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2021 TEXAS A&M BASEBALL GAMES 1-3 | VS. XAVIER | 2/20-21 GAME TIMES: 2:02/5:02/12:02 P.M. CT | SITE: 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 XAVIER TEXAS A&M Date Day Opponent Time (CT) 2/20 SAT XAVIER (DH) + 2:00 P XAVIER (DH) + 5:00 P MUSKETEERS AGGIES 2/21 SUN XAVIER + 12:00 P 2/23 TUE ABILENE CHRISTIAN + 6:30 P 2/24 WED TARLETON STATE + 6:30 P 2/26 Fri % vs Baylor Flo 6:00 p 2020 Record 5-10, 0-0 BIG EAST 2020 Record 15-3, 0-0 SEC 2/27 Sat % vs Oklahoma Flo 6:00 p Ranking - Ranking 26 (CB), 33 (NCBWA) 2/28 Sun % vs Auburn Flo 11:00 a Streak Lost 1 Streak L, 1 3/2 TUE HOUSTON BAPTIST + 6:30 P Last 5 / Last 10 2-3 / 3-7 Last 5 / Last 10 5-0 / 7-3 3/3 WED INCARNATE WORD + 6:30 P Last Game March 11, 2020 Last Game March 11, 2020 3/5 FRI NEW MEXICO STATE + 6:30 P 3/6 SAT NEW MEXICO STATE + 2:00 P at USC - L, 3-7 at Rice - W, 6-2 3/7 SUN NEW MEXICO STATE + 1:00 P 3/9 TUE A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI + 6:30 P Head Coach Billy O’Conner (Xavier, ‘09) Head Coach Rob Childress (Northwood, ‘90) 3/10 WED PRAIRIE VIEW A&M + 6:30 P Overall 52-76 (4th season) Overall 593-309-3 (16th season) 3/12 FRI SAMFORD + 6:30 P at Miami same at Texas A&M same 3/13 SAT SAMFORD + 2:00 P 3/14 SUN SAMFORD + 12:00 P 3/16 Tue at Houston 6:30 p PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (2020 Stats) 3/18 Thu * at Florida + 6:00 p 3/19 Fri * at Florida + TBA • SATURDAY-G1: #32 Bryce Miller (Sr., RHP, 1-2, 3.27 ERA) vs. #14 Lane Flamm (Jr., RHP, 0-3, 5.73 ERA) 3/20 Sat * at Florida + TBA • SATURDAY-G2: #37 Dustin Saenz (Sr., LHP, 2-0, 3.12 ERA) vs. #17 Nick Zwack (Sr., LHP, 2-2, 2.31 ERA) 3/23 TUE RICE + 6:30 P 3/26 FRI * GEORGIA + 6:00 P • SUNDAY: #21 Jonathan Childress (So., LHP, 2-0, 1.84 ERA) vs. #24 Griffin Lanoue (Sr., RHP, 0-2, 7.15 ERA) 3/27 SAT * GEORGIA + 2:00 P 3/28 SUN * GEORGIA + 1:00 P LEADING OFF 3/30 TUE TEXAS + 6:00 P 4/1 Thu * at Missouri + tba Texas A&M Baseball returns to the diamond this weekend to welcome the Xavier Musketeers to 4/2 Fri * at Missouri + tba Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park... The series kicks off the Aggies’ ninth season in the Southeastern Confer- 4/3 Sat * at Missouri + tba 4/6 Tue at Sam Houston State 6:30 p ence... A&M is coming off a 15-3 COVID-shortened campaign. 4/9 FRI * ALABAMA + 6:30 P 4/10 SAT * ALABAMA + 2:00 P FOLLOWING THE ACTION 4/11 SUN * ALABAMA + 1:00 P • RADIO —All games can be heard locally on SportsRadio 1150/9.7 The Zone... Andrew Monaco 4/13 Tue at Texas State 6:30 p 4/16 Fri * at Arkansas + 6:30 p (play-by-play) and selected commentators will call the action... pregame show begins 15 minutes 4/17 Sat * at Arkansas + 6:30 p prior to first pitch. 4/18 Sun * at Arkansas + 2:00 p • INTERNET — 12thMan.com will offer live play-by-play and statistics for all home games... fans 4/20 TUE TEXAS SOUTHERN + 6:30 P 4/23 FRI * TENNESSEE + 6:30 P with cable providers offering access to SEC Network+ can watch all non-televised home games via 4/24 SAT * TENNESSEE + 2:00 P the WatchESPN App using their cable provider access code. 4/25 SUN * TENNESSEE + 1:00 P 4/27 TUE TEXAS STATE + 6:30 P 4/30 Fri * at Mississippi State + 6:30 p OPENING DAY 5/1 Sat * at Mississippi State + tba The Aggies are 82-31-5 all-time on opening day. The Maroon & White are 14-1 in opening day games 5/2 Sun * at Mississippi State + tba under Rob Childress, including wins in the last seven lid lifters. Texas A&M is also 19-1 in opening day 5/4 Tue at UT Arlington 6:30 p games since the 2001 campaign. 5/7 FRI * OLE MISS + 6:30 P 5/8 SAT * OLE MISS + 11:00 A 5/9 SUN * OLE MISS + 2:00 P OPENING WEEKEND DOMINANCE 5/14 Fri * at Auburn + 6:00 p 5/15 Sat * at Auburn + 2:00 p The last time the Aggies did not win an opening weekend series was 2008 when the Maroon & 5/16 Sun * at Auburn + 1:00 p White split a four-game series against Northern Colorado. Since then, Texas A&M is 36-1 in games 5/20 THU * LSU + 6:00 P played the opening weekend. The stretch includes a four-game sweep of Wright State in 2009 and 5/21 FRI * LSU + 6:30 P three-game broomings of Seton Hall (2010), LeMoyne (2011), UIC (2012), Northeastern (2013), Holy 5/22 SAT * LSU + 2:00 P Cross (2015), Hofstra (2016), Bowling Green (2017), Rhode Island (2018), Fordham (2019) and Miami 5/25-30 SEC Championship (Hoover, Alabama) [Ohio] (2020). The only opening weekend loss since 2009 was a 2-0 loss to UIC to open the 2013 sea- 