounded out to third base.
First inning: USC 4, Texas A&M 1
05/31/2026 08:29:09 PMTop of the first: Grahovac lined out to first base; Sorrell fouled out to third base; Hacopian homered down the left-field line; Partida flied out to right.
Bottom of the first: Covarrubias grounded out to the shortstop; Lopez singled through the right side; Lopez doubled to right center and advanced Lopez to third; Takeuchi singled up the middle and scored Lopez and Lopez before moving to second on the throw to home plate; Cadena walked; Baseer grounded out to second base while Cadena and Takeuchi advanced to second and third; Lamb scored Cadena and Takeuchi on a double down the left-field line; Texas A&M replaced Darden with right-handed reliever Gavin Lyons; Carpentier fouled out to right.
Starting lineups
05/31/2026 07:37:39 PMLeft-handed pitcher Ethan Darden (4-3, 4.59 ERA) will start on the mound for the Aggies. Below is their starting lineup.
1B Gavin Grahovac
CF Caden Sorrell
DH Chris Hacopian
3B Nico Partida
LF Jake Duer
C Bear Harrison
2B Ben Royo
RF Terrence Kiel II
SS Boston Kellner
Right-handed pitcher Andrew Johnson (7-2, 3.44 ERA) will start for the Trojans. Below is their starting lineup.
2B Abbrie Covarrubias
1B Adrian Lopez
DH Augie Lopez
3B Kevin Takeuchi
C Isaac Cadena
RF Jack Basseer
LF Andrew Lamb
SS Dean Carpentier
CF Walter Urbon