College World Series 2024 live score: Texas A&M vs. Tennessee baseball updates, results, highlights from Game 3

It all comes down to this.

The College World Series title heads to a decisive third game in Omaha following a series-tying victory by No. 1 Tennessee in Game 2, winning 4-1 on the strength of a pair of late home runs. That came a day after No. 3 Texas A&M’s offensive explosion to win 9-5 and take the opener.

One thing has been certain: neither team is going down without a fight. In both games, the team batting in the bottom of the ninth picked up multiple hits to threaten to score. In both games, the seventh inning has proven to be a pivotal point, with the Aggies and Volunteers combining for five runs in Game 1 in the frame and the Volunteers taking the lead in the seventh in Game 2.

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Neither program has won a national championship. That will change on Monday as the two teams pull out all the stops hoping to claim a title.

The Sporting News is tracking live updates from Monday’s contest between the Aggies and Volunteers, the third game of the College World Series final. Follow below for highlights and more as two of college baseball’s best clubs attempt to win a national title.

Texas A&M vs. Tennessee baseball score

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Texas A&M vs. Tennessee live updates, highlights from College World Series final

(All times Eastern)

9:23 p.m.: Camarillo strikes out swinging at a cutter for the first out.

9:19 p.m. End of sixth: Stark grounds out to end the inning. Aschenbeck pitches a scoreless sixth. Three straight scoreless innings as this game heads to the final three frames.

9:16 p.m.: LaViolette makes a nice running catch in foul ground to retire Peebles. Curley tags up and moves to third.

9:14 p.m.: Curley collects his second hit of the game as he hits a liner to right that LaViolette can’t quite squeeze on a diving grab. LaViolette gets to it quickly to limit Curley to a double.

9:12 p.m.: Aschenbeck starts his appearance with a three-pitch strikeout of Tears.

9:10 p.m.: Evan Aschenbeck is coming in for the Aggies.

9:08 p.m. End top sixth: The Volunteers nearly pick off Burton at first, but Burke’s tag is just late. Sorrell then rips a liner right at Burke, who makes the grab to get the Volunteers out of a jam.

9:04 p.m.: Slow roller to short is turned into a fielder’s choice after Curley appears to have some issues flipping the ball to second. The Volunteers get the runner at second, but runners at the corners now for Sorrell with two outs.

8:58 p.m.: Schott picks up his second hit of the day, grounding a single through the left side of the infield to put the tying run on first. Burton will come up with two runners on. That hit will end the night for Sechrist as Tennessee turns to righty Nate Snead to face the right-handed Burton.

8:56 p.m.: Sechrist just misses the edge of the zone to run the count to 2-2, but the next pitch gets the swing and miss from LaViolette. Appel wastes no time the next at-bat, sending the second pitch of the AB into right for a groundball single.

8:52 p.m. End of fifth: It’s an eight-pitch inning for Stewart as Ensley flies out to right to end the inning.

8:51 p.m.: Trouble in left field as Dreiling drops a base hit in left for a hit. The ball then takes a tricky hop to the left and it gets past Sorrell, allowing Dreiling to reach second for a double.

8:49 p.m.: Burke makes hard contact again as he lines out to the warning track in left. That was 107.5 mph off the bat. The next batter, Amick, hits it considerably less hard as he skies it to second for an infield popup.

8:46 p.m. End top fifth: Grahovac just holds up swinging on a 2-2 breaker, but then he’s caught looking at a heater that goes right down the middle for strike three. Sechrist sets down each batter by way of the K in the fifth.

8:43 p.m.: Chestnut comes up empty swinging at a backdoor sweeper for the fifth strikeout of the night for Sechrist.

8:42 p.m.: Kent goes down swinging at an outside sweeper. That’s four strikeouts now for Sechrist.

8:37 p.m. End of fourth: Moore swings and misses for a strikeout.

8:36 p.m.: Stark hits a liner that stays up just long enough for Stark to make the catch in right.

8:34 p.m.: Peebles hits a comebacker that deflects off the glove of Stewart right at Grahovac, who makes the throw to first for the out.

8:28 p.m. End top fourth: Camarillo grounds out to second as Sechrist gets out of the jam unscathed.

8:26 p.m.: Sechrist guesses right on the third pickoff attempt of Burton as the Aggie first baseman takes off for second. Burton slides into second just ahead of the throw from Burke for the successful steal on the pickoff.

8:24 p.m.: Sorrell waves through a 74 mph sweeper down and away for the strikeout. Two away in the top of the fourth.

8:21 p.m.: Pitch down and in to Burton just misses the corner on a full count for a walk.

8:19 p.m.: Routine groundout to Curley off the bat of Schott to start the fouth.

8:18 p.m. Tennessee scoring play, end of third: Curley rips a single into left, easily scoring Ensley from second. Curley is then caught in a rundown and tagged out to end the inning, but the Volunteers tack on and give their lead a little breathing room. Tennessee 3, Texas A&M 1

8:13 p.m.: That hit from Tears will end the night for Lamkin. Josh Stewart comes in to face Curley with runners on first and second and two out. Stewart pitched 2.1 innings (56 pitches) in Game 1, allowing only two runs on one hit (a home run) and three walks. He struck out four.

