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2013 TEXAS A&M BASEBALL OFFICIAL GAME NOTES 2,457 VICTORIES • 23 CONFERENCE TITLES • 28 NCAA TOURNAMENTS • 5 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES BERTHS • 55 ALL-AMERICANS SCHEDULE/RESULTS (5-3, 0-0) GAMES 9-10 Date Day Opponent Time (CT) F 15 Fri ILLINOIS-CHICAGO L, 0-2 #30 TEXAS A&M AGGIES 16 Sat ILLINOIS-CHICAGO W, 4-3 (5-3) 17 Sun ILLINOIS-CHICAGO W, 5-1 19 Tue STEPHEN F. AUSTIN W, 9-2 vs 20 Wed TEXAS SOUTHERN W, 7-1 22 Fri PEPPERDINE L, 3-5 NORTHWESTERN STATE DEMONS 23 Sat PEPPERDINE W, 3-1 (5-2) 24 Sun PEPPERDINE L, 1-2 26 Tue NORTHWESTERN STATE 6:35 PM 27 Wed NORTHWESTERN STATE 3:05 PM Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park (6,100) • College Station, Texas M 1 Fri ^ at Houston 7:00 PM SCHEDULE ..............Tuesday, 6:35 PM • Wednesday, 3:05 PM 2 Sat ^ vs. No. 12 Rice 7:00 PM 3 Sun ^ vs. No. 1 North Carolina 2:00 PM RADIO .....................WTAW-AM 1620 (Tue.); KZNE-AM 1150 (Wed) 5 Tue PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 6:35 PM Dave South, play-by-play; Scott Clendenin, color 8 Fri at Cal State Fullerton 9:00 PM LIVE VIDEO .............aggieathletics.com (with a premium subscription) 9 Sat at Cal State Fullerton 8:00 PM 10 Sun at Cal State Fullerton 1:30 PM LIVE AUDIO ............aggieathletics.com • radioaggieland.com 12 Tue HOUSTON BAPTIST 6:35 PM LIVE STATS ..............aggieathletics.com 15 Fri * GEORGIA 6:35 PM RANKINGS ..............Texas A&M - 30th (NCBWA) 16 Sat * GEORGIA 2:05 PM 17 Sun * GEORGIA 1:05 PM SERIES HISTORY ......Texas A&M leads 6-1 19 Tue DALLAS BAPTIST 6:35 PM SERIES STREAKS .....Texas A&M has won two straight 22 Fri * at Ole Miss 6:30 PM 23 Sat * at Ole Miss ESPNU 7:30 PM TEAM INFO .............Texas A&M Northwestern State 24 Sun * at Ole Miss 1:30 PM streak ........................ L, 1 W, 2 26 Tue UT ARLINGTON 6:35 PM Home / Away ........... 5-3 / 0-0 5-1 / 0-1 28 Thu * at South Carolina 6:30 PM 29 Fir * at South Carolina 6:00 PM HEAD COACHES ......Rob Childress (8th year) Lane Burroughs (1st year) 30 Sat * at South Carolina 1:30 PM at school ................... 294-156-2 (.653) 5-2 (.714) A 2 Tue UTSA 6:35 PM overall ....................... same same 5 Fri * AUBURN 6:35 PM 6 Sat * AUBURN 2:05 PM 7 Sun * AUBURN 1:05 PM PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS 9 Tue SAM HOUSTON STATE 6:35 PM • TUESDAY: #22 Corey Ray (So., RHP, 1-0, 5.40) vs. #35 Zach Krebs (Jr., RHP, 1-1, 10.29) 12 Fri * MISSISSIPPI STATE 6:35 PM • WEDNESDAY: #38 Grayson Long (Fr., RHP, 1-0, 1.35) vs. #26 Andrew Adams (Jr., LHP, 0-0, 5.40) 13 Sat * MISSISSIPPI STATE FSN 12:30 PM 14 Sun * MISSISSIPPI STATE 1:05 PM 16 Tue at Sam Houston State 6:30 PM LEADING OFF 19 Fri * at Arkansas 6:35 PM Texas A&M Baseball looks to bounce back from dropping a three-game series to Pepperdine over the 20 Sat * at Arkansas ESPNU 7:30 PM 21 Sun * at Arkansas ESPN2 1:00 PM weekend when they host the Northwestern State Demons for a two-game set on Olsen Field at Blue Bell 23 Tue at Texas State 6:30 PM Park ... The Aggies’ pitching has been stellar to date, posting a 1.62 ERA and holding opponents to a .217 26 Fri * at Alabama 6:35 PM batting average ... Last season, A&M swept the two-game series with the Demons, 14-10 and 8-1. 27 Sat * at Alabama 6:05 PM 28 Sun * at Alabama 1:05 PM 30 TUE GRAMBLING STATE 6:35 PM FOLLOWING THE ACTION M 3 Fri * MISSOURI 6:35 PM • RADIO — Fans can listen locally on WTAW-AM 1620 on Tuesday and KZNE-AM 1150 on Wednesday ... 4 Sat * MISSOURI 2:05 PM pregame show begins 30 minutes prior to first pitch. 5 Sun * MISSOURI 1:05 PM • INTERNET — aggieathletics.com will offer live play-by-play and statistics ... fans can watch all non- 9 Thu * LSU ESPNU 8:00 PM 10 Fri * LSU CSS 6:35 PM televised games on 12thMan.TV (with a premium subscription). 11 Sat * LSU ESPN 12:00 PM • MOBILE PHONE — listen to the game on your iPhone, Blackberry or PDA free of charge ... log on to 14 Tue TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN 6:35 PM radioaggieland.com for more information. 16 Thu * at Tennessee 5:00 PM 17 Fri * at Tennessee 5:00 PM TEXAS A&M/NORTHWESTERN STATE SERIES NOTABLES 18 Sat * at Tennessee FSN 12:00 PM 21-26 SEC Championship (Hoover, Ala.) The Aggies are 6-1 all-time against the Demons. All seven prior meetings have come in College Station. 31- J 3 NCAA Regionals (Campus Sites TBD) The teams first squared off in 1989 with the Aggies taking a 12-9 decision. The Aggies swept a three-game 7-10 NCAA Super Regionals (Campus Sites TBD) 15-25/26 College World Series (Omaha) series in 2006, including a 13-inning win in the second game of the series. The Demons’ lone win came in Home games in BOLD, played at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park (6,100). 