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BAYAMON, Puerto Rico -- No. 14 Texas A&M concluded the Puerto Rico Clasico with a 28-26, 25-23, 25-15 victory over Virginia Tech today to improve to 3-3 on the season.Aggie All-American senior middle blocker Jazzmin Babers led all players with 14 kills while hitting .407. Freshman outside hitter Hollann Hans, who was celebrating her 19th birthday, tallied a personal best 12 kills while making the first start of her young career, and junior outside hitter Kiara McGee also posted double-digit kills with 12 as Texas A&M recorded 53 team kills to Virginia Techs 38. The Maroon and White also outhit the Hokies, .322 to .179, en route to the victory.There were 10 ties and five lead changes in the opening set. The Aggies equaled their largest lead at 10-6, but the Hokies managed to take their first lead since scoring the opening point at 16-15. They went on to build their largest lead at 19-17 and still held a two-point cushion at 20-18 before Hans posted two of her five kills in the frame to tie the score at 20-20. She also tied the score at 21 with a kill, and back-to-back Virginia Tech errors returned the lead to the Aggies, 23-21.Virginia Tech later staved off two match points to tie the score at 24, and the Hokies continued to stay alive by tying the score at 25- and 26-all before Babers and Hans put away consecutive kills to seal the 28-26 first-set victory.The Aggies built a 19-12 led in the second set before the Hokies went on a 9-2 run to tie the score at 21-21, forcing A&M to call its second timeout. Hans then propel the Aggies to a 3-1 spurt with three kills to put A&M at set point. The Aggies committed an attack error before sophomore middle blocker Kaitlyn Blake got the set-ending kill to give A&M a 2-0 set lead in the match.The Aggies trailed the third set, 8-5, before outscoring Tech 5-1 and taking a lead they would not lose. Texas A&M continued to pull away, outhitting the Hokies, .500 to .074, in the set. Babers would get four kills during a 5-0 run that put the Aggies ahead, 22-14. Only a service error ended the rally, but Hans got a kill on the next play, and Blake put down an overpass to put the Aggies at match point. Junior libero Amy Nettles then served an ace to cap the victory.A&M senior defensive specialist Victoria Arenas took team-high honors in digs with 11, and Blake led all players with four blocks as A&M outblocked Tech, 7-2. Junior setter Stephanie Aiple tallied 41 assists.Linsey Owens led Tech (3-2) with 13 kills but was held to a .167 hitting efficiency.The Aggies host Chinese team Shandong in an exhibition game on Monday. 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"Our lead is pretty big right now, but crazier things have happened in baseball. Youve got to go out and win as many games as you can." Uptons 23rd homer to left-centre came on a 2-2 pitch from Ian Krol (1-1). It was his third career game-winning homer and second of the season. "Its a great feeling when you can go out and win the ballgame for your team," Upton said. "Theres nothing like that." Scott Downs (2-0) pitched a scoreless 10th for Atlanta. Harper was hit by pitches in the fourth and eighth innings by Alex Wood and Luis Avilan, respectively. Home plate umpire Marty Foster warned both benches after Avilan hit Harper on his shoulder in the eighth. Washingtons players rose to the top of the dugout but didnt come onto the field. It wasnt the first time Harper had been hit by a pitch against the Braves this month. Both Atlanta pitchers insisted they didnt try to hit Harper. "I tried not to look at him," Wood said of Harper. "It was embarrassing to hit somebody with a curveball." Avilan was trying to protect a 2-1 lead when he hit Harper. "I didnt want to put the runner on," Avilan said. "I was like, I hope he doesnt think I did it on purpose. Were leading 2-1. ... I felt bad because I almost hit him in the head because its dangerous, you know." Harper did not talk with reporters after the game. Nationals manager Davey Johnson said he thought Avilan should have been thrown out of the game. Asked if he thought Braves pitchers were trying to hit Harper, Johnson said, "I hope not, because its ridiculous. In a close ballgame, theyve got a lot more to lose than we do at this point, so it would be a ridiculous thing to do. "After he got hit the second time they should have thrown (Avilan) out of the balllgame and be done with it.dddddddddddd But its their choice." On Aug. 6, both benches emptied when Harper was hit by Julio Teheran in the Braves 2-1 win at Washington. Downs threw an inside pitch past Harper to the backstop before walking Harper with one out in the 10th. Jayson Werth hit into a double play to end the inning. Wood gave up one run and five hits and no walks and a career-high nine strikeouts in 6 1-3 innings. Washingtons Taylor Jordan did not allow an earned run, but was hurt by three errors. Jordan allowed two runs, both unearned, and seven hits and three walks in six innings. Heyward led off the first inning with a single and took off for second base on ball four to Upton. Washington catcher Wilson Ramos made an unnecessary and wild throw to second base for an error, allowing Heyward to advance to third before scoring on Freddie Freemans double play grounder. Paul Janish, starting at second base after the Braves announced Tyler Pastornicky would need season-ending knee surgery, singled to lead off the third. After Janish advanced to third on Heywards single, shortstop Ian Desmond fielded Uptons grounder and threw to second to force Heyward. Second baseman Anthony Rendon attempted to complete the double play, but threw wild to first for an error, allowing Janish to score for a 2-0 lead. There was no reaction from Harper when he was hit by a pitch from Wood to lead off the fourth. Harper calmly jogged to first base and then made a comment to Freeman at the bag, prompting both to laugh. Harper advanced to third on Werths single and scored when Desmond hit into a double play. Harper wasnt laughing after he was hit by Avilans pitch in the eighth following a double by Ryan Zimmerman. Luis Ayala replaced Avilan and gave up a single to Werth as the Nationals pulled even at 2-2. NOTES: Upton also hit a game-winning homer against the Cubs on April 6. ... RHP Drew Storen, recalled from Triple-A Syracuse on Thursday, pitched a scoreless ninth. ... Braves 2B Phil Gosselin, recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett, made his major league debut as a defensive replacement in the 10th. ... Braves RHP Jordan Walden, who hadnt pitched since taking a liner off his pitching hand on Saturday, said his hand is fully recovered. ... The series continues Saturday night when Atlantas Mike Minor will try for his 13th win against Washingtons Stephen Strasburg, who is only 6-9 despite a 2.83 ERA. ' ' '