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2021 TEXAS A&M BASEBALL GAMES 54-56 | LSU | MAY 20-22 GAME TIME: 6:02 / 6:32 / 2:02 P.M. CT SITE: Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park, Bryan-College Station, Texas Texas A&M Media Relations * www.12thMan.com Baseball Contact: Thomas Dick / E-Mail: [email protected] / C: (512) 784-2153 RESULTS/SCHEDULE TEXAS A&M LSU Date Day Opponent Time (CT) 2/20 SAT XAVIER (DH) S+ L, 6-10 XAVIER (DH) S+ L, 0-2 AGGIES TIGERS 2/21 SUN XAVIER S+ W, 15-0 2/23 TUE ABILENE CHRISTIAN S+ L, 5-6 2/24 WED TARLETON STATE S+ (10) W, 8-7 2/26 Fri % vs Baylor Flo W, 12-4 2021 Record 28-25, 8-19 SEC 2021 Record 32-20, 11-16 SEC 2/27 Sat % vs Oklahoma Flo W, 8-1 Ranking - Ranking - 2/28 Sun % vs Auburn Flo L, 1-6 Streak Lost 1 Streak Lost 1 3/2 TUE HOUSTON BAPTIST S+ W, 4-0 Last 5 / Last 10 2-3 / 4-6 Last 5 / Last 10 3-2 / 7-3 3/3 WED INCARNATE WORD S+ W, 6-4 Last Game May 16 Last Game May 18 3/5 FRI NEW MEXICO STATE S+ W, 4-1 3/6 SAT NEW MEXICO STATE S+ W, 5-0 at Auburn - L, 5-8 NORTHWESTERN STATE - L, 3-7 3/7 SUN NEW MEXICO STATE S+ W, 7-1 3/9 TUE A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI S+ W, 7-0 Head Coach Rob Childress (Northwood, ‘90) Head Coach Paul Maineiri (Florida International, ‘80) 3/10 WED PRAIRIE VIEW A&M S+ (7) W, 22-2 Overall 621-334-3 (16th season) Overall 1,499-772-7 (39th season) 3/12 FRI SAMFORD S+ W, 10-1 at Texas A&M same at LSU 635-280-3 (15th season) 3/13 SAT SAMFORD (DH) S+ W, 21-4 SUN SAMFORD (DH) S+ W, 5-2 3/16 Tue at Houston E+ W, 9-4 PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS 3/18 Thu * at #5 Florida SEC L, 4-13 • FRIDAY: #37 Dustin Saenz (Sr., LHP, 5-6, 4.60) vs. #11 Brandon Marceaux (Jr., RHP, 6-4, 2.15) 3/19 Fri * at #5 Florida S+ L, 1-3 3/20 Sat * at #5 Florida S+ L, 4-8 • SATURDAY: TBA vs. TBA 3/23 TUE RICE + L, 1-3 • SUNDAY: TBA vs. TBA 3/26 FRI * GEORGIA SEC W, 6-3 3/27 SAT * GEORGIA + W, 7-6 LEADING OFF 3/28 SUN * GEORGIA + L, 4-6 3/30 TUE #8 TEXAS ESPNU W, 2-0 The Texas A&M Aggies wrap up the 2021 regular season when they host the LSU Tigers for a three- 4/1 Thu * at Missouri + W, 16-2 game series from Thursday to Saturday on Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park... Will Frizzell is enjoying an 4/2 Fri * at Missouri + L, 2-8 All-American caliber campaign. He currently ranks in the top 50 in the nation in Total Bases (2nd - 4/3 Sat * at Missouri SEC L, 3-7 4/6 Tue at Sam Houston E+ L, 6-8 133), Home Runs (4th - 18), Hits (38th - 67) and slugging percentage (42nd - .682), as well as the top 150 4/9 FRI * ALABAMA + L, 3-5 in RBI (54th - 48), Walks (59th - 34) and Runs (124th - 43)... This season, the Maroon & White rank No. 4/10 SAT * ALABAMA + L, 3-6 22 in Strikeouts Per Nine Innings (10.4). Dustin Saenz (No. 28 - 96) and Chandler Jozwiak (No. 122 - 75) 4/11 SUN * ALABAMA + L, 4-7 rank in the top 150 in the nation in strikeouts. Jozwiak checks in at No. 67 in Strikeouts Per Nine Innings 4/13 Tue at Texas State E+ W, 8-4 (11.77) while Saenz is No. 93 (11.32). Jozwiak ranks 59th in K-to-BB ratio at (5.36). 4/16 Fri * at #1 Arkansas + L, 0-13 4/17 Sat * at #1 Arkansas + (10) L, 1-2 4/18 Sun * at #1 Arkansas + W, 11-10 SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE 4/20 TUE TEXAS SOUTHERN + W, 9-4 The Texas A&M Aggies are one of only three schools to appear in each of the last 13 NCAA Division I 4/23 FRI * #5 TENNESSEE + L, 1-6 Baseball Championships. The Maroon & White’s 13-season NCAA postseason string is the second-lon- 4/24 SAT * #5 TENNESSEE + W, 6-5 gest in the SEC trailing only Vanderbilt (14 years). It is also the longest active string among Texas 4/25 SUN * #5 TENNESSEE SEC L, 7-20 4/27 TUE TEXAS STATE + W, 4-0 schools. 4/30 Fri * at #5 Mississippi State + (11) L, 7-8 5/1 Sat * at #5 Mississippi State + L, 2-3 ACTIVE STREAKS OF CONSECUTIVE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES 5/2 Sun * at #5 Mississippi State SEC L, 5-10 1. Florida State 42 5/4 Tue at UT Arlington W, 8-4 2. Vanderbilt 14 5/7 FRI * #11 OLE MISS + W,9-8 3. TEXAS A&M 13 5/8 SAT * #11 OLE MISS ESPNU L, 7-12 5/9 SUN * #11 OLE MISS ESPNU W, 6-5 5/14 Fri * at Auburn + L, 4-5 TEXAS A&M/LSU SERIES NOTABLES 5/15 Sat * at Auburn + W, 11-9 The Aggies and Tigers have met 49 times previously, with the Maroon & White holding the series 5/16 Sun * at Auburn + L, 5-8 5/20 THU * LSU ESPNU 6:00 P lead, 26-22-1. The teams first met in 1910 with the Aggies taking a 2-0 win. Since joining the SEC in 