Texas A&M Aggies LHP Shane Sdao Credits Jim Schlossnagle for Georgia Series Win

The No. 1 Texas A&M Aggies split a double-header with No. 17 Georgia on Saturday, coming away with the series win after a 5-2 win on Friday.

Jun 21, 2022; Omaha, NE, USA; Texas A&M head coach Jim Schlossnagle (22) celebrates the win over / Dylan Widger-USA TODAY Sports

The No. 1 Texas A&M Aggies split a double-header with No. 17 Georgia on Saturday, coming away with the series win after a 5-2 win on Friday. A&M beat Georgia 19-9 in seven innings in the first game before Georgia exacted revenge wiht a 5-4 tally in the second game.

Left-handed relief pitcher Shane Sdao picked up the win in relief in Saturday's Game 2, allowing one run, two walks and registering four strikeouts over 4.0 innings pitched.

Jun 21, 2022; Omaha, NE, USA; Texas A&M head coach Jim Schlossnagle (22) celebrates the win over / Dylan Widger-USA TODAY Sports

Sdao credited a conversation with manager Jim Schlossnagle for the Aggies' performance in the series.

"Yeah, he brings it up every once in a while. But I would say that he tells me how much trust he has in me because obviously, this is a big weekend. An SEC weekend is always a big weekend so it always feels good whenever he comes up to me and tells me that,” Sdao recalled. “It’s very amazing whenever I can do something like that, it’s very good for the confidence, 100 percent.

“I would say honestly just my competitiveness (was working best for me today). I wouldn’t say I had a whole lot going my way. I never really have a lot of feel in any of my pitches but I made it work.”

Schlossnagle told Sdao he'd have a big part in the series, and the pep-talk clearly worked.