Jim Schlossnagle shares reaction to Braden Montgomery's 1st inning injury in Super Regional

Things did not get off to an auspicious start for Texas A&M in the Bryan-College Station Super Regional, as Aggies star Braden Montgomery left the field with an air cast on his right ankle after a play at the plate in the 1st inning.

It’s a big blow for Texas A&M early in the best-of-three series versus Oregon, and head coach Jim Schlossnagle shared his early reaction with the ESPN broadcast during the 5th inning of the game. The biggest piece of information he still hadn’t figured out, he said, was whether or not there had been a collision or just an awkward slide from Montgomery.

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Either way, he knows the prognosis for the two-way star isn’t great at the moment.

“Obviously saw him,” Schlossnagle said. “Tried to score from second base and kind of a little bit of an awkward slide. I didn’t see if there was a collision or not, but yeah he’s banged up pretty good.”

Despite the big bump early, though, the Aggies rallied and managed to take a 7-6 lead over the Ducks right before Schlossnagle got on the mic. Even still, Schlossnagle was unsatisfied.

“Yeah, we’ve — we could even be better,” Schlossnagle said. “We swung at another ball right there. You’ve gotta check your ego at the door and make these guys throw strikes.” 

Texas A&M is a strong favorite to advance to Omaha

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.

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.