Dylan Dreiling hit his third home run in three games and had three RBIs, as Zander Sechrist gave up just one run in 5.1 innings. Aaron Combs’ three ninth-inning Ks helped Tennessee fend off Texas A&M for a 6-5 win and the program’s first ever National Championship.
Tennessee needed a quality start from Sechrist, its senior, former midweek starter, and in the biggest game of his career, he delivered. He sat A&M down in order in the first, then gave up a single in the second but got three-straight outs after that in the second.
He found a bit of trouble in the third: nobody could field an infield hit from nine-hole hitter Travis Chestnut, and Stark compounded the problem with a throwing error that allowed Chestnut to get to second.