Kingsville, TX — Texas A&M-Kingsville took Game 1 of the series against Lubbock Christian, 10-4, Friday night at Nolan Ryan Field.
The Javelinas (16-11, 16-11 LSC) jumped out early and never let Lubbock Christian (14-13, 14-13 LSC) take control for long, powered by a dominant pitching performance and a huge night from Isaiah Aguilar at the plate.
LCU wasted no time getting on the board in the first inning, as the Chaparrals hit back-to-back home runs off Brian Buchanan to put TAMUK in an early 2-0 hole. The Javelinas answered right back in the bottom of the first, however, as Landon Salinas doubled to left center to score Joshua Prado, and Nick Reyes followed with an RBI on a fielding error to knot the game at 2-2…