Friday-

Quist was on top of his game again in his second to last start of the year. The young southpaw went 7 innings, giving up just 2 runs. Those 2 runs Quist gave up were in his last inning of work, when the Aggies already had a 6 run lead. Scott Chew came in on the 8th inning but was ineffective, only retiring 1 batter whiling giving up 4 hits and 3 runs. Matthew Lewis came on in relief of Chew and was much more productive than his last appearance. Lewis went the final 1 and 2/3 innings in the game while only giving up 1 hit.

Offensively the Aggies were on top of things. They were assisted by some rough defense by the Gauchos, only 1 of the Aggies runs were actually earned. David Popkins started his Big West player of the week series off with a bang going 3 for 5 with 2 RBI. The two Scott's, Lyman and Heylman went a combined 4 for 8 with 2 runs scored and 1 RBI.

The Aggies being able to hold off the surging Gauchos late in the game was a big step in the right direction for this young team as they look to be more competitive in Big West play next year.

Saturday-

This time the Aggies played from behind and were able to make a come back late, with 7 runs scored in the last 3 innings. Sean Watson struggled, something that is unusual after his last couple outings, but Scott Heinig picked up the slack going 3 and 2/3 innings in relief. Heinig would only allow 2 walks while not giving up any hits.

The Aggies offense was even more in sync than Friday, David Popkins was 4 for 5 with 2 runs and 1 RBI. Scott Lyman did his job as clean up man, driving in 6 off his teammates on the day. 3 of Lyman's RBI came on his 5th home run of the season in the 7th inning. Seth 'The Secret Weapon' Batty was on top of his game on Saturday, going 3 for 5 and chipping in both a run and RBI.

The win on Saturday secured the 3rd conference series win for the Aggies and give them their 7th win in conference. The Aggies winning from protecting a lead and coming from behind was something that has to make Coach Rex Peters feel good. The momentum was in their favor heading into the Sunday match-up.

Sunday-

Offensively the Aggies top of the lineup carried the team on Sunday. Justin Schafer went 2 for 5 with 2 runs scored an 1 RBI. Scott Heylman went 1 for 5 with a walk, 2 runs scored, and 1 run batted in. David Popkins finished off his amazing weekend going 4 for 5 on Sunday, he scored twice and drove in 5 Aggies.



Looking Forward-

The Aggies only have 3 more games on the schedule this year after Tuesday nights game in Palo Alto got rained out. They'll travel down to the Inland Empire and take on the UC Riverside Highlanders for the final weekend series of the year.

While there has been plenty of negatives this year as far as performance goes, David Popkins has not been party of that. The Aggie DH/OF became the first position player to get Big West player of the week since Kyle Mihaylo received the honor in 2008. The switch hitting slugger leads or is tied for the lead in the following categories; in batting average, runs scored, hits, triples, runs batted in, total bases, slugging percentage, and on base percentage. I for one would like to congratulate Popkins on an amazing year.