Tennessee Volunteers baseball fans had plenty to cheer about in the first inning of the team’s third do-or-die game. Men’s College World Series Monday evening.
Christian Moore led off the game against Texas A&M with a solo home run to give the Vols an early lead. The crowd at Charles Schwab Field Omaha went crazy.
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From left, Tennessee men’s basketball coach Rick Barnes, Peyton Manning, Tennessee football coach Josh Heupel, Tennessee athletic director Danny White and country music singer Morgan Wallen, in the stands during Game 3 of the NCAA College World Series final between Tennessee and Texas A&;M at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Neb., Monday, June 24, 2024. (Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel/USA Today Network)
The ESPN broadcast then cut to a box showing Peyton Manning hugging country star Morgan Wallen, who was wearing a Tennessee pinstripe baseball jersey. Rick Barnes, the Volunteers’ men’s basketball coach, and Josh Heupel, the football coach, were also at the party.
Tennessee lost Game 1 of the Men’s College World Series to Texas A&M, 9-5.
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Tennessee’s Christian Moore, left, rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run against Texas A&M in the first inning of Game 3 of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals in Omaha, Neb., Monday 24 June 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
The Aggies tried to hold off the Volunteers in game two and had a 1-0 lead for most of the game, but Tennessee scored a combined four runs in the seventh and eighth innings to help force a deciding game three. Dylan Dreiling and Cal Stark each hit home runs in this game.
Each team will earn their first College World Series title with a victory Monday night.
Tennessee does the College World Series in 2021 and 2023, but failed to advance to the final three-game series. The team was only runners-up in 1951.
Tennessee fans cheer as their team plays Texas A&M in the first inning of Game 3 of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals in Omaha, Neb., Monday, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
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Texas A&M played in the College World Series in 2017 and 2022, but never reached the final three-game series.
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