The No. 3 Texas A&M baseball team beat Oregon by a final score of 10-6 on Saturday afternoon at Blue Bell Park to begin the Bryan-College Station Super Regional.
Junior RHP Chris Cortez came in, was lights out and saved the day per usual to earn the win. Cortez (9-3) tossed 5.2 scoreless innings and gave up 3 walks and 2 hits with 10 Ks on 89 pitches.
“I don’t try to come in and pitch to the scoreboard. My job is to get outs. Prager has been awesome all year. It was just an opportunity for me to go pick him up. I knew if I put up zeroes, the offense was going to score some runs. That’s my job is to go out there and put up zeroes,” Cortez said. “(My mindset was) to go in and fill it up. It doesn’t matter if I go in the second inning, third inning or the ninth inning, it’s the same thing. One pitch at a time, one inning save. My mentality doesn’t change if I go in earlier or late in the game.”
Game 2 at Olsen Field is Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN2.
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