KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Tennessee won its first-ever baseball national championship on Monday, defeating Texas A&M
Live inning-by-inning updates will be posted below. Scoring plays are listed in italics.
TOP FIRST INNING
Zander Sechrist retired the Aggies in order to open the ballgame.
BOTTOM FIRST INNING
Christian Moore led off the game with his 34th home run of the season | Tennessee 1, Texas A&M 0
Christian Moore you are unreal. pic.twitter.com/AnUWCSS4Ra
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Blake Burke followed Moore’s home run with a single.
A Dylan Dreiling walk put runners at first and second with one out.
The Aggies limited the damage to one run.
TOP SECOND INNING
The Aggies collected their first hit on a leadoff single courtesy of Hayden Schott.
Sechrist retired the next three batters, recording his second strikeout of the night to end the inning.
BOTTOM SECOND INNING
A Cal Stark walk was all Tennessee managed in the second. A popout by Christian Moore ended the inning.
TOP THIRD INNING
With one out, a throwing error by Cal Stark on an infield single allowed Travis Chestnut to reach second.
Chestnut stole third two pitches later.
Gavin Grahovac singled home Chestnut to tie things up | Tennessee 1, Texas A&M 1
An infield single put runners at first and second with still just one out.
Sechrist got out of the inning on a 4-3 double play.
BOTTOM THIRD INNING
Blake Burke led off the inning with a double to the centerfield wall.
A Billy Amick groundout allowed Burke to advance to third with one out.
Dylan Dreiling drove in Burke with a sacrifice fly to centerfield | Tennessee 2, Texas A&M 1
Hunter Ensley singled to extend the inning.
A Kavares Tears single kept the line moving, bringing Dean Curley to the plate with two runners on.
The single forced Texas A&M’s first pitching change of the night. Josh Stewart relieved A&M starter Justin Lamkin.
Dean Curley singled home Tennessee’s third run of the day before being tagged out trying to stretch a single into a double | Tennessee 3, Texas A&M 1
TOP FOURTH INNING
Ted Burton drew a one out walk for A&M’s first baserunner of the inning.
Burton moved into scoring position, stealing second with two outs.
Sechrist got out of the inning with a groundout to second.
Through four innings, Sechrist limited A&M to just 2-8 hitting with runners on base.
BOTTOM FOURTH INNING
Christian Moore struck out swinging to end a 1-2-3 inning.
TOP FIFTH INNING
Zander Sechrist struck out the side in the fifth.
Through five innings, Sechrist has six strikeouts.
BOTTOM FIFTH INNING
With two outs, Dylan Dreiling doubled to put a runner in scoring position.
Hunter Ensley flew out to end the inning.
TOP SIXTH INNING
With one out, back-to-back singles brought the go ahead run to the plate in the sixth.
Nate Snead relieved Zander Sechrist after 5.1 innings. Sechrist is responsible for both runners, but is in line for the win.
Snead rolled up a groundball for a fielder’s choice, putting runners on the corners with two outs.
Blake Burke snagged a line drive for the final out of the inning.
BOTTOM SIXTH INNING
Texas A&M’s Evan Aschenbeck came on in relief to begin the sixth.
Dean Curley doubled down the rightfield line to put a runner in scoring position.
Curley advanced to third on a Cannon Peebles foul out.
Cal Stark grounded out to first to end the inning.
TOP SEVENTH INNING
With one out, Kaeden Kent singled to bring the tying run to the plate for the Aggies.
Nate Snead walked pinch hitter Ryan Targac to put runners at first and second.
A flyout to right allowed the runner at second to tag up to third, putting runners at the corners with two outs.
Snead got out of the inning without allowing a run, stranding both runners.
BOTTOM SEVENTH INNING
With two outs in the eighth, Billy Amick singled for his first hit of the night.
Dylan Dreiling launched his third home run of the tournament to give Tennessee a four run lead | Tennessee 5, Texas A&M 1
Kavares Tears drove in Hunter Ensley with a double off the centerfield wall to extend the lead | Tennessee 6, Texas A&M 1
The Hunter Ensley helmet throw will go down in Tennessee history. Yes yes yes. pic.twitter.com/NfPp8sWDZH
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TOP EIGHTH INNING
After a leadoff single, Pigeon Forge native Dylan Loy entered the game.
Nate Snead finished his day after 1.2 shutout innings, striking out one batter.
With runners at the corners, an RBI single cut the Aggie deficit to four | Tennessee 6, Texas A&M 2
With one out, an RBI double pulled the Aggies within three | Tennessee 6, Texas A&M 3
Dylan Loy retired one batter before being replaced by Kirby Connell.
An infield single placed runners at first and second and brought the tying run to the plate.
Connell recorded back-to-back strikeouts to end the inning.
BOTTOM EIGHTH INNING
Cal Stark singled with one out and advanced to second on an error in left field.
Stark was thrown out at second on a back pick to end the inning.
TOP NINTH INNING
Aaron Combs came on looking for the save in the ninth.
Gavin Grahovac doubled to leadoff the inning.
Combs struck out Jace LaViolette for the first out of the ninth.
A wild pitch moved Grahovac to third.
Jackson Appel drove in Grahovac with an RBI single, bringing the tying run to the plate | Tennessee 6, Texas A&M 4
Combs struck out Hayden Schott for the second out.
Schott advanced to second on a defensive indifference. A balk moved Schott to third.
A wild pitch scored Schott | Tennessee 6, Texas A&M 5
Ted Burton struck out to end the game.
FINAL | TENNESSEE 6, TEXAS A&M 5
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