Sophomore Joey DeBernardis crossed home plate in the ninth inning to stop Penn State from being shutout, but the run mattered little in terms of the final score.
Playing its first night game of the season Tuesday, the Penn State baseball team was routed by Texas A&M, 17-3.
The 17 runs were the most given up by Penn State (4-4) since April 25, 2008, when the Nittany Lions suffered a 20-11 loss to Illinois.
The teams played scoreless ball through three innings before the Aggies (10-2) got to Penn State freshman starter John Walter.
The Aggies put up four runs on Walter in the fourth, knocking him out of the game as sophomore Ryan Ignas came on in relief to start the fifth inning.
Ignas gave up four runs -- only one of which was earned -- in two innings before David Lutz came in and allowed six runs, three earned, in one inning of work.
Though the Lions trailed only 4-0 through five innings, Texas A&M scored 13 runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings to blow the game wide open.
Penn State batters struck out 16 times while recording just seven hits -- four of which came in the ninth inning with the game well out of reach.
The two teams will meet again at 7:35 p.m. Wednesday.
