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2021 TEXAS A&M BASEBALL GAME 47 | @ UT ARLINGTON | MAY 4 GAME TIME: 6:30 P.M. CT | SITE: Globe Life Field, Arlington, 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 UT ARLINGTON Date Day Opponent Time (CT) 2/20 SAT XAVIER (DH) S+ L, 6-10 XAVIER (DH) S+ L, 0-2 AGGIES MAVERICKS 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 24-22, 5-16 SEC 2021 Record 22-22, 10-5 SBC 2/27 Sat % vs Oklahoma Flo W, 8-1 Ranking - Ranking - 2/28 Sun % vs Auburn Flo L, 1-6 Streak Lost 3 Streak Won 3 3/2 TUE HOUSTON BAPTIST S+ W, 4-0 Last 5 / Last 10 1-4 / 4-6 Last 5 / Last 10 3-2 / 6-4 3/3 WED INCARNATE WORD S+ W, 6-4 Last Game May 1 Last Game May 2 3/5 FRI NEW MEXICO STATE S+ W, 4-1 3/6 SAT NEW MEXICO STATE S+ W, 5-0 at No. 5 Mississippi State - L, 5-10 LITTLE ROCK - W, 3-0 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 Darin Thomas (Oklahoma Christian, ‘89) 3/10 WED PRAIRIE VIEW A&M S+ (7) W, 22-2 Overall 617-331-3 (16th season) Overall 384-367 (14th season) 3/12 FRI SAMFORD S+ W, 10-1 at Texas A&M same at UT Arlington same 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 • TUESDAY: #21 Jonathan Childress (So., LHP, 3-4, 3.72) vs. #41 Zach Norris (So., RHP, 3-3, 5.92) 3/19 Fri * at #5 Florida S+ L, 1-3 3/20 Sat * at #5 Florida S+ L, 4-8 3/23 TUE RICE + L, 1-3 LEADING OFF 3/26 FRI * GEORGIA SEC W, 6-3 The Texas A&M Aggies make their Globe Life Field debut Tuesday when they battle the UT Arlington 3/27 SAT * GEORGIA + W, 7-6 Mavericks at the home of the Texas Rangers... This marks the fourth MLB ballpark the Aggies will have 3/28 SUN * GEORGIA + L, 4-6 3/30 TUE #8 TEXAS ESPNU W, 2-0 played at in program history. Texas A&M was 3-4 at Globe Life Park, formerly The Ballpark in Arlington 4/1 Thu * at Missouri + W, 16-2 and Ameriquest Field, and they own an 18-12 ledger at Minute Maid Park, formerly Enron Field and 4/2 Fri * at Missouri + L, 2-8 Astros Field. The Aggies first played three games at the Minnesota Twins’ Metrodome in 1992, going 2-1, 4/3 Sat * at Missouri SEC L, 3-7 including two wins against top-5 teams.... Texas A&M ranks high on the NCAA pitching charts, includ- 4/6 Tue at Sam Houston E+ L, 6-8 ing No. 14 in Strikeouts Per Nine Innings (11.1). Dustin Saenz (No. 16 - 85) and Chandler Jozwiak (No. 4/9 FRI * ALABAMA + L, 3-5 89 - 69) rank in the top 100 in the nation in strikeouts. Saenz checks in at No. 67 in Strikeouts Per Nine 4/10 SAT * ALABAMA + L, 3-6 4/11 SUN * ALABAMA + L, 4-7 Innings (11.83) and Jonathan Childress ranks 89th in Strikeouts Per Nine Innings (11.54)... Will Frizzell 4/13 Tue at Texas State E+ W, 8-4 is enjoying an All-American start to the 2021 campaign. He currently ranks in the top 50 in the nation 4/16 Fri * at #1 Arkansas + L, 0-13 in Home Runs (12th - 13), Total Bases (20th - 104) and Hits (47th - 56), as well as the top 150 in walks 4/17 Sat * at #1 Arkansas + (10) L, 1-2 (93rd - 27), Slugging Percentage (107th - .612) and RBI (108th - 37). 4/18 Sun * at #1 Arkansas + W, 11-10 4/20 TUE TEXAS SOUTHERN + W, 9-4 SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE 4/23 FRI * #5 TENNESSEE + L, 1-6 4/24 SAT * #5 TENNESSEE + W, 6-5 The Texas A&M Aggies are one of only three schools to appear in each of the last 13 NCAA Division I 4/25 SUN * #5 TENNESSEE SEC L, 7-20 Baseball Championships. The Maroon & White’s 13-season NCAA postseason string is the second-lon- 4/27 TUE TEXAS STATE + W, 4-0 gest in the SEC trailing only Vanderbilt (14 years). It is also the longest active string among Texas 4/30 Fri * at #5 Mississippi State + (11) L, 7-8 schools. 5/1 Sat * at #5 Mississippi State + L, 2-3 5/2 Sun * at #5 Mississippi State SEC L, 5-10 5/4 Tue at UT Arlington 6:30 p ACTIVE STREAKS OF CONSECUTIVE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES 5/7 FRI * #11 OLE MISS + 6:30 P 1. Florida State 42 5/8 SAT * #11 OLE MISS ESPNU 11:00 A 2. Vanderbilt 14 5/9 SUN * #11 OLE MISS ESPNU 1:00 P 3. TEXAS A&M 13 5/14 Fri * at Auburn + 6:00 p 5/15 Sat * at Auburn + 2:00 p 5/16 Sun * at Auburn + 1:00 p TEXAS A&M/UT ARLINGTON SERIES NOTABLES 5/20 THU * LSU ESPNU 6:00 P The programs have met 39 times with the Aggie holding the series lead, 29-10. The teams first met 5/21 FRI * LSU + 6:30 P in 1990 and have