The Aggies couldn’t have drawn up a better start to the College World Series finals against Tennessee and find themselves one win from history.
Texas A&M's Gavin Grahovac celebrates after hitting a solo home run against Tennessee during the first inning of Game 1 of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, June 22, 2024.OMAHA, Neb. — Gavin Grahovac homered to begin the game, Texas A&M broke it open with a five-run third inning and the Aggies beat Tennessee 9-5 in the College World Series finals opener Saturday night.
Evan Aschenbeck pitched 2 2/3 innings of shutout relief to turn back a Tennessee offense that was starting to get cranked up in the seventh inning. The Aggies are a win from their first national title.Tennessee , trying to become the first No. 1 national seed since 1999 to win the championship, will go into Sunday’s Game 2 having lost consecutive games just once this season and not since March 16-17 at Alabama.The No.
Causey walked Jace LaViolette leading off the third, Jackson Appel’s comebacker deflected off Causey’s foot for a base hit and Hayden Schott followed with an RBI single to start the Aggies’ five-run outburst.Kaeden Kent, son of ex-major leaguer Jeff Kent, made it a seven-run game in the seventh with his homer into the right-field bullpen.
Texas A&M pitcher Evan Aschenbeck celebrates the final out in Game 1 against Tennessee in the NCAA College World Series baseball finals in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, June 22, 2024.The Vols, the nation’s most prolific home-run hitting team in three decades, used the long ball to create some anxiety for the Aggies in the bottom of the seventh.
Dylan Dreiling’s two-run shot to right ended the night for reliever Josh Stewart , and Hunter Ensley’s high fly over the left-field fence off Brad Rudis made it 9-5. The Vols have 180 homers this season, eight behind LSU’s NCAA record set in 1997.Ensley was the only batter Rudis faced. Aggies coach Jim Schlossnagle brought in Aschenbeck, and the left-hander retired six in a row before back-to-back singles put runners on the corners with one out in the ninth.
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