COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Catcher Troy Claunch singled with two outs and the bases loaded in the underside of the ninth inning and No. 5 total seed Texas A&M stranded 17 runners on base earlier than posting a 5-4 victory over No. 12 seed Louisville in the primary spherical of the College Station Super Regional on Friday evening.
Texas A&M (41-18) and Louisville (42-20-1) will play once more Saturday. A win by the Aggies would ship them to the College World Series for a seventh time. A win by the Cardinals, aiming for his or her sixth CWS look, would drive a winner-take-all recreation on Sunday.
Claunch gave Texas A&M a 1-0 lead in the underside of the primary when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and two outs.
The Cardinals acquired a two-run single from Logan Beard and a sacrifice fly from Ben Bianco in the highest of the second to seize a 3-1 lead.
Brett Minnich doubled with two outs and scored on a single by Jordan Thompson in the third to drag the Aggies inside a run.
Ben Metzinger doubled in a run in the fifth to place the Cardinals up 4-2, however Thompson tied the sport with a house run in the seventh — after Claunch led off with a single.
Claunch’s game-winning hit got here after Louisville reliever Michael Prosecky loaded the bases on a single, stroll and successful batter. Prosecky (2-1) got here on in the eighth with one out and one on through a stroll and walked two extra earlier than hanging out Kole Kaler to finish the menace.
Jacob Palisch (6-3) pitched two scoreless innings in reduction to get the win. The Aggies completed the sport with 11 hits, 10 walks and had 4 batters hit by pitches.
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