6/4-7 NCAA Regionals son, ROB CHILDRESS’s lone opening day defeat as a head coach. (Campus sites) 6/11-14 NCAA Super Regionals TEXAS A&M/XAVIER SERIES NOTABLES (Campus sites) 6/19-30 College World Series This marks the Aggies’ first meetings against Xavier. (Omaha, Nebraska) Texas A&M opens the season with a series against an Ohio opponent for the third time since 2017 and fourth time since 2009. The prior Buckeye State lid lifters resulted in a four-game sweep of Wright Home games in BOLD, played at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park (6,100). State in 2009 and three-game sweeps of Bowling Green in 2017 and Miami (Ohio) in 2020. * SEC game. % - Round Rock Classic (Round Rock, 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 MORE ON XAVIER FOUNDED: ............................................................ 1876 2021 QUICK FACTS The Musketeers were 5-10 before the 202 season was shutdown. Xavier opened the season with a ENROLLMENT: ............................... 68,625 (fall 2017) series win at Memphis before dropping 9 of their next 12 games. They struggled at the plate, batting just PRESIDENT: ..................Michael K. Young (BYU ‘73) GENERAL INFORMATION .191, but managed to slug 12 home runs, including three by returnee Luke Franzoni who led the team FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: .........Dr. Paul J. Batista LOCATION: College Station, Texas 77842 with a .241 batting average and 12 RBI. On the mound, Nick Zwack posted a 2-2 record with a 2.31 ERA DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Scott Woodward (LSU ‘85) FOUNDED: 1876 and 28 strikeouts in 23.1 innings of work as their No. 2 starter. CONFERENCE: .....................................................SEC 71,109 (fall 2020) ENROLLMENT: Xavier has four NCAA Tournament appearances (2009, ‘14, ‘16 and ‘17). They were regional finalists in NICKNAME: ......................................................Aggies INTERIM PRESIDENT: John Junkin (Auburn ‘65) MASCOT: .........................Reveille (American Collie) 2016 and 2017, getting bounced by UC Santa Barbara and Lousiville, respectively. The Musketeers have FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Paul J. Batista one Big East regular-season title and three Big East tournament crowns. COLORS: .....................................Maroon and White DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Ross Bjork (WIU ‘96) CONFERENCE: SEC A pair of Baseball Hall of Fame inductees attended Xavier, but were not letterwinners. Jim Bunning STADIUM INFORMATION NICKNAME: Aggies pitched for the Musketeers as a freshman before signing with the Detroit Tigers. He would miss the STADIUM: ...................Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park MASCOT: Reveille (American Collie) next three spring trainings to continue his classwork in Cincinnati. Frank Robinson attended classes at OPENED: .......March 21, 1978 (35th season on site) COLORS: Maroon and White Xavier during the offseason while he played with the Cincinnati Reds. Renovated prior to the 2012 season CAPACITY: ..........................................................6,100 STADIUM INFORMATION CAN I GET A SCOUTING REPORT? PLAYING SURFACE: Natural Grass (Tifway Bermuda) STADIUM: Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park Xavier head coach Billy O’Conner played for the Musketeers in 2008 as a teammate of Miami (Ohio) DIMENSIONS: .......................330-375-400-375-330 OPENED: March 21, 1978 (42nd season on site) head coach Dan Hayden. The Aggies faced off with Miami to open the 2019 campaign. O’Conner and FENCE HEIGHT: .................................................8 feet Renovated prior to the 2012 season Hayden were both catchers on the 2008 squad with Hayden serving as team captain and O’Conner ALL-TIME RECORD: .....................1,103-357-4 (.755) CAPACITY: 6,100 transferring in from Indiana. PLAYING SURFACE: Natural Grass (Tifway Bermuda) COACHING STAFF DIMENSIONS: 330-375-400-375-330 VS. THE BIG EAST # HEAD COACH: 29 Rob Childress (Northwood ‘90) 8 feet FENCE HEIGHT: The Aggies run-ins with the Big East Conference on the ball diamond have been few and far be- CAREER COLLEGIATE RECORD: 539-281-2 (13th year) ALL-TIME RECORD: 1,140-367-5 (.756) tween. Texas A&M is 8-1 all-time against the Big East, including 4-1 against Seton Hall and 2-0 against RECORD AT A&M: ................539-281-2 (13th year) both Creighton and St.