On Friday, No. 9 Texas A&M baseball aimed to keep its postseason host hopes intact against No. 20 Ole Miss in a hostile environment at Swayze Field.

Before Game 1, the Aggies made a significant change to their pitching rotation , starting senior left-handed pitcher Ethan Darden over redshirt junior left-handed pitcher Shane Sdao, who had previously been A&M’s go-to Friday night starter this season thus far. Unable to get anything going on offense and failing to limit Ole Miss’s damage, the Aggies fell to the Rebels, 5-3.

Only a day later, A&M got revenge on Ole Miss, beating the Rebels, 18-5, after seven innings.…