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No. 1 Tennessee defeats No. 3 Texas A&M to force third game of College World Series finals

After scoring nine runs Saturday to begin the College World Series finals, the Aggies were nearly shutout by Tennessee on Sunday afternoon.

After scoring nine runs Saturday to begin the College World Series finals, the Texas A&M baseball team was nearly shutout by SEC rival Tennessee on Sunday, forcing a winner take all final matchup Monday for the national title.

The No. 3 Aggies (53-14) took an early 1-0 lead in Game 2 versus No. 1 Tennessee (59-13) in the bottom of the first inning with a solo home run to right field by sophomore outfielder Jace LaViolette, the 50th of his collegiate career. Texas A&M held that narrow advantage in a pitchers’ duel until the top of the seventh frame.

Senior right-handed pitcher Zane Badmaev opened the contest and recorded the first three outs, allowing 2 hits with 2 strikeouts on 20 pitches. After a tough appearance Wednesday against Florida, junior RHP Chris Cortez returned to his normal form of being a stone cold reliever.

Cortez pitched 4.1 scoreless innings and gave up 5 walks and 2 hits with 7 Ks on 99 pitches. He exited the matchup with two Volunteers on base and what appeared to be a hand injury. However, it was likely just due to fatigue as he nearly eclipsed the century mark in tosses.

Freshman lefty Kaiden Wilson took over for Cortez and threw well but two pitches ultimately made the difference Sunday afternoon. In the seventh frame, sophomore OF Dylan Dreiling destroyed a 2-run bomb to right field. Then in the eighth, senior catcher Cal Stark crushed a 2-run jack to left.

Wilson pitched 2.1 innings and allowed 4 runs, 3 hits and 1 walk with 2 punch outs on 41 pitches. Senior RHP Brock Peery recorded an out on 6 pitches. Freshman RHP Weston Moss pitched the final frame and tallied 1 strikeout on 15 pitches.

The Aggies threatened with runners on the corners in the bottom of the ninth but were unable to plate a run. Senior Ryan Targac took the last at-bat as a pinch hitter, blasting a pitch to the warning track in right field and nearly tying the game.

Texas A&M and Tennessee will respectively attempt to win its first national championship in program history on Monday evening. First pitch of Game 3 is at 6 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN+.

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7-run second inning propels No. 3 Texas A&M baseball team past Grambling in NCAA Regional

The Aggies easily won their opening game of the Bryan-College Station Regional on Friday afternoon at Blue Bell Park versus Grambling State.

Thanks to 7 runs in the second inning, the Texas A&M baseball team easily won its opening game of the Bryan-College Station Regional on Friday afternoon at Blue Bell Park.

The No. 3 Aggies (45-13) shutout Grambling State (26-23) by a final score of 8-0 to begin the NCAA Tournament. Texas A&M pitchers lead the nation in shutouts with 11 thus far, which is the most in Division I. The Aggies scored their other run in the fourth.

Senior first baseman Ted Burton and junior outfielder Braden Montgomery led Texas A&M to the dominant victory with 3 hits a piece. Burton was the only Aggie to record an extra base knock with a double and racked up a game-high 3 runs batted in. Montgomery tallied 1 RBI and 1 run scored.

Junior right-handed pitcher Brad Rudis (6-0) earned the win on the mound after relieving starter Tanner Jones. The sophomore RHP tossed 3.1 innings and allowed 7 hits and 2 walks with 4 strikeouts on 68 pitches.

Rudis entered the game with the bases loaded and one out in the top of the fourth but got out of the jam. He struck out the first Tiger that he faced, then got the next to fly out to center field. The junior righty pitched the fifth to total 1.2 frames and 1 walk without allowing a hit on 18 pitches.

Freshman RHP Weston Moss recorded 3 Ks in 1.2 innings with 1 walk on 16 pitches. Junior RHP Eldridge Armstrong III tossed the final 2.1 frames, giving up 2 hits and 2 walks with 3 punch outs on 37 pitches.

On Saturday, Texas A&M will battle the winner of No. 23 Louisiana and Texas, who play at Olsen Field on Friday at 5 p.m.

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No. 4 Texas A&M baseball continues to impress the country after sweeping Auburn in extra innings

The Aggies are on fire!

Texas A&M (25-3, 6-3 SEC) has more than proven its worth in SEC play after winning a second consecutive series, sweeping the visiting Auburn Tigers on Saturday night in extra innings to take Game 3 by a score of 10-9. This is the first conference sweep for the Aggies since 2022 and the best SEC start to the season since 2019.

Scoring 21 runs on Thursday and Friday, it took another solid offensive effort to curb the relentless Tigers, but this time, it took extra innings and another double-digit scoring output. Due to erratic pitching, the Aggies only led 9-8 in the bottom of the eighth after Auburn scored three in the top of the frame. The Tigers even things up at 9-9 after a solo homer, pushing the game to extra innings.

