Tennessee’s Dylan Dreiling hit the go-ahead homer in the seventh inning and Nate Snead turned back a scoring threat by Texas A&M in the bottom of the ninth to force a deciding third game of the College World Series finals with a 4-1 victory Sunday.
One of the teams will win its first national title in baseball and become the fifth straight champion from the Southeastern Conference when they meet Monday night.
Dreiling sent freshman Kaiden Wilson’s 1-1 pitch 390 feet into the right-field seats to give the Vols (59-13) a much-needed jolt after Texas A&M pitchers had held their prodigious offense to four hits.