5/21 FRI * LSU + 6:30 P 2013, the Aggies have faced off against the Tigers yearly for a three-game series, and hold a 7-5 home 5/22 SAT * LSU + 2:00 P record over the span 5/25-30 SEC Championship In the most recent series, Texas A&M dropped a rubber match to the No. 22 Tigers, 9-3, in Baton (Hoover, Alabama) 6/4-7 NCAA Regionals Rouge. At the plate, Mikey Hoehner and Logan Foster paced the Aggie bats. Hoehner went 2-for-4 with (Campus sites) two RBI, while Foster was 2-for-4 with one RBI. On the mound, Chandler Jozwiak suffered the loss after 6/11-14 NCAA Super Regionals laboring through 2.0 inning, plus three batters in the third, yielding three runs on four hits and one walk (Campus sites) while striking out two. 6/19-30 College World Series (Omaha, Nebraska) WINNING TRADITION Home games in BOLD, played at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park (6,100). Heading into the 2021 campaign, the Aggies have 14 consecutive winning seasons. Texas A&M * SEC game. % - Round Rock Classic (Round Rock, Texas) has posted a winning record in 58 of the last 60 years. SEC - SEC Network / S+ - SEC Network+ / E+ - ESPN+ All times Central. Dates and times subject to change. 2018 QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION LOCATION: ..................College Station, Texas 77842 FRIDAY’S PROBABLE STARTER: #37 DUSTIN SAENZ FOUNDED: ............................................................ 1876 2021 QUICK FACTS Enters weekend ranked 28th in the nation and fifth in the SEC with 96 strikeouts... also ranks 93rd in ENROLLMENT: ............................... 68,625 (fall 2017) the nation in Strikeouts Per Nine Innings (11.32) and 104th in Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (4.57)... making his PRESIDENT: ..................Michael K. Young (BYU ‘73) GENERAL INFORMATION 47th career appearance and 23rd career start... owns a career record of 9-6 with one save, a 4.22 ERA FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: .........Dr. Paul J. Batista LOCATION: College Station, Texas 77842 DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Scott Woodward (LSU ‘85) and 144 strikeouts in 136.1 innings... owns wins against Baylor, New Mexico State, Samford, Georgia FOUNDED: 1876 and Missouri this season... pitched 7.0 blank frames at Missouri, scattering three hits and three walks CONFERENCE: .....................................................SEC 71,109 (fall 2020) ENROLLMENT: while striking out 10... struck out a career-high 14 in 8.0 shutout innings against Samford... pitched in NICKNAME: ......................................................Aggies INTERIM PRESIDENT: John Junkins (Auburn ‘65) seven games in 2020, including two starts, logging a 2-0 record with a 3.12 ERA and 22 strikeouts in MASCOT: .........................Reveille (American Collie) FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Paul J. Batista 17.1 innings... logged a 2-1 mark with one save, a 4.85 ERA and 17 strikeouts in 29.2 innings as a soph- COLORS: .....................................Maroon and White DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Ross Bjork omore... pitched in 11 games as a freshman, posting a 0-0 record with a 3.32 ERA and 15 strikeouts in (Emporia State ‘95/WIU ‘96) 19.0 innings. STADIUM INFORMATION CONFERENCE: SEC STADIUM: ...................Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park NICKNAME: Aggies SAENZ’S CAREER TOTALS (GAME-BY-GAME ON PAGE 15) OPENED: .......March 21, 1978 (35th season on site) MASCOT: Reveille (American Collie) Year W-L ERA APP/GS SV IP H R ER BB SO AVG Renovated prior to the 2012 season COLORS: Maroon & White CAPACITY: ..........................................................6,100 2018 0-0 3.32 11/2 0 19.0 21 11 7 6 15 .284 2019 2-1 4.85 15/5 1 29.2 36 22 16 14 17 .313 PLAYING SURFACE: Natural Grass (Tifway Bermuda) STADIUM INFORMATION 2020 2-0 3.12 7/2 0 17.1 24 9 6 7 22 .333 DIMENSIONS: .......................330-375-400-375-330 STADIUM: Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park 2021 5-6 4.60 13/13 0 76.1 81 44 39 21 96 .266 FENCE HEIGHT: .................................................8 feet OPENED: March 21, 1978 (42nd season on site) Career 9-7 4.30 46/22 1 142.1 162 86 68 48 150 .286 ALL-TIME RECORD: .....................1,103-357-4 (.755) Renovated prior to the 2012 season CAPACITY: 6,100 K SQUAD COACHING STAFF PLAYING SURFACE: Natural Grass (Tifway Bermuda) # This season, the Maroon & White rank No.