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2017 TEXAS A&M BASEBALL OFFICIAL GAME NOTES 2,629 VICTORIES • 24 CONFERENCE TITLES • 32 NCAA TOURNAMENTS • 5 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES BERTHS • 66 ALL-AMERICANS SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 23-25 (15-7, 0-3) Date Day Opponent Time (CT) 2/17 FRI BOWLING GREEN + W, 15-1 23 TEXAS A&M AGGIES 2/18 SAT BOWLING GREEN + W, 19-2 # BOWLING GREEN + W, 16-5 (15-7, 0-3 SEC) 2/21 TUE STEPHEN F. AUSTIN + (12) W, 6-5 VS. 2/24 FRI PEPPERDINE + W, 3-0 2/25 SAT PEPPERDINE + L, 1-2 VANDERBILT COMMODORES 2/26 SUN PEPPERDINE + W, 10-6 2/28 TUE PRAIRIE VIEW A&M + W, 9-2 (14-8, 1-2 SEC) 3/1 WED INCARNATE WORD + W, 12-5 3/3 Fri % vs #19 Texas Tech FSN W, 9-0 Hawkins Field (3,700) • Nashville, Tennessee 3/4 Sat % vs #1 TCU FS2 (15) L, 10-11 SCHEDULE Friday, 6:32 p.m. • Saturday, 7:02 p.m. • Sunday, 3:02 p.m. 3/5 Sun % vs Baylor FSN L, 3-6 3/7 TUE UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY + W, 16-7 RADIO SportsRadio 1150/102.7 The Zone • Dave South (play-by-play) 3/8 WED UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY + W, 7-4 TELEVISION SAT & SUN - SEC Network • Mike Couzens (play-by-play), Gabe Gross (color analyst) 3/10 FRI BROWN + W, 6-4 LIVE VIDEO SEC Network+ (WatchESPN credentials required through cable provider) 3/11 SAT BROWN + W, 3-2 3/12 SUN BROWN + W, 5-1 LIVE AUDIO 12thMan.com 3/14 Tue at Texas LHN L, 3-4 LIVE STATS 12thMan.com/tamustats.com (mobile devices) 3/17 FRI * KENTUCKY + L, 0-6 RANKINGS Texas A&M - 23rd (USAT), 29th (NCBWA); 3/18 SAT * KENTUCKY + L, 6-7 3/19 SUN * KENTUCKY + L, 7-11 Vanderbilt - 24th (CB) 3/21 TUE RICE SEC W, 8-5 SERIES HISTORY Texas A&M leads 7-5 3/24 Fri * at Vanderbilt + 6:30 p TEAM INFO Texas A&M Vanderbilt 3/25 Sat * at Vanderbilt SEC 7:00 p 3/26 Sun * at Vanderbilt SEC 3:00 p streak W, 1 W, 1 3/28 Tue at Texas State 6:00 p Home / Away / Neutral 14-4 / 0-1 / 1-2 10-5 / 3-3 / 1-0 3/30 Thu * at LSU SEC 6:00 p HEAD COACHES Rob Childress [12th year] Tim Corbin [15th year] 3/31 Fri * at LSU ESPNU 8:00 p 4/1 Sat * at LSU ESPN2 2:30 p at school 473-245-2 (.658) 624-298 (.677) 4/4 TUE DALLAS BAPTIST + 6:30 P overall same 730-436 (.626) [20th year] 4/7 FRI * AUBURN + 6:30 P 4/8 SAT * AUBURN + 3:00 P 4/9 SUN * AUBURN + 1:00 P PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS 4/11 TUE ABILENE CHRISTIAN + 6:30 P • FRIDAY: #15 Brigham Hill (Jr., RHP, 4-1, 2.61 ERA) vs. #44 Kyle Wright (Jr., RHP, 0-3, 4.33 ERA) 4/13 Thu * at Alabama + 6:00 p • SATURDAY: #32 Stephen Kolek (So., RHP, 1-0, 2.54 ERA) vs. #29 Patrick Raby (So., RHP, 3-2, 1.71 ERA) 4/14 Fri * at Alabama + 6:00 p • SUNDAY: TBA vs. #66 Drake Fellows (Fr., RHP, 3-0, 1.72 ERA) 4/15 Sat * at Alabama + 2:00 p 4/18 Tue at UT Arlington 6:30 p 4/21 FRI * TENNESSEE + 2:00 P LEADING OFF 4/22 SAT * TENNESEEE + 2:00 P The No. 23 Texas A&M Aggies head to Nashville for their first SEC road trip of the season. The Aggies and 4/23 SUN * TENNESSEE + 1:00 P Vanderbilt Commodores rekindle what has become a premier interdivisional rivalry in the SEC. Since the Aggies 4/25 TUE A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI + 6:30 P 4/28 Fri * at Missouri + 6:30 p joined the SEC for the 2013 campaign, the squads have met on 12 occasions, including six times in SEC Tourna- 4/29 Sat * at Missouri + 2:00 p ment play. Texas A&M holds a 7-5 edge in the series. The Aggies claimed both regular-season series, including 4/30 Sun * at Missouri + 1:00 p 2014 in Nashville and 2016 in College Station. The 2016 series included Kyle Simonds’ perfect game in a 3-0 victory 5/2 TUE HOUSTON BAPTIST + 6:30 P to clinch the series. Vanderbilt knocked Texas A&M out of the SEC Tournament in 2013 and 2015 and the Aggies 5/4 THU * MISSISSIPPI STATE ESPNU 6:30 P returned the favor in 2016. 5/5 FRI * MISSISSIPPI STATE + 6:30 P 5/6 SAT * MISSISSIPPI STATE ESPNU 1:00 P 5/12 Fri * at Ole Miss + 6:30 p FOLLOWING THE ACTION 5/13 Sat * at Ole Miss SEC 6:00 p • RADIO —All games can be heard locally on SportsRadio 1150/102.7 The Zone... pregame show begins 15 5/14 Sun * at Ole Miss SEC 12:00 p minutes prior to first pitch. 