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2021 TEXAS A&M BASEBALL GAMES 27 | TEXAS | 3/30 GAME TIMES: 6:02 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 8 TEXAS Date Day Opponent Time (CT) # 2/20 SAT XAVIER (DH) S+ L, 6-10 XAVIER (DH) S+ L, 0-2 AGGIES LONGHORNS 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 17-9, 2-4 SEC 2021 Record 17-7, 4-2 Big 12 2/27 Sat % vs Oklahoma Flo W, 8-1 Ranking - Ranking 5 (D1B), 6 (CB & NCBWA), 7 (BA), 8 (USAT) 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 / 5-5 Last 5 / Last 10 3-2 / 8-2 3/3 WED INCARNATE WORD S+ W, 6-4 Last Game Mar 28 Last Game Mar 28 3/5 FRI NEW MEXICO STATE S+ W, 4-1 3/6 SAT NEW MEXICO STATE S+ W, 5-0 GEORGIA - L, 4-6 OKLAHOMA - L, 2-3 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 David Pierce (Houston, ‘88) 3/10 WED PRAIRIE VIEW A&M S+ (7) W, 22-2 Overall 610-318-3 (16th season) Overall 336-193 (10th season) 3/12 FRI SAMFORD S+ W, 10-1 at Texas A&M same at Texas 139-84 (5th 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 • TUESDAY: #35 Nathan Dettmer (Fr., RHP, 2-1, 1.37) vs. #33 Pete Hansen (RFr., LHP, 2-0, 2.75) 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 Texas A&M renews its most played rivalry Tuesday when they host the Texas Longhorns on Olsen 3/27 SAT * GEORGIA + W, 7-6 3/28 SUN * GEORGIA + L, 4-6 Field at Blue Bell Park... Texas A&M ranks high on the NCAA pitching charts, including No. 6 in Strikeout- 3/30 TUE #8 TEXAS ESPNU 6:00 P to-Walk Ratio (3,89), No. 7 in Strikeouts Per Nine Innings (12.0), No. 20 in Walks Allowed Per Nine Innings 4/1 Thu * at Missouri + 6:30 p (3.09) and No. 25 in ERA (3.33)... Dustin Saenz (50 - 13th), Jonathan Childress (44 - 41st) and Chandler 4/2 Fri * at Missouri + 6:30 p Jozwiak (43 - 50th) rank in the top 50 in the nation in strikeouts... Tuesday night starter Nathan Dettmer 4/3 Sat * at Missouri SEC 3:00 p 4/6 Tue at Sam Houston State 6:30 p has allowed just one earned run over 23.1 innings his five starts, yielding three overall runs on 18 hits 4/9 FRI * ALABAMA + 6:30 P and nine walks while striking out 22 in 23.1 innings for a 0.39 ERA and .217 opponent batting average. 4/10 SAT * ALABAMA + 2:00 P 4/11 SUN * ALABAMA + 1:00 P SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE 4/13 Tue at Texas State E+ 6:30 p 4/16 Fri * at Arkansas + 6:30 p The Texas A&M Aggies are one of only three schools to appear in each of the last 13 NCAA Divi- 4/17 Sat * at Arkansas + 6:30 p sion I Baseball Championships. The Maroon & White’s 13-season NCAA postseason string is the sec- 4/18 Sun * at Arkansas + 2:00 p ond-longest in the SEC trailing only Vanderbilt (14 years). It is also the longest active string among Texas 4/20 TUE TEXAS SOUTHERN + 6:30 P schools. 4/23 FRI * TENNESSEE + 6:30 P 4/24 SAT * TENNESSEE + 5:00 P ACTIVE STREAKS OF CONSECUTIVE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES 4/25 SUN * TENNESSEE SEC 1:00 P 1. Florida State 42 4/27 TUE TEXAS STATE + 6:30 P 4/30 Fri * at Mississippi State + 6:30 p 2. Vanderbilt 14 5/1 Sat * at Mississippi State + 2:00 p 3. TEXAS A&M 13 5/2 Sun * at Mississippi State SEC 2:00 p 5/4 Tue at UT Arlington 6:30 p TEXAS A&M/TEXAS SERIES NOTABLES 5/7 FRI * OLE MISS + 6:30 P 5/8 SAT * OLE MISS ESPNU 11:00 A Texas A&M and Texas have clashed in 371 games previously, with the Longhorns holding the all-time 5/9 SUN * OLE MISS ESPNU 1:00 P series lead 239-127-5. The two programs first took the field against each other in 1904, and it resulted 5/14 Fri * at Auburn + 6:00 p in the Aggies falling 8-4. The Maroon & White and Longhorns met yearly from 1915 to 2012, before the 5/15 Sat * at Auburn + 2:00 p 5/16 Sun * at Auburn + 1:00 p Aggies left for greener pastures of the Southeastern Conference. Since joining the SEC, the Aggies 5/20 THU * LSU ESPNU 6:00 P have split eight games with the Longhorns, 4-4. 