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Texas A&M’s pitching staff has been elite during the College World Series

Texas A&M’s team ERA is utterly mind-boggling ahead of facing Tennessee in the College World Series Finals

Texas A&M (52-13) is on its way to the College World Series finals, largely thanks to Justin Lamkin’s outstanding performance. The sophomore’s pitching gem, with 70 pitches in five nearly flawless innings, set a new CWS record with nine strikeouts and allowed just three hits, leading the team to a 6-0 victory over Florida on Wednesday night.

On the offensive front, the Aggies demonstrated their prowess at the plate. Junior Kaeden Kent continued his impressive postseason run with two more hits and an RBI. SEC Freshman of the Year Gavin Grahovac also made his mark with two hits and an RBI, contributing to the team’s total of six hits.

Freshman Caden Sorrell’s 6th inning homer off of star Gators closer Brandon Neely blew the game wide open, scoring two more runs before sending Florida back to Gainesville after a very impressive and admirable run.

However, it was Texas A&M’s elite pitching that sent the program to its first appearance in the title game, going 8-0 since the start of the postseason. Since reaching Omaha, the Aggies have dominated on the mound, allowing an incredible 1.00 ERA in 27 innings paired with 37 strikeouts in three wins over Florida and Kentucky.

First-year pitching coach Max Weiner deserves a lot of credit for turning things around. The Aggies have now set a program record with 680 strikeouts on the year and turned a weakness in 2023 into a predominant strength.

On paper, Tennessee is as good as it gets from an opponent’s standpoint, hitting .311 at the plate with 178 home runs and a 3.87-team ERA on the year. The best teams have made it to the final round, and we’re in for one heck of a finish.

Texas A&M will play Tennessee in Game 1 of the College World Series Finals on Saturday, June 22, at 6:30 p.m. CT. The game will air on ESPN.

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How to buy Clemson Tigers vs. Florida Gators NCAA Super Regional tickets

Clemson and Florida will square off in an NCAA Super Regional at Clemson. Limited tickets are now available.

The Clemson Tigers stormed through their NCAA Regional, winning every game they played, and will now host the Florida Gators in an upcoming NCAA Super Regional.

Unlike the Tigers, the Gators were not favored in their Regional, but bounced back after an early loss to Oklahoma State, exacting revenge by winning two-consecutive games against the Cowboys and advancing to the Super Regional stage of college baseball’s postseason.

The Tigers will now host the Gators in a best-of-three game series, with the winner advancing to the College World Series in Omaha.

SHOP: Clemson vs. Florida Super Regional tickets

Tickets are already on sale for the Tigers’ home matchup with the Gators, including an All-Session pass that grants access to every game of the series.

Tickets for individual Super Regional games are also available, for as little as $59 per game.

Support the Tigers or the Gators in person as both teams try to earn one of the coveted final spots in the College World Series.

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How to buy Florida Gators NCAA Super Regional tickets

Florida and Clemson will battle at the NCAA Super Regional at Clemson. Limited tickets are now available.

The Clemson Tigers stormed through their NCAA Regional, winning every game they played, and will now host the Florida Gators in an upcoming NCAA Super Regional.

Unlike the Tigers, the Gators were not favored in their Regional, but bounced back after an early loss to Oklahoma State, exacting revenge by winning two-consecutive games against the Cowboys and advancing to the Super Regional stage of college baseball’s postseason.

The Tigers will now host the Gators in a best-of-three game series, with the winner advancing to the College World Series in Omaha.

SHOP: Florida vs. Clemson Super Regional tickets

Tickets are already on sale for the Gators’ road matchup with the Tigers, including an All-Session pass that grants access to every game of the series.

Tickets for individual Super Regional games are also available, for as little as $59 per game.

Support the Tigers or the Gators in person as both teams try to earn one of the coveted final spots in the College World Series.

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How to buy Clemson NCAA Super Regional tickets

Clemson and Florida will square off in an NCAA Super Regional at Clemson. Limited tickets are now available.

The Clemson Tigers stormed through their NCAA Regional, winning every game they played, and will now host the Florida Gators in an upcoming NCAA Super Regional.

Unlike the Tigers, the Gators were not favored in their Regional, but bounced back after an early loss to Oklahoma State, exacting revenge by winning two-consecutive games against the Cowboys and advancing to the Super Regional stage of college baseball’s postseason.

The Tigers will now host the Gators in a best-of-three game series, with the winner advancing to the College World Series in Omaha.

SHOP: Clemson vs. Florida Super Regional tickets

Tickets are already on sale for the Tigers’ home matchup with the Gators, including an All-Session pass that grants access to every game of the series.

Tickets for individual Super Regional games are also available, for as little as $59 per game.

Support the Tigers or the Gators in person as both teams try to earn one of the coveted final spots in the College World Series.

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Watch: Teenager’s foul ball breaks mother’s cell phone, busts her lip

This was a neat video of a baseball slamming into a cellphone this weekend.

Over the weekend, one 16-year-old busted his mother’s cell phone and may have left her with a battle wound from his baseball game.

