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Here's a look at the matchup between No. 1 Tennessee and No. 3 Texas A&M in Game 2 of the College World Series finals (1 p.m. central, ABC):
Tennessee (58-13)
Lineup:
2B Christian Moore; .378, 33 HR, 73 RBI, 1.255 OPS; First team All-SEC, All-American
1B Blake Burke; .383, 20 HR, 61 RBI, 1.163 OPS; Second team All-SEC; All-American
3B Billy Amick; .313, 23 HR, 65 RBI, 1.055 OPS
LF Dylan Dreiling; .339, 21 HR, 70 RBI, 1.154 OPS; First team All-SEC
CF Hunter Ensley; .293, 12 HR, 48 RBI, .929 OPS
RF Kavares Tears; .322, 20 HR, 61 RBI, 1.076 OPS; Second team All-SEC
SS Dean Curley; .277, 12 HR, 49 RBI, .880 OPS
DH Cannon Peebles; .225, 2 HR, 24 RBI, .721 OPS
C Cal Stark; .208, 10 HR, 28 RBI, .852 OPS
Getting the start:
RHP Drew Beam; 9-2, 4.30 ERA, 98.1 IP, 100 H, 25 BB, 92 K
Tennessee by the numbers:
Batting average: .311 (17th nationally)
Home runs: 178 (1st nationally)
Runs: 647 (1st nationally)
Walks: 374 (7th nationally)
Scoring: 9.1 runs per game (8th nationally)
Shutouts: 4 (25th nationally)
Strikeout to walk percentage: 3.30 (3rd nationally)
Strikeouts per 9 innings: 10 (23rd nationally)
Walks allowed per 9 innings: 3.04 (5th nationally)
ERA: 3.92 (6th nationally)
Texas A&M (53-13)
Projected lineup:
3B Gavin Grahovac; .301, 23 HR, 65 RBI, 1.000 OPS; SEC Freshman of the Year
RF Jace LaViolette; .302, 28 HR, 77 RBI, 1.168 OPS; first team All-SEC, All-American
C Jackson Appel; .325, 10 HR, 40 RBI, .953 OPS; First team All-SEC, All-American
DH Hayden Schott; .335, 8 HR, 62 RBI, .925 OPS
1B Ted Burton; .290, 9 HR, 44 RBI, .950 OPS
LF Caden Sorrell; .270, 11 HR, 42 RBI, .926 OPS
SS Ali Camarillo; .292, 7 HR, 36 RBI, .827 OPS
2B Kaeden Kent; .333, 4 HR, 28 RBI, .935 OPS
CF Travis Chestnut; .262, 3 HR, 13 RBI, .864 OPS
Getting the start:
RHP Zane Badmaev; 3-0, 2.70 ERA, 23.1 IP, 16 H, 5 BB, 27 K
In the bullpen:
LHP Evan Aschenbeck; 6-1, 1.54 ERA, 10 saves, 70 IP, 47 H, 12 BB, 77 K; first team All-SEC, All-American, Stopper of the Year
RHP Chris Cortez; 10-3, 2.98 ERA, 60.1 IP, 41 H, 32 BB, 95 K
RHP Brad Rudis; 6-0, 2.29 ERA, 35.1 IP, 34 H, 12 BB, 35 K
RHP Brock Peery; 2-1, 3.60 ERA, 20 IP, 6 H, 17 BB, 22 K
LHP Kaiden Wilson; 0-1, 8.31 ERA, 8.2 IP, 14 H, 6 BB, 13 K
RHP Josh Stewart; 1-2, 4.33 ERA, 27 IP, 28H, 6 BB, 34 K
A&M by the numbers:
Batting average: .299 (51st nationally)
Home runs: 135 (5th nationally)
Runs: 569 (7th nationally)
Walks: 416 (1st nationally)
Scoring: 8.6 runs per game (18th nationally)
Shutouts: 12 (1st nationally)
Strikeout to walk percentage: 3.30 (4th nationally)
Strikeouts per 9 innings: 10.9 (7th nationally)
Walks allowed per 9 innings: 3.30 (12th nationally)
ERA: 3.82 (3rd nationally)