Texas A&M, Dettmer knock out Irish

Nathan Dettmer pitched three-hit ball over seven shutout innings, and Texas A&M capitalized on Notre Dame’s mistakes to beat the Fighting Irish, 5-1, Tuesday in a College World Series elimination game.

The No. 5 national seed Aggies (44-19) will play Oklahoma in the Bracket 1 final.

They need to defeat the unbeaten Sooners Wednesday and again Thursday to reach the CWS finals this weekend.

“This time last year we didn’t even have a coaching staff,” first-year coach Jim Schlossnagle said. “A third of this team wasn’t even a Texas A&M Aggie yet. We were still recruiting out of the transfer portal. You look up a year later and you’re playing in the final four of college baseball.”

The Irish (41-17) ended the season with their most wins since 2006 and first Omaha appearance since 2002.

“Well, if there’s a place you want to end it, it’s obviously here,” Notre Dame coach Link Jarrett said. “How we ended it was tough. That hurts. That wasn’t indicative of how our team plays.”

Dettmer (6-3) was working on three days’ rest after giving up seven runs and getting pulled in the second inning of Texas A&M’s 13-8 loss to Oklahoma on Friday.

Other game

Arkansas 11, Auburn 1:

First baseman Peyton Stovall went 5 for 6 with three RBIs and two runs scored, catcher Michael Turner went 3 for 4 with three RBIs and right fielder Chris Lanzilli went 3 for 5 with three RBIs as Arkansas (47-21) rebounded from its loss to Mississippi by hammering Auburn (4621) and eliminating the Tigers in the loser’s bracket game.