Texas A&M's season ends after College World Series loss to Oklahoma
Texas A&M got into trouble against the red-hot Oklahoma Sooners early in Wednesday’s do-or-die game at the College World Series in Omaha.
Needing to beat the Sooners twice in a row to advance to the title series, the Aggies fell behind 3-0 in the bottom of the first inning, thanks to a 3-run home run by Oklahoma Jimmy Crooks off A&M pitcher Ryan Prager.
JIMMY CROOKS CRANKS THE 3-RUN 💣!
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— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) June 22, 2022
Those were the only 3 earned runs Prager allowed, giving up a fourth unearned run in the third inning.
But, even when Jacob Palisch took over and threw 5.2 innings of 1-run baseball, the Texas A&M bats couldn’t figure out Oklahoma pitchers David Sandlin and Trevin Michael. Sandlin allowed only 1 run in 7 innings while striking out 12, then Michael closed out the game for the Sooners.
Dylan Rock provided the only run of the day for the Aggies in the 5-1 loss, hitting a solo shot in the top of the 6th inning:
Here come the Aggies!
📺 ESPN#MCWS x @AggieBaseball pic.twitter.com/qoGVOeF6MF
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) June 22, 2022
Now, Oklahoma — a team that finished below .500 last year — will advance to the final series. It will face an SEC team — either Ole Miss or Arkansas.
Meanwhile, Texas A&M is a program on the rise after making it all the way to Omaha in Jim Schlossnagle’s first year at the helm of the team.
Looks like Oklahoma and Ole Miss are on a collision course. Not to count out Arkansas yet. The finals should be fun.
Yeah, don’t count us out just yet although beating OM 2x right now may be tough. WPS!!!
Hey, if they can beat Ole Miss twice, then beat Oklahoma, they’ll have tons of respect. From me and everyone else watching.
I wonder how much the heat and playing every game at 1PM effected the team today.
Is that an excuse for losing?
Grow up Ron. Nowhere in that comment is there any excuse. It is an open ended question.
Great season, Ags. Projected to finish 6th in the West and one of the last 4 standing.
“I wonder how much the heat and playing every game at 1PM effected the team today.’
^^^^^^ excuse ^^^^^^
Grow up for pointing out your excuse? Laughable.
Not an excuse a valid point. The team was gassed, but losing game 1 was the reason for that. Part of playing in Omaha and nobody to blame but themselves. Go bother your boyfriend. Congrats to OU.
“Go bother your boyfriend.”
Is that what you’re calling your sister now, ma’am?
You guys are as juvenile as Nick and Jimbo. ;-)
@Dhenry2013 Ran out of arms and focus. I think our guys will be seeing lots of reps from the fungo bat this off-season. Can’t field like a little league team and expect to win the CWS.
The Sooner pitching was awesome. That ought to keep the Aggies humble for at least a couple of days. Good game Sooners.
“Ought to keep the Aggies humble for at least a couple days.”
Southern Miss is your father.
Great year, Aggies. Fun fact: almost all of OU’s starters are freshmen and sophomores. They’re the youngest team in this year’s CWS. If the Sooners don’t win it this year, OU’ll be a force for the foreseeable future.
Good luck to all remaining teams.
BOOMER!
BOOMER!
A lot of those guys will be drafted and gone.
Yeah, perhaps. But that probably works for all the teams, plus the portal.
Idk. I just remember ESPN showing the graphic that OU has 4 of the top 10 prospects in the CWS.
Congrats on an impressive season aTm. I feel your pain though.
Great year, Aggies!
Final Four is amazing.
Most important, we knocked tu out getting our first WS win since 93. Could we have gone further? Maybe, but I’m sure glad we did what we did.