At a baseball tournament over the course of the weekend in Vero, Florida (known as the ‘Gateway to the Tropics‘), one teenager took a stab at a bunt that went foul. On the next pitch, he took a good cut that fouled back directly behind home plate.

And where did the ball go? Right at the cellphone set up by his parents to catch video of his at-bat.

Dead-on at the camera. Did the cell phone survive? And is there an endorsement deal in the works if it did?

Talk about a neat highlight, even if it came at the expense of the cell phone’s camera.

(But still pretty cool that the phone, despite the camera stopping, still got the audio and that everyone is OK…)

 

Glad that everyone seems to be OK. Hoping that Rylan’s mother heals up and can enjoy her Memorial Day.

Seems fitting that this highlight came on the same weekend that one of the craziest highlights in the history of baseball happened. Remember this blooper from Jose Canseco?

 

All the best to Raylin and the rest of his teammates this season!

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SEC Baseball Power Rankings after three weeks of non-conference play

SEC Baseball Power Rankings for the 2024 season with teams still finding their identities.

The college baseball season is underway and teams are already beginning to find their identities. When it comes to identifying the contenders in the SEC, you almost always have your usual suspects — Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, LSU, and Texas A&M.

Other programs that have started to find their identities early on in the season are Kentucky, Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama.

Then, you have other programs like Missouri, Ole Miss, and Mississippi State that have each struggled to find their footing this season.

Nonetheless, the SEC is unpredictable and consistently changing. Therefore, it is way too early to pencil teams in or out of any kind of postseason play.

Roll Tide Wire provides its first SEC baseball power rankings of the 2024 season.

Projecting the most impactful transfer for each SEC baseball program for the 2024 season

The SEC has no shortage of talent on the baseball diamond. See the most impactful transfer for every SEC team in 2024.

The SEC has some of the best talent in the country when it comes to baseball. Each year, the conference provides some of the top players in the MLB draft. Not to mention, the SEC is typically well-represented in the College World Series.

Needless to say, it is always interesting to see which players burst onto the scene. Some of the best-of-the-best come from the southeast. It is a baseball hotbed for some of the nation’s top high school prospects and transfers.

Roll Tide Wire takes a look at 14 incoming transfers that have the potential to have a breakout season in 2024.

2023 MLB Draft: LSU’s Paul Skenes slight favorite to go No. 1 ahead of teammate Dylan Crews

Oddsmakers like two LSU Tigers to go back-to-back to start the 2023 MLB Draft.

The LSU Tigers have plenty to be excited about after winning the 2023 College World Series over Florida.

However, there might be one Tiger who’s just a bit more excited than the other as the 2023 MLB Draft approaches next month.

Right now, LSU pitcher Paul Skenes is projected to go first overall in the draft. His Tigers teammate, outfielder Dylan Crews, is slated to go second.

Per DraftKings, oddsmakers have Skenes as a -225 favorite to go first overall next month to the Pittsburgh Pirates, while Crews is +170 to be selected first. He’s a likely fit for the Washington Nationals, who hold the draft’s second pick.

LSU pitcher Ty Floyd is also expected to be picked in an earlier round during next month’s draft.

As for the Gators, they’ll be able to celebrate the impending selection of outfielder Wyatt Langford, who has +2000 odds to go first but could be a fit for the Detroit Tigers with the draft’s third-overall pick.

College baseball fans were baffled at a runner interference call against Florida in Game 3 of the College World Series final

Florida fans were not pleased when Josh Rivera was called out after seemingly beating a throw to first.

Florida took an early 2-0 lead over LSU in Game 3 of the College World Series final, but it could have potentially been even more.

After initially appearing to beat a short groundball to first, shortstop Josh Rivera was ultimately called out for baserunner interference. Many were confused by the call, and Gators coach Kevin O’Sullivan ultimately challenged the decision.

Though first baseman Tre Morgan made a mistake in running toward the ball initially and Rivera likely beat the throw anyway, he was ruled to have interfered with it after exiting the runner’s lane and entering into fair territory.

By the letter of the law, Rivera is out and the call was confirmed.

Obviously, Florida fans weren’t happy with the decision, especially in such a crucial game. But regardless of whether the rule should be changed, it seems the umpires followed it in this instance.

But here’s a thought: Maybe if everyone agrees a rule is silly, perhaps it should be changed.

Just something to consider.

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Baseball fans were in awe of LSU’s phenomenal walk-off homer to advance to College World Series final

LSU is going to the College World Series finals thanks to a walk-off homer in the 11th inning.

In a scoreless College World Series semifinal game that had stretched out into the 11th inning, LSU sophomore third baseman Tommy White decided he was ready to end things.

In the bottom of that 11th inning, White took Wake Forest to the yard by blasting the ball into the stands and sending the Tigers into the CWS finals to take on Florida for the championship.

It was as dramatic a walk-off homer as you could imagine, as LSU celebrate White’s heroic hit that will give the team a chance to win it all.

Although, it was a crushing defeat for Wake Forest, a team that came a home run away from making it to the finals itself.

It should be a fascinating finals between Florida and LSU, two teams that know each other quite well after playing in the same conference.

While some wondered if the CWS title would go to another conference, it looks like it’ll stay in the SEC this summer.