8:10 p.m.: Tears picks up his second hit of the CWS finals as he pulls a base hit into right.

8:09 p.m.: Ensley loops a base hit over second to keep the inning alive for Tennessee.

8:07 p.m. Tennessee scoring play: The Volunteers have re-taken the lead as Dreiling hits a deep fly to center that scores Burke. Tennessee 2, Texas A&M 1

Vols add another 🍊#MCWS x 🎥 ESPN / @Vol_Baseball pic.twitter.com/UClScXLioD

— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) June 25, 2024

8:05 p.m.: Heads up baserunning by Burke as he scampers to third with Grahovac and Camarillo both converging on a grounder by Amick. Camarillo makes the throw to first to get Amick, but now Burke is 90 feet away from scoring.

8:04 p.m.: Burke is now 2-for-2 today and 11-for-25 in Omaha as he crushes the 1-0 pitch to the right-center gap over the centerfielder’s head and off the wall. He cruises into second for a double.

8:01 p.m. End top third: Huge double play for the Volunteers as Appel grounds one to Moore, who fields the grounder and takes it to second himself to start the double play.

7:59 p.m.: LaViolette hits a slow grounder to no man’s land in between second and first, and despite the best effort from Burke to get Grahovac at second, the throw is just short. Runners on first and second with no one out.

7:56 p.m. Texas A&M scoring play: Grahovac rips a base hit into left to score Chestnut and tie the game. Needless to say, Chestnut provided a huge spark with his wheels in that inning. Texas A&M 1, Tennessee 1

7:55 p.m.: That speed keeps paying off for Chestnut as he steals third base to give the Aggies a runner on first with only one out.

7:54 p.m.: Chestnut stuns the defense by laying down a bunt with two strikes, and it lands in a perfect spot. Stark tries to make a spinning throw, but it sails wide of first and Chestnut moves up to second on the throwing error.

7:52 p.m.: Kent sends the 1-2 pitch from Sechrist into the left-center gap, but Dreiling races it down and makes a nice catch for the first out of the inning.

7:47 p.m. End of second: Moore loops a breaker into foul territory with enough room for Burton to make the catch to end the inning.

7:46 p.m.: Another full count for the Volunteers, and this one ends in a walk as Stark lays off an inside pitch to bring Moore up to the plate with a runner on first and two out.

7:44 p.m.: The first two Tennessee batters in the second work full counts, but nothing to show for it. Peebles swings and misses at a high slider for the punchout.

7:41 p.m.: Curley hits a hard grounder back up the middle, but Lamkin makes a nice snag to throw him out at first.

7:37 p.m. End top second: Tennessee fans thought the 2-2 breaker caught the backside of the zone, but it was called a ball. The next pitch, nearly in the same spot, is swung through and missed by Camarillo for the strikeout as Sechrist leaves Schott at first after the leadoff single.

7:35 p.m.: Ensley’s staying busy in center as Sorrell flies out up the middle as well.

7:34 p.m.: Burton makes strong contact, but it’s kept in the ballpark on a flyout to center. The wind is blowing in, which means there could be plenty of long flies that stay in the yard.

7:33 p.m.: The Aggies are in the hit column as Schott slaps the 0-1 pitch to left for a leadoff single.

7:29 p.m. End of first: Tears hits a grounder to first, and the pitcher beats the race to the bag for the out. Aggies avoid any further damage in the first.

7:27 p.m.: Lamkin gets Ensley to chase a back-foot breaker to end a three-pitch strikeout.

7:25 p.m.: Four-pitch walk issued to Dreiling sets Ensley up with runners on first and second and only one out.

7:23 p.m.: Amick gets under a high offering from Lamkin and flies out to shallow center.

7:21 p.m.: Two batters, two hits for Tennessee as Burke rips a single into right.

7:18 p.m. Tennessee scoring play: That’s the Christian Moore for whom Tennessee fans have been waiting. Moore, who had been 1-for-8 in the first two games, leads off the bottom of the first by ripping a 389-foot home run to left to give the Volunteers the early lead.

CMO LEAVES THE YARD 😎 @Moore10Chris #MCWS x 🎥 ESPN / @Vol_Baseball pic.twitter.com/v8MIuyP6rN

— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) June 24, 2024

7:14 p.m. End top first: For the first time in this CWS finals, no home run for the Aggies in the first inning. Appel grounds out to second as Sechrist goes 1-2-3 against the top of the order.

7:13 p.m.: On a 3-2 count, LaViolette swings through a 70 mph breaker for a strikeout.

7:11 p.m.: Grahovac sends a fly ball to right, but unlike Game 1, this ball is staying in the yard as Tears makes the grab around the foul line.

7:10 p.m.: Let’s get this game underway. The first pitch is looked at by Grahovac for a strike.

6:55 p.m.: Here’s a pitching preview of the two starters on the hill in today’s game.

Reporting for the mound ⚾️#MCWS pic.twitter.com/ysEpHaXbmx

— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) June 24, 2024

6:10 p.m.: A final send-off for both teams as they head back to Charles Schwab Field. The final game of the 2024 college baseball is about 60 minutes away.