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ESPN News Services
Jun 19, 2024, 11: 38 PM ET
OMAHA, Neb. — Texas A&M is going to play for a nationwide champion in baseball for the veryfirst time in its program’s 130-year history.
Jim Schlossnagle had a development, too. The 53-year-old coach has brought 7 groups to the Men’s College World Series giventhat 2010 — 5 when he was at TCU and 2 in his veryfirst 3 seasons at Texas A&M — and neverever made it to the finals till now.
“I’m exhausted of leaving before the champion, so personally it’s incredible. It’s enjoyable to get to be a part of,” he stated after his Aggies knocked Florida out with a 6-0 bracket-clinching win Wednesday night. “Excited to play an incredible Tennessee group, one of the finest college groups that I’ve — I indicate, they truly have a terrific group.”
The Aggies (52-13) will play No. 1 nationwide seed Tennessee (58-12) in the best-of-three champion series beginning Saturday. It will be an all-SEC last for the 2nd straight year and 3rd time in 4.
Justin Lamkin provided Texas A&M a 2nd straight spectacular start versus the Gators and Caden Sorrell homered to break open the videogame.
Hours after Florida banged out 14 strikes and scored its third-most runs this season in a 15-4 win over Kentucky, the Gators (36-30) handled simply 4 strikes and were shut out for the veryfirst time in 145 videogames.
The last group to blank the Gators? Texas A&M, 10-0 in the 2022 SEC competition.
“It’s like you’re going complete speed ahead, and you win the videogame this earlymorning,