Texas A&M is the favorite to defeat Oregon in the College Station Super Regional this weekend and advance to the College World Series. The Aggies are one of eight teams set to host a best-of-three series at their home field for Super Regionals.
Texas A&M is the No. 3 overall seed in the NCAA Baseball Tournament and emerged victorious in the College Station Regional with a 3-0 record. The Ducks, on the other hand, pulled off the upset in the Santa Barbara Regional to advance. They twice defeated No. 14 overall seed UC Santa Barbara, including 3-0 in the final game to punch their ticket to the next round.
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FanDuel released the odds for every Super Regional, including the one between Texas A&M and Oregon. You can view the chances for both teams to advance below:
- Texas A&M -390
- Oregon +265
Additionally, the Aggies have the second-best odds of any of the 16 remaining teams to win the College World Series at +340. They were the No. 1 team in the country for a good stretch during the regular season and currently have a 47-13 record.
Texas A&M has one of the best pitching staffs in the country to rank No. 5 overall with a 3.85 ERA as a team. Ryan Prager has pitched a team-high 85.1 innings with 113 strikeouts. He led the Aggies to a 4-2 victory against Texas in the second game of Regional play, pitching 6.1 innings with seven strikeouts. Evan Aschenbeck leads the country with a 1.64 ERA in 60.1 innings pitched.
Jace Laviolette and Braden Montgomery lead the way from a hitting perspective for Texas A&M with a combined 55 home runs on the season. The Aggies rank fourth in the country with 130 total homers.
Oregon also put together a respectable defensive performance in Regionals to allow only five runs across three games. The trio of Grayson Grinsell, Kevin Seitter and RJ Gordon lead the way for the Ducks. Seitter pitched a full-game shutout in the final game of Regional play to allow only four hits and record seven strikeouts.
Oregon searching for its first College World Series appearance since 1954 but most pull off another upset to get there. The first game of the series between the Aggies and the Ducks is set for 1 p.m. CT on Saturday at Blue Bell Park in College Station.