The Tennessee Volunteers defeated the Texas A&M Aggies 6-5 in Game 3 to claim their first-ever Men’s College World Series title on Monday night.
The Aggies put pressure on the Volunteers in the ninth inning, scoring with two outs, but Tennessee pitcher Aaron Combs struck out infielder Ted Burton to end the game.
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Tennessee’s Hunter Ensley (9) slides safely home past Texas A&M’s Jackson Appel (20) during Game 3 of the NCAA College World Series Finals between Tennessee and Texas A&M on Monday, June 24, 2024, at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska. (Briana Paciorka/News Sentinel/USA Today Network)
Tennessee opened the game with a home run by Christian Moore, sending Tennessee fans in Omaha to their feet, and Peyton Manning and Morgan Warren were seen embracing in victory poses.
Texas A&M tied the game in the second inning when Gavin Grahovac singled to drive in Travis Chestnut. Tennessee responded with a sacrifice fly by Dylan Dreiling and an RBI single by Dean Curley.
Dreiling, who had been a hero in Game 2, hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh, before Cavares Tears’ two-run double made the score 6 to 1. Tennessee was leading the game, but Texas A&M began to fight back in the eighth inning.
Tennessee starting pitcher Xander Sechrist pitches against Texas A&M University during the first inning of Game 3 of the NCAA College World Series baseball final, Monday, June 24, 2024, in Omaha, Nebraska. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
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They scored two runs in the eighth inning and two in the ninth, leaving Vols fans sweating.
But when Combs struck out Burton, cheers of joy erupted.
Dreiling, Tears, Curley, Hunter Ensley and Blake Burke each contributed two hits to the win, with Ensley surprising the crowd by allowing a home run in the seventh inning but scoring without hitting a home run.
Tennessee’s Xander Sechrist got the start for the Vols. He pitched 5.1 innings and struck out seven batters.
The Volunteers last finished as runner-up in the College World Series finals in 1951, when Oklahoma defeated them, 3-2.
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Texas A&M University starting pitcher Justin Lamkin (center) wipes his forehead as he faces catcher Jackson Appel (left) and assistant coach Max Weiner (right) on the mound after walking a Tennessee batter in the top of the first inning of Game 3 of the NCAA College World Series baseball final, Monday, June 24, 2024, in Omaha, Nebraska. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
Nearly 73 years later, Tennessee will bring the title back to its hometown of Knoxville.
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