played annually since then, except for 1994 and the Covid year of 2020. In the first 5/22 SAT * LSU + 2:00 P 5/25-30 SEC Championship meeting, the Aggies made Olsen Magic, walking it off in the 10th inning for a 3-2 win. (Hoover, Alabama) In 2019, the No. 10 Aggies took down the Mavericks, 10-5, with the help of three home runs. Six 6/4-7 NCAA Regionals Aggies recorded multi-hit games at the plate, while the team batted 6-for-11 with runners in scoring (Campus sites) position. Ty Coleman, Braden Shewmake and Zach DeLoach led the way. Coleman tallied four RBI and 6/11-14 NCAA Super Regionals (Campus sites) a dinger, Shewmake recorded three RBI and a bomb, while DeLoach was 2-for-4 with a moonshot. On 6/19-30 College World Series the mound, Chandler Jozwiak earned the win in relief for working 2.0 scoreless frames and striking (Omaha, Nebraska) out three. Home games in BOLD, played at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park (6,100). * SEC game. % - Round Rock Classic (Round Rock, Texas) 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 WINNING TRADITION FOUNDED: ............................................................ 1876 2021 QUICK FACTS Heading into the 2021 campaign, the Aggies have 14 consecutive winning seasons. Texas A&M ENROLLMENT: ............................... 68,625 (fall 2017) has posted a winning record in 58 of the last 60 years. PRESIDENT: ..................Michael K. Young (BYU ‘73) GENERAL INFORMATION FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: .........Dr. Paul J. Batista LOCATION: College Station, Texas 77842 TUESDAY’S PROBABLE STARTER: #21 JONATHAN CHILDRESS DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Scott Woodward (LSU ‘85) FOUNDED: 1876 CONFERENCE: .....................................................SEC ENROLLMENT: 71,109 (fall 2020) Has 18 career appearances, including 17 starts... owns a 5-5 record with a 3.07 ERA and 84 strike- NICKNAME: ......................................................Aggies INTERIM PRESIDENT: John Junkins (Auburn ‘65) outs in 73.1 innings... took a no-hitter into the seventh inning in start against Samford, ending the game MASCOT: .........................Reveille (American Collie) FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Paul J. Batista allowing 1 run on 3 hits and no walks while striking out 13 in 7.2 innings... posted a 2-0 mark with a 1.84 COLORS: .....................................Maroon and White DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Ross Bjork ERA and 17 strikeouts in 14.2 innings in 2020... started three games as a freshman, posting a 2.13 ERA (Emporia State ‘95/WIU ‘96) and eight strikeouts in 12.2 innings before season-ending injury... UIL Baseball Class 5A State All-Tour- STADIUM INFORMATION CONFERENCE: SEC nament Team, TSWA All-State Class 5A Third Team and District 15-5A Pitcher of the Year as a senior... STADIUM: ...................Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park NICKNAME: Aggies also named TSWA All-State Class 5A Second Team and District 15-5A Pitcher of the Year as a junior in OPENED: .......March 21, 1978 (35th season on site) MASCOT: Reveille (American Collie) 2017. Renovated prior to the 2012 season COLORS: Maroon & White CAPACITY: ..........................................................6,100 CHILDRESS CAREER TOTALS (GAME-BY-GAME ON PAGE 14) PLAYING SURFACE: Natural Grass (Tifway Bermuda) STADIUM INFORMATION Year W-L ERA APP/GS SV IP H R ER BB SO AVG DIMENSIONS: .......................330-375-400-375-330 STADIUM: Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park 2019 0-1 2.13 3/3 0 12.2 7 4 3 1 8 .156 FENCE HEIGHT: .................................................8 feet OPENED: March 21, 1978 (42nd season on site) 2020 2-0 1.84 4/4 0 14.2 11 5 3 4 17 .196 ALL-TIME RECORD: .....................1,103-357-4 (.755) Renovated prior to the 2012 season 2021 3-4 3.72 11/10 0 46.0 42 21 19 19 59 .241 CAPACITY: 6,100 Career 5-5 3.07 18/17 0 73.1 60 30 25 24 84 .218 COACHING STAFF PLAYING SURFACE: Natural Grass (Tifway Bermuda) # HEAD COACH: 29 Rob Childress (Northwood ‘90) DIMENSIONS: 330-375-400-375-330 K SQUAD CAREER COLLEGIATE RECORD: 539-281-2 (13th year) FENCE HEIGHT: 8 feet This season, the Maroon & White rank No.