5/21 FRI * LSU + 6:30 P The Maroon & White last met with the Longhorn for a midweek road clash in 2019. The Aggies held 5/22 SAT * LSU + 2:00 P 5/25-30 SEC Championship off a late charge to take the dub, 9-6. Dustin Saenz had a great start on the mound and earned the (Hoover, Alabama) win. Saenz tossed 6.0 frames, yielding two runs on four hits while fanning four and walking three. Kasey 6/4-7 NCAA Regionals Kalich was called on in the ninth and awarded the save for retiring three Longhorns with one strike- (Campus sites) out. The offensive power was generated by 14 Aggie hits, including two doubles and two home runs. 6/11-14 NCAA Super Regionals (Campus sites) Jonathan Ducoff led the way batting 3-for-5 with one run, one double, one home run, and two RBI, 6/19-30 College World Series while Mikey Hoehner was 3-for-5 with two runs, one home run, and two RBI. Cam Blake and Braden (Omaha, Nebraska) Shewmake added two hits apiece. 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 FAST STARTS DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Scott Woodward (LSU ‘85) FOUNDED: 1876 CONFERENCE: .....................................................SEC ENROLLMENT: 71,109 (fall 2020) Texas A&M is outscoring opponents 45-12 in the first two innings, including 21-4 in the first frame. NICKNAME: ......................................................Aggies INTERIM PRESIDENT: John Junkins (Auburn ‘65) The Maroon & White have scored first in 18 of the 26 games this season. MASCOT: .........................Reveille (American Collie) FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Paul J. Batista The Aggie pitchers have yielded just four first-inning runs, three earned, in 26 games, for a 1.04 COLORS: .....................................Maroon and White DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Ross Bjork (WIU ‘96) earned run average. The Maroon & White are holding opponents to a .151 batting average in the CONFERENCE: SEC opening frame, striking out 43 of 96 batters. STADIUM INFORMATION NICKNAME: Aggies STADIUM: ...................Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park MASCOT: Reveille (American Collie) Dustin Saenz has retired 18 of 20 batters he has faced in the first inning, including 11 strikeouts. OPENED: .......March 21, 1978 (35th season on site) COLORS: Maroon & White Chris Weber has faced the minimum in three first innings, allowing one hit and hitting a batter, but Renovated prior to the 2012 season he also turned a double play and caught a runner stealing. CAPACITY: ..........................................................6,100 STADIUM INFORMATION PLAYING SURFACE: Natural Grass (Tifway Bermuda) STADIUM: Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park TUESDAY’S PROBABLE STARTER: #35 NATHAN DETTMER DIMENSIONS: .......................330-375-400-375-330 OPENED: March 21, 1978 (42nd season on site) Making his ninth career appearance and sixth start... has been stellar as a starter - he has yielded FENCE HEIGHT: .................................................8 feet Renovated prior to the 2012 season ALL-TIME RECORD: .....................1,103-357-4 (.755) just one earned run in 23.1, scattering 18 hits and nine walks while striking out 22 in 17.1... tough-luck los- CAPACITY: 6,100 er last week, yielding just one unearned run in 6.0 innings... notched win against A&M-Corpus Christi, PLAYING SURFACE: Natural Grass (Tifway Bermuda) scattering three hits and three walks while striking out one in 5.1 innings... earned a win against Hous- COACHING STAFF DIMENSIONS: 330-375-400-375-330 ton Baptist, scattering three hits and one walk while striking out seven in 6.0 scoreless innings..