The Aggies are allowed to dogpile only after winning conference tournaments and advancing in the NCAA Tournament. Rallying for six runs in the ninth inning to tie the game and then winning it in dramatic fashion in the 11th, which the Aggies did Sunday at Baylor Ballpark, should get special consideration.

Kyle Colligan scored the winning run on a Blake Stouffer single to left to complete the comeback, then the two combined to throw out the potential tying run in the bottom of the 11th as Texas A&M beat Baylor 13-12 and finished a three-game sweep.

If the Aggies would have had a big celebration, they might have gotten away with it. A&M coach Rob Childress had to wait in the tunnel for the result after getting tossed for arguing a call at second base in the eighth inning.

"I wasn't here to see it, but I'd say it ranks right up there," Childress said when asked if Sunday's win was the biggest non-tournament victory he's had since taking over at A&M three years ago. "There's a lot of grit in this group."

Bears catcher Greg Glime nearly tied the game in the bottom of the 11th, but Colligan and Stouffer worked the relay to throw out Baylor's Beamer Weems at the plate for the second out.

"I stumbled on the warning track. Initially I didn't get a good jump or [have the right] angle," Colligan said of chasing down the hit to right-center. "I really thought Stouffer was going [to third base] on the throw but he went home with it and I was really surprised that we got him out by about two steps. It was really amazing."

The drama wasn't over, though, as Glime advanced to third on the throw home.

The Aggies then intentionally walked Shaver Hansen, who had four hits in the game, setting up a wild conclusion to a frenetic 4-hour, 21-minute game.

On the next pitch, Hansen took off for second and Brian Ruggiano threw down to Stouffer, who cut off the throw in front of the bag and sent it right back to Ruggiano. Glime took a few steps toward home on the throw to second and was unable to get back to third in time when Ruggiano threw a strike to Dane Carter.

"We executed a play we work hard on all the time in practice and they executed the play extremely well," A&M assistant Matt Deggs said. "[The] coaches talked about it in the dugout that something like that was about to come and that they wanted to get that winning run at second. We were determined they weren't going to."

It was the 12th straight Big 12 victory for A&M (33-7, 15-3), who moved 1 1/2 games ahead of Nebraska. Baylor (23-17, 8-10) has lost four in a row for the first time since 2006.

Colligan singled to set up the winning run. He appeared to be picked off first base but moved up 90 feet in a rundown when first baseman Dustin Dickerson threw high and late to second.

Home plate umpire Doyle Sooter left the game in the eighth inning with a broken arm after being hit by a pitch. That proved costly for Baylor, as Colligan admitted to being inside the baseline on the rundown. With only two umpires on the field, there was no call.

Stouffer then singled to left off Nick Cassavechia (0-3) for the game-winning RBI.

"Cassavechia had kind of had my number the first couple times I had faced him, and I went up there the last time and took away his strength, which it to try and get me low and away," Stouffer said. "So I scooted up in the box and got something out over the plate. It wasn't the prettiest of hits but it got the job done."

The Aggies' six-run rally in the ninth started with Colligan getting hit by a Tim Matthews' pitch. Carter then ended Matthews' day with a homer to left-center to make it 12-8.

Craig Fritsch entered and gave up a single to Duran, a double to Luke Anders and hit Darby Brown with a pitch. Ruggiano then made it 12-10 with a single up the middle.

Baylor coach Steve Smith stayed with Fritsch, and he walked Brodie Greene before giving up the tying single to Brooks Raley.

"It was a changeup down and away and somehow I managed to pull it through the hole," said Raley, the Aggies' winning pitcher Friday. "It was the greatest, luckiest hit you can get.

"You've got to go up there with no fear and I knew I was going to leave it all out there whether I struck out, lined out, whatever."

A&M may not have needed six runs in the ninth if not for a controversial call in the eighth. Brown was called out at second for making contact with second baseman Raynor Campbell while breaking up a double play on a bases-loaded grounder. Brown and Ruggiano, who hit the grounder to third baseman Hansen, were called out and Anders and Duran had to go back to second and third, respectively.

Childress argued the call and was tossed by third base umpire Don Novak. It was the first time Childress had to exit a game early in his three years at A&M.

Greene then singled to left to knock in Duran and Anders, but the inning ended on a Nick Fleece fly out.

A&M had an opportunity to win it in the 10th. Carter singled and went to second when Anders was hit by a pitch. Brown singled to right field, but Aaron Miller threw Carter out at home. Hansen ended the threat by diving toward the third-base line to stab a line drive off the bat of Ruggiano.

Travis Starling (6-0) picked up the win, going a career-high four innings. Starling gave up a three runs in the eighth, when Baylor answered A&M's production in the top of the inning with runs in the bottom for the second straight frame.

"With the adrenaline going, I told myself I was finishing the game, whether we lost or won," Starling said. "I was winding down. That's the longest outing I've had in three years and my velocity was on its way down, so I was just glad we won it right then."

• Richard Croome's e-mail address is richard.croome@theeagle.com.