Christian Moore hit a leadoff homer, Dylan Dreiling went deep for the third time in three games and Tennessee won its first national championship in baseball with a 6-5 victory over Texas A&M on Monday night in Game 3 of the College World Series finals.
For the first time, the NCAA baseball championship is heading to Rocky Top. Christian Moore clouted a leadoff homer Monday night, Zander Sechrist worked 5 1/3 effective innings and No. 1 Tennessee held off No. 3 Texas A&M 6-5 in
Tennessee’s prodigious home run prowess arrived too late in Game 1 of the College World Series finals.
It showed up right on time in Game 2.
Dylan Dreiling and Cal Stark smacked two-run home runs as top-seeded Tennessee knocked off No. 3 Texas A&M 4-1 on Sunday afternoon in Omaha, Neb., to even the Men’s College World Series at one win apiece. Aaron Combs (3-1) struck
Kaeden Kent went 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs to lead No. 3 Texas A&M to a 9-5 victory over top-seeded Tennessee in Game 1 of the Men’s College World Series on Saturday night at Omaha, Neb. Gavin Grahovic
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.
Georgia’s Charlie Condon was selected the winner of the Golden Spikes Award on Saturday as the country’s top amateur baseball player.
It has been 25 years since a No. 1 seed has won the Men’s College World Series and Tennessee is aiming to end the drought.
The Volunteers will have to get through a fellow SEC opponent to do so and will begin pursuit of the title when they open the best-of-three finals against No. 3 Texas A&M on Saturday.
Texas A&M coach Jim Schlossnagle remembers how he felt when he saw Braden Montgomery, one of the biggest stars in college baseball, break his ankle as he slid into the plate in the NCAA super regionals two weeks ago.