Head coach Jim Schlossnagle made the right move by opting for freshman pitcher Weston Moss instead of reliable closer Evan Aschenbeck. The once-shaky Moss delivered in the 10th and 11th frames, tallying 4 Ks on the night. In the 12th, with two hits, including his 16th home run, elite outfielder Braden Montgomery hit a leadoff double in position for the winning run.

After a Jackson Appel groundout, transfer infielder Ted Burton, recording his lead-tying third hit on the night, smacked a 3-1 breaking ball up the middle, scoring Montgomery and ending the long night excitingly. On the night, the Aggies tallied 16 hits and nine walks, while five players recorded multiple hits in the game.

Player Stats: 

  • Braden Montgomery, Hayden Schott, and Ted Burton recorded three hits.
  • Out of all seven pitchers who took the mound, freshman Weston Moss (3-0) earned his third victory, allowing just one hit and four strikeouts.

Texas A&M will hit the road to face Texas State for a mid-week matchup on Tuesday, April 2. The game is available on ESPN+.

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Texas A&M baseball program ranked No. 8 in D1Baseball’s preseason top 25

After finishing the 2023 season with a 38-27 overall record, the Aggies were ranked No. 8 in the 2024 D1Baseball preseason top 25 this week.

The Texas A&M baseball program has cracked the top 10 of another preseason poll.

After finishing the 2023 season with a 38-27 overall record, the Aggies were ranked No. 8 in the 2024 D1Baseball preseason top 25, which was released on Tuesday morning.

Texas A&M is one of eight SEC schools in the D1 rankings. Conference foes that the Aggies are slotted behind include Florida (#2), Arkansas (#3), reigning national champion LSU (#4) and Vanderbilt (#6).

On Jan. 7, Perfect Game ranked Texas A&M as the No. 7 team in the country in its preseason poll.

The Aggies’ freshman class is fourth-best in the nation according to D1Baseball, only trailing No. 1 Arkansas, among the nine SEC rivals ranked. Four freshmen to watch this season include Caden Sorrell, Gavin Grahovac, Weston Moss and Kaiden Wilson.

Texas A&M right-handed pitcher and outfielder, Braden Montgomery, was slotted as the No. 4 junior in the country by Perfect Game. He is projected to be the fifth pick in July’s 2024 MLB Draft according to Perfect Game.

Two Aggies cracked Perfect Game’s top 50 seniors list. Ryan Targac is No. 12 and Ted Burton is No. 16.

Texas A&M begins the 2024 campaign with a three-game series at Blue Bell Park against McNeese State University on Feb. 16 at 6 p.m. CT.

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Three Aggie signees withdraw their names from the 2023 MLB Draft, and will join the program in 2024

Three Aggie baseball signees, Gavin Grahovac, Caden Sorrell, and Weston Moss, have withdrawn their names from the 2023 MLB Draft and will join the team in 2024.

During Day 2 of the 2023 MLB Draft, Texas A&M saw three players drafted in the mid to late round, as Shortstop Hunter Haas was the first Aggie off the board, going No. 120 to the Tampa Bay Rays, while the Oakland Athletics took RHP Nathan Dettmer No. 139, and third baseman Trevor Werner rounded out the three after being taken No. 199 by the Kansas City Royals.

As all three players above were expected to depart, big news concerning three highly touted prospects in the Aggies 2023 recruiting class withdrew their names from the Draft on Monday, as Flower Mound (Texas) outfielder Caden Sorrell, Villa Park (California) outfielder Gavin Grahovic, and Montgomery County (Texas) Lake Creek RHP Weston Moss will officially join Texas A&M and Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle for the 2024 campaign, first reported by AggiesBaseballToday.

Texas A&M’s 2023 recruiting class features 21 high school signees, and while every player possesses unique and desirable talents on the field, Sorrell, Grahovic, and Moss are by far the three most sought-after prospects in the class.

Here is how each player ranks going into the 2024 season:

  • Caden Sorrell: ranked as the 79th player in the draft, according to MLB.com, who stands at 6-3 and 200 pounds, is ranked as the 100th overall player in the class, the 9th overall player, According to Perfect Game. During his senior season at Marcus, Sorrell posted a .347/7 HR/33 H/29RBI/29BB line while earning District 6-6A Offensive Player of the Year honors to end his illustrious high school career.
  • Gavin Grahovic, ranked as the 146th player in the draft (MLB.com), who stands at 6-2 and 210 pounds, is ranked as the 55th player in the class, the 10th-ranked outfielder, and the 12th-ranked player in California, according to Perfect Game. During his senior season at Villa Park, Grahovic hit for .350, five home runs, and 19 RBI in 31 games.
  • Weston Moss, who recently told GigEm247 reporter Carter Karels that he has turned down a fourth-round offer and intends to play for Texas A&M next season, is ranked as the 55th RHP and the 182nd-ranked player in the class, according to Perfect Game.

With Rounds 11-20 set to take place tomorrow at 1:00 p.m., several other Texas A&M prospects remain in the fold, and if the placing/money isn’t right, expect more news to come regarding the future of the Aggie baseball roster for the 2024 season.

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