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2019 TEXAS A&M BASEBALL GAME 40-42 | @ SOUTH CAROLINA | 4/18-20 GAME TIMES: 6:02/6:02/3:02 P.M. CT | SITE: Founders Park, Columbia, South Carolina Texas A&M Media Relations * www.12thMan.com Baseball Contact: Thomas Dick / E-Mail: [email protected] / C: (512) 784-2153 RESULTS/SCHEDULE 9 TEXAS A&M SOUTH CAROLINA Date Day Opponent Time (CT) # 2/15 FRI FORDHAM + W, 4-0 2/16 SAT FOPDHAM + W, 19-6 AGGIES GAMECOCKS 2/17 SUN FORDHAM + W, 3-1 2/19 TUE STEPHEN F. AUSTIN + W, 5-3 2/20 WED PRAIRIE VIEW A&M + W, 9-1 2/22 FRI UIC + W, 3-1 Record 27-11-1, 9-5-1 SEC Record 22-15, 4-11 SEC 2/23 SAT UIC + W, 4-0 Ranking 7 (D1B), 9 (USAT, NCBWA), 10 (CB), 11 (BA) Ranking unranked 2/24 SUN UIC + L, 2-7 Streak lost - 1 Streak won - 1 2/26 TUE HOUSTON BAPTIST + W, 12-5 Last 5 / Last 10 2-3 / 4-5-1 Last 5 / Last 10 3-2 / 5-5 2/27 WED INCARNATE WORD + L, 5-6 Last Game April 16 Last Game April 16 3/1 Fri % vs #18 Baylor MLB W, 5-2 3/2 Sat % vs #17 TCU MLB W, 1-0 at Houston - L, 1-4 vs. North Carolina - W, 5-2 3/3 Sun % vs Houston MLB W, 3-2 3/5 TUE A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI + (7) W, 12-2 Head Coach Rob Childress (Northwood, ‘90) Head Coach Mark Kingston (North Carolina, ‘95) 3/6 WED ABILENE CHRISTIAN + W, 9-3 Overall 566-294-3 (14th season) Overall 332-221-1 (10th season) 3/8 FRI GONZAGA + L, 4-6 at Texas A&M same at South Carolina 59-41 (2nd season) 3/9 SAT GONZAGA + W, 14-2 3/10 SUN GONZAGA + W, 3-1 3/12 Tue at Dallas Baptist L, 4-5 PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS 3/15 FRI * #2 VANDERBILT + L, 4-7 3/16 SAT * #2 VANDERBILT + W, 8-7 • THURSDAY: #14 John Doxakis (Jr., LHP, 4-2, 1.76 ERA) vs. #20 Reid Morgan (Jr., RHP, 3-2, 3.47 ERA) 3/1 7 SUN * #2 VANDERBILT + W, 7-0 • FRIDAY: #35 Asa Lacy (So., LHP, 6-1, 1.69 ERA) vs. #37 Cam Tringali (Fr., RHP, 2-0, 2.81 ERA) 3/19 TUE RICE SEC W, 8-3 3/22 Fri * at Kentucky + W, 5-3 • SATURDAY: TBA vs. TBA 3/23 Sat * at Kentucky + W, 9-3 3/24 Sun * at Kentucky + W, 17-5 LEADING OFF 3/26 TUE LAMAR + W, 10-7 3/29 FRI * MISSOURI + W, 7-3 The No. 9 Texas A&M Aggies continue the most road-heavy portion of their schedule as the Maroon 3/30 SAT * MISSOURI + (15) L, 2-3 & White head to Columbia for a three-game, Thursday-Saturday series against the South Carolina 3/31 SUN * MISSOURI + (10) T, 2-2 Gamecocks. 4/2 Tue at #17 Texas FS1 W, 9-6 4/5 Fri * at #12 LSU + L, 1-2 The Aggies play eight of their next nine games away from Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park, including 4/6 Sat * at #12 LSU ESPN2 W, 6-4 SEC series at South Carolina and No. 17 Ole Miss and midweek games at Houston and Sam Houston 4/7 Sun * at #12 LSU SEC L, 3-9 State. 4/9 TUE TEXAS STATE + L, 3-5 After five weeks of conference action, the Aggies (9-5-1 SEC) are just 0.5 games behind first-place 4/12 FRI * #19 AUBURN + W, 4-0 4/13 SAT * #19 AUBURN + L, 0-7 Georgia (10-5) and Mississippi State (10-5) in the league standings. 4/14 SUN * #19 AUBURN + W, 4-1 The Texas A&M pitching staff is on pace to set a school record for strikeouts in 2019. With 433 4/16 Tue at Houston L, 1-4 strikeouts through 39 games, the Maroon & White are on pace to hang 621 Ks through the 56-game 4/18 Thu * at South Carolina + 6:00 p regular-season schedule. The school record for strikeouts in a season is 612 set by the 2010 squad, the 4/19 Fri * at South Carolina + 6:00 p 4/20 Sat * at South Carolina SEC 3:00 p only season the Aggies have ever reached the 600-K mark. 4/23 TUE UT ARLINGTON + 6:30 P The Aggies rank in the top 20 in the nation in numerous pitching categories, including Strikeouts 4/25 Thu * at Ole Miss SEC 6:00 p Per Nine Innings (2nd - 11.4), K-to-BB Ratio (2nd - 3.99), ERA (7th - 2.88), Shutouts (7th - 5), WHIP (9th 4/26 Fri * at Ole Miss + 6:00 p - 1.13), Walks Allowed Per Nine Innings (9th - 2.85) and Hits Allowed Per Nine Innings (16th - 7.35). 4/27 Sat * at Ole Miss + 3:00 p 4/30 Tue at Sam Houston State 6:30 p Individually, ASA LACY ranks sixth in the nation in strikeouts per nine innings (14.01), seventh in 5/2 THU * MISSISSIPPI STATE SEC 6:00 P strikeouts (83), 15th in hits allowed per nine innings (5.06) and 32nd in ERA (1.69). JOHN DOXAKIS ranks 5/3 FRI * MISSISSIPPI STATE + 6:30 P 8th in the nation in K-to-BB ratio (9.00), 15th in walks allowed per nine innings (0.93) and 35th in ERA (1. 5/4 SAT * MISSISSIPPI STATE SEC 2:00 P 76). KASEY KALICH ranks 8th in the nation in saves with ninth. 