Jim Schlossnagle gives Texas A&M fans plenty of praise in Super Regional vs. Oregon

The Texas A&M Aggies are only one win away from punching their tickets to Omaha. The Aggies are in a fierce battle with the Oregon Ducks in Game 2 of their Super Regional on Sunday night. Currently, they trail the Ducks 7-4 in the bottom of the fourth inning. In his in-game interview, Aggies head coach Jim Schlossnagle was quick to credit the Texas A&M fans for how much support they’ve shown the program.

Jim Schlossnagle appreciates the support of the 12th man

In Game 1, the Aggies drew a crowd of more than 7,800 fans. And on Sunday, it seems like an even bigger crowd. What can his team take away from the special atmosphere in College Station? “Well, first of all, it’s way more than that because we don’t get to count the people out there in the Aggie eye. Yeah, I mean, the 12th man’s awesome. They’ve been this way, especially all this year. It’s always great. But we try to give them better baseball. They’ve been great all year. Every game’s been packed,” Schlossnagle explained to the ESPNU broadcast crew.

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What’s his team’s strategy now that they trail early on Sunday? “You just gotta pick your pitch. We can’t be in a hurry to hit. I mean, just gotta throw some pitches. Trying to get in the bullpen. The biggest thing is we gotta throw to zero. We’ve gotta stop the bleeding. Give us a chance to really catch them,” Schlossnagle finished.

The Texas A&M Aggies punched their tickets to Omaha on Sunday, advancing to the College World Series after rallying past the Oregon Ducks. Their tickets were punched thanks in large part, to a monster seventh inning. The Aggies were trailing the Ducks 7-4 coming into the seventh, and that’s when the wheels fell completely off for the Oregon pitching staff. They proceeded to walk in five runs, before making a pitching change. Then with the bases juiced, Kaeden Kent completely broke the game open with a grand slam to give the Aggies a 13-8 lead.

Texas A&M would finish the comeback off 15-9, much to the delight of their home crowd. Once they punched their tickets to Omaha, the Aggies celebrated on their field in Blue Bell Park.

It marks the eighth appearance in in the College World Series for Texas A&M.

Texas A&M wasn’t finished, even with all the damage they’d done in the seventh inning. They continued to pile it on and hammer the Ducks’ pitching staff. Hayden Schott blasted a two-run home run to left field to put the Aggies up 15-8 in the top of the eighth inning. He’s played the Super Regional battling through a knee injury, but still continues to remain red hot at the plate.

Oregon was trying to force a Game 3 in their Super Regional Series, but after losing on Sunday evening, their 2024 campaign is officially over.