OMAHA, Neb. — Tennessee plated four runs in the bottom of the ninth and won it on the a Dylan Dreiling RBI double as the Vols climb all the way back to defeat Florida State 12-11 on Friday night at the College World Series.
The No. 1 overall seeded Volunteers (56-12) move on now to play North Carolina on Sunday at 7 o’clock eastern time in the winner’s bracket. The Seminoles (47-16) will take on Virginia in the elimination game on Sunday at 2 pm eastern time. This stems from the Tar Heels’ 3-2 win over the Cavaliers earlier on Saturday.
Opening games in the College World Series have been a nightmare for the Vols. Tennessee has advanced to Omaha seven times in program history. Friday marks the second time (the other is 1995) the program has won the first game it played on the stage. Tennessee snapped a four-consecutive CWS lid-lifter streak.
Christian Moore hit for the cycle in the ballgame, becoming only the sixth player in Tennessee history, and the first in postseason, to accomplish the feat. Moore is only the second player in College World Series history to do it.
Nate Snead (10-2) is the wining pitcher on the night after tossing a clean 1.2 innings of relief. Brennan Oxford (2-1) is the loser after allowing the game-winning hit to Dylan Dreiling.
Tennessee will have the day off Saturday before taking part in Sunday’s nightcap against North Carolina. But first, here’s how it all went down for the Volunteers on a Friday night in Omaha.
Scoring Summary
Top 1: Max Williams scored from third in a wild pitch. Fla St 1-0
Bot 1: Blake Burke singled to left and Christian Moore scored. Tied 1-1
Bot 1: Dylan Dreiling singled to centerfield and Blake Burke scored from second. Vols 2-1
Bot 2: Cal Stark scores thanks to an error on the catcher dropping the ball on a would-be tag at the plate. Vols 3-1Bot 2: Christian Moore scored form third after a routine groundout to the pitcher turned into a throwing error. Vols 4-1
Top 3: Jaime Ferrer drove in two on a double to the wall in right-center. Vols 4-3
Top 3: Jaxson West walked with the bases loaded. Tied 4-4Top 3: An error on an attempted 4-6-3 double play got away form Burke and two runs scored. Fla St 6-4Top 3: Cam Smith tripled in the sixth run of the frame. Fla St 7-4
Top 4: Jaime Ferrer sent a two-run home run out to left field. Fla St 9-4
Bot 5: Kavares Tears sent a two-run home run over the right field wall. Fla St 9-6
Bot 6: Christian Moore sent a solo home run over the centerfield wall. Fla St 9-7
Top 7: Marco Dinges doubled in two runs on a gap shot to left-center. Fla St 11-7
Bot 8: Dylan Dreiling drove in a run with a single to left field. Fla St 11-8
Bot 9: Dean Curley sacrifice fly to right field. Fla St 11-9
Bot 9: Blake Burke singled in two with a single up the middle. Tied 11-11
Bot 9: Dylan Dreiling doubled in the winning run. Vols 12-11
The Final Stats
2024 College World Series Bracket
2024 College World Series Results
Friday, June 14
North Carolina 3, Virginia 2 | Final Stats
Tennessee 12, Florida State 11 | Final Stats
Saturday, June 15
Kentucky vs. NC State | 2 pm ET
Texas A&M vs. Florida | 7 pm ET
Sunday, June 16
Virginia vs. Florida State | 2 pm ET | Elimination Game
North Carolina vs. Tennessee | 7 pm ET
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