Go west, young men.
The Texas Longhorns are headed to the Palo Alto Super Regional after the No. 8 Stanford Cardinal defeated the Texas A&M Aggies 7-1 at Sunken Diamond on Monday to win a third elimination game and advance.
A pitcher’s duel early in the game with Texas A&M starter Nathan Dettmer trying to overcome a largely disappointing season was steadily turned into a comfortable win for a Stanford team that scored runs from the fifth inning through the eighth inning.
As the Aggies stranded 10 runners on seven hits, the Cardinal went 4-for-9 with runners in scoring position to produce the regional-defining clutch knocks necessary to advance.