Kevin O'Sullivan explains what went wrong with starter Liam Peterson

After a lengthy four-hour delay, the Texas A&M Aggies and Florida Gators finally got underway at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha. In Game 1 of their College World Series matchup on Saturday night, the Aggies have jumped all over the Gators early, with a 3-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning. ESPN’s Kris Budden spoke with Gators head coach Kevin O’Sullivan about his thoughts on the game.

Kevin O’Sullivan on Liam Peterson’s struggles

What did he see from his pitcher, Liam Peterson? “I think, you know, it’s obvious he’s got really good stuff. He just worked himself into a couple of walks. And he just made two mistakes on 0-2 counts but obviously, you can see, the talent is there,” O’Sullivan explained.

After 2.1 innings of work, Peterson threw four strikeouts and four walks, while allowing three earned runs. He also allowed four hits. He was benched and replaced by Fisher Jameson.

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Jac Caglianone was coming up soon. What does he need from his guys to produce some offense and get some runs on the board? “Well, we need to get the leadoff man on. I think they went to then pen right now. We’ll just see if we can get that leadoff man on. Looked like that wind died down a little bit, so maybe we’ll be a little bit more offensive,” O’Sullivan noted.

In the top of the seventh inning, the Gators finally got some things going on the offensive end. They cut the Texas A&M lead to 3-2. Dale Thomas got Florida on the board with a ground rule RBI double. Then Michael Robertson grounded out to shortstop, bringing Dale Thomas home.

In the first six innings, the Aggies got some solid performances from their first two pitchers, Cortez and Lamkin. Between them, they combined to fire six strikeouts, while allowing five hits and two earned runs.

Texas A&M won on Saturday night, 3-2, and the game didn’t finish until around 2:20 AM EST.

There was drama on Saturday night in the stands, as two Texas A&M fans were ejected from the game after getting into a shouting match with the Florida dugout. Security had to get involved and pull the fans away from the bullpen. They were then ejected and gave a double thumbs up to the crowd, showing their allegiance to the Aggies. A strange situation with no real explanation, those observing from the press box said the moment was a heated one.

On3’s Griffin McVeigh also contributed to this article.