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Published Jun 23, 2024
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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)

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