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Louisville baseball and Texas A&M are battling for a trip to the College World Series in a best-of-three NCAA Super Regional Tournament this weekend at Blue Bell Park in College Station, Texas.
The Aggies were successful in the bottom of the ninth thanks to Troy Claunch’s two-release, base-laden singlebeating the Cardinals 5-4 in the early hours of Saturday morning.
12 Louisville fell to 42-20-1 with the loss, pushing the Cardinals to the brink of elimination.
The No. 5 Texas A&M improved to 41-18 with the win and only needs one more win to clinch his ticket to Omaha.
Game 2 is scheduled for a first pitch Saturday at 3 p.m. and will air on ESPN2.
Texas A&M 5, Louisville 4:Aggies leave dramatic NCAA baseball super regional Game 1 to put Louisville in the hole
Check out the best Match 1 games below.
TAMU’s Troy Claunch hits a single late in the ninth against Louisville
Texas A&M won Game 1 of the super regional on a Troy Claunch single with two outs and the bases in the bottom of the ninth.
TAMU’s Jordan Thompson ties in the seventh with a two-run homer
Jordan Thompson’s home run to Louisville’s Tate Kuehner left center made it 4-4 in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Louisville’s Tate Kuehner hits Ryan Targac with the bases loaded to end the sixth inning
As the Aggies threatened in the bottom of the sixth, Louisville’s Tate Kuehner slammed the door. The junior southpaw registered back-to-back punches to end the round.
TAMU receiver Troy Claunch dumps Louisville’s Isaac Humphrey trying to steal second
Louisville’s Isaac Humphrey wanted second base, but Texas A&M catcher Troy Claunch had other plans.
Louisville’s Christian Knapczyk makes a smooth play against TAMU
The bottom of the fifth inning ended on a fielder’s choice when Louisville shortstop Christian Knapczyk made a sliding play to steal Texas A&M’s Jordan Thompson from a base hit in the middle and returned to the player second baseman Logan Beard for strength.
TAMU’s Brett Minnich makes crazy diving catch to rob Louisville’s Jack Payton
Texas A&M’s Brett Minnich took away what likely would have been extra bases from Louisville’s Jack Payton with a diving catch on a liner to right field in the top of the third inning.
Louisville takes the lead against Texas A&M on Logan Beard’s single
Louisville took a 2-1 lead over Texas A&M on a single past second baseman Logan Beard in the top of the second inning. Jack Payton and Cameron Masterman
Texas A&M’s Dylan Rock slams against the outfield wall to deny Louisville’s Levi Usher a hit
Texas A&M’s Dylan Rock took away what could have been extra goals from Louisville’s Levi Usher on a fly ball to left field. Rock slammed into the outfield wall as he made the catch.
Here’s more TAMU vs. Louisville baseball news
Dan McDonnell is in his 16th season as Louisville baseball’s head coach. Texas A&M is coached by Jim Schlossnagle, who is in his first season with the Aggies.
