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Oklahoma is giving Georgia the business early. 3-0, bottom of the first after a Jaxon Willits home run.

Jim Schlossnagle was ready to go to bat for Adrian Rodriguez. Thankfully, the Texas coach didn’t need to intervene on a scoring decision in Monday’s 14-2 thumping of Alabama in a College World Series elimination game. The decision to award Rodriguez a second-inning triple instead of a double with an advancement on an outfield error was historic. Rodriguez would’ve been 5-for-5 regardless of how the hit was scored on an afternoon at Charles Schwab Field when he tied single-game College World Series records with seven RBI and 12 total bases. Still, Schlossnagle felt Rodriguez rightfully earned a cycle. When the official scorebook was changed late in the Longhorns’ rout of the Crimson Tide, the sophomore became the third player in the 79-year history of the College World Series to hit for the cycle. “I mean, had it not been changed by the end of the game, yeah, I certainly would have said something,” Schlossnagle said. “I thought that was a clean triple. I'm glad they made that change during the game.” For Rodriguez, who injured his left hamate bone last season, underwent surgery in the fall and missed time this season when post-surgery complications required a procedure to remove a surgical screw (Rodriguez, as it turned out, was allergic to the cobalt screw used in the initial surgery), his record-setting performance in helping Texas (46-14) advance to an elimination game against either Georgia or Oklahoma on Tuesday (6 p.m., ESPN) highlighted his late-season surge. To turn things around, Rodriguez had to get back on the field. If Rodriguez had been healthy the whole season, Schlossnagle said, the shortstop would be hitting well over .300 with upwards of 15 home runs. While Rodriguez, who didn’t hit his first home run until an 11-4 road win over Vanderbilt on April 26 and was hitting .258 after going 1-for-5 in a 14-9 road loss to Tennessee on May 9, didn’t have the kind of season one of the top prospects in the 2027 MLB Draft was expected to have, he’s making up for lost time in Omaha. “It's definitely been up and down throughout the season,” Rodriguez said. “I really owe it to all the guys that have been having my back throughout the whole year and especially all the coaches that have had my back when I haven't been right mentally. “It's been a grind, but I'm happy that we're doing it right now in the College World Series.” Rodriguez and assistant coach Troy Tulowitzki went to work after Rodriguez’s eight-game absence, including some swing changes before the series in Knoxville against the Volunteers. Additionally, the switch-hitting Rodriguez devoted himself to hitting left-handed upon his return to help deal with the lingering discomfort in his hand. To quickly adapt to an optimal hitting approach, Rodriguez had to “get more simple.” “Just keeping my head in the same position,” Rodriguez said. “Being able to see the ball better has been a big factor.” Since going 3-for-4 with a three-run home run in a win over Tennessee on April 10, Rodriguez has reached base safely in 12 consecutive games (a 13-game on-base streak after the win over Alabama) and gone 26-for-45 at the plate, raising his batting average to .328. Rodriguez is having a postseason for the ages, going 18-for-27 (.667) in the NCAA Tournament with seven doubles, a triple, two home runs, 16 RBI and 33 total bases. It’s a white-hot stretch that has Texas in the hunt for a national championship and has Schlossnagle feeling good about the 2027 roster, of which Rodriguez will be the headliner among the Longhorns’ position players. “He's a potential first-rounder,” Schlossnagle said. "Hopefully, this summer, we can get him fully healthy, but he's a great player.” View full news story

No way he’s going to pitch like that a second time against us. IDMAS who we play if we play to our standard.

Sloppy so far.

Flood is killing it! Am I doing this right? @Joe Z

Where was this Georgia team 2 nights ago?

I think I like Texas' chances of beating OU twice than Georgia twice.

Thought Joe Z was a Duck. My mistake.

Good luck to Caleb Siler. He will a great education regardless what happens on the field.

OU/Alabama time. Let's see who Texas will play tomorrow night.

Funny so many Aggies visit here.

Shhh don’t say anything about flood and his recruiting because people will get mad at you on here because they only want to be sunshine pumped so don’t say anything negative about flood

Flood masterclass

Brett, I just circled back and saw the Women's TF team finished 20th. Huge for them! You predicted Men's at 20th and Women's at 24th. Pretty darn close just flipped with the women at 20th and the men at 26th. Your prediction of 1317 points in that model should be darn close as Women's softball had not won the NC when you sent that out.

The Flood effect.

Nice get for Northwestern.

Here’s to hoping producer Matt finds that mute button in time to spare us all!

Texas baseball beats Alabama. 5th place finish in CWS at minimum! More Director's Cup points...... Now up to 78 and counting.

Wrote about Siler’s recruitment earlier today

as expected https://x.com/caleb_siler/status/2066653194520801492/video/1?s=46

Is it sacrilegious to root for OU tonight