5/16 TUE SAM HOUSTON STATE + 6:30 P • INTERNET — 12thMan.com will offer live play-by-play and statistics for all home games... fans with cable 5/18 THU * ARKANSAS + 6:30 P 5/19 FRI * ARKANSAS + 6:30 P providers offering access to SEC Network+ can watch all non-televised home games via the WatchESPN App us- 5/20 SAT * ARKANSAS SEC 11:00 A ing their cable provider access code. 5/23-5/28 SEC Championship (Hoover, Ala.) 6/2-6/5 NCAA Regionals (Campus Sites TBD) NINE-HOLE CONTRIBUTIONS 6/9-6/12 NCAA Super Regionals (Campus Sites TBD) 6/17-6/28 College World Series (Omaha) The Aggies are getting plenty of contributions from the No. 9 spot in the order. Nine-hole hitters are batting Home games in BOLD, played at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park (6,100). .372 (29-for-78) with 22 runs, five doubles, one triple, four home runs and 17 RBI. The .451 on-base percentage * SEC game. % - Shriners Classic (Houston, Texas) for the No. 9 spot leads the team, the .372 batting average and .615 slugging percentage rank second. JORGE SEC - SEC Network / + - SEC Network+ GUTIERREZ is hitting .571 (4-for-7) with three home runs and five RBI and HUNTER COLEMAN is batting .545 (6- All times Central. Dates and times subject to change. for11) with six runs, one double, one triple and two RBI at the bottom of the order. COLE BEDFORD is hitting .455 opponents’ highest ranking in parentheses. (5-for-11) with three runs and two doubles at the No. 9 spot. 2017 AGGIE BASEBALL • GAME 23-25 • NO. 23 TEXAS A&M AT VANDERBILT • MARCH 24-26, 2017 2017 QUICK FACTS MID-GAME SURGES The Aggies have been mauling teams in the fifth and sixth innings, outscoring opponents 63-16 during the GENERAL INFORMATION two frames. LOCATION: .............................College Station, Texas 77842 FIFTH INNING - 33-9... .435 on-base percentage, .354 batting average (34-for-96) with 13 walks, three HBP, six FOUNDED: .................................................................. 1876 ENROLLMENT: ........................................ 66,190 (fall 2016) doubles, two triples and two home runs. PRESIDENT: ............................. Michael K. Young (BYU ‘73) SIXTH INNING - 30-7... .474 on-base percentage, .400 batting average (40-for-100) with 12 walks, two HBP, FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: ........................... Dr. Paul J. Batista seven doubles, four triples, four home runs. DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: .......... Scott Woodward (LSU ‘85) CONFERENCE: ................................................................ SEC TEXAS A&M/VANDERBILT SERIES NOTABLES NICKNAME: ...............................................................Aggies MASCOT: ..................................... Reveille (American Collie) The Texas A&M and Rice have met 12 times previously with the Aggies holding a 7-5 advantage. The two COLORS: .................................................Maroon and White teams first met in the Aggies inaugural season in the SEC with two matchups at the SEC tournament split between the teams. STADIUM INFORMATION The two squads faced off five times in 2016. The Aggies took 2-of-3 from the Commodore in Vanderbilt’s first STADIUM: ................................Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park trip to College Station. Kyle Simonds no-hit the fifth-ranked Commodores in the Saturday meeting. In Hoover, OPENED: ...................March 21, 1978 (35th season on site) Vandy took down the Aggies in a 5-6 victory before A&M knocked off the ‘Dores 13-3 in seven innings during an Renovated prior to the 2012 season elimination game. The teams had similar meetings in the 2015 SEC tournament with the results flipped. AUSTIN CAPACITY: ................................................................... 6,100 HOMAN hit 8-for-17 in the five matchups with a double, triple, home run and six RBI. BRIGHAM HILL got a start PLAYING SURFACE: ........... Natural Grass (Tifway Bermuda) against Vanderbilt on May 6 striking out seven Commodores. DIMENSIONS: ................................... 330-375-400-375-330 FENCE HEIGHT: ...........................................................8 feet In the Aggies only previous trip to Nashville they took 2-of-3 from the seventh-ranked ‘Dores in 2014. ALL-TIME RECORD: ................................ 1,064-342-4 (.756) Vanderbilt has been ranked in the top-10 in each of the 12 previous meetings. They last seven matchups in the series have featured both teams ranked in the top-10. COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH: .............. #29 Rob Childress (Northwood ‘90) MORE ON VANDERBILT CAREER COLLEGIATE RECORD: .... 473-245-2 (12th year) The Commodores are 14-8 overall with a 1-2 mark in SEC play. Last week, Vanderbilt opened the league slate RECORD AT A&M: ....................... 473-245-2 (12th year) by dropping two of three at Ole Miss. The Commodores claimed non-conference series victories against San Diego ASSISTANT COACHES: ....#19 Justin Seely (9th year, Nebraska ‘03) and St. Mary’s, but dropped series to UIC and Cal State Northridge.