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Texas A&M tops Oregon in Super Regional Game 1, loses Braden Montgomery to injury
By Andrew Olson
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Texas A&M picked up a big team win on Saturday, but an injury will loom large over the Aggies for the remainder of the 2024 campaign.
No. 3 national seed TAMU is now one win away from going to the College World Series, defeating Oregon 10-6 in Game 1 of the Bryan-College Station Super Regional. Unfortunately, the Aggies won’t have Braden Montgomery for the rest of the Super Regional or the College World Series.
Montgomery, a star outfielder who hits for a .322 average with 27 home runs, had to leave Saturday’s game early after being injured on a slide at home plate.
After the game, Texas A&M coach Jim Schlossnagle shared that he thinks Montgomery is done for 2024.
Texas A&M star Braden Montgomery is done for the year with a leg injury. @AggieBaseball #GigEm pic.twitter.com/SCWaz67E6p
— Jose de Jesus Ortiz (@OrtizKicks) June 8, 2024
How A&M got it done
Montgomery’s play at the plate was part of a 4-hit, 3-run bottom of the 1st for Texas A&M. Though Montgomery was out, the Aggies took a 3-2 lead thanks to the others who scored during the frame.
Oregon came to play and wasn’t fazed by an early deficit. The Ducks plated 4 in the top of the 2nd inning to go up 6-3.
Texas A&M would get 1 back in the bottom of the 3rd inning, cutting it to 6-4.
The Aggies took the lead with a 3-run bottom of the 4th. Jace LaViolette hit an RBI double to make it 6-5 before later scoring the tying run on a fielding error. A 1-out grounder to second base brought home Kaeden Kent to make it 7-6.
AGGIES EVEN THE SCORE #RoadToOmaha x ESPN2 / @AggieBaseball pic.twitter.com/Jv8CfAk4VA
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) June 8, 2024
In the bottom of the 5th inning, the Aggies had the bases loaded with nobody out. Three insurance runs would cross the plate on a walk and back-to-back ground outs, making it 10-6.
Chris Cortez kept that lead safe for Texas A&M. No. 10 struck out 10 Ducks, tossing 5.2 scoreless innings in relief after starter Ryan Prager went only 1.2 innings, allowing 6 earned runs on 7 hits.
us up 1⃣0⃣#GigEm pic.twitter.com/PrdJpDdn3Q
— Texas A&M Baseball (@AggieBaseball) June 8, 2024
Evan Aschenbeck recorded the final 5 outs for the save, striking out 3 without allowing a hit.
One more.#GigEm pic.twitter.com/CduHFvxFZd
— Texas A&M Baseball (@AggieBaseball) June 8, 2024
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
