Aggies can book a trip to MCWS finals if they can win tonight

By the end of the day on Wednesday, the top-seeded Tennessee Volunteers and the No. 4 Texas A&M Aggies could clinch berths in the championship round of the Men’s College World Series.

Weather-related concerns in Omaha scrambled the schedule for the MCWS on Tuesday as the hard-hitting eighth-seeded Florida State Seminoles won 9-5 to stay alive in the tournament and to eliminate the No. 4 North Carolina Tar Heels.

The Seminoles staved off elimination for the second straight day, led by Jaxson West, who set a career high with four hits, including a ninth-inning home run.

West and Max Williams hit back-to-back homers in the ninth to put the game away. Connor Hults improved to 3-1 with 4 and 1/3 scoreless innings.

An elimination game between Florida and Kentucky scheduled for Tuesday night was pushed back a day because of weather-related concerns in Omaha.

Florida and Kentucky were playing Wednesday morning with the winner hoping to advance into the semifinal round against A&M. The second game of the day will feature a semifinals matchup between Tennessee against Florida State.

Tennessee rallied with four runs in the bottom of the ninth last Friday to stun Florida State on opening day of the tournament.

Both Tennessee and A&M will need to be beaten twice in the semifinals for their opponents to make the finals. Should either or both Tennessee and A&M lose, a second day of competition in the semis would be held on Thursday.

The best of three MCWS finals are scheduled to open Saturday.

Wednesday’s schedule

(Revised)
Florida v Kentucky, 10 a.m. (elimination game)
Tennessee v Florida State, 2 p.m. (semifinals)
Texas A&M v Florida or Kentucky, 6 p.m. (semifinals)

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