TCU outlasts Texas A&M in 16 innings for final Omaha spot

What a way for the super-regional round to end!

Six hours and three minutes after the first pitch, a throwing error at the plate gave TCU a walkoff 5-4 win in the bottom of the 16th inning and booked the final spot in the College World Series.

Vanderbilt took down Illinois and Cal State Fullerton outlasted Louisville to fill out the eight-team field in Omaha.

Sitting on a 4-2 lead with shutdown closer, Riley Ferrell, on the mound in the top of the ninth, it didn’t look like it would be a dramatic finish for the Horned Frogs. Ferrell, who has struggled this postseason, gave free passes to the first two Aggies he faced and had to be yanked. After another walk loaded ’em up, Mitchell Nau and Logan Taylor put consecutive groundouts in play to tie the game.

TCU blew chance after chance in the late innings. A&M reliever Ryan Hendrix was an absolute iron man, repeatedly working out of jams as he gave up just four hits in a little over 4 innings of work.