5/10 Fri * at Alabama + 6:00 p 5/11 Sat * at Alabama + 6:00 p With his next save, Kalich will move into a tie for fifth place on the Texas A&M’s single-season saves 5/12 Sun * at Alabama SEC 3:00 p chart. He is chasing the school record of 14 set by Jason Jester in 2013 and equaled by Nolan Hoffman 5/16 THU * ARKANSAS + 6:00 P in 2018. 5/17 FRI * ARKANSAS + 6:30 P 5/18 SAT * ARKANSAS SEC 2:00 P BRADEN SHEWMAKE enters the weekend into ninth place on the Aggies’ career RBI list. With 146 5/21-26 SEC Championship career ribbies, he needs one to tie Chuck Knoblauch for eighth place. Shewmake also moved into a (Hoover, Alabama) tie for 10th place on Texas A&M’s career triples list with 10. 5/31-6/3 NCAA Regionals (Campus sites) 6/7-10 NCAA Super Regionals WINNING TRADITION (Campus sites) 6/15-26 College World Series Heading into the 2019 campaign, the Aggies have 12 consecutive winning season. Texas A&M (Omaha, Nebraska) has posted a winning record in 56 of the last 58 years. Home games in BOLD, played at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park (6,100). * SEC game. % - Shriners Classic (Houston, Texas) SEC - SEC Network / + - SEC Network+ All times Central. Dates and times subject to change. 2018 QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION LOCATION: ..................College Station, Texas 77842 SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE FOUNDED: ............................................................ 1876 2019 QUICK FACTS The Texas A&M Aggies are one of only four schools to appear in each of the last 12 NCAA Division ENROLLMENT: ............................... 68,625 (fall 2017) I Baseball Championships. The Maroon and White’s 12-season NCAA postseason string is the second PRESIDENT: ..................Michael K. Young (BYU ‘73) GENERAL INFORMATION longest in the SEC trailing only Vanderbilt (13 years). It’s also the longest active string among Texas FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: .........Dr. Paul J. Batista LOCATION: College Station, Texas 77842 schools. DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Scott Woodward (LSU ‘85) FOUNDED: 1876 CONFERENCE: .....................................................SEC ENROLLMENT: 68,625 (fall 2017) ACTIVE STREAKS OF CONSECUTIVE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES NICKNAME: ......................................................Aggies PRESIDENT: Michael K. Young (BYU ‘73) 1. Florida State 41 MASCOT: .........................Reveille (American Collie) FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Paul J. Batista 2. Cal State Fullerton 27 COLORS: .....................................Maroon and White DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Scott Woodward (LSU ‘85) 3. Vanderbilt 13 CONFERENCE: SEC 4. TEXAS A&M 12 STADIUM INFORMATION NICKNAME: Aggies STADIUM: ...................Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park MASCOT: Reveille (American Collie) POST-SEASON STREAK CONTINUES HEADING INTO 2019 OPENED: .......March 21, 1978 (35th season on site) COLORS: Maroon and White Renovated prior to the 2012 season Prior to the arrival of head coach ROB CHILDRESS, Texas A&M had never appeared in the NCAA CAPACITY: ..........................................................6,100 Tournament more than four consecutive years. Last year’s regional bid extended the Aggies’ current STADIUM INFORMATION string to 12 consecutive years, something that had never happened before in the program’s 116-year PLAYING SURFACE: Natural Grass (Tifway Bermuda) Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park STADIUM: history. DIMENSIONS: .......................330-375-400-375-330 OPENED: March 21, 1978 (41st season on site) FENCE HEIGHT: .................................................8 feet Renovated prior to the 2012 season Childress has led the Aggies to the postseason each of the last 12 seasons, topping the previ- ALL-TIME RECORD: .....................1,103-357-4 (.755) CAPACITY: 6,100 ous-high water mark of four-straight trips, a feat that had happened only twice before at Texas A&M. PLAYING SURFACE: Natural Grass (Tifway Bermuda) Former head coach Tom Chandler led his squad to the NCAA Regionals each season from 1975 to 1978 COACHING STAFF DIMENSIONS: 330-375-400-375-330 and 11 years later the Aggies enjoyed a similar four-year run from 1986-89 under the direction of head # HEAD COACH: 29 Rob Childress (Northwood ‘90) FENCE HEIGHT: 8 feet coach Mark Johnson. CAREER COLLEGIATE RECORD: 539-281-2 (13th year) ALL-TIME BBP RECORD: 1,119-364-5 (.755) RECORD AT A&M: ................539-281-2 (13th year) TEXAS A&M/SOUTH CAROLINA SERIES NOTABLES # ASSISTANT COACHES: 19 Justin Seely (10th year, Nebraska ‘03) COACHING STAFF South Carolina leads the all-time series 9-5.