2010 with Northwestern State taking a 4-2 decision. Last year the Aggies swept a two-game set with wins ^ Astros Foundation College Classic (Minute Maid Park - Houston, Texas) of 14-10 and 8-1. In the 14-10 win, the Aggies trailed 10-1 before storming back with 13 unanswered runs. * SEC game. Brandon Wood went 4-for-5 with two runs and four RBI and Blake Allemand and Matt Juengel each had FSN - FOX Sports Net / CSS - Cox Sports / ESPNU - ESPNU. All times Central. Dates and times subject to change. three hits. In the second game, Corey Ray earned his first career win allowing just one run on six hits and opponents’ highest ranking in parentheses. one walk while fanning four over 7.0 innings. Tyler Naquin tallied four hits and Juengel tallied three RBI. 2013 AGGIE BASEBALL • GAMES 9-10 • NORTHWESTERN STATE AT TEXAS A&M • FEBRUARY 26-27, 2013 2013 QUICK FACTS MORE ON NORTHWESTERN STATE The Demons are coming off a 19-32 campaign in which they won they posted a 14-19 mark in Southland GENERAL INFORMATION Conference play in 2012 ... Northwestern State returns its top hitter from a year ago as Will Watson hit .335 LOCATION: .............................College Station, Texas 77842 with 10 doubles, two triples and 20 RBI as a junior ... The Demons boast three former players who have ap- FOUNDED: ................................................................. 1876 peared in the Majors, headlined by Brian Lawrence who enjoyed a six-year career, including a 15-win season ENROLLMENT: ....................................... 53,219 (fall 2012) in 2004. PRESIDENT: ...............Dr. R. Bowen Loftin (Texas A&M ‘71) FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: ........... Dr. Tom Adair (Texas A&M ‘57) NOTES AND NOTABLES DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: ....... Eric Hyman (North Carolina) • Head coach Rob Childress is in his eighth season at the helm of the Texas A&M baseball program, CONFERENCE: ................................................................ SEC beginning the year with a 294-156-2 record. Last season, he led the Aggies to the postseason for a school- NICKNAME: ...............................................................Aggies record sixth-consecutive season. MASCOT: ..................................... Reveille (American Collie) COLORS: .................................................Maroon and White • Texas A&M welcomes back 17 letterwinners, including five positional starters, from last season’s 43-18 team that advanced to the NCAA Championship. The Aggies return two All-Big 12 Second Team STADIUM INFORMATION performers in Troy Stein (C) and Mikey Reynolds. They are joined by Blake Allemand (INF) and Kyle Martin STADIUM: ........................... Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park (RHP) who garnered All-Big 12 Honorable Mention a year ago. Allemand and Chance Bolcerek were Big 12 OPENED: ..............March 21, 1978 (35th season on site) All-Freshman selections. Renovated prior to the 2012 season CAPACITY: ...............................................................6,100 TUESDAY’S PROBABLE STARTER: #22 COREY RAY PLAYING SURFACE: .......Natural Grass (Tifway Bermuda) DIMENSIONS: ...............................330-375-400-375-330 Corey Ray is making his fifth career start and his first start of the 2013 season... In his three starts a fresh- FENCE HEIGHT: ...................................................... 8 feet man, Ray went 1-0 with a 3.60 ERA and 10 strikeouts in 15.0 innings of work... Ray struggled a bit in his first ALL-TIME RECORD: ...............................943-305-4 (.755) outing in 2013, allowing two runs on two hits and two walks over 1.1 innings in the 4-3 win over UIC on Feb. 16, but rebounded to earn a midweek win over Stephen F Austin, allowing two runs on three hits and two COACHING STAFF walks over 5.1 innings. HEAD COACH: ......... #29 Rob Childress (Northwood ‘90) CAREER COLLEGIATE RECORD: ...... 294-156-2 (8th year) RAY’S CAREER TOTALS (GAME-BY-GAME ON PAGE 8) RECORD AT A&M: .......................... 294-156-2 (8th year) Year W-L ERA APP/GS SV IP H R ER BB SO AVG ASSOC. HEAD COACH: ........ #5 Andy Sawyers (3rd year, Northwood ‘94) 2012 2-0 3.52 12/3 0 30.2 27 13 12 10 17 .250 ASSISTANT COACHES: ..... #19 Justin Seely (5th year, Nebraska ‘03) 2013 1-0 5.40 2/1 0 6.2 5 4 4 4 8 .217 .....................#25 Austin Knight (1st year, Dallas Baptist ‘10) Career 3-0 3.86 15/4 0 37.1 32 17 16 14 25 .244 DIRECTOR OF OPS: ........#26 Jason Hutchins (15th year, Texas A&M ‘98) THIRD-BASE COACH: ..............................