The Tennessee Volunteers won the Men's College World Series against Texas A&M on Monday night, 6-5, and one play at the plate seemed to make the difference in the end.
Kavares Tears hit a deep double to right center field in the bottom of the seventh inning. Running back Hunter Ensley came in to score and made an acrobatic move to avoid Aggies receiver Jackson Appel's attempted bunt.
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Tennessee's Hunter Ensley, #9, slides safely home past Texas A&M's Jackson Appel, #20, during game three of the NCAA College World Series Finals between Tennessee and Texas A&M at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska, on Monday, June 24. 2024. (Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel/USA TODAY NETWORK)
Appel caught the throw home long before Ensley was even close to scoring. However, the Volunteers' runner moved to his left as he lunged toward home and Appel somehow missed him.
The slide quickly went viral and turned out to be a great piece of work.
While Ensley's run pushed the Vols' lead to 6-1, Tennessee allowed four runs between the eighth and ninth innings to add some extra pressure on their shoulders as they closed out the victory.
PEYTON MANNING AND MORGAN WALLEN HUG AFTER TENNESSEE HITS HOME TO BEGIN TO DECIDE THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES GAME
Hunter Ensley, No. 9 of the Tennessee Volunteers, slides safely past Jackson Appel, No. 20 of the Texas A&M Aggies, to score a run during game three of the Division I Men's Baseball Championship held at the Charles Schwab Field on June 24, 2024 in Omaha. , Nebraska. (Photos by Tyler Schank/NCAA via Getty Images)
Tennessee pitcher Aaron Combs struck out infielder Ted Burton to end the game and the celebration began.
“(I) looked and saw it stay in. It took a really good bounce right at (Jace) LaViolette. When I saw that, I knew I had to get on my horse,” Ensley said of the slide, via Knox News. . “Dean (Curley) was pretty much telling me out, out, out. And the pitch actually ended up taking the guy out.
“It was just a natural instinct to try to make a play right there and get back to the inside of the pocket. And I was able to avoid the tag right there, and it ended up being a pretty big run.”
Hunter Ensley, number 9 of the Tennessee Volunteers, reacts after scoring a run against the Tennessee Volunteers during game three of the Division I Men's Baseball Championship held at Charles Schwab Field on June 24, 2024 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photos by Tyler Schank/NCAA via Getty Images)
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Tennessee completed the victory in Game 3. It is the program's first College World Series title.
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