Three errors proved to be a difference maker, allowing the Aggies to score five unearned runs and extend two scoring innings.

"It just came down to focus on a lot of different fronts," Head Coach Jason Beverlin said. "Defensively, we had some lapses that really hurt us. Pitching, we had some lapses that hurt us throughout the weekend. We've got to clean that up, and we've got to get better mentally."

Freshman first baseman Jose Carballo put the Wildcats on the board in the top of the second, taking the first pitch yard to right with Eric Sams on base, logging a two-run homer, the first of his career.

The Aggies brought it back to even in the bottom of the fourth, using three consecutive singles to put up the first run, with the second coming on Luke Tendler's sacrifice bunt, creating a 2-2 tie that would hold one frame.

N.C. A&T took the lead in the bottom of the fifth after a B-CU fielding error extended the inning, as Brandon Wilkerson took advantage of a bases loaded situation, putting a two-run double into the outer shade of right.

The Wildcats countered to reclaim the lead in the sixth, as David Lee reached base on balls, advanced on a sacrifice and came on home on Sams' RBI double down the left field line. Sams came home to tie the game at four-all, as Carballo reached and advanced on N.C. A&T errors at first. He went on to score and push B-CU to a 5-4 advantage on Shaun McCarty's RBI double through the left side.

The lead wouldn't stand for long, with the tie run reaching on a throwing error, and coming home on Kelvin Freeman's single up the middle, while Dairio Little's single brought him home for the one-run advantage.

Again the Wildcats responded, with Sams leading off the eighth with a double to right, scoring later on a wild pitch to tie the score at 6-6. The Wildcats threatened to take the lead with bases loaded against N.C. A&T's Kirby Whicker, but came away without the go-ahead run.

In the home side of the frame, the Aggies broke away for good, as a busted double play attempt extended the inning, allowed a run to score and and made room for RBI from Andre McKoy and Wilkerson, building the lead to three in favor of the Aggies.

Whicker (2-1) remained in the contest in the top of the ninth, inducing three B-CU flyouts for the 9-6 North Carolina A&T win, and B-CU's third series loss of the year.

Byron Ferguson (1-2) takes the unfortunate loss, allowing the go-ahead run to reach on a single fired into his leg, leading him to exit the game after facing just two batters.

Despite the defensive miscues, the Wildcats continued to show a strong offensive approach at the plate, adding 14 runs to a weekend total of 41 for the series.

Sams led the Wildcats at the plate with 3-for-5 hitting, two runs scored and an RBI, while McCarty was 3-for-4 with an RBI.

The Wildcats face the South Florida Bulls (10-10) in midweek action, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at Jackie Robinson Ballpark. The Bulls completed a three-game sweep of Florida A&M, Sunday in Tampa, Fla.

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