TEXAS A&M
Bottom of the ninth. A 3-2 count with two outs. Your team down three runs. Bases loaded.
If that sounds familiar, it’s probably because that’s exactly the scenario you dreamed of when you were a kid tossing a baseball or softball to yourself in the backyard.
That’s the scenario that faced Texas A&M’s Bryce Blaum on Sunday evening in the Morgantown regional against host West Virginia. With the Aggies facing elimination, they trailed 10-7 with the scenario mentioned above.
And, as you can see here, Blaum didn’t disappoint, blasting a walk-off grand slam to send the Aggies into Sunday night’s regional final against Duke:
WALKS. IT. OFF. #RoadToOmaha | @AggieBaseball pic.twitter.com/ryCHvu4HEC
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAACWS) June 2, 2019
Earlier in the game, Logan Foster launched a grand slam of his own to narrow the Aggies’ deficit from 9-3 to 9-7:
https://twitter.com/NCAACWS/status/1135290858670923776
The Aggies will need to beat No. 3 seed Duke twice to advance to the super regionals, but with this sort of mojo behind them, anything is possible.
Well done. Childress wasted an excellent pitching staff this season with a lackluster offensive effort. In this era of win now at A&M he may want to find himself another home.
The Aggies had a nice win today and at least it’s not the 1 seed they have to beat twice. They can still advance.
Well done Aggies. It’s not Texas but it’s their outpost university.