College Station, TX - Hofstra outhit fourth-ranked Texas A&M, 10-7, but the Aggies were able to come away with a 5-2 win on opening night at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Stadium.

Hofstra (0-1) got two hits each from David Leiderman, Ryan Karl and Brad Witkowski.

The Aggies (1-0) got on the board in the first with a solo home run off the bat of Boomer White. But the Pride answered in the second as Karl and Vito Friscia had back-to-back singles and Karl moved to third on a fly out before Nick Bottari drove in the first Hofstra run with a single to left field.  

Hofstra took a 2-1 lead in the third as Leiderman led off with a double and Steven Foster followed with an RBI single. The lead was short-lived as Texas A&M tied it up in the bottom of the frame as J.B. Moss led off with a triple and Ryne Birk delivered a sacrifice fly.

The Aggies took the lead for good in the fourth as Walker Pennington's sacrifice fly scored Hunter Melton, who had singled to lead off the inning. Texas A&M tacked on single runs in the fifth and sixth.

Hofstra starter Alec Eisenberg took the loss, allowing three runs (two earned) on four hits in four innings of work. He struck out one batter and did not walk anyone.

Kyle Simonds went five innings for the Aggies and allowed two runs on seven hits. Ryan Hendrix went the final 1 2/3 innings for his first save. White and Moss each had two hits for the Aggies.

The series continues tomorrow at 3 p.m. (EST).

Notes:
-The Pride's 10 hits were the most on opening day since an 11-hit performance at Florida Atlantic in 2011
-Seven of Hofstra's nine starters had hits
-Dating back to last season, Brad Witkowski has now reached base in nine consecutive games
-Hofstra was 3-8 (.375) with runners in scoring position and 5-14 (.357) with runners on base
-Brendan Mulligan and Dave Jesch each pitched scoreless innings of relief. The appearance was Jesch's first since 2014 after missing all of 2015 due to injury.