KINGSVILLE, Texas – An hour-plus long lightning delay couldn't slow the No. 27 Texas A&M-Kingsville baseball program on Friday night at Nolan Ryan Field as they hit the gas pedal in the first inning following the stoppage against Cameron in the Lone Star series opener and never looked back for a 14-2 decision.

The Javelinas (33-13, 12-9 LSC) reached the double-digit mark for the 15th time in the 2018 campaign while getting a solid outing from freshman Tyler Flores (San Antonio, Texas) on the bump to keep the Aggies' (15-29, 5-16 LSC) bats quiet through most of the evening en route to the win.

Flores sat down the first batter of the game on strikes before the officiating crew pulled the teams off the field for lightning in the area. Both sides got a one-hour, five-minute rest before play resumed in the top of the first.

The Aggies took advantage of the lull and got a run home from Cole Williams who roped a pitch into left that brought in Colton Adams to break the ice.

The Javelina hurler settled into a groove and struck out the next batter before getting a fielder's choice ground ball to end the frame.

The Hogs got the runs back, and then some, in the bottom half of the stanza after junior Manny Loredo (McAllen, Texas) started the rally with a solo shot to left with a full count to knot the contest at one apiece. It was Loredo's fifth round-tripper of the year, putting him in a tie with classmate Pablo Hernandez (Havana, Cuba) for the team lead.

Sophomore Brad Jones (Crandall, Texas) followed up with a bounding-ball through the left half of the diamond to plate senior Levi Zents (Fort Worth, Texas), before Hernandez brought a pair home on a liner into right.

Junior Dylan Hutcheson (Wichita Falls, Texas) kept the runs flowing with a squeeze bunt to bring in Jones, while redshirt-junior Alex Gonzalez (Corpus Christi, Texas) ended the rally with a double in the right center gap that capped Hutcheson and Hernandez for a 7-1 advantage favoring TAMUK heading into the second.

The Hogs added another run in the fourth when senior Christian Caudle (Klein, Texas) skied a fly ball to center field, scoring classmate Dallas Stefano (Cypress, Texas). Meanwhile, Flores found a rhythm and stranded an Aggie runner on base before heading into the fifth.

Cameron added a second run to its total in the top of the fifth, putting Flores' day at five innings pitched with seven punchouts and only five hits allowed for his sixth win of his freshman campaign.

The Hogs responded in the bottom of the fifth when Zents drove the ball into right to score two more, before a wild pitch from Alex Ward granted sophomore Hayden Fails (Sweeny, Texas) access to the plate for an 11-2 lead going into the sixth.

TAMUK would end the day with three more runs in the home half of the sixth inning after Fails got one home on a fielder's choice ground ball back to the pitcher, while senior Austin Ingraham (Fort Worth, Texas) was inches shy of a three-run blast to left center and instead brought a pair home on a deep double that caromed off the wall.

The 14-2 lead would hold firm as the Hogs went to the bullpen and brought in redshirt-sophomore Alex Canul (Edinburg, Texas) to close out the final two innings.

The Javelinas will face the Aggies in a doubleheader on Saturday for games two and three of the final 2018 Lone Star series at Nolan Ryan Field, with first pitch of game one set for 1 p.m. CT.

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