For the second time in three years, coach Jim Schlossnagle has led the Texas A&M baseball team to the Super Regionals of the NCAA Tournament.
“Welcome everybody to the College Station Super Regional. Welcome coach Was and his Oregon Ducks, excited to get a chance to play. I think this is the first time that I’ve coached against Oregon and I’m sure we’ll have a great weekend of crowds. We’re ready to play, it’s been a long time to sit around waiting,” Schlossnagle explained Friday. “It’s closer to a regular weekend but there is no saving a pitcher for Tuesday. You’re trying to get to two wins as fast as you can.
“If you have a chance to win a game, then you’ve gotta go pretty much all out, I guess within reason, to do that. Certainly if you were to lose the first one, then all hands on deck to try and stay alive. It’s closer to a regular season feel.
“Similar but different, you could say.”
The best of three series at Blue Bell Park begins Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. on ESPN2. Game 2 is scheduled for Sunday night at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN2. If necessary, a winner take all